General MacArthur, Two-part Authentication and Army Football – 2008
In 1957 and 1958 my family saw many Army football games at Michie Stadium. My father had classmates from VPI (Virginia Polytechnic Institute), now Virginia Tech who then attended West Point and graduated in about 1944 and were living in the Lee housing area in the late 1950s. We would come up on Saturday…
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Gray Hogs Travelogue, Chapter 2 – 2018
Chapter 2 – 2018 THE CLASS OF ’69 GRAY HOG MOTORCYCLE RIDE NUMBER 2 – APRIL 2018 TO COMFORT, TEXAS AND THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY! With the success of the first ’69 Gray Hog Motorcycle ride, Jack Nesbitt suggested that we consider the Hill Country of Texas as our destination for ride number 2! …
Gray Hogs Travelogue, Chapter 1 – 2015
Chapter 1 – 2015 Background: In 2014 Bob Yaap and Jack Nesbitt were talking about our motorcycles and rides that we had been on. Jack suggested that we try to organize a gathering of our classmates for a destination trip of all those classmates that ride motorcycles. We gathered a list of those we knew…
The London Bombings – 2005
On the morning of July 7, 2005, four Muslim fanatics struck the London transportation system with a surprise terrorist attack. That same morning, after the attacks had occurred, I sent out one of my monthly missionary updates to my supporters back in the U.S., but without making any mention of the attacks at the…
US Army’s 250th Birthday Memory
It surprises some folks to learn that our Army is actually older than the United States. Before the Declaration of Independence was signed in July 1776, the Army had already been fighting since Lexington and Concord on 19 April 1775. We officially celebrate our Army’s founding on 14 June 1775. When we entered the US Military…
250th Birthday of the Army – Tribute to Veterans
We know and hold in high esteem, the early leaders of the U.S. Army who fought so valiantly for our freedom. George Washington, Nathanael Green, Henry Knox, Ethan Allen. We have been taught about heroes of later years: Andrew Jackson, Winfield Scott in the War of 1812; Zachary Taylor in the Mexican War, dozens of…
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