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, […]
Author: Bob Button
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 […]
Le Bataillon Francais
Le Bataillon Francais With the 65th anniversary of the Korean War armistice barely behind us I’m reminded of a story… Just about […]
Veteran Serves In ALL 5 Branches of Military & STILL Flies for Coast Guard!
REENA ROSE SIBAYAN/The Jersey Journal Veteran Bob Button stands in his Jersey City home next to photos of himself in the Navy, Marine […]
Reading man, ex-NASA officer, recalls the lunar landing
WRITTEN BY BRUCE POSTEN On the New York Times best-seller list, “Neil Armstrong: A Life of Flight” made its public literary landing […]
A storied life takes flight ~ Excerpt from The Reading Eagle
Written By: Bruce R. Posten for The Reading Eagle If ever there were a candidate to be a hero of a picaresque […]