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Driving a Howitzer with The Big Red 1

Driving a Howitzer with The Big Red 1

by | Jan 12, 2021 | Living Histories

Jimmy McKinney 鈥 Driving a Howitzer with The Big Red 1 By Michel Robertson North Carolina native Jimmy McKinney was working at a paper plant when he received his draft notice in May 1966. 鈥淚鈥檇 been married about three years, with no children. I preferred it to be me...
Flying a U-2C with the Canopy Open

Flying a U-2C with the Canopy Open

by | Jan 8, 2021 | Living Histories

A Dubious Honor:Having Flown a U-2C with the Canopy Open by Richard “Duke” Woodhull One fine day in 1968, I accompanied a squadron mate of mine to Palmdale in a T-33, for the purpose of retrieving one of our U-2Cs that had been loaned to another...
One Fires, We All Fire Part 2

One Fires, We All Fire Part 2

by | Dec 31, 2020 | Living Histories

Above, Hallimore (standing, 2nd from left) with buddies   In part one, Hallimore described search & destroy missions, “bunker-busters,” and life in the Vietnam Delta. One Fires, We All FirePart 2by John Hallimore Our armament would typically...
One Fires, We All Fire Part 1

One Fires, We All Fire Part 1

by | Dec 22, 2020 | Living Histories

One Fires, We All FirePart 1by John Hallimore Veteran鈥檚 Creative Writing Workshop,5th meeting February 24th, 2016 Having grown up during the 50s and 60s, I enjoyed watching TV westerns. I had a pretty good idea of what the typical cowboy ambush involved. There is a...
A Daring Night Rescue in North Vietnam

A Daring Night Rescue in North Vietnam

by | Oct 30, 2020 | Living Histories

An excerpt from 鈥淲elcome Home, Brother: Memoirs of Vietnam War 51黑料网鈥 by Michel Robertson. 聽 Lt. Cdr. Grady L. Jackson, senior Bombardier/Navigator assigned to VA-75, an attack squadron of the US Navy known as the Sunday Punchers, arrived in Vietnam鈥檚 Tonkin Gulf...