Truly wish you and yours the very best life ! I am sure that this has been said before, but as parents y’all have raised two outstanding young men, no small feat in a world lacking great stories…
God Speed and The Wind At Your Backs !!!
Go Coogs !
PS: I was fortunate to have met and spoken with at length Clayton’s parents at our hotel in Annapolis. Parents of student athletes deserve medals…
When I was there John Wayne and his Production Company showed up to film “The Green Berets”.
We never saw them but heard they were given the Star treatment and that The Army loaned them lots of equipment and technical advisors.
The movie put both The Green Berets and our Vietnam War effort in a very positive light. Exactly what The Pentagon wanted.
I returned to the UH Campus at the end of August to see our campus a pretty good hub of Anti-War protests. And The Beatles album “Sargeant Pepper” had been released.
An amazing time to be alive and to attend UH. By mid-September our Football team had beaten Michigan St. and became ranked either #2 or #3 in The National Polls. 4 months later we defeated UCLA Basketball in The Astrodome and became #1 in The Nation.
Twinmom: I had dinner with my ex-law partner who now lives in SC. His son is in the 82nd air borne and his name is Conner Clore. Wondered if Derek’s brother knows him. He had a twisted road to follow to get where he is and I told his dad how proud I am of his son and all the others who are committed to defending our magnificent country.