Month: December 2020

I was drafted into the Army in April 9th, 1951, for the Korean Police Action. The first thing I learned was “Don’t volunteer for anything.”  Pretty good advice. They would trick us.  The Sgt. would […]

It was Christmas Eve at Sapporo, Japan, Camp Drake.  On Christmas eve, 1951 I walked over to the theatre at Camp Drake in Sapporo, Japan. I’d just rejoined the 1st Cav., returning from hospitals following […]

“Courage is an opportunity that sooner or later is presented to all of us.” John F. Kennedy  For a few days I had been thinking about my being Almost Andy and other than having a […]

Where were you on December 7th, 1941? Now I realize that most of our readers were not born until years later. Me, I had been in downtown Detroit at the legendary Paradise Theatre being enchanted […]