Recent content by john19485

Start going for a short walk everyday,( make it a block at first , then build yourself up, big thing no sugar.

My Dad, he was famous , to me, most of the people he worked with admired him, he died at 48 , we never had that talk. I had who's who's call me the other day , wanted to , put me in their book, told them ,I was not interested, I'm 77 now, just don't want the hassle .

It was an Honor for me ,to speak at Davis High.

8.4K views · 186 reactions | Davis School District student body officers designed, built and unveiled a memorial to over 1,000 Utah veterans. Hundreds of people came to Kaysville to get a first look at the new "Davis High School Armed Forces Wall of Honor.” Since 1914, Davis High School...

I was the navy hospital wounded in 1970, I got pneumonia, from being in the bed so long, I woke up , I was parked in ice, the navy chaplain, was giving me the Last rights, they said they called my mom. In 1980 a doctor gave me six months to live, my work , retired me at age 32, after their...

I was shot in the back of the head, my knee cap was bowed off by the rockets, had pieces in my black , some Army guys were circling, in a helicopter , and saw all the dead bodies, and came down , a building had fallen on me, they picked me up, I woke up in the hospital three months later, the...

I work with the MP's in the military one time , while my unit was refitting, because we had so many people killed, loved it , had my own jeep driver, worked with CID once, under cover, hated it.

My wife was driving , I was looking to the left and notice an accident that happen , it was a ways off the road, I could see a women trapped in her car, I told my wife to stop, and I ran over to her car, she could not get the doors open, because of the air bags, it was real hard for me to...

I eat grits, the same as anyone.

upday the lien was taken off, they could not stop saying how sorry they were, some people that I worked with awhile back, made them an offer they could not refuse, got the title today , all clear of any liens.

my house

Not sure, I'm 76 , how many do I need?

I'm old people , we don't talk straight!!!

They wanted to give me an award, I wanted one of the other veterans to have the experience of feeling special for a few minutes, so I turn down the award , a week before the dinner, so they could give it to another Veteran. When I got there , I was so honored to be among hero's .

Received this email today made my day. Hello John, I met you briefly on Veterans Day in 2024 in Brigham City, Utah at the dinner. I was serving and I asked you about your great accent and you gave me a disc of the book. Well, I figured if you went through all the work to write a book then I...