Monthly Archives: September 2012

At the break of dawn, January 25, 1954, I disembarked from the USNS Geiger at Bremerhaven, Germany, along with 1,505 of my fellow soldiers, all members of U.S. 7th Army post-World War II occupation forces. We were loaded onto train … Continue reading →

On September 15, 1972, while serving as a regional chairman of the Committee to Reelect the President (the Nixon reelection campaign), I stood on a speakers’ platform just feet behind the president’s deputy campaign manager, Jeb Stuart Magruder, as he … Continue reading →

On November 4, 1979, a crazed mob of Iranian “students” attacked and seized the U.S. Embassy in Tehran.  Fifty-two American diplomats were taken hostage and held for 444 days.  On April 18, 1983, a van packed with 400 pounds of … Continue reading →