“Oh, so you’re a vet. Me too– ‘Nam. I was a SEAL doing Mekong river patrols in the DMZ. Also worked as a LRRP in Project Phoenix. Charlie shot me up pretty bad, too. Got a Purple Heart and two Silver Stars.” Ever run across a “vet” like that? Okay, [...]
In August of 1970 the nation was riveted by the trial of Charles Manson and members of his gang who were being tried for the multiple murders on consecutive nights at the Tate-Polanski and LaBianca residences. A young and aggressive Vince Bugliosi secured convictions and death penalties (later commuted to [...]
Chapel was mandatory at USAFA. Every Sunday morning we would actually march by squadron to chapel. Equal protection — Feh! The Protestants had it good upstairs, the Catholics not-so-grand downstairs, Jews had a still smaller area. Don’t recall an Islamic or Buddhist place of worship. Even then there were those [...]