Captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2008 girl thanksgiving of 67 which was just a couple days or so after my birthday. I had my 21st birthday there at khe sanh. I dont remember that, but i remember thanksgiving we had fresh eggs that morning and we had real, real turkey in the chow hall. I understand the chow hall got completely blown away. But we had real food, and all of this through air drops. It was amazing. I remember colonel lowndes, David Lowndes who was our he was our commander. He was also he was a cowboy. He was a john wayne with a big red mustache all over the place. Just the guy was, hey, john wayne. Im just going out there and doing whatever. So i remember him i remember nothing of my shop. I can see a work bench and some maybe test equipment, a few people with no faces. I have no idea who i worked with. I now learned from my records that my Communications Officer was a major john, i believe it is, shepherd. Im sure i had another senior nco there. No idea who
We were poor by the time i started into Junior High School. I never understood or knew what that meant because we were always happy. We had at the time i was coming along i was the seventh of what at that point was eight children. Seven of my moms plus my older brother of my dads. And at that time, six of us were still in the house. Shotgun house. Okay . I learned many years later what shotgun house meant. But nonetheless, there was a front room which served as the living room and my mom and dads bedroom. And then there was the kids room. And there were three girls over in the one bed and three guys, three boys on the other side. And i can remember in the kitchen you went out the back door to go into the kitchen. And of course we had no power, no electricity. I i can remember maybe fourth gradish coming home from school one day and i could see the wires coming from the power pole into the house. I mean, this was like, it doesnt get any better than this. You know . No more using lamps,
I kind of begin to realize that we were poor by the time i started into Junior High School. I never understood or new what that meant because we were always happy. We had a at the time i was coming along i was the seventh. Of what at that point was . Children seven of my moms plus my older brother of my dads. And at that time six of us were still in the house. Shotgun house, okay. I learned many years later what shotgun house meant, but nonetheless there was the front room which served as the living room and my mom and dads bedroom and then there was the kid room and there were three girls over on and in the one bed and three guys three boys on the other side and and i can remember in the kitchen. You went out the back door to go into the kitchen. And of course we had no power. No electricity. I i can remember maybe fourth gradeish. Coming home from school one day and i could see the wires coming from the power pole into the house. Oh, this was like it doesnt get any better than this.