Mr. Howell,
Having someone that knew, personally, someone that many of the rest of us knew through his writing "go on and on" about favorite memories puts the rest of us closer to someone that we wished we could have met. You, and the rest of the gunwriters here and elsewhere, are our links to folks like Mr. Milek, Mr. Jordan, Mr. O'Connor, Mr. Bear, Mr. Keith, and many, many more. Some of us grew up reading the stories and articles written by these fine folks, and to have someone talk to us about what they were actually like kinda puts us 'round a campfire with them, at least in spirit.
Thanks for sharing whatever you can,
