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Trivia Questions (Answers @ end) This year marks the 80th Anniversary of D-Day. My father-in-law, Dr. Rufus K. Broadaway, dropped into Normandy with the 82nd Airborne Division. My father, A. Z. Adkins, Jr., landed on Utah Beach the first week… Read more#170—An Honor and a Privilege
Monday is Memorial Day. I’ve posted this article on Memorial Day for the past few years, with only a few slight changes. Why? Because it speaks volumes about how I personally feel about Memorial Day as a US Navy veteran…. Read more#168—Memorial Day 2024… What it Means to THIS Veteran
Trivia Questions (Answers @ end) Boot Camp What can I say that others haven’t said about “Boot Camp?” I joined the Navy at the tender young age of 18 and attended a “truncated” 6-week boot camp at Orlando RTC (Recruit… Read more#167—The Navy Introduced Me to a Lot of “Firsts”
I posted this Memorial Day blog last year. I’m reposting it because… well… it speaks volumes of how I feel about Memorial Day as a Navy veteran. For many years, I was one of “those guys” who appreciated the long,… Read more#144—Memorial Day 2023… What it Means to THIS Veteran
First of all, Merry Christmas to all from Gainesville, Florida. If you don’t know where that is, it’s about 1½ hours from each coast, an hour south of Georgia, and two hours north of Orlando. Right smack dab in the… Read more#133—A Veteran’s Christmas
Trivia Questions (Answers @ end) Who said, “It’s not what you look at that matters. It’s what you see.”? In what movie did we hear, “Normal is a setting on the dryer.”? In what song did we hear?The full moon… Read more#129—I May Have Left the Navy But…
Trivia Questions (Answers @ end) Who said, “We do not remember days; we remember moments.”? In what movie (and who said it) did we hear, “If I am not me, then who the hell am I?”? Who sang (and what… Read more#114—Those Dastardly “Triggers”
Trivia Questions (Answers @ end) Who said, “The only person you should try to be better than, is the person you were yesterday.”? In what movie (and who said it) did we hear, “Nobody is gonna hit as hard as… Read more#111—Navy “Orienteering”
Trivia Questions (Answers @ end) Who said, “The greatest glory in living lies not in never failing, but in rising every time we fall.”? In what movie did we hear, “Toto, I’ve a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore.”? In… Read more#102—Adieu Kitty Hawk… and Thank You!
I posted this Memorial Day blog last year. I’m reposting it because… well… it speaks volumes of how I feel about Memorial Day as a Navy veteran. I didn’t know him personally, but he was my father’s best friend during… Read more#85—Memorial Day 2021