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About Me

Retired Regular Army Sergeant Major. Born and raised in upstate NY, enlisted with draft notice in hand. Republic of Vietnam: 1968-1969, 1970-1971, 1971-1972. Retired in '93'

Interests

Reading, building furniture (all joinery, NO nails).

Favorite Music

Anything by Beethoven as long as it's the Berlin Philharmonic under Von Karajan. Berlinerstadt Chorus is a plus.
Glenn Miller
The John Tesh Project
Boston

Favorite TV Shows

Virtually anything on the History Channel, 1 or 2, or on the Military Channel.

Favorite Movies

First and foremost: "You've Got Mail"
after that... Gettysburg, The Lost Battalion, Saving Private Ryan, Thin Red Line, We Were Soldiers, Band of Brothers, The Pacific.... you get the idea. Also like Caine and Connery in "The Man Who Would Be King" and Caine and Duvall in "Second Hand Lions"

Favorite Books

Crucible of War - Fred Anderson
George Washington's War - Robert Leckie
Eagle Against the Sun - Ronald Spector

Favorite Quotes

"I led the two largest amphibious landings in history and didn't have the first Marine in either of them!" - Dwight D. Eisenhower to Senator Leverett Saltonstall.
"Nothing in hell can stop the Timberwolves!" - Terry de la Mesa Allen, CG, 104th Infantry Division

Favorite Heroes

My father
Dwight D Eisenhower
Terry de la Mesa Allen

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  • Sgt Major B
  • Male
  • UT, US
  • 2010/11/06 00:19:27
  • 6 hours ago
  • 65
  • Married
  • Straight
  • Expressing Myself
  • Some College
  • Retired
  • Military
  • $75k - $100k
  • No
  • No
  • Proud Parent
  • Conservative
  • White/Caucasian
  • 5 feet 7 inches