Another Fallen Soldier – America Weeps I remember those days like it was only yesterday. How does a nineteen-year-old kid deal with the loss of a great friend? He was another fallen soldier in the ill-fated war in Vietnam. This young man was a classmate and was engaged to one of my dearest friends. We’d grown […]
Vietnam
Seven Decades in America – Part 2
Coming of Age in the 60’s – My Seven Decades in America Of the Seven Decades I’ve spent in America, the 60’s highlight my journey to adulthood. During the sixties, the price for gasoline rose from twenty-five cents per gallon to thirty-five cents. The average cost of a new car increased from $2,600 to $3,270, […]
Memorial Day
We celebrate the lives of too many, who left us too soon, on this Memorial Day! I named the protagonist’s family in my book series after my Grandpa Burton. It was in honor of all the Memorial Day Celebrations we attended at the local cemetery as we placed flowers on the graves of those in […]
