Memorial Day: a Vietnam Veteran Speaks

By | May 26, 2025

[May 26, 2025]  Thank you General Satterfield for once again allowing me to write about the importance of Memorial Day. General, let me start off by saying without Memorial day we have no country. Our great pastures of God, we call Veterans cemeteries are full of heroes that died in war or coming home from war from mental… Read More »

What We Need to Know about Veterans Day

By | November 11, 2024

[November 11, 2024]  Happy Veterans Day to all. It seems the older I get, the faster Veterans Day rolls around. Veterans Day comes at a great time of the year. Just in November and December, we have three great holidays to celebrate. The first major holiday that we celebrate during this time is Veterans Day, then Thanksgiving and,… Read More »

Memorial Day 2024: a Vietnam Veteran

By | May 27, 2024

[May 27, 2024]  Hello General.  After being home from Vietnam 55 years ago and coming upon my 56th Memorial Day coming up next week, it got me wondering where all this time went.  To be honest, I don’t recall much about my first 35 Memorial Days, but a lot has happened over the last 20. What is Memorial… Read More »

Veterans Day 2023:  Joe Griffies

By | November 11, 2023

[November 11, 2023] I grew up in the city of Philadelphia. We lived on a long narrow street lined with small row homes attached by a party wall. There were 23 homes on each side of the street. We knew everyone on our block and all the surrounding homes on the streets that made up our neighborhood. Our… Read More »