D. E. Larsen, DVM The winter of 1968 in West Germany was cold, with multiple ice storms and plenty of snow. I had just been promoted to NCO in charge of the maintenance shop of a remote Army Security Agency Site at Wobeck. Located in the middle of an ancient elm forest outside of theContinue reading “Power Line Splice in Yellow Snow”
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A Surprise Visit
D. E. Larsen, DVM “Dave, I am flying from San Francisco to Seattle this weekend,” Marsden said on the phone. “If it works out for you, I could stop off in Eugene, spend the weekend and then catch a flight out of Portland.” “What a surprise,” I said. “That will workContinue reading “A Surprise Visit”
Christmases in the Army
D. E. Larsen, DVM “Company D, Private Drake speaking, can I help you,” Bill answered the phone on a snowy Christmas Eve in 1965. Bill and I were pulling CQ duty for Company D, a duty company for troops waiting for school at Fort Devens. We were a couple of lucky ones; we were permanentContinue reading “Christmases in the Army”
Memoirs of a Country Vet 