Forty-four years ago today, February 6, 1968, I was on my first solo bus ride to my first time spending a night away from home alone in a hotel. I had joined the Marine Corps a couple of weeks earlier during one of those out-of-mind experiences I often suffer through, and February 6, 1968 was [...]
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Day One, Forty-four Years Ago-”Semper Fi!”
Posted in Military on February 6, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
For Sergeant Doe As He Dies in the VA Hospital
Posted in Military, Poetry on June 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Continuing in the post-Memorial track, I am posting my one and only attempt at a sonnet. I have promises that I will never have to go to the veteran graveyard to die. For Sergeant Doe As He Dies in the VA Hospital Buildings should stand proud and white, Not covered with [...]
The Day After Memorial Day
Posted in America, Military on May 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The events of Memorial Day always strike me as forced and phony. The reason why is best reflected in my poem, “Bum in the Rain.” Bum in the Rain His cart sat in the rain As it drenched the treasures He had found on the highway. The eaves of the porn shop Kept that rain [...]
Fort Sumter
Posted in Military, The South, The War Between the States on April 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
In comemoration of the 150th anniversary of the firing on Fort Sumter by the Confederacy in 1861, I am posting some of the pictures I took on my trip there in 2007.
Today is December 7th, Isn’t It?
Posted in America, Military on December 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today is the 68th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. You would never know it; however, if you depended on CNN, ABC, CBS, Drudge, NPR, or CNS for your news. There is no mention of the attack or the anniversary on any of those sites. MSNBC (I was surprised) and FOXNews are the only [...]
Fire Both Chains-of-Command and Let God Separate ‘Em
Posted in Military on November 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
So the military and civilian establishment had warnings about the radical views of the cowardly Islamic shooter at Fort Hood, but did nothing about it. All those who participated in this deadly instance of political correctness should be fired. Collectively, they failed every one of the Fort Hood victims. Now, the same Army Chief of Staff [...]
AOL and Award Inflation
Posted in Military on September 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A headline at AOL read “Marine Denied Medal of Honor.” One would think from reading that headline that the Medal of Honor was an award for which one had to apply. I read the article and I could not help but feel that the family felt that the Marine “deserved” the Medal of Honor because [...]
Say “Thank You” to a Robot
Posted in Military on May 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The following story was posted on the Los Angeles Times website: A Marine combat veteran from Iraq has been thrown into federal jail after refusing to testify against his former squad leader before a grand jury in Los Angeles. Although granted immunity, Sgt. Jermaine A. Nelson, 26, refused Wednesday to testify against former Marine Sgt. [...]
We Remember
Posted in Military on December 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
It is the soldier, not the reporter,who has given us freedom of the press.It is the soldier, not the poet,who has given us freedom of speech.It is the soldier, not the campus organizer,who has given us the freedom to demonstrate.It is the soldier, not the lawyer,who has given us the right to a fair trial.It [...]
