Honoring My Fellow Veteran's on Veteran's Day
I see so many photos of Veterans, uniforms, helmets, guns, stories of great sacrifice. My favorite picture is one of me and my boss talking in the studio while a record spun on a nearby turntable. Yes, I was a radio disc-jockey and television new reporter/anchor during my time in the U.S. Air Force. While I didn't see any combat, save any lives, liberate people from an enemy, what we did was important. My first assignment on a 2 1/2 mile by 4 1/2 mile rock in the Aleutian Islands closer to Russia than mainland Alaska was to provide information and entertainment for servicemen and women on a lonely, isolated assignment on an important mission in a very stategic location, if you get my drift. My second assignment was a dream come true. Two years at a radio and TV station near Madrid, Spain. It was tough duty (ha!). Being able to give my fellow service men and women a little taste of home while they served their country in a far away place always felt good. To my fellow Veterans, thank you for your service.
