Red and Marilyn’s 52nd Wedding Anniversary
Wednesday, July 3rd, 1968 marked nearly the third year since I had met a very lovely, good looking, young blonde […]
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The End of an Era, But Not the End of the War!
Time requires changing to becoming better in a variety of ways. For the military, it involves updating vehicles, vessels, and
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The History & Meaning of Memorial Day
Many people confuse Veterans Day and Memorial Day. We remember, or memorialize, our veterans who are no longer with us
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Grateful or Thankful?
We tend to use the words ‘grateful’ and ‘thankful’ the same. We are thankful for this thing. We are also
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The Impossible Made Possible
Circa 1983, I had been chatting with my P3 ASW crew on the way back to the States from our
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It Was a Dark and Stormy Night in Bermuda
It was the mid-80s, the height of the Cold War. I was on a two-week active duty flying ASW (antisubmarine
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A Deployment Story Worth Sharing
It was late 1972. Our crew left Barbers Point, Hawaii, and flew to Guam, then to Naha, Okinawa for a
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Are You Setting Goals or Wishes?
Goals are objectives, aims, ends, ambitions, purposes, targets, aspirations – things to aim at or for – to pursue. Goals
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Check Two Off My Bucket List Thanks to the Navy
1976 was full of ups and downs. My brother and my maternal grandmother passed away. My parents were living in
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A 38.1-Knot Submerged Object and a French Flight Crew
It was the late summer of 1987. An opportunity came my way to go to Montijo, Portugal (metropolitan area of
