In 1984 I was awarded the Purple Heart by U.S. Congressman Henry B. Gonzales in San Antonio, Texas. I was not given it in 1968 after I was wounded because Operation Mallard Duck was a suicide mission and I was not supposed to be rescued. I was the last survivor off the field and although…

In the North, there are not a lot of travelers or large cities to worry about so it was easy to make good time. Cruising at 100 mph is easy to do in a Thunderbird when you are the only one on the road. Everything was going fine until I hit the upper peninsula of…