Arkansas

He Is Still Remembered

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Far from any large city, a small town in northeastern Arkansas sits on the eastern edge of a low range of hills that drop to an expanse of flat farm land.

I had no reason to stop except that a sign convinced me there was a special house there that offered an interesting tour.

After following the arrows into a quiet and uncluttered part of town, I saw it — a large and stately looking house plus a few outbuildings surrounded by spacious grounds studded with large shade trees. 

Its look of enduring elegance contrasted sharply with what I had … Read the rest “He Is Still Remembered”

In The Name Of Dignity

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It was 1953. A war had boiled up in Korea and we four, Morris, Wayne, Robert, and me, had been requested to help win it.

That had meant joining others from everywhere for sixteen weeks of basic infantry and artillery training. Ordinarily, that would have been enough, but we were among the select few who had volunteered for and had managed to survive eight weeks of leadership training, a grueling assault on both body and brain. All of it was to toughen our abilities and resolve, give us an edge on the battlefield, keep us from being shipped back home … Read the rest “In The Name Of Dignity”