Marines are known for their toughness. Down through the years the battlefields on which they have served have become legendary examples of America’s greatest warriors. The reality is that those battlefields, while fostering a legendary status, also cost untold lives on all sides. Nevertheless, when I enlisted I knew those destinations were a possibility. So…
Category: Personal story
Tuskegee Airmen
I took my grandson Connor to dinner at a steak chain in Solon, Ohio. Connor was roughly seven years old. It was a Saturday evening and like many restaurants was packed. This resulted in patrons needing to wait for their tables and they are given the little coaster alarm that buzzes when their table is…
Me and John Wayne
In Ohio the licensing laws require student drivers to have a certain number of hours before a student can test for his license. My Grandmother Esther lived in Ravenswood West Virginia and I lived in Cleveland Ohio with my wife and kids. Timothy, my youngest son, had his learner’s permit and I decided that some…
Impromptu Rifle Range and lessons learned!
I enlisted in the United States Marine Corp in 1981 and did my boot at the legendary Parris Island Recruit Depot in South Carolina, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, Platoon 3033. Over the course of eleven weeks, I learned what it means to be a United States Marine. We worked out physically and mastered the basics…