Was still Armistice Day till I was a Sr in Hi Nov 11 ’54. By Then had been the BIG ONE and Korea so switched to Vets but went thru a few changes
on Federal 3 day weekends but now Vet’s is only the 11th. Many in WW 1 have a celebration by another name.

My memory of a Jarhead Birthday was in ’71 Luxembourg. Only one’s assigned there are the Embassy guards. They raise funds all year long and throw a Formal PARTY!!! Dorly was selling them tax free cars in Bitburg just cross the border so we got an invite. Saw the sun come up and went to the hotel finally . I do recall a table with a pyramid of Johnny Walker which the Embassy class 6 sold for about $2. Rest kinda vague. Them lads knew how to blow it out. We took a couple, one of my EB-66 pilots , I’d trained for Thailand so were the only USAF there. Dan and Dotty Craven. 1st class at AF Co Spgs ’59 grads. Went back home to K.I. Sawyer AFB upper Mich and killed in a KC 135 refueling accident. With my own EB-66 pilot Ken Kelly , 2 I combat trained got alive thru SEA died in fat and happy peacetime. Have a nice Chapel ceremony and get back to work. Thing is is to be a VET? FIRST survive until next 11/11. Salute the FLAG! 8