Remembering Hank
May 26th 2008 14:52
I had a buddy named Hank. He was always talking about going to Mars! He read everything he could find about the "red planet" and said he had a collection of sci-fi at home. I asked him why he joined the Army instead of the Air Force, if he wanted to go to Mars. He grinned and said the draft board beat him to it. He came back from R & R with a new tatoo that said " Today I jump, tomorrow I fly" with a picture of a flying saucer! The only thing he really wanted was to get home from Nam and join the space program. He almost made it. He was killed by a sniper less than a month before he was due to go home.
They just put a lander on Mars. Kind of fitting that it was today. Sort of like a reminder of Hank and his dream.
Happy Memorial Day.
They just put a lander on Mars. Kind of fitting that it was today. Sort of like a reminder of Hank and his dream.
Happy Memorial Day.
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