52 Years Ago Today….

… I traded in my jungle boots and frayed fatigues for civilian clothes and bought a ticket on Air Vietnam to Phnom Penh, Cambodia. I always wanted to see Angkor Way, so instead of taking the Freedom Bird east, I headed west. Figure 1 – Goodbye, Vietnam! Figure 2...

Today Would Have Been My Mom’s 100th Birthday

Today, March 6, 2022, would have been my mom’s 100th birthday. She died way too young at the age of 69, a victim of a lifetime of smoking, which was considered not only normal but healthy in the 1940s and beyond. Figure 1 – Typical 1940s cigarette ad. Smoking was...