Scattered Thoughts . . .

B ack in 2014, I had the very rare privilege of being honored in a ceremony at the US Air Force Museum, however, due to poor health, we missed that ceremony and all of the subsequent annual ceremonies as more names of airmen were added to this wall.  In fact, we haven't seen my name on this "Wall Of Honor" at the US Air Force Museum in person until just last week!   (The photo at right is from that ceremony in 2014 courtesy of the US Air Force Museum Foundation.) Two of our grandchildren, Lukey and Kenzie, were with us during this visit last week but they were unaware of what they would find at this national museum.  They simply thought they would see a lot of airplanes at this immense museum.   As we approached this wall, I pointed out the name of the wall explaining that the names on this wall are the names of airmen who have been honored here at the museum with a "Data Plate" in their name and a brief biography written online.  Then we slowly walked...

I've written about this before so, as many of you already know, a "data plate" in my name was to be installed on the "Wall of Honor" at the National Museum of the US Air Force. My plate was installed about two weeks ago and the US Air Force dedicated this "Wall of Honor" in a ceremony last Thursday. Unfortunately, we had a prior commitment which kept us in Vermont on that day. We hope to get to the museum in late September/early October to finally view my name on this wall and have a little dedication of our own. Until that time, I (and we) can view the video of the official dedication ceremony provided by the National Museum of the US Air Force...  I wish we could have been there for the official ceremony with our own group of people but we'll get there soon enough. This is a great honor to be remembered and honored in this way at the National Museum.