Category Archives: From the footlocker

MILESTONES– CHUCK ENGLE

Posted on February 26, 2024 by asknod

Every year, about this time, I think back on the enigma of 1st Lieutenant Charles E. Engle (promoted posthumously to Captain). I’ve watched over the last fifteen years as the Bigwigs come back and review his file and award additional … Continue reading →

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THE NDA–FIFTY ONE YEARS AFTER

Posted on September 18, 2021 by asknod

My how time flies. A fifty-year Non Disclosure Agreement (NDA) sounds like a lifetime to any normal person. It certainly did to me in Spring of 1970. After this long, and even throwing an extra year in for good measure, … Continue reading →

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LT. RAY KROGMAN–WELCOME HOME, SIR.

Posted on July 20, 2021 by asknod

One thing guaranteed to make me tear up is the news that one of my long-lost Brothers-in-arms has been found and we are able to erase his name from the Laos list of KHA/BNR. KHA, for those unaware, was the … Continue reading →

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VBA SEATTLE–CARRY ON MY WAYWARD SON

Posted on December 31, 2019 by asknod

Another great song by Kansas. It aptly describes my Marine. Meet Ken. Survivor of the 1968 Khe Sanh Spring Break. Those animals partied up there for 77 days straight. He got his first Purple Heart several weeks after the siege … Continue reading →

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VETERANS DAY 2019–UDORN RTAFB– MY BAND OF BROTHERS

Posted on November 11, 2019 by asknod

Yet another Veterans Day story in the “pages of our war” lives. This one hits closer to home for me on several different levels. I wish to introduce you to Ray from Texas. Once upon a time, Ray served over … Continue reading →

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CLEAR PROP! PULL CHOCKS! GUNS ARE HOT, GENTLEMEN.

Posted on October 11, 2019 by asknod

I do so love flying. Not the crashing part but the actual flying. I have rules. I plan on one more rotary wing foray and then will forswear them for good. A good friend of our Hepatitis C survivors club- … Continue reading →

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LZ CORK–SWEET HOME ALABAMA

Posted on January 19, 2019 by asknod

Who would have thunk it? I began LZ Cork 10/05/14- The Americal Saga from Dong Ha- as a quest for Butch Long’s long lost Purple Heart. But not just lost. Never awarded would be the proper way of saying it. … Continue reading →

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VIETNAM-THE VISION THAT WAS PLANTED IN MY BRAIN

Posted on September 25, 2017 by asknod

One glaring similarity I share with all those who served in SEA  is the inability to this day to discuss it with those who weren’t there. It’s not for lack of finding the right words.  To this day, few ever … Continue reading →

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BRANDED-AND YOU KNOW YOU’RE A MAN

Posted on October 30, 2016 by asknod

What are the odds you could ever find two Veterans, of two entirely different wars no less, who VA had somehow shortchanged out of years and years of compensation. Granted, towards the end they were munificent beyond belief in actually … Continue reading →

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THE SOUND OF A HUEY–THEN AND NOW

Posted on August 1, 2016 by asknod

I received this today and it made me think, even now, of all the times past and present, and undoubtedly the future, of the sound a Huey reawakens inside me. My neck hurts more than I can say nowadays but … Continue reading →

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