A long time ago I worked with one of these guys. A veteran that saw them, those very guys, raise that flag.
He was in charge of maintenance at a golf course.
He kept the equipment running and the blades sharpened to perfection.
He was proud but ornery and lonely.
He told the supervisor of the golf course that he could use some help the day before a Thanksgiving and I was pressured into working with him on that holiday! I worked with him on the equipment.
He never mentioned the death or the battles to a kid like me but he did say that he ran into Audie Murphy during his journey.
He also told me about this young soldier that had the Medal of Honor on this base and he literally had the respect and clout of everyone there including the high ranking officers that were there.
The way he described the situation they might have well as hung a Generals rank on this young man he was talking about.
Not long after a massive storm flooded the valley including the golf course and on that day I drove to work and looking back I could have been killed that day.
I quit and that was the last of ever seeing that veteran again.
It's interesting that before that golf course and the surrounding homes were built a young John Wayne owned a ranch there before the war.
Over the years and today many celebrities have owned homes there.
A long time ago I worked with one of these guys. A veteran that saw them, those very guys, raise that flag.
He was in charge of maintenance at a golf course. He kept the equipment running and the blades sharpened to perfection.
He was proud but ornery and lonely.
He told the supervisor of the golf course that he could use some help the day before a Thanksgiving and I was pressured into working with him on that holiday! I worked with him on the equipment.
He never mentioned the death or the battles to a kid like me but he did say that he ran into Audie Murphy during his journey.
He also told me about this young soldier that had the Medal of Honor on this base and he literally had the respect and clout of everyone there including the high ranking officers that were there.
The way he described the situation they might have well as hung a Generals rank on this young man he was talking about.
Not long after a massive storm flooded the valley including the golf course and on that day I drove to work and looking back I could have been killed that day.
I quit and that was the last of ever seeing that veteran again.
It's interesting that before that golf course and the surrounding homes were built a young John Wayne owned a ranch there before the war.
Over the years and today many celebrities have owned homes there.