We were at lake Quasapog an amusement park here in Connecticut. My dad was a sargent in the second company governor’s horse guard and they had a summer outing at the park.
Had just graduated high school that June and was watching it in the gas station/auto repair garage that I worked in while in high school. Was most likely there doing something to my 1967 Mustang 390cu 2+2, or possibly one of my friends muscle cars.
I was at my uncle’s farmhouse between Grandfield and Frederick, Oklahoma. We’d picked up a buncha pizza at Bianco’s Italian Restaurant in Lawton (my cousin lived in Lawton) and headed out to my uncle’s farm in my cousin’s parent’s Oldsmobile 98 Convertible to watch men walk on the moon on television.
I was too busy getting ready to come home from Viet Nam to pay any attention to any news events.
No people will tamely surrender their Liberties when knowledge is diffusd and virtue is preservd. On the contrary, when people are ignorant, and debauchd in their manners they will sink under their own weight without the Aid of Invaders. Samuel Adams
About to start my senior year of HS, dating the girl that would soon become my wife…..for the next 19 years! memtb
You should not use a rifle that will kill an animal when everything goes right; you should use one that will do the job when everything goes wrong." -Bob Hagel
“I’d like to be a good rifleman…..but, I prefer to be a good hunter”! memtb 2024
I was lying on the floor in front of the TV. My Dad was on the couch behind me. We watched it happen. We were (and I still am) awestruck at the bravery and achievement.
