Uncle George MMC USN 1916-1950 My Hero

My Uncle George Chief Machinist Mate USN served 34 years from 1916-1950 and spent 20 years on USS Maryland BB46. He was in France in WW1 and at Pearl Dec 7 and then the Pacific for rest of WWII.He was my hero when I first met him in 1950 but I only gave them (USN Aviation) 20 years from 1958-1979 so did not make it a full career like he did.I feel great compassion for today's serviceman. It was a whole lot easier for me in the "cold war". I had a cake walk fixing airplanes. Spent 1965-68 in Japan patching up planes from Vietnam. Long hours but got to sleep with my bride at night.God Bless our troops.Go this from my sister today: YouTube - Thank You Soldiers - Veteran's Day/Memorial Day SongAlso go to your Dodge Ram dealer and mail a letter to the troops. See this Zac Brown Band letter to troops program:http://www.aceshowbiz.com/news/view/00032841.htmlhttp://www.ramtrucks.com/en/letters_for_lyrics/

What are your Summer plans?

We are going to Alfa Romeo Owners Club June convention in Frederick, Maryland and the Fiat Owners "FLU" convention in Asheville, NC in July.

Hope to see you all at one or both of these events.

Where has the Time gone?

I tell you what life gets going and then you realize how short it is sometimes. It is almost Memorial Day already. It was winter last time I looked. Now Sara is getting ready to start college summer session and next thing you know she will be a junior.

I hope life has been going well for you. We are good here on "right coast'. Mowing too much grass but grass is greener now.