Author Archives: American Legion Post #142

This week I would like to pay tribute to someone who was the finest soldier I had the pleasure to serve with. He was a better soldier than I. His name was Leonard Buckley and we buried him with full … Continue reading →

This is special to me, I loaded bombs on B-52s, and F-105s and at the end of my career I got to rock the back seat of an F-16 in my retirement flight over Mt St Helens. On this day in 1974 … Continue reading →

Growing up as a young lad in this culture I absorbed plenty from things around me. My folks and how they made decisions, heroes I read about or saw on TV. Sometimes it was the movies. One movie I always … Continue reading →

Well Mother Nature came to call and boy did she. Like you, we were socked in a bit, power off and on. I must admit the news folks had been preaching for quite a while that it was coming and, … Continue reading →

With the holidays behind us I have the opportunity to again explore those events and individuals who, in measure, made our freedoms what they are. I read a lot, sometimes I reflect with all the political commentary that there those … Continue reading →