Month: December 2022

My most memorable Christmas as a child was the year we gathered at Aunt Helga and Uncle Ernst’s house. I don’t remember the exact year, but it was before my sister Jennifer was born, which was 1966, so it had to be in the early to mid 1960’s.  Uncle Ernst was actually my Morfar’s brother,…

Exactly 50 years ago, December 2, 1972, was a Saturday. On that day Army upset Navy 23 to 15 at JFK stadium in Philadelphia, PA. I was a “plebe” then, having entered the academy on June 2, 1972. In those days plebes had very little freedom, and Army-Navy weekend was the first time we were…