Author Archives: Gary Lanham

I grew up many years in Long Beach California. That was a busy Navy town during the Vietnam War times. In the apartment complexes my folks had us in housed many Navy families. Navy families carried heavy burdens as, usually, … Continue reading →

Do you have a favorite movie genre? Being a guy, I like the military ones most. Gee, being an old lifer that should be no surprise. One of my favorite movies of all time was Sargent York. Played by Gary … Continue reading →

Many great folks have come from Oklahoma. On this day in 2004 Gordon “Gordo” Cooper, one of the original Mercury astronauts who pioneered human space exploration, died. He was 77. One of the original seven Mercury astronauts, Cooper piloted the … Continue reading →

Apologies for the gap on posting, something happened to happened to this non-teckie. Thanks to Mike Frazier I got it fixed. I love football. More specifically I love Kansas City Chiefs football. Yesterday the social media and television was ablaze … Continue reading →

Today in history, at the Battle of Monmouth in June 1778, Mary Hays supported the Revolutionary soldiers by giving them water. Just before the battle started, she found a spring to serve as her water supply. Two places on the … Continue reading →