66 or 67, mom picked me up out of Lamar Elementary to go to the municipal airport to see the landing of the Goodyear Blimp. Bob Hall was principal then, our celebrity student was Linda Blondell, the niece of actress Joan Blondell.
I was born at Beach Army Hospital two weeks after it opened in April of 1957. Dad was stationed in Korea & then Fort Wolters & went to work at Southern Airways with Dusty Pool.
My grandfather Charles Davis left Camp Wolters with a paint crew for repairs to Pearl Harbor a year after the attacks. He use to be the town's painter, painting entrance & exit signs.
VICTOR,DO YOU KNOW ANY WEAVERS OUT THERE?I LIVED IN MINERAL WELLS IN 1966.OUR NEIGHBORS NAME WAS WEAVER.IF I CAN REMEMBER RIGHT THEY HAD A DAUGHTER NAMED JUDY.I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THE NAME OF THE ROAD THEY LIVED ON,FOR A STORY I AM WRITING ABOUT MINERAL WELLS.I LIVE IN N.C. BUT SYAYED IN A OLD HOUSE BELOW THE WEAVERS.I NEED THE NAME OF THE ROAD.THAT WAS IN 1966 WHEN I LIVED OUT THERE FOR 4 MONTHS
My sister got caught up in the rapids of the Brazo's River with our CB club trying to reach her, mom, me & from above one of the bubble helicopter. Mom reached her first. I had one searching for me at age four when I wandered away in Elmhurst.
In the museum is a picture of a pilot that had died during the Vietnam War. I remember mom taking me to some ladies house who had that picture on the wall, it was her husband. She lived on the begaining of the Milsap Highway, 6th street I think.
Mom told me they use to put up soldiers during WW2 the same house I lived in about 1960. 1960 there was hardly any houses & it was a dirt road that lead past the large orange water tower until it made a turnaround, completed today & goes all the way through. Well I bought five WW2 Fort Wolters postcards with penciled writing in the messages. One was addressed to someone else in Texas and made the comment "come to see me on North East 23rd Street. Well I'm quite sure he wrote the message from my grandfather's home maybe with mom in it at the time. There was few homes when Charles, Dollie, Patricia, Dulen, Chuck, Cindy, Virginia, Christine, Cecil lived there even before I did in 1960, the soldier must have been staying in the Davis attic. Small world.
Mom's boy friend Captain Gary Leonard was a helicopter instructor late into the Vietnam War. Back in those time they use to initiate new pilots by tossing them into the Holiday Inn swimming pool until one finally drowned. This practice was stopped then.
That Ammo Dump looks just like the one a mile from me at Barron Field where WW1 Canadian flyers were taught. Bi-Planes had to been flying over the area where I sit today.
I have often pondered all the military parades I saw on the downtown street corners & the earlier wars the soldiers in parades must have fought in, WW1 must have been one.
66 or 67, mom picked me up out of Lamar Elementary to go to the municipal airport to see the landing of the Goodyear Blimp. Bob Hall was principal then, our celebrity student was Linda Blondell, the niece of actress Joan Blondell.
I was born at Beach Army Hospital two weeks after it opened in April of 1957. Dad was stationed in Korea & then Fort Wolters & went to work at Southern Airways with Dusty Pool.
Born in Mineral Wells as well "63 when my father trained as an aviator. I was born off post in the county hospital.
You do not win the Medal of honor, you are awarded the medal. It is not a contest.
My grandfather Charles Davis left Camp Wolters with a paint crew for repairs to Pearl Harbor a year after the attacks. He use to be the town's painter, painting entrance & exit signs.
VICTOR,DO YOU KNOW ANY WEAVERS OUT THERE?I LIVED IN MINERAL WELLS IN 1966.OUR NEIGHBORS NAME WAS WEAVER.IF I CAN REMEMBER RIGHT THEY HAD A DAUGHTER NAMED JUDY.I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THE NAME OF THE ROAD THEY LIVED ON,FOR A STORY I AM WRITING ABOUT MINERAL WELLS.I LIVE IN N.C. BUT SYAYED IN A OLD HOUSE BELOW THE WEAVERS.I NEED THE NAME OF THE ROAD.THAT WAS IN 1966 WHEN I LIVED OUT THERE FOR 4 MONTHS
I have a yearbook signed by Senator Tommy Creighton.
My sister got caught up in the rapids of the Brazo's River with our CB club trying to reach her, mom, me & from above one of the bubble helicopter. Mom reached her first. I had one searching for me at age four when I wandered away in Elmhurst.
In the museum is a picture of a pilot that had died during the Vietnam War. I remember mom taking me to some ladies house who had that picture on the wall, it was her husband. She lived on the begaining of the Milsap Highway, 6th street I think.
I remember Ernie, I saw the movie. I was on Welcome Mountain when I heard in the front room radio that Audie died.
I remember a field trip in the 60's of the missile silo at Fort Wolters. Must have been Cub Scouts.
Mom told me they use to put up soldiers during WW2 the same house I lived in about 1960. 1960 there was hardly any houses & it was a dirt road that lead past the large orange water tower until it made a turnaround, completed today & goes all the way through. Well I bought five WW2 Fort Wolters postcards with penciled writing in the messages. One was addressed to someone else in Texas and made the comment "come to see me on North East 23rd Street. Well I'm quite sure he wrote the message from my grandfather's home maybe with mom in it at the time. There was few homes when Charles, Dollie, Patricia, Dulen, Chuck, Cindy, Virginia, Christine, Cecil lived there even before I did in 1960, the soldier must have been staying in the Davis attic. Small world.
Mom's boy friend Captain Gary Leonard was a helicopter instructor late into the Vietnam War. Back in those time they use to initiate new pilots by tossing them into the Holiday Inn swimming pool until one finally drowned. This practice was stopped then.
I was in high school when they ripped across our schools when the Vietnam War ended losing many of our classmates moving elsewhere.
That Ammo Dump looks just like the one a mile from me at Barron Field where WW1 Canadian flyers were taught. Bi-Planes had to been flying over the area where I sit today.
Vernon Baker went through Camp Wolters, I got his autograph before he died.
I bought Tommy Creighton's son's yellow VW Bug in the late 70's at the Ford House.
I have often pondered all the military parades I saw on the downtown street corners & the earlier wars the soldiers in parades must have fought in, WW1 must have been one.
Back in the 60's for a time, one of the two helicopters at the gate was dressed up as Dumbo the clown.
Question, how old is the Chapel?
Audie Murphy trained at Camp Wolters. Audie Murphy was not a pilot.
Audie Murphy was not a pilot.