[rollei_list] Re: OT: Where was thine, in '69?

  • From: J M N <retinaiiic@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: rollei list <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 11:24:11 -0400

I was at HHQ Battery 4th of the 44th Artillery 45 miles south of Seoul, Korea

 

John
 
> From: 54moggie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [rollei_list] Re: OT: Where was thine, in '69?
> Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 11:11:22 -0400
> 
> I was at Fort Gordon, GA with the Army Security Agency getting ready 
> to deploy to Vietnam.
> 
> Rob
> On Jul 16, 2009, at 9:24 AM, Marc James Small wrote:
> 
> > Where were you folks on 20 JUL 1969, when man first set foot on 
> > another world?
> >
> > I had summered over in Lexington, Virginia. In those days, 
> > Lexington was a magnificently dead town when Washington & Lee and 
> > the Virginia Military Institute were out of session. I had a job on 
> > a cataloguing project at the VMI library, and time flowed 
> > seamlessly, in a mix of reading old science fiction and going tubing 
> > on the Maury. There were no bars in town and they rolled the 
> > sidewalks up at 6 PM. Damn, but I would love to find a town like 
> > that today!
> >
> > On the morning of 20 JUL, my TV blew up with a rather unusual belch 
> > and snarl routine. I mentioned this to a friend, a lab assistant at 
> > W&L, and he invited me over to watch the Moon landing. He is now a 
> > Professor of History at W&L and we have disagreed about everything 
> > ever since but I will always regard him as a consummate W&L 
> > gentleman for his kindness that day.
> >
> > I e-mailed him this morning and copied the Department Chair, another 
> > friend of long standing.
> >
> > So, where was thine, in '69?
> >
> > Marc
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir!
> >
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