Author Archives: American Legion Post #142

This week’s article is special on so many levels. First, because when I was serving, I had the opportunity, while on orders, to visit the Tuskegee Airman Museum in Alabama. Wow, it was amazing. If you never saw the movie … Continue reading →

I enjoy a great friendship with a Pawnee, soldier, and brother. Joe Hawkins earned two Purple Hearts and a Bronze Star for his actions in combat. He is also one of the star players in the movie “Playground of the … Continue reading →

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 →