military: Voices of Veterans: "Their Stories. In Their Own Words." - 01/24/17 11:43 PM
During the course of real estate business yesterday, a conversation once again reminded me of a phenomenal program that is sponsored by the Texas Veterans Land Board.  Texas Veterans are now able to orally record their own personal stories and experiences which are being transcribed and archived in the Office of Veterans Records at the Texas General Land Office.  I stumbled upon this little gem one day when I was reading some updated content on the VLB website. (This discovery was made, ironically of course, after I had already started documenting my own father's service in the Vietnam War.)
So, here we are nearing … (1 comments)

military: Thanks Dad, This is Your Story...Happy Veteran's Day - 11/11/16 02:00 PM
It was in the early fall of 1969.  Two high school sweethearts from a rural west Texas town had just graduated in 1968 and were married in August of that same year.  It was a different time then, President Johnson was on his way out of the White House, and President Nixon was on his way in.  Gasoline was priced at thirty-five cents per gallon and Neil Armstrong was the first man to ever land on the moon that year.  But that wasn’t all that happened in 1969.  With barely a year of marriage behind them and not having seen the … (8 comments)