I've been fortunate to spend time, shoot, hunt etc with a few folks here. Supported a number of gunsmiths and gun dealers. Others I'd like to spend time with . . .others, spend money with if my disposable income didn't have limits.
As for places connected to war: I'm especially glad I visited Gettysburg. You stand at the high water mark of the Confederacy, where Pickett led his charge, and you're either struck by the raw courage of it, or the folly, or both. I've been on the beach at Dieppe, where so many brave Canadians died. I've also seen the D-Day beaches and Ste Mere-Eglise, the first town liberated in France (where Red Buttons hung from the church steeple in "The Longest Day").
My service in the UK was mostly at a place called RAF Molesworth, which was a WWII US bomber base. (The Joint Analysis Center is now located there.) Reminded me of "Twelve O'clock High". Right next to the base is a church missing most of its steeple. Crippled bomber came in too low. I was over there during the 50th anniversary of WWII years. The JAC is a secure facility, so everyone enters through the same door. And every morning as we walked through that door, there was a sign posted about the mission flown by the Molesworth squadron that day 50 years ago. Target, how many aircraft, etc. And how many planes and men were lost. You see that day after day for a couple weeks, it pretty much imprints the sacrifices we made for freedom in WWII.
Last edited by L. Brown; 01/26/17 11:32 AM.
