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Trivia Questions (Answers @ end)<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Who said, \u201cAging is an extraordinary process where you become the person you always should have been.\u201d<\/em>? <\/li>
  2. In what movie (and who said it) did we hear, \u201cWe seemed to have reached the age where life stops giving us things and starts taking them away.\u201d<\/em>?<\/li>
  3. Who sang (and what song) the following?
    War means tears to thousands of mother\u2019s eyes<\/em>
    When their sons go to fight<\/em>
    And lose their lives<\/em><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n
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    Blog #57 (Audio)<\/div><\/div>
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    Listen to the audio of this blog, read by Andy Adkins. Click the \u201cAudio<\/strong><\/em>\u201d button below.<\/p>\n<\/div>

    Published: <\/span>October 14, 2021<\/span><\/div>
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    The 1970s seem so long ago. But in many ways, that decade holds some of the greatest memories for me personally. I graduated from high school (check); tried college (flunked out–uncheck<\/em>); and joined the Navy<\/strong><\/a> (check).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    While I left the Navy in 1977<\/a> after four great years, the Navy never left me<\/em>. I\u2019m sure a lot of my non-Navy veteran friends feel the same. Our military service will always <\/em>be a part of us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Once Navy, always Navy<\/em><\/strong>\u2014unless, of course, you were one of those \u201cduo-lingo\u201d types, like a few of my veteran friends. Several shipmates aboard Kitty Hawk<\/em> began their military career in the Marine Corps<\/strong>, did a tour or two in Vietnam, then reenlisted into the U.S. Navy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    To me, those guys stood out in V-1 Division <\/strong>and Crash<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Westpac ’75 Cruise Book
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    CWO2 Bos\u2019n Tyrone Robuck<\/strong> was a short and skinny guy, but hard as nails. He was one of those guys who\u2019d fill his coffee cup with steaming strong black coffee and gulp the whole thing down without taking a breath. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Bos’n Robuck was pretty much a no-BS officer and followed the rule book. But when one of us screwed up, which, believe it or not, we did now and then, he\u2019d first chew us out, then go to bat for us if need be. Today’s corporate world calls this “a teachable moment.” He was a former Marine and joined the Navy after two \u2018Nam tours. I believe he was a Cajun from Louisiana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Westpac ’75 Cruise Book
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    Then there was Jim Reed<\/strong>, a red-headed fella with a short, well-trimmed beard. He was also a former Marine and as big and as strong as an ox. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Reed was one of those guys who\u2019d wake up in the morning, come out onto the flight deck, crawl his way up about 10 feet on the \u201cTilly\u201d Crash crane, and commence doing about 50 pullups\u2026 all before<\/em> coffee. He\u2019d share stories of some scary \u2018Nam patrols he\u2019d been on. I personally thought he was full of it. But over the years, I\u2019d heard similar stories from some of my other \u2018Nam veteran friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Both Bos\u2019n Robuck, the Air Bos\u2019n (Crash Officer), and Jim Reed, an E-3 Airman, walked with a slight port list when they wore their ribbons. For civilians, military personnel wear their ribbons above their left breast pocket and if you have enough of them, they could weigh you down, hence leaning to the left or\u2026 a port list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Baby Boomers<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

    I\u2019m a \u201cBaby Boomer.\u201d For those youngsters who don\u2019t know what a Baby Boomer is, we are the ones who created the various \u201cgenerational brands,\u201d so to speak. That is, unless you want to talk about \u201cThe Greatest Generation.\u201d That would be my parents. But now that I think about it, Baby Boomers created that term, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    My dad fought in World War II<\/strong><\/a>, came home, married my mom (they met on a blind date), and had two kids. My sister, Anne, is 1\u00bd years older than me. She got the beauty and the brains, and I got\u2026 well, I\u2019m still trying to figure out what I got. But because the men came home from World War II and started families\u2014a \u201cboom\u201d of youngun\u2019s\u2014hence, the term \u201cBaby Boomers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Just because I know <\/em>you’re curious (and yes, I had to look this up; Dr. Google is full of good info):<\/p>\n\n\n\n