A Silly War Story
Mostly I hate war stories… They’re usually bullshit, with the storyteller getting more heroic with each tellin’….. But dammit, an approaching cold and snowy […]
Month: September 2018
2 Stories Coming via The October Edition of Wyomissing Neighbors
In three weeks the October edition of Wyomissing Neighbors magazine comes out with two stories — one about me and Neil Armstrong, […]
REMEMBERING ASTRONAUT WALLY SCHIRRA
Had to move a bunch of autographed books from the living room to the den, a chore that leaves this old Geezer […]
The Day I Shot John Wayne
It was late 1959 or maybe early 1960 when Hollywood invaded Oxnard, CA to use as a location for the film “North […]
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
On Sept. 18, 1947 I was in the Army Air Corps stationed at Mitchell Field, Long Island, NY, a field named in […]
Neil Is My Co-Pilot
Long before Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon in 1969, he flew Navy jets in combat during the Korean War, […]
My Buddy General Pearson
Back during the Berlin Airlift in 1948, my buddy General Pearson (yes, his first name was “General”) had just completed Army […]
Elvis Presley, Astronaut Wannabee
Been sittin’ here thinkin’ of my ol’ buddy Elvis… Yeah, I know, sounds like I’m name-droppin’ again. Okay, so we were not real […]
FIRST FLIGHT!
FIRST FLIGHT My daughter Joyce’s late husband Alan was a nice guy, but very shy… Hardly ever spoke when I’d visit […]
Reminiscing About My Friend Pete Conrad
Been thinkin’ a lot about my friend Pete Conrad, the astronaut who commanded the second lunar landing. Pete was killed in a […]