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As we get into the holidays, I would like to wish everyone a very merry Christmas and a happy new year 2020. May the new year bring you complete happiness and good health and remember JESUS IS THE REASON FOR THE SEASON. This time I would like to talk about our veterans and the time they served and where they were stationed. My uncle Tooter McDonald was in the army and served in Korea. His son Billy McDonald was in the navy aboard the aircraft carrier the Enterprise/His other son Mike McDonald was stationed in Germany. My uncle on my mother’s side was Fred Cross he was in the army as a medic and served in north Africa, Naples, and in Rome. I always enjoyed hearing some of his stories that he went through and the things he saw. On the other side my brothers Kenneth and Gerald aka boogie were both in the navy and were in Vietnam. They both refused to talk about what they went through and what they saw. I will say they were different men when they came home. Agent orange affected my brother boogie the rest of his life. I remember when I volunteered for the air force and they sent me to San Antonio and I spent the night at the Robert E Lee hotel and then the next day taking test seem like all day long they told me from the test results that I would be in some office some where but then they got the results from my physical and my lungs cause me to fail and I was sent home. It bothered me for a long time but I knew they were right the gasoline that had been poured down my throat seared my lungs and I have had breathing problems since then. Then I think about the ones that did not come back. Here in Del Rio the first one that comes to mind was the young man Limones. I am sorry I do not recall his first name. Another person that comes to mind is Bobby Barrera, he is a true hero and a great person from a good family. He was badly wounded and came home and he is still very active here in Del Rio. There are some more men who lost their lives but I do not recall their names but they gave their life so that we can be free to live in the greatest nation in the world the USA. The veteran’s day parade which was held here in Del Rio on Nov. 11 was a good example of the caliber of veterans we have here in this area. The parade was bigger this year and Mr. Joe Martinez did a good job putting it together. The grand marshal this year was Mr. Fred Vasquez WWII veteran. Radio station KWMC broadcast live and on Facebook part of the Veteran’s Day parade. When speaking to the little red rooster he stated that there was thousands of Mexican Americans that have died in several wars and somehow nobody talks about it. I would love to see a full roster of all of the Hispanics both men and women who served and some died for this country. I recall my brother stating when he and the men he served with came back to the states from Vietnam as they got off of the plane they were spit on among other things. To be honest with you I am concerned with the way things are here in the USA from Washington which is a disgrace what is happening today on down to almost every major city. There are problems with the homeless, the veterans not getting the help they deserve, the drugs, the murderers, the shootings. What will it take to correct it? First, they must have god in the picture and so many people do not any more. It is sad when you can not cut on your tv or your radio and here some good news for a change. My friends I am afraid that we are in for a rude awaking I realize this is a different looking back but I felt these things needed to be said. Thank the lord we live in Del Rio Texas and do not have those problems. Take time for your family and friends and remember do something good for someone and be glad you live in my home town Del Rio Texas. Thanks to Victor Cirilo and the Val Verde County Library. God Bless |
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