D. E. Larsen, DVM There was still a slight chill in the August morning air as we waited in front of the Coos Bay post office, a little unsure of what was to happen next. Then the doors swung open, and Mrs. Baxter emerged with her entourage of four middle-aged men, all dressed in ill-fittingContinue reading “Howard Daniel Vandenacre, From the Archives”
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The Charcoal Sketch
D. E. Larsen, DVM The evening breeze felt good as our platoon staggered into the company street and lined up, hoping for a quick order to fall out. It was the start of our third week of basic training, and we had just returned from our trip to the rifle range. It had been aContinue reading “The Charcoal Sketch”
Dumb and Dumber, From the Archives
D. E. Larsen, DVM By the summer of nineteen sixty-seven, I had been elevated to Quality Control NCO in our maintenance shop for the 177th USASA Operations Company located at Camp Humphreys, South Korea. The year I was there is often called the second Korean War. We were besieged by many infiltrators from North KoreaContinue reading “Dumb and Dumber, From the Archives”
Memoirs of a Country Vet 