Monthly Archives: May 2011

Double Eagle (part #3)

Posted on May 29, 2011 by The Scarlet Worm

Just then we hit a sand bar and my train of thought was broken. Another sand bar, and another.  I thought we must be fifty feet up the beach by now.  I could hear machine gun fire, rifle and mortar … Continue reading →

Posted in Autobiography, Family, Friendship, Memoir, Politics, Uncategorized, Vietnam | 2 Comments

Double Eagle (part #2)

Posted on May 26, 2011 by The Scarlet Worm

A cold chill ran all through my body and I felt as if my blood jelled.  My hands started to sweat and I responded, “You’re both crazy, the three of us are going home alive and in one piece.”  Laughter … Continue reading →

Posted in Autobiography, Devotional, Family, Memoir, Uncategorized | 2 Comments

Meeting Ozzie

Posted on May 23, 2011 by The Scarlet Worm

At Moody Bible Institute all the professors had years of experience in the field and taught more from their hearts than their books. Mr. Wise my Greek Professor took over for Kenneth Wuest and went out to his car and … Continue reading →

Posted in Autobiography, Christianity, Devotional, Friendship, Memoir, Oswald Chambers, Uncategorized | 7 Comments

Double Eagle (part #1)

Posted on May 19, 2011 by The Scarlet Worm

It was a sweltering January afternoon on the island of Okinawa when the order came, “We’re moving out!” The Lt. didn’t tell us where but we knew, we knew.  It was what we had trained for, what we had waited … Continue reading →

Posted in Autobiography, Memoir | 6 Comments

Ozzie

Posted on May 16, 2011 by The Scarlet Worm

This is about a man, a common man, who crossed my path a hundred times though we never met and lived a century apart.  We first met in 1976 in Chicago, Illinois in a class room and his book which … Continue reading →

Posted in Devotional, Oswald Chambers | 3 Comments