tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post4214414795246976747..comments2024-03-28T22:08:48.577-07:00Comments on Chant du Départ: I Can't Believe This - IT WORKED!OldAFSargehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-85430856750892663332012-08-24T07:25:42.180-07:002012-08-24T07:25:42.180-07:00Better late than never I always say. Thanks Kris, ...Better late than never I always say. Thanks Kris, I've been keeping you in my thoughts and prayers lately as September approaches.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-26007840245249108772012-08-23T15:02:42.864-07:002012-08-23T15:02:42.864-07:00I'm a tad bit late to this party but I'm h...I'm a tad bit late to this party but I'm here - drink in hand, toasting the success of the Grand Plan. Huzzah!!!Kris, in New Englandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05185696221729269932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-63382585134830254862012-08-17T11:43:31.715-07:002012-08-17T11:43:31.715-07:00Thanks Buck! (First plan I've had in a while w...Thanks Buck! (First plan I've had in a while which actually worked out, guess it was the "cunning" part that helped.)<br /><br />Go to the head of the class. Yes, the family and I spent the summer of '87 at Keesler. Well, I did, they hung out at the condo.<br /><br />'63 must have been a bad time. When I see the way blacks were treated back in those days it really fries my ass. Especially when you consider that black folks have been fighting and dying for this country as long as we pale faces have. And working their butts off to make a living, with the handicap of being treated like second-class citizens all the while.<br /><br />In tribute to my black brothers and sisters in arms: Crispus Attucks, the 54th Massachusetts, the 10th US Cavalry (Buffalo Soldiers) and the Tuskegee Airmen. Just a few of my personal heroes. As Lex might say regarding their treatment, it is to weep.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-29513713625852775722012-08-17T10:48:08.174-07:002012-08-17T10:48:08.174-07:00Congrats! I love it when a plan comes together, f...Congrats! I love it when a plan comes together, favorably. (I had to add that last word coz I've seen too many plans come together in an opposite state.)<br /><br />So lemmee guess... you were TDY to Keesler Airplane Patch? Mere words can't begin to describe my dislike for that place, its weather, and its rather unique population. It all goes back to first impressions, and I got mine in 1963... when my black squadron mates had to ride in the back of the city buses. That stuck with me, unfortunately. I'll not go on.Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.com