I only have about three photos of my stunning military service. (that's humor) I should have taken some snapshots at least? I was in a self-propelled 155mm Howitzer artillery unit. Headquarters. I did things like delivering messages, was appointed and trained to be the unit projectionist, a truck driver and other assorted vehicles, (the guy with the truck, went on the beer runs for the company, which made friends), unit librarian, and I fell into rifle training, plus shooting military style matches, which was great entertainment. No one ever shot at me (but over my head as I pulled targets?) and I never had to shoot at anything other than targets. That was during Vietnam.

Oh yeah, during AIT they needed someone to play drums for some general's retirement party or some fancy military type event, outdoors at Ft. Leonard Wood. I don't know why our group got the assignment. So I volunteered. We created a band from various units, learned enough songs for the job, played... and that was the end of it. Two weeks, with no KP.

Six years and I'm very happy that I did what I was assigned to do.

Somehow I have a shot from Basic. A regular killer, right?