Posted April 7, 2009
It was the Christmas of 1950. I was a year out of high school
and brother Jug had graduated in June. We were “bach’ing” it at 11 Cross Street,
Palmer, Massachusetts living with our mother, Margaret Elizabeth (Lane) St.
George and an old maid of an aunt, Mary Lane, who was . [...]
Thanksgiving
Memory ... November 1951
I had been living out of a duffle bag since I
entered the Air Force on the 26th of February 1951. On the chance
that I could qualify for the USAF Lockland AFB Band of the West, I
was sent from my New England place of enlistment to Texas (most
enlistees were taking their basic training at Samson Air Base in
upstate New York). [...]
New Years Memory
- 1961
Recently discovered
the following notes on holiday memories.
It was News Years Eve 1961. We were stationed at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois
and lived in the town of Lebanon. [...]
