You can’t row the boat without “making waves” and if you are not rowing the boat you are likely only drifting where the currents take you. ~ Jerry Nix
It was a little cold and the rain was pouring down tonight; David lay in bed alone. It was going to be another sleepless night as David lay there thinking about the next day at school and how he would react to the shenanigans of one John "the troublemaker" Walker. David knew that John was …
Note from the Author: This is part five of my experience during the Vietnam Conflict. You can pick up Part One, Part Two, Part Three and Part Four by clicking on the links. I ended part four of my story this way ... Two days later (one day before the CO returned) I was headed back to …
Note from the Author: This is part four of my experience during the Vietnam Conflict. You can pick up Part One, Part Two and Part Three by clicking on the links. Back to the Nam It was in May, 1970 when I boarded - once again - that big commercial airliner and headed back to …
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There was a time in America where the customer really counted to Corporate America. The customer could do no wrong ... or if they did corporate America would not let them take the blame for it. What happened? What went wrong? Have you tried to call some of today's larger companies (I refuse to mention …
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Note from the Author: This is part three of my experience during the Vietnam Conflict. You can pick up Part One and Part Two by clicking on the links. Well here it was ... March 1970 and I'd received my orders to leave the 520th Transportation Battalion and report to the 539th Transportation Company which …
Note from the author: This is part 2 of a story I am writing about my Vietnam experience. If you have not read part one Headed to War, You Zero I suggest that you read it before reading this one. So ... it was around January 9th or 10th of 1970 that I got …
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It was December 15, 1969 and I was graduating from Crew Chief/Door Gunners school at Fort Rucker, Alabama. My company commander stood in front of my graduating class and said, "Okay we need volunteers to go to South Vietnam." We all laughed because we knew the Army never asked for volunteers to do anything. They …
