Days of War: November 11, 1969, Vietnam
Veteran’s Day 1969 in Vietnam I was out on ambush for the Viet Cong and the sun was setting — for many of the VC they did not know that that sunset would be their last.
Days of Peace: The Fulani and Cattle in Togo, West Africa
When you go to the grocery store and buy fresh meat, where did it come from? It was once part of a living creature, wasn’t it? In America, we are separated from its death and processing, but not so in traditional Africa,
Days of Peace: Children in Togo, West Africa
My time in the Peace Corps in Togo, West Africa, included many opportunities to observe and interact with native children who, like most children around the world when left to themselves, can find something to play with – sticks, an old ball or shoe, their own fingers, and especially their imagination.
Days of Peace: My Letter from Niamtougou, Togo, 1968
A letter home to my parents from when I was in the Peace Corps in Togo, West Africa, a small nation next to Ghana along the Atlantic coast.
Days of Peace: Mount Kilimanjaro
Climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro was a memorable experience. I had left the Peace Corps in Togo and was hitchhiking or traveling by bus around East Africa.
Days of War: Death and Lifetimes
I visited a replica of the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Washington that’s traveling the nation. It’s entitled “The Wall That Heals” – it brought back a lot of memories, including that of our company commander who didn’t make it back.
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