Huneycutt - USAF 1960-64, 29150 Comm Center Specialist, Crypto Ops. 1961-63, NATO and 4th Allied Tactical Air Forces, HQ 17th Air Force, 2044th Comm Sq, Ramstein AFB, Germany. 1963-64, 2135th Comm Sq, HQ USAF Comm Cntr., Pentagon.
Dad - USMC Platoon Sgt, 1st Marine Division, KIA WWII 1943, Bloody Ridge, Guadalcanal. I was three years old and do not remember him. I have pictures but they aren't warm and didn't play ball with me or bounce me on his knee . . . .
Uncle - 32 years USMC, enlisted 1916 fought in WWI, Bella Woods, retired 1947 Master Gunnery Sgt E-9 and passed away at 92 years old.
Two other Uncles served in Pacific, USMC WWII.
Six Confederate cousins Civil War, five came home, one lost an arm, one died from pneumonia in POW camp in Pennsylvania.
Brother - Firefighter died fighting a fire, 23 years old, wife and two daughters.
Our family has a proud history of service to the US of A and the communities in which we live and Dad paid the ultimate price for the FREEDOM we enjoy.
Thank you for remembering us Vets and pray for safety for our fighting forces around the world. GOD BLESS AMERICA - HOME OF THE FREE AND THE BRAVE! Huney.
PS You asked for war stories: January 1961 my TS Crypto clearance hadn't come through, guarding F-100 Super Saber on flight line 2:AM to 4
M shift, ten degrees below zero, wind 35 MPH, 20 years old, half way around the world wondering what in the h3ll I was dong there. Having a self-pity party when Dad came to me and said, "Son, you're doing the same thing I was when I died in that stinking jungle, you are defending our FREEDOM, so stop complaining and do your duty." I never complained again.
USAF has a saying, "Sleep well because your United States Air Force is awake!" It takes all branches of the military pulling together to get the job done, different uniforms but one Flag with one common goal; keep America FREE and her citizens safe. Bravery goes back to the Revolutionary War where our farmers and squirrel hunters in tattered clothes fought the British in spit and polish uniforms. But the good men won because they were living FREE and the British wanted to take that away. Yes Sir, you thank *everyone* who has stood up for FREEDOM because if they hadn't you could be speaking with a British accent or Russian, German or Japanese today.
