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.
Days of War: Preparation for Vietnam
Basic training was brutal. One may hear that from a lot of soldiers, and ours was. It took place in Fort Benning, Georgia, from late January to March, 1969. The drill sergeant’s job was to get us in shape for Vietnam, for almost all of us were going there. Sleep was hard to come by.,
Hurricanes, Dogs, and a Question
Would you go out in the pouring rain if you didn’t have to?
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