Post by RICK EARLE on Jan 31, 2006 16:58:52 GMT -8
I LEFT RIVERS BARRACKS 36 YEARS AGO TODAY. SSG LYONS GAVE ME A RIDE TO FRANKFURT IN HIS NEW MERCEDES WHICH SURE BEAT A JEEP RIDE THROUGH GERMANY IN JANUARY, I CALLED HIM TODAY TO THANK HIM FOR THE RIDE AGAIN, HE'S RETIRED AND LIVES IN BILOXI MS. HE RECENTLY HAD BACK SURGERY AND IS NOT HEALING WELL, HOPEFULLY HE WILL SOON BE FULLY RECOVERED.
FROM THERE IT WAS THROUGH FT DIX, PHILADELPHIA, ST LOUIS AND HOME. I GOT HOME ABOUT 10:00PM ON SUNDAY THE 1ST OF FEBRUARY BUT COULDN'T GET IN THE HOUSE, NOBODY WANTED TO OPEN THE DOOR SINCE THEY COULDN'T SEE WHO IT WAS AND NOBODY KNEW I WAS COMING HOME EXCEPT THE GIRLS THAT PICKED ME UP AT THE AIRPORT (DID I MENTION IT WAS REAL COLD AND RAINING?) FINALLY AFTER HOLLERING THROUGH THE DOOR FOR FEW MINUTES, I'M SOAKING WET AND FREEZING BY NOW, THEY (AND ALL THE NEIGHBORS FOR A MILE AROUND, WE LIVED IN A RURAL AREA) LET ME IN. I STOWED MY GEAR, CHANGED CLOTHES AND HEADED FOR THE LOCAL PACKAGE STORE, BOY THOSE WERE THE DAYS. THE NEXT MORNING I DROVE THROUGH THE GAS STATION WHERE I HAD WORKED BEFORE GOING INTO THE ARMY AND THEY CALLED ME BACK TO WORK ON WEDNESDAY. I GOT A WHOLE TWO DAY VACATION OUT OF THE DEAL. IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE IT WAS THAT LONG AGO BUT I'M SURE GLAD TO STILL BE AROUND TO REMEMBER IT.
FROM THERE IT WAS THROUGH FT DIX, PHILADELPHIA, ST LOUIS AND HOME. I GOT HOME ABOUT 10:00PM ON SUNDAY THE 1ST OF FEBRUARY BUT COULDN'T GET IN THE HOUSE, NOBODY WANTED TO OPEN THE DOOR SINCE THEY COULDN'T SEE WHO IT WAS AND NOBODY KNEW I WAS COMING HOME EXCEPT THE GIRLS THAT PICKED ME UP AT THE AIRPORT (DID I MENTION IT WAS REAL COLD AND RAINING?) FINALLY AFTER HOLLERING THROUGH THE DOOR FOR FEW MINUTES, I'M SOAKING WET AND FREEZING BY NOW, THEY (AND ALL THE NEIGHBORS FOR A MILE AROUND, WE LIVED IN A RURAL AREA) LET ME IN. I STOWED MY GEAR, CHANGED CLOTHES AND HEADED FOR THE LOCAL PACKAGE STORE, BOY THOSE WERE THE DAYS. THE NEXT MORNING I DROVE THROUGH THE GAS STATION WHERE I HAD WORKED BEFORE GOING INTO THE ARMY AND THEY CALLED ME BACK TO WORK ON WEDNESDAY. I GOT A WHOLE TWO DAY VACATION OUT OF THE DEAL. IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE IT WAS THAT LONG AGO BUT I'M SURE GLAD TO STILL BE AROUND TO REMEMBER IT.
