| Personal Memories, Courageous Soldiers and Sailors--then and now, and SimpleTruths |
| A SAILOR NEEDS A CAMERA TO CAPTURE THE WONDERS OF THE OCEAN! |
| WHILE UNDERWAY ONE NEEDS SUNGLASSES, BINOCULARS, AND--MOST OF ALL--STALWART COMPANIONS TO OBSERVE AND APPRECIATE THE MYSTERIES OF THE DEEP. |
| Truth cannot be found in the bottom of a German beer mug. |
| A GOOD DRIVER AND GREAT FRIEND WHO JOURNEYED WITH ME FOR A SHORT TIME. IN THIS PHOTO WE WERE AT THE IOWA 80 TRUCK STOP, THE LARGEST TRUCK STOP IN THE WORLD. FRIENDSHIP IS AN EXPRESSION OF TRUTH! |
| So they went through their memories, smiling with pleasure: not the sad memories of old age, but poetic, youthful ones--those impressions of one's most distant past in which dreams and realities blend--and they laughed with quiet enjoyment. Leo Tolstoy War and Peace; Book Seven; Chap. X, page 294 |
| "Adagio for Strings" from the album series: "Essentials for Living," helping you live your faith every day. Calm in the Storm available at www.integritymusic.com |
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| FATHER-IN-LAW Bill Jackman |
| Father John E. Moore Sr. |
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| U.S. Army soldiers from 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, provide security for Iraqi army soldiers during a patrol in Adhamiya, Iraq, Dec. 11, 2006. The purpose of the patrol is to decrease sectarian violence and insurgency activity while increasing the Iraqi security force's capabilities. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Jeffrey Alexander |
| Forrestal as viewed from several miles away during flight deck conflagration. |
| VF-74 sailor helping in the aftermath of the fire. |
| I lost a good friend in the Forrestal disaster. He was an AMS-AN (sheet metal mechanic) in VF-74. His name was "Douglas (Doug) Post." He hasn't been, and will not be, forgotten. He's buried in Whitemarsh Memorial Park, Ambler, PA. |
| Click on the photo to left to hear "a plane captain's remembrance" of life and death aboard the USS Forrestal. The USS Forrestal experienced a flight deck disaster on July 29, 1967. |
| All that's left of a VF-74, F-4B Phantom. |
| Shut off music at console below before playing video. |
| People do not know whether they are alive and where they are. The world abounds in misrepresentation--lives without design, movement without aim, roofs without walls. They think they dance, yet they are paralyzed. Delusion holds them enraptured. They feel so comfortable in the clutches of their self-deception that when Satan himself embraces them, they think he is in love with them. Abraham Joshua Heschel, A Passion for Truth, pg.21 |
| The soldiers and sailors pictured above knew they were alive and where they were. Moreover, they recognized and confronted the enemy, regardless of the form in which he appeared. |