Happy 4th of July!

Every Fourth of July and Memorial Day, I think of people that have served in our Armed Forces. Civilians, people who never served in the military, really take their citizenship of the U.S. for granted. They go about their life trying to make a living and they usually talk a good game about the servicemen of their country but they really don't understand the sacrifices that servicemen must partake. I guess I am fortunate to really understand. You see if my dad had been shot down while fighting over Vietnam, which almost occurred as a missile went right past one of the wings. Fortunately for Dad and I the missile didn't explode because if it had, I never would have been here and Dancer and Hunter you would have never existed.

Dancer and Hunter- You had a grandpa Kenny that served in the Korean Conflict (War). Grandma says that he never ate rice back in the States because it reminded him of Korea and all the times he ate rice. He had enough!



Your Great Grandpa on your Dad's side served in World War 2 on a ship. He was in the Navy. His boat was sunk. I guess maybe that's why he hardly ever went in the water at a pool we used to have in Las Vegas. You also had an Uncle Wally who also served in the Navy and his boat sunk too. He saved a friend from drowning after the boat sunk. I never saw him go into the water as well. Everyone's memories haunt us or we enjoy our memories! The mind is crazy blob of matter. Isn't it?

Here are a few pictures of the plane Grandpa (Papa) flew in Vietnam:



Here's a picture of a squadron of F-105's. I wonder how many of these were shot down, changing the lives of so many.




Here's another F-105...This plane would go in first, knock out all the Surface to Air Missiles (S.A.M.S), and then they would bring in the big B-52's and bomb the Viet Kong into oblivion.



HAPPY 4th of JULY everyone! Don't take our United States for granted!