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Our Compound In Viet Nam

Charles William Spratt

Our compound was at the bottom of a large hill . At the top of this hill was a Signal Corp Unit . Between us and the top of the hill was nothing but jungle . Our mess hall sat at the bottom of the hill . This was our Mess...

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My Adolescent Years - Double The Trouble and Double the Fun

Diane J. Adams

My adolescent years are filled with wonderful memories of family and friends as well as the challenges of growing up and discovering who you are. Deanne and I became the best of friends all through life and most of my memories are with her. Although my mother would make all of...

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The Man That Went To Woodstock

Charles William Spratt

Although I wasn’t in the thick of the battle zone in Viet Nam I still served my country and I went when my country said “GO”. Several years after I was back home my wife had a job for a large national retailer in their home office in downtown St Louis...

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My New Best Friend

Charles William Spratt

I went to church one Sunday morning and our pastor told everyone that we were going to have guest coming . We go to a small congregation at a Non-Denominational Family Oriented Church so everyone is tight nit . When our guest arrived our pastor introduced them to everyone . There...

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My Viet Nam Experience

Charles William Spratt

I guess I wouldn’t make a very good politician .With all of the “Pork Barrel Subsides “ and “ Foreign Aid “ I was an Engineer when I was in Viet Nam while others did the fighting . I know that the Infantry and the Calvary need their R & R...

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There Was No Generation Gap

Millard Don Carriker

At Mid-20th-Century radio stations broadcast only on what is now called “talk” or “AM” radio. The static-free sound of FM radio was far in the future. Our radios gave us news, entertainment and music. And what music it was. The “highbrow” music lover had only to avoid “The Grand Ol Opry”...

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A Special Heritage Birthday Gift

Annie Payne

My son Ken celebrated his birthday on 24th July and, as well as the paella pan we gave him, I decided to put together a special heritage gift for him. Please take a look at my short video, as this is an idea you could try yourself.

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Forgiving Vietnam

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I was so embarrassed when I returned home from my tour of duty in Vietnam that I did all I could do to avoid being recognized as a Marine. I had seen so much yet I could tell so little. I liken it to what happens when you come upon a...

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Saturday Night Was Lively

Millard Don Carriker

The American Legion Hall was upstairs in the building across the street from the theater. Most of the time it was used by veterans for meetings, drinking, poker games, and whatever. Every few weeks, on a Saturday night, the Legion brought in a Country/Western band and held a dance that was...

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At The Movies

Millard Don Carriker

A few steps down Fourth Street from the high school a wedge-shaped marquee hung over the sidewalk. In neon letters and paint it identified the Gregg Theater. Clean, soft carpeting, comfortable furniture in a sunken lobby, padded seats in the theater and a well-stocked popcorn and candy booth made The Gregg...

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Ah, We Had Soda Jerks With Benefits

Millard Don Carriker

Every small town in America has a “main” street. Caney’s was called “Fourth Street. Our High School and the “Clifton House”, a hotel which I thought was quite upscale as a child, marked the end of the business district on the eastern end. Four blocks west “Main Street” ended where Pendleton’s...

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The Benifits Of A Copier Repairman

Charles William Spratt

Being a copier repairman isn’t the best paying job a person could have but it does have its benefits. I was at a “High Dollar “Art Gallery in what they call “The Central West End “of St Louis one day repairing the copier in the back room. I was just busy...

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There are Heirlooms and Then There are Heirlooms

Karen Jenkins

When I showed the finished gown to my mother, she looked at me with such an amazingly strange expression that I knew I was missing something important.

“Why don’t you want to use the family gown”?

“What family gown?” I asked totally lost.

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A Cliff With a View

Millard Don Carriker

“Smelder Hill,” kids never used the correct pronunciation “Smelter” when talking about it, was a mile or so northeast of town. a rocky and rutted road ran north from the east side of town, went past “Smelder Pond” and on to the top of that hill. Smelder Hill was too steep...

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The Taco Bell Experience

Charles William Spratt

Working for Taco Bell was quite an experience . Taco’s and Burrito’s were 29 cents . the reason the charged 29 cents were so when you added a penny sales tax it came out to an even 30 cents and it was easier to make change . Crazy theory but that...

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The Cotton Bowl Parade

Charles William Spratt

The first year I was in high School band the band director was more interested in being a state senator than being a director which he became the next year . the next year the school district hired a highly energetic director that wanted to be a director . We went...

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My Memories Of Teresa

Charles William Spratt

During my high school band career I had a lot of wonderful memories . Getting to school before the rest of the kids , practicing the football field shows , practicing marching down the streets and making turns at the street corners to make it look sharp ,dressing up the stage...

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