1 00:00:03,800 --> 00:00:09,280 Speaker 1: It's that time, time, time, time, luck and load. 2 00:00:11,160 --> 00:00:13,760 Speaker 2: The Michael's Dairy Show is on the air. 3 00:00:13,920 --> 00:00:18,360 Speaker 3: Heroes everyone, Heroes by the million men who abandoned home 4 00:00:18,400 --> 00:00:21,439 Speaker 3: and vocations that they may be ready to defend democracy 5 00:00:21,480 --> 00:00:26,400 Speaker 3: if necessary. Sturdy of body, firm and spirit, seamen, marine 6 00:00:26,560 --> 00:00:27,600 Speaker 3: soldiers and flyers. 7 00:00:27,600 --> 00:00:30,800 Speaker 2: Well this is my bed level. Will the fa and 8 00:00:30,840 --> 00:00:34,640 Speaker 2: you place to dwell for his dandy in the lone 9 00:00:34,800 --> 00:00:35,440 Speaker 2: street that. 10 00:00:37,320 --> 00:00:41,080 Speaker 3: I've fell into, burn and ring of fires? 11 00:00:41,280 --> 00:00:43,159 Speaker 2: Can we make it through. 12 00:00:43,120 --> 00:00:55,080 Speaker 4: And let you down? 13 00:00:57,320 --> 00:00:59,520 Speaker 2: Before love came down? 14 00:01:00,360 --> 00:01:06,200 Speaker 4: Cross cross Cross, croub chick on the list, double musty 15 00:01:06,480 --> 00:01:08,080 Speaker 4: turlip on dusty. 16 00:01:09,920 --> 00:01:10,120 Speaker 1: Road. 17 00:01:10,280 --> 00:01:14,240 Speaker 2: Can't touch this, can't touch? 18 00:01:14,319 --> 00:01:30,040 Speaker 5: When do the chucky got. 19 00:01:29,959 --> 00:01:30,880 Speaker 2: The chip stash? 20 00:01:31,600 --> 00:01:38,399 Speaker 6: Keep trucking like the DoD Man Together on the road again. 21 00:01:40,240 --> 00:01:42,720 Speaker 6: I just can't wait to get on the road again. 22 00:01:44,680 --> 00:01:48,480 Speaker 6: Why my love is making music with my friend? I 23 00:01:48,640 --> 00:01:50,559 Speaker 6: can't wait to get all road again. 24 00:01:51,040 --> 00:01:56,279 Speaker 3: I have a my morning, have a real alby. 25 00:01:58,400 --> 00:02:03,640 Speaker 2: The US condor wait out of here said that talking 26 00:02:03,800 --> 00:02:07,560 Speaker 2: to the theme, Paess. 27 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:28,680 Speaker 7: Tennessee Wische, Well you probably figured out. 28 00:02:28,600 --> 00:02:36,120 Speaker 2: That is a celebration in music. The folks who served 29 00:02:36,160 --> 00:02:38,560 Speaker 2: in the United States military, every single one of those 30 00:02:39,400 --> 00:02:43,240 Speaker 2: is a veteran. In case you didn't know, now you do, 31 00:02:43,919 --> 00:02:47,000 Speaker 2: thanks to Jim Mudd for that montage. Veterans Day Today 32 00:02:47,880 --> 00:02:51,440 Speaker 2: observed in these United States for over a century. First 33 00:02:51,600 --> 00:02:58,320 Speaker 2: celebrated in the United States on November eleventh, nineteen nineteen, 34 00:02:58,440 --> 00:03:02,640 Speaker 2: with the signing of the Armistice Day, so it was 35 00:03:02,680 --> 00:03:07,400 Speaker 2: called Ourmistice Day. It was the first anniversary at the 36 00:03:07,560 --> 00:03:10,840 Speaker 2: end of the fighting in World War One, Although the 37 00:03:10,880 --> 00:03:14,160 Speaker 2: war didn't officially end until the Treaty of Versailles in 38 00:03:14,400 --> 00:03:18,240 Speaker 2: June of nineteen nineteen, The fighting stopped at eleven am 39 00:03:18,760 --> 00:03:24,000 Speaker 2: on November eleventh, nineteen eighteen, the eleventh hour of the 40 00:03:24,040 --> 00:03:28,800 Speaker 2: Eleventh Day, with an Ourmistice between the Allied Forces and Germany. 41 00:03:29,919 --> 00:03:34,120 Speaker 2: In November nineteen nineteen, President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed to us 42 00:03:34,120 --> 00:03:37,320 Speaker 2: in America, the reflections of Ourmistice Day will be filled 43 00:03:37,360 --> 00:03:42,119 Speaker 2: with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died 44 00:03:42,120 --> 00:03:45,600 Speaker 2: in the country service, and with gratitude for the victory, 45 00:03:46,400 --> 00:03:48,480 Speaker 2: both because of the thing from which it has freed 46 00:03:48,560 --> 00:03:52,360 Speaker 2: us and because of the opportunity it has given Americans 47 00:03:52,880 --> 00:03:56,360 Speaker 2: to show her sympathy. Has given America to show her 48 00:03:56,360 --> 00:04:00,160 Speaker 2: sympathy with peace and justice. In the Councils of the Nation. 49 00:04:00,760 --> 00:04:04,320 Speaker 2: Congress declared Our Mistus Day a federal holiday in nineteen 50 00:04:04,520 --> 00:04:09,080 Speaker 2: thirty eight as a day to honor World War One veterans. 51 00:04:09,400 --> 00:04:13,840 Speaker 2: Of course, that was before the even bigger war, World 52 00:04:13,880 --> 00:04:17,440 Speaker 2: War II. We were just on the eve of World 53 00:04:17,520 --> 00:04:21,440 Speaker 2: War Two. In nineteen fifty four, President Dwight D. Eisenhower, 54 00:04:22,400 --> 00:04:25,440 Speaker 2: who of course had commanded the Supreme Allied Forces in 55 00:04:25,480 --> 00:04:30,960 Speaker 2: World War Two, officially changed Our Mistus Day to Veterans Day, 56 00:04:31,520 --> 00:04:34,039 Speaker 2: marking a shift from honoring those who served in World 57 00:04:34,040 --> 00:04:38,400 Speaker 2: War One to honoring all veterans. The nineteen sixty eight 58 00:04:38,640 --> 00:04:42,239 Speaker 2: Uniform Holidays Bill moved the holiday to the fourth Monday 59 00:04:42,320 --> 00:04:48,200 Speaker 2: in October beginning in nineteen seventy one. In nineteen seventy five, 60 00:04:48,240 --> 00:04:52,640 Speaker 2: President Gerald Ford restored the holiday to November eleventh, quote, 61 00:04:52,760 --> 00:04:58,719 Speaker 2: due to the important historical significance of the day. Well, 62 00:05:00,240 --> 00:05:05,160 Speaker 2: for those of you who served in the United States military, 63 00:05:06,440 --> 00:05:13,080 Speaker 2: in whatever capacity, at whatever time, for however long, thank 64 00:05:13,120 --> 00:05:17,640 Speaker 2: you for your service. Today is not the day we 65 00:05:17,720 --> 00:05:21,040 Speaker 2: honor those who died. It's the day we honor an 66 00:05:21,040 --> 00:05:24,919 Speaker 2: individual branch the day after the Marine Corps Birthday. It 67 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:29,760 Speaker 2: is the day we honor those who served. And if 68 00:05:29,800 --> 00:05:31,920 Speaker 2: that is you, Ramon, can you open the phone lines 69 00:05:32,040 --> 00:05:34,280 Speaker 2: you mind if we take a few calls. Let's take 70 00:05:34,320 --> 00:05:37,560 Speaker 2: a few calls from folks. If serving in the military 71 00:05:38,320 --> 00:05:41,279 Speaker 2: is something that in some way or another changed your life, 72 00:05:42,160 --> 00:05:46,880 Speaker 2: is a fond remembrance, something for which you have great pride, 73 00:05:47,279 --> 00:05:49,680 Speaker 2: Let's take a segment or two to take your calls 74 00:05:49,760 --> 00:05:54,320 Speaker 2: and discuss that. Seven one, three, nine, one thousand. Maybe, 75 00:05:54,560 --> 00:05:56,520 Speaker 2: as I have heard from many folks, you were a 76 00:05:56,560 --> 00:06:00,479 Speaker 2: wayward youth and you were given the serve or serve 77 00:06:00,520 --> 00:06:03,560 Speaker 2: in the military, or serve in prison. You chose the 78 00:06:03,560 --> 00:06:07,360 Speaker 2: military and it changed your life. You got structure and discipline, 79 00:06:07,960 --> 00:06:12,000 Speaker 2: and you're proud of the person you became. Or maybe 80 00:06:12,040 --> 00:06:16,240 Speaker 2: you were a third generation in the United States Navy 81 00:06:16,320 --> 00:06:20,560 Speaker 2: or Army, Air Force, Marines, Coastguard, and you signed up 82 00:06:20,600 --> 00:06:23,279 Speaker 2: to serve and it was everything you hoped it would be. 83 00:06:24,440 --> 00:06:30,560 Speaker 2: Maybe you served in Iraq, Afghanistan, Vietnam, Korea, whatever that 84 00:06:30,680 --> 00:06:33,920 Speaker 2: conflict was, or whatever that period of time was. Maybe 85 00:06:33,920 --> 00:06:37,000 Speaker 2: you learned a skill in the military that you then 86 00:06:37,640 --> 00:06:40,960 Speaker 2: translated into making a life for the rest of your career. 87 00:06:41,360 --> 00:06:45,479 Speaker 2: Or maybe you are a career military still in like 88 00:06:45,960 --> 00:06:48,520 Speaker 2: young David Burton. I was telling you about who just 89 00:06:48,600 --> 00:06:51,360 Speaker 2: got promoted to East six, which is a staff sergeant, 90 00:06:51,960 --> 00:06:55,039 Speaker 2: just a few days ago, and it was the most 91 00:06:55,040 --> 00:06:59,200 Speaker 2: incredible honor to get to pin him on that day, 92 00:06:59,360 --> 00:07:02,880 Speaker 2: on the day of his big promotion. I'm so incredibly 93 00:07:02,920 --> 00:07:05,120 Speaker 2: proud of him. He will soon have completed eight years. 94 00:07:05,160 --> 00:07:07,720 Speaker 2: He's going to sign up for yet another He's going 95 00:07:07,760 --> 00:07:11,120 Speaker 2: to sign up for another four, so that will make twelve. 96 00:07:11,840 --> 00:07:14,960 Speaker 2: If you put in twenty, you get the retirement, so 97 00:07:15,360 --> 00:07:17,720 Speaker 2: at that point it starts making a whole lot more sense. 98 00:07:17,960 --> 00:07:20,080 Speaker 2: I can't tell you how many folks I've known who 99 00:07:20,120 --> 00:07:24,240 Speaker 2: put in twenty years and they end up about forty 100 00:07:24,320 --> 00:07:26,440 Speaker 2: years old or so. They retire and go on to 101 00:07:26,520 --> 00:07:31,600 Speaker 2: a full career doing something else, and they hit the 102 00:07:31,640 --> 00:07:34,840 Speaker 2: ground running because they have these job skills. They hit 103 00:07:34,840 --> 00:07:37,080 Speaker 2: the ground running and go on to have a great 104 00:07:37,080 --> 00:07:42,920 Speaker 2: career in any number of other usually involving something technical 105 00:07:43,200 --> 00:07:47,680 Speaker 2: because of a skill they learn in the military, and 106 00:07:47,880 --> 00:07:51,360 Speaker 2: or in some sort of a leadership capacity. Because most 107 00:07:51,400 --> 00:07:55,080 Speaker 2: civilians have a respect for the concept of leadership in 108 00:07:55,120 --> 00:07:59,480 Speaker 2: a hierarchical organization through discipline and commitment that the military 109 00:08:00,040 --> 00:08:04,920 Speaker 2: provides lots of military go into police work or law 110 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:08,200 Speaker 2: enforcement work in some capacity afterwards. But anyway, let's take 111 00:08:08,200 --> 00:08:11,200 Speaker 2: a moment to celebrate you and hear your story seven 112 00:08:11,280 --> 00:08:15,480 Speaker 2: one three nine one thousand seven one three nine one 113 00:08:15,640 --> 00:08:18,080 Speaker 2: zero zero zero, and we'll look forward to hearing from 114 00:08:18,120 --> 00:08:24,840 Speaker 2: you coming up. The information that I get from the 115 00:08:24,960 --> 00:08:26,680 Speaker 2: show that I don't seem to get from other places 116 00:08:26,680 --> 00:08:30,840 Speaker 2: the Michael Barry Show. Young people will have no idea 117 00:08:30,880 --> 00:08:32,200 Speaker 2: how big Toby Keith. 118 00:08:32,080 --> 00:08:38,119 Speaker 8: Was from there, and it was tapping into a sentiment 119 00:08:39,520 --> 00:08:44,199 Speaker 8: that was there under the surface but not being talked 120 00:08:44,200 --> 00:08:46,600 Speaker 8: about on a grand stage like that. 121 00:08:47,840 --> 00:08:50,120 Speaker 2: This idea that we love our veterans were private because 122 00:08:50,160 --> 00:08:53,120 Speaker 2: everybody's married to one, a son of one, a father 123 00:08:53,200 --> 00:08:57,120 Speaker 2: of one, a brother one, a sister of and it 124 00:08:57,280 --> 00:09:01,480 Speaker 2: kind of people wanted and I wanted that opportunity to 125 00:09:01,960 --> 00:09:05,760 Speaker 2: express that. So Happy Veterans day Tony, you're our first veteran. 126 00:09:05,800 --> 00:09:09,240 Speaker 9: Go ahead, my man, Hey, good morning, Michael. I was 127 00:09:09,280 --> 00:09:11,880 Speaker 9: seventeen at the time. I was in high school. I 128 00:09:11,880 --> 00:09:14,320 Speaker 9: had my parents signed for me. I knew I couldn't 129 00:09:14,360 --> 00:09:16,760 Speaker 9: go to college, so I decided to go in the 130 00:09:16,800 --> 00:09:20,120 Speaker 9: Air Force, signed up for six years and I ended 131 00:09:20,160 --> 00:09:20,840 Speaker 9: up in Guam. 132 00:09:21,200 --> 00:09:22,000 Speaker 10: It was wonderful. 133 00:09:22,120 --> 00:09:24,360 Speaker 9: I was, of course, like they say, band of brothers. 134 00:09:24,720 --> 00:09:27,680 Speaker 9: Some really good people taught me a lot of wonderful skills. 135 00:09:27,720 --> 00:09:30,120 Speaker 9: I later went on and became vice president and general 136 00:09:30,160 --> 00:09:33,120 Speaker 9: manager of a company. I attributed those skills that were 137 00:09:33,120 --> 00:09:35,880 Speaker 9: taught to me in the military part of my leadership, 138 00:09:36,360 --> 00:09:39,360 Speaker 9: and I think the going in the military is the 139 00:09:39,360 --> 00:09:40,680 Speaker 9: best thing that ever happened to me. Sir. 140 00:09:40,840 --> 00:09:43,680 Speaker 2: Are you still at that company where you were vice president? 141 00:09:44,760 --> 00:09:44,840 Speaker 10: No. 142 00:09:45,040 --> 00:09:48,000 Speaker 9: I retired in twenty ten. Took a short retirement in 143 00:09:48,040 --> 00:09:50,440 Speaker 9: my fifties, and then I've gone back to work and 144 00:09:50,480 --> 00:09:54,080 Speaker 9: I'm running another company. We do a ultra high pressure 145 00:09:54,120 --> 00:09:56,960 Speaker 9: hose to extreme pressures, so I'm kind of a specialist 146 00:09:56,960 --> 00:09:57,440 Speaker 9: in that area. 147 00:09:57,520 --> 00:09:57,720 Speaker 4: Sir. 148 00:09:57,960 --> 00:09:59,760 Speaker 2: What's the name of that company? 149 00:10:00,080 --> 00:10:01,800 Speaker 9: The company I work for right now is Austin Hose. 150 00:10:02,200 --> 00:10:05,960 Speaker 2: Okay. What was the company before Spearstar Okay? 151 00:10:06,160 --> 00:10:07,479 Speaker 9: The German company. 152 00:10:07,480 --> 00:10:09,800 Speaker 2: Okay, and it was high pressure hoses. 153 00:10:10,320 --> 00:10:13,040 Speaker 9: Yes, sir, and I started it from the ground up, 154 00:10:13,120 --> 00:10:15,480 Speaker 9: just two people. We ended up with thirty people and 155 00:10:15,840 --> 00:10:18,640 Speaker 9: we did quite well. It was fifteen years iran it. 156 00:10:18,640 --> 00:10:21,280 Speaker 2: What was the application? Was this chemical plans? Was this 157 00:10:21,320 --> 00:10:21,920 Speaker 2: oil field? 158 00:10:23,400 --> 00:10:28,160 Speaker 9: Both actually pressure testing huston refineries to help clean They 159 00:10:28,200 --> 00:10:31,280 Speaker 9: do jet cutting with these hoses on X y Z 160 00:10:31,480 --> 00:10:35,160 Speaker 9: access robut surface preparation, on and on. It's a really 161 00:10:35,240 --> 00:10:36,160 Speaker 9: neat industry. 162 00:10:36,679 --> 00:10:39,320 Speaker 2: Did you ever come across the company called Hydro Services. 163 00:10:39,679 --> 00:10:41,560 Speaker 9: Yes, actually you know them quite well. 164 00:10:41,720 --> 00:10:45,880 Speaker 2: My brother Steve worked there for years. I think he married. 165 00:10:45,960 --> 00:10:50,480 Speaker 2: I think Laura, his wife's father. Was spent his entire 166 00:10:50,520 --> 00:10:53,679 Speaker 2: career there. He was in the Orange location at the time. 167 00:10:54,600 --> 00:10:57,240 Speaker 2: But I sat at a dinner in Colorado one night 168 00:10:57,800 --> 00:11:00,160 Speaker 2: with the fella and I cannot remember his name cod 169 00:11:00,160 --> 00:11:06,640 Speaker 2: see his face. That business got pretty big too. It's 170 00:11:06,640 --> 00:11:07,480 Speaker 2: fascinating business. 171 00:11:08,320 --> 00:11:10,800 Speaker 9: Oh yeah, it's giant. It's a very huge might be 172 00:11:10,840 --> 00:11:11,440 Speaker 9: Pat DeBusk. 173 00:11:12,040 --> 00:11:13,760 Speaker 2: Yeah it was the Busk. Yeah, it's exactly I was 174 00:11:13,760 --> 00:11:15,920 Speaker 2: sitting next to Andrew de Busk. That's exactly right. 175 00:11:16,600 --> 00:11:17,040 Speaker 9: Definitely. 176 00:11:17,080 --> 00:11:20,280 Speaker 2: Okay, how did the military change you as a person. 177 00:11:21,600 --> 00:11:25,200 Speaker 9: I was out of controlled, wild young man. I had 178 00:11:25,200 --> 00:11:28,760 Speaker 9: really no structure, and the military gave me the structure 179 00:11:28,960 --> 00:11:34,600 Speaker 9: that I needed. It bought me. It put emphasis on education. 180 00:11:35,400 --> 00:11:37,480 Speaker 9: I was able to go to school at night as well. 181 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:40,920 Speaker 9: So there was so much that the military gave me back. 182 00:11:41,559 --> 00:11:43,600 Speaker 9: And of course you know, you're giving part of your 183 00:11:43,679 --> 00:11:46,160 Speaker 9: life and time. You know, it's not exactly easy. Sitting 184 00:11:46,200 --> 00:11:49,840 Speaker 9: in Guam for several years wasn't the most fun experience. 185 00:11:49,880 --> 00:11:53,840 Speaker 9: But at the same time, I grew and it grew 186 00:11:53,880 --> 00:11:56,440 Speaker 9: me mentally as well. Helped me be stronger too in 187 00:11:56,520 --> 00:11:57,240 Speaker 9: many ways. 188 00:11:57,520 --> 00:11:59,640 Speaker 2: Good for you, Tony. Thank you for sharing your story. 189 00:12:00,320 --> 00:12:02,240 Speaker 9: Oh, thank you, sir, and keep up the wonderful work. 190 00:12:02,240 --> 00:12:03,120 Speaker 9: I love listening to you. 191 00:12:03,200 --> 00:12:07,600 Speaker 2: Take care of Michael Dan. Let's hear your story, ma man, how. 192 00:12:07,480 --> 00:12:10,520 Speaker 11: Are we doing? Michael Good I starved at Ford Hood 193 00:12:10,600 --> 00:12:12,720 Speaker 11: right here in Texas. I got out twenty five years ago. 194 00:12:13,960 --> 00:12:15,640 Speaker 11: I was a truck driver and I'm still driving a 195 00:12:15,679 --> 00:12:17,120 Speaker 11: truck today, thirty three years later. 196 00:12:17,760 --> 00:12:18,959 Speaker 2: How old were you when you went in? 197 00:12:20,520 --> 00:12:21,200 Speaker 11: Twenty nine? 198 00:12:21,400 --> 00:12:22,280 Speaker 2: Why did you go in? 199 00:12:24,600 --> 00:12:26,920 Speaker 11: Because of my life was going nowhere with nowhere jobs 200 00:12:26,960 --> 00:12:29,559 Speaker 11: and stuff. So I just wanted to change the pace. 201 00:12:29,640 --> 00:12:32,160 Speaker 11: And you know, and I'm kind of glad I went in. 202 00:12:32,360 --> 00:12:32,560 Speaker 4: You know. 203 00:12:32,760 --> 00:12:37,200 Speaker 2: So well, if it gave you the structure you needed 204 00:12:37,200 --> 00:12:39,280 Speaker 2: and you've turned out well since then, it would probably 205 00:12:39,440 --> 00:12:40,560 Speaker 2: it probably is a good thing. 206 00:12:41,400 --> 00:12:44,040 Speaker 11: Well, I mean, it taught me, you know, discipline stuff. 207 00:12:44,080 --> 00:12:46,959 Speaker 11: When my ex wife cheated on me. I did about 208 00:12:46,960 --> 00:12:48,800 Speaker 11: face and walked out of the house. I didn't you know, 209 00:12:48,880 --> 00:12:51,319 Speaker 11: confront turned up. I says, you made a choice, goodbye, 210 00:12:51,360 --> 00:12:53,440 Speaker 11: and I grab my stuff and left. If it was 211 00:12:53,440 --> 00:12:55,319 Speaker 11: not for the military, I'd probably be in prison today 212 00:12:55,320 --> 00:12:55,960 Speaker 11: for killing her. 213 00:12:56,120 --> 00:13:00,000 Speaker 2: So you know, then we're happy how it turned out. 214 00:13:00,720 --> 00:13:03,440 Speaker 2: I was flipping channels the other day, and I've never 215 00:13:03,520 --> 00:13:07,400 Speaker 2: seen Stripes entirely as a movie. I've seen clips of it, 216 00:13:07,760 --> 00:13:10,079 Speaker 2: and you know, the best clips that are the most 217 00:13:10,120 --> 00:13:12,839 Speaker 2: quotable clips, so I have the context. But I'm watching it, 218 00:13:12,920 --> 00:13:16,160 Speaker 2: and I guess Bill Murray and Harold Ramis must have 219 00:13:16,200 --> 00:13:20,680 Speaker 2: been with a roommates. And Bill Murray has committed that 220 00:13:20,720 --> 00:13:23,320 Speaker 2: he can do five push ups, and he struggles to 221 00:13:23,360 --> 00:13:25,480 Speaker 2: do five push ups and his life is going nowhere, 222 00:13:25,520 --> 00:13:27,000 Speaker 2: and he says, you know, I'm going to do something 223 00:13:27,040 --> 00:13:28,480 Speaker 2: with my life. I'm going to join the army. And 224 00:13:28,480 --> 00:13:30,360 Speaker 2: I guess Harold Ramis must have joined it with him, 225 00:13:30,640 --> 00:13:32,520 Speaker 2: because I got it, walked out and I came back. 226 00:13:32,520 --> 00:13:36,480 Speaker 2: And then there's John Candy with John Candy's stumbling onto 227 00:13:36,520 --> 00:13:39,360 Speaker 2: the bus. I love John Candy. I never failed to 228 00:13:39,400 --> 00:13:42,800 Speaker 2: smile when John Candy is on screen. And I have 229 00:13:42,880 --> 00:13:46,560 Speaker 2: such respect for Bill Murray and Harold Ramis is, in 230 00:13:46,559 --> 00:13:49,199 Speaker 2: my opinion, just a comedic genius. So I guess I'm 231 00:13:49,240 --> 00:13:50,680 Speaker 2: going to have to go back and watch the entire 232 00:13:50,760 --> 00:13:53,160 Speaker 2: movie because I may be the only man my age 233 00:13:53,200 --> 00:13:56,240 Speaker 2: who hasn't. I know the punch lines, I know the 234 00:13:56,520 --> 00:13:59,520 Speaker 2: quotable lines. I just haven't watched the whole thing. Kurt, you'ld. 235 00:13:59,520 --> 00:14:01,800 Speaker 2: Michael Berry shall welcome. Tell your story, please, Hey. 236 00:14:01,679 --> 00:14:04,240 Speaker 4: Michael, I want to do a tribute to my father 237 00:14:04,360 --> 00:14:05,120 Speaker 4: the fast he. 238 00:14:05,160 --> 00:14:07,680 Speaker 2: Was in the Army, James L. Jimmy Evans. 239 00:14:07,679 --> 00:14:08,679 Speaker 12: You might have heard of his name. 240 00:14:08,760 --> 00:14:10,960 Speaker 2: He's kind of the legend around. 241 00:14:10,600 --> 00:14:12,079 Speaker 1: Houston, in the Freeport area. 242 00:14:12,120 --> 00:14:16,320 Speaker 4: But the Army really did great for him, Sir. 243 00:14:17,920 --> 00:14:21,320 Speaker 2: You know, there's so many of these stories of of 244 00:14:21,320 --> 00:14:25,000 Speaker 2: what a difference it made for people at that point 245 00:14:25,120 --> 00:14:27,600 Speaker 2: in their lives. Now, there are plenty of stories of 246 00:14:27,640 --> 00:14:29,920 Speaker 2: people who ended up in a war zone and it 247 00:14:30,040 --> 00:14:36,600 Speaker 2: didn't but there are there are. It's a mixed bag, 248 00:14:37,040 --> 00:14:40,440 Speaker 2: as as is everything else. Bill. Let's hear your story, 249 00:14:40,480 --> 00:14:40,720 Speaker 2: my man. 250 00:14:40,720 --> 00:14:45,920 Speaker 13: Happy Veterans Day, Happy Veterans, say Michael. It was a 251 00:14:45,960 --> 00:14:48,600 Speaker 13: great experience for me. The thing about the Navy is 252 00:14:48,760 --> 00:14:52,400 Speaker 13: it's bigger than any one man, and you belong to 253 00:14:52,560 --> 00:14:57,160 Speaker 13: a world class organization. And it was really I had 254 00:14:57,200 --> 00:14:58,840 Speaker 13: the dream job of the Navy. 255 00:15:00,200 --> 00:15:00,360 Speaker 1: Bill. 256 00:15:00,400 --> 00:15:02,960 Speaker 2: Wait right there, it's Veterans Day. We want to hear 257 00:15:02,960 --> 00:15:05,440 Speaker 2: from you, our veterans, your story, how it changed you. 258 00:15:07,600 --> 00:15:12,640 Speaker 2: This is the Michael Berry Show nineteen sixty six is 259 00:15:13,600 --> 00:15:17,840 Speaker 2: super hit. A ballad of the Green Berets, co written 260 00:15:17,920 --> 00:15:22,720 Speaker 2: and performed by Staff Sergeant Barry Sadler. Little known interesting 261 00:15:23,040 --> 00:15:25,760 Speaker 2: fact the lyrics were written in part in honor of 262 00:15:25,880 --> 00:15:32,320 Speaker 2: US Army Specialist five James Gabriel Junior, a Special Forces 263 00:15:32,360 --> 00:15:36,960 Speaker 2: operator and the first Native Hawaiian to die in Vietnam. 264 00:15:37,080 --> 00:15:40,400 Speaker 2: Gabriel was killed by Vietcong gunfire while on a training 265 00:15:40,440 --> 00:15:44,560 Speaker 2: mission with the South Vietnamese Army April eighth, nineteen sixty two. 266 00:15:45,240 --> 00:15:48,160 Speaker 2: One verse mentions Gabriel by name, but it was not 267 00:15:48,400 --> 00:15:56,040 Speaker 2: used in the final recorded version. Staff Sergeant Barry Sadler, 268 00:15:56,040 --> 00:15:58,880 Speaker 2: who wrote that song, who co wrote that song and 269 00:15:59,000 --> 00:16:04,040 Speaker 2: sang that song, was a medic in the Army when 270 00:16:04,080 --> 00:16:07,920 Speaker 2: he was serving, and knew he wanted to pay tribute 271 00:16:08,120 --> 00:16:11,760 Speaker 2: to his brothers in arms, and that song just absolutely 272 00:16:11,760 --> 00:16:15,640 Speaker 2: blew up. What's interesting of all the music of the time. 273 00:16:15,680 --> 00:16:18,320 Speaker 2: It's the only one I know of that is in 274 00:16:18,360 --> 00:16:22,920 Speaker 2: any way positive toward those serving, and very much against 275 00:16:22,920 --> 00:16:25,400 Speaker 2: that war. I think it was a stupid war. I 276 00:16:25,440 --> 00:16:30,640 Speaker 2: think it was poorly executed. I think it was poorly conceived. 277 00:16:30,800 --> 00:16:33,520 Speaker 2: I think it was sold on a bunch of lies. 278 00:16:34,000 --> 00:16:36,880 Speaker 2: But for the men who served, that's not their fault. 279 00:16:37,240 --> 00:16:38,760 Speaker 2: They went and did the best they could do with 280 00:16:38,800 --> 00:16:41,080 Speaker 2: the orders they were given. They don't get to question those. 281 00:16:41,600 --> 00:16:44,160 Speaker 2: And it's interesting that that's, really, to my knowledge, I 282 00:16:44,160 --> 00:16:47,240 Speaker 2: could be wrong. The only song of the era that 283 00:16:47,440 --> 00:16:51,600 Speaker 2: was positive toward those men who served Arthur Europe. So 284 00:16:51,880 --> 00:16:53,600 Speaker 2: how long we didn't go back to Bill? I'm sorry? 285 00:16:54,120 --> 00:16:56,080 Speaker 2: All right, Bill, tell me about the Navy. You were 286 00:16:56,080 --> 00:16:58,239 Speaker 2: finishing your story. 287 00:16:58,440 --> 00:17:00,280 Speaker 13: Oh, I was just saying, in the Navy, I had 288 00:17:00,280 --> 00:17:01,160 Speaker 13: the dream job. 289 00:17:01,680 --> 00:17:02,800 Speaker 9: The Navy paid me. 290 00:17:02,920 --> 00:17:08,400 Speaker 13: To parachute jump, scuba dive run exercise. I mean, how 291 00:17:08,400 --> 00:17:11,520 Speaker 13: does it get better than that. It was just a 292 00:17:11,560 --> 00:17:12,760 Speaker 13: phenomenal time. 293 00:17:12,560 --> 00:17:13,160 Speaker 10: That I had. 294 00:17:13,600 --> 00:17:15,520 Speaker 2: You had life. 295 00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:21,879 Speaker 13: I was but you know, compared to other guys, I 296 00:17:21,920 --> 00:17:24,440 Speaker 13: couldn't compare to them. But for me, I did very 297 00:17:24,440 --> 00:17:26,199 Speaker 13: well and I was very happy. 298 00:17:26,640 --> 00:17:28,600 Speaker 2: Good for you, And what did you leave the Navy 299 00:17:28,640 --> 00:17:28,879 Speaker 2: and do. 300 00:17:31,720 --> 00:17:36,320 Speaker 13: I owned my own business and I had a fairly 301 00:17:36,400 --> 00:17:38,679 Speaker 13: successful business, and I was very happy with that. 302 00:17:39,000 --> 00:17:40,760 Speaker 2: And the Navy really, you know. 303 00:17:40,960 --> 00:17:43,080 Speaker 13: And I happened to be a seal team guy, right, 304 00:17:43,359 --> 00:17:47,399 Speaker 13: and so there's no stopping in seal team. You just 305 00:17:47,480 --> 00:17:50,800 Speaker 13: go until you're done. And the same thing at business. 306 00:17:51,080 --> 00:17:58,840 Speaker 13: You're very focused. And those skills relate in a civilian perspective, I. 307 00:17:58,760 --> 00:18:01,560 Speaker 2: Will take your word for it. Certainly seen that in 308 00:18:01,720 --> 00:18:04,520 Speaker 2: people who have served and how they call upon that experience. 309 00:18:04,600 --> 00:18:07,439 Speaker 2: Thank you for your service, my man. Let's go to 310 00:18:07,880 --> 00:18:09,840 Speaker 2: Arthur Earlly Michael Berry show. Go ahead, Sir. 311 00:18:11,359 --> 00:18:13,679 Speaker 4: Hi Hi Michael A long time listener, first time call her. 312 00:18:14,119 --> 00:18:16,399 Speaker 4: I joined the militant. I joined the army back in 313 00:18:16,560 --> 00:18:18,919 Speaker 4: ninety six. I didn't join up. I didn't join up 314 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:21,159 Speaker 4: right out right out of high school. Didn't know what 315 00:18:21,200 --> 00:18:22,600 Speaker 4: to do, so I went to go ahead. I went 316 00:18:22,640 --> 00:18:25,879 Speaker 4: ahead and joined as a combat engineer. I blew a 317 00:18:25,880 --> 00:18:30,320 Speaker 4: lot of stuff up, was deployed. So I served ten 318 00:18:30,400 --> 00:18:33,199 Speaker 4: years and then when I got out, went into the 319 00:18:33,200 --> 00:18:36,720 Speaker 4: ministry and went back in in two thousand and fifteen 320 00:18:36,800 --> 00:18:41,639 Speaker 4: as a chaplain and a totally different experience, but just 321 00:18:41,720 --> 00:18:45,600 Speaker 4: recently retired. But yeah, the Army has changed me. I 322 00:18:45,640 --> 00:18:48,439 Speaker 4: was a little punk when I just joined, and the 323 00:18:48,560 --> 00:18:49,760 Speaker 4: Army strained me out. 324 00:18:51,119 --> 00:18:53,520 Speaker 2: Good for you. I love to hear those stories. That 325 00:18:54,240 --> 00:18:57,080 Speaker 2: is the story that we want to be everybody's story. 326 00:18:57,119 --> 00:18:59,159 Speaker 2: Thank you for the call, ma man, and thank you 327 00:18:59,160 --> 00:19:01,399 Speaker 2: for your service. Joe, you're up on this happy veteran 328 00:19:01,520 --> 00:19:02,080 Speaker 2: Veterans day. 329 00:19:02,119 --> 00:19:08,359 Speaker 1: Go ahead, my man, goodmorrowing Michael. I joined the US 330 00:19:08,480 --> 00:19:13,560 Speaker 1: Navy in seventy eight. I retired in two thousand and 331 00:19:14,359 --> 00:19:18,200 Speaker 1: I was attached to a squadron and one of board 332 00:19:18,280 --> 00:19:23,640 Speaker 1: aircraft carriers. The bottom line is I was twenty two 333 00:19:23,720 --> 00:19:26,239 Speaker 1: years old when I went in, and I didn't have 334 00:19:26,359 --> 00:19:32,760 Speaker 1: no I was stagnant. I wasn't go anywhere. So therefore 335 00:19:32,800 --> 00:19:38,760 Speaker 1: I joined the Navy and spent actually twenty one years 336 00:19:38,800 --> 00:19:42,399 Speaker 1: eight months in. But after that I worked for the 337 00:19:42,480 --> 00:19:46,280 Speaker 1: DoD for four years when I was still stationed out 338 00:19:46,320 --> 00:19:58,200 Speaker 1: in California. My fine aircraft and I'm retired. And then 339 00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:02,760 Speaker 1: after I worked for d I moved back from California 340 00:20:02,840 --> 00:20:05,879 Speaker 1: to Texas and my cousin was toell me, once you 341 00:20:05,920 --> 00:20:10,080 Speaker 1: try something different, oh he said, I said, what he said? 342 00:20:10,080 --> 00:20:12,840 Speaker 1: Why don't you drive a truck. So I went to 343 00:20:12,880 --> 00:20:17,440 Speaker 1: school and drove a truck for another maybe sixteen seventeen 344 00:20:17,520 --> 00:20:21,439 Speaker 1: years over the road. So I retired from that, and 345 00:20:21,520 --> 00:20:26,280 Speaker 1: I'm sixty seven years old and I'm enjoyed alive, house 346 00:20:26,520 --> 00:20:32,080 Speaker 1: paid off, all my vehicles are paid off. So my boat, 347 00:20:32,359 --> 00:20:33,920 Speaker 1: well that's the only payment I've got. 348 00:20:34,000 --> 00:20:37,320 Speaker 2: But anyway, well that's probably well worth it. Joe, thank 349 00:20:37,359 --> 00:20:40,960 Speaker 2: you for your service. My man, David, you're on the 350 00:20:41,000 --> 00:20:41,680 Speaker 2: Michael Berry Show. 351 00:20:41,720 --> 00:20:49,320 Speaker 14: Go ahead, my man, third generation military, grandfather, father, myself, 352 00:20:49,440 --> 00:20:54,359 Speaker 14: my brother, uncle's cousins. The reason I joined it was 353 00:20:54,960 --> 00:20:55,880 Speaker 14: nineteen eighty four. 354 00:20:58,240 --> 00:21:02,840 Speaker 15: Jobs weren't d available going in anyway, but just decided, 355 00:21:02,880 --> 00:21:04,800 Speaker 15: you know, all my friends getting out of college and 356 00:21:04,840 --> 00:21:07,240 Speaker 15: said I needed to go do something in my life. 357 00:21:07,280 --> 00:21:13,600 Speaker 15: So I joined up, joined the Navy, was corman on 358 00:21:13,640 --> 00:21:16,119 Speaker 15: the dental side, and just enjoyed it. 359 00:21:16,160 --> 00:21:17,600 Speaker 14: And the camaraderie that. 360 00:21:19,320 --> 00:21:23,120 Speaker 16: Of my fellowshipmates that was just unbelievable. And I still 361 00:21:23,200 --> 00:21:26,879 Speaker 16: keep in contact with a bunch of them, and it's 362 00:21:27,119 --> 00:21:29,439 Speaker 16: you know, and this is forty years back, and you know, 363 00:21:29,560 --> 00:21:31,960 Speaker 16: you get that friendship going with somebody and. 364 00:21:33,560 --> 00:21:35,080 Speaker 14: Still keeping contact. 365 00:21:34,720 --> 00:21:36,800 Speaker 15: With the doctors that I worked for was just an 366 00:21:36,840 --> 00:21:40,560 Speaker 15: experience that you know, one of the best times. 367 00:21:41,840 --> 00:21:44,240 Speaker 2: It was on this day in nineteen twenty one that 368 00:21:44,359 --> 00:21:49,840 Speaker 2: the Tomb of the Unknown is dedicated by US President 369 00:21:49,920 --> 00:21:54,000 Speaker 2: Warren G. Harding at Arlington National Cemetery. We will close 370 00:21:54,040 --> 00:21:57,520 Speaker 2: out this semester with this semester of kids in school? 371 00:21:57,520 --> 00:22:01,520 Speaker 2: Can you tell this segment? We have an interview set 372 00:22:01,600 --> 00:22:06,160 Speaker 2: for the next one with veteran remembrances, so I will 373 00:22:06,200 --> 00:22:08,879 Speaker 2: get right to it. We'll go Wayne, John, Paul, Mike, 374 00:22:08,960 --> 00:22:10,200 Speaker 2: and I don't know who. I can't read the list 375 00:22:10,240 --> 00:22:11,879 Speaker 2: after that, but you can see him. Wayne, You're up, 376 00:22:11,920 --> 00:22:12,440 Speaker 2: Go ahead. 377 00:22:12,240 --> 00:22:12,520 Speaker 9: My man. 378 00:22:13,400 --> 00:22:17,080 Speaker 4: Hey Mike, longtime listener, first time call her. I grew 379 00:22:17,200 --> 00:22:21,679 Speaker 4: up in Vider, Texas. Graduated in nineteen sixty five. I 380 00:22:21,720 --> 00:22:25,800 Speaker 4: was looking for my grand job, which was a police officer. 381 00:22:26,560 --> 00:22:30,919 Speaker 4: But I was too young. So what am I? He 382 00:22:30,960 --> 00:22:33,600 Speaker 4: had to be twenty one, So I looked around and 383 00:22:33,680 --> 00:22:36,320 Speaker 4: I said, well, I'm going to follow my parents in 384 00:22:36,400 --> 00:22:41,919 Speaker 4: the Air Force. I joined the Air Force sixty nineteen 385 00:22:41,960 --> 00:22:47,679 Speaker 4: sixty five, tested high enough to go to nucle Weapons 386 00:22:47,720 --> 00:22:52,160 Speaker 4: School and spent four months at Lower Air Force Base, 387 00:22:53,119 --> 00:22:58,080 Speaker 4: and then January sixty seven, I found myself at Bigburg 388 00:22:58,119 --> 00:23:01,600 Speaker 4: Air Base in West Germany, and I served there for 389 00:23:01,720 --> 00:23:07,440 Speaker 4: three years in the nuclear weapons shop. And I know 390 00:23:07,560 --> 00:23:09,919 Speaker 4: I didn't want to do that as a career, but 391 00:23:10,680 --> 00:23:13,359 Speaker 4: I looked around and I still wanted to be a 392 00:23:13,359 --> 00:23:19,280 Speaker 4: police officer. And I had to come home first. Get 393 00:23:19,320 --> 00:23:23,280 Speaker 4: my mom moved back to Texas. She had moved to Virginia, 394 00:23:24,040 --> 00:23:29,199 Speaker 4: and we settled in Houston in nineteen seventy and I 395 00:23:29,320 --> 00:23:34,880 Speaker 4: joined the Houston Police Police Police Police Department in nineteen 396 00:23:34,920 --> 00:23:39,640 Speaker 4: seventy one and served on HPD for twenty eight years, 397 00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:46,159 Speaker 4: actually thirty three years, twenty eight years in homicide. But 398 00:23:46,280 --> 00:23:51,479 Speaker 4: I alway it all to the discipline in the character 399 00:23:51,520 --> 00:23:56,000 Speaker 4: that I got in the Air Force, and the sergeants 400 00:23:56,040 --> 00:23:56,720 Speaker 4: had led me there. 401 00:23:57,000 --> 00:23:59,240 Speaker 2: Thank you for your service, mamam. It's a good story. 402 00:24:00,119 --> 00:24:03,920 Speaker 2: Let's go to Paul. Let's hear yours, sir. Happy Veterans Day. 403 00:24:05,240 --> 00:24:05,680 Speaker 2: Thank you. 404 00:24:06,480 --> 00:24:09,600 Speaker 17: I was in the Air Force sixty five to seventy four. 405 00:24:10,640 --> 00:24:13,560 Speaker 17: I got out for thirteen years and got back into 406 00:24:13,600 --> 00:24:17,440 Speaker 17: the Air Force, reserved for another twenty from eighty seven 407 00:24:17,560 --> 00:24:21,440 Speaker 17: to seven. I still dream about once a week I'm 408 00:24:21,440 --> 00:24:23,840 Speaker 17: in the air I was in the Air Force. The 409 00:24:23,920 --> 00:24:26,240 Speaker 17: dream is about the Air Force. And it's a good 410 00:24:26,280 --> 00:24:27,800 Speaker 17: dream because it was Air Force. 411 00:24:30,119 --> 00:24:32,640 Speaker 2: Did you join them in Vietnam? 412 00:24:33,040 --> 00:24:33,440 Speaker 12: No, sir. 413 00:24:33,640 --> 00:24:37,080 Speaker 17: The closest I got to Vietnam was Okinawa. I was 414 00:24:37,080 --> 00:24:40,720 Speaker 17: there in sixty eight and sixty nine, and I was 415 00:24:40,760 --> 00:24:43,760 Speaker 17: on duty when the Pueblo was captured, and I thought 416 00:24:43,800 --> 00:24:45,440 Speaker 17: we were going to go to World War Three? 417 00:24:46,880 --> 00:24:48,600 Speaker 2: And what did you end up doing as a career. 418 00:24:50,600 --> 00:24:54,800 Speaker 17: My first career in active duty was communications, top secret 419 00:24:55,720 --> 00:25:02,560 Speaker 17: crypto teletide and secret secure phone. And then I got 420 00:25:02,600 --> 00:25:04,560 Speaker 17: out and when I got back in to reserve, it 421 00:25:04,640 --> 00:25:08,320 Speaker 17: was with At first it was with Derek Cargo, and 422 00:25:08,359 --> 00:25:10,359 Speaker 17: then I got to be a recruiter for a year, 423 00:25:10,760 --> 00:25:14,240 Speaker 17: and then I was with the Chaplains as the chapel 424 00:25:14,320 --> 00:25:16,679 Speaker 17: manager for about eighteen years. 425 00:25:17,080 --> 00:25:21,280 Speaker 2: Got on Thank You for your service, ma'am, Mike you know, 426 00:25:21,280 --> 00:25:23,480 Speaker 2: and the Michael Berry Show. Happy Veterans Day. Let's hear 427 00:25:23,480 --> 00:25:24,200 Speaker 2: your story please. 428 00:25:25,119 --> 00:25:28,520 Speaker 12: Yeah. My dad was a member of the Texas State Guard. 429 00:25:28,800 --> 00:25:34,199 Speaker 12: They were stationed in Galveston, Texas. If you if you 430 00:25:34,240 --> 00:25:37,080 Speaker 12: know where to look, there's gun in placements all along Galveston. 431 00:25:39,560 --> 00:25:44,760 Speaker 12: Dad was a radio operator. I had we had a 432 00:25:44,760 --> 00:25:48,200 Speaker 12: picture of him and his company standing in front of 433 00:25:48,359 --> 00:25:51,119 Speaker 12: the same Center monument, but I couldn't find it. But 434 00:25:51,960 --> 00:25:56,360 Speaker 12: Dad was a wonderful man. He had he had devils 435 00:25:56,400 --> 00:26:01,200 Speaker 12: that he wound up defeating them. Him mom into alcohol. 436 00:26:01,840 --> 00:26:07,800 Speaker 12: I call it anonymous. And my uncle, Elmer was he 437 00:26:07,920 --> 00:26:14,320 Speaker 12: was in the Navy. He he did some anti doub 438 00:26:14,400 --> 00:26:18,520 Speaker 12: marine work in the golf. And my other uncle set 439 00:26:18,600 --> 00:26:24,720 Speaker 12: up camps for German soldiers and they were all fine men. 440 00:26:25,920 --> 00:26:27,960 Speaker 2: Sounds like it. Thank you for your service, my man. 441 00:26:28,280 --> 00:26:32,080 Speaker 2: Appreciate it. Carol, you're on the Michael Berry Show. Happy 442 00:26:32,160 --> 00:26:33,600 Speaker 2: Veterans Day. Let's hear your story. 443 00:26:34,840 --> 00:26:41,760 Speaker 10: Thank you, Michael. Good morning. And yeah, and I were 444 00:26:43,240 --> 00:26:47,000 Speaker 10: active duty Air Force many many years ago. I joined 445 00:26:47,600 --> 00:26:51,320 Speaker 10: right out of high school, just turned eighteen two weeks before, 446 00:26:52,320 --> 00:26:54,879 Speaker 10: and I didn't know what I was going to do 447 00:26:54,920 --> 00:26:59,760 Speaker 10: with my life. So I decided that that's what that's 448 00:26:59,760 --> 00:27:03,280 Speaker 10: what I want to do. That's that's you know, a 449 00:27:03,400 --> 00:27:05,400 Speaker 10: very very very small team Air Force. 450 00:27:05,560 --> 00:27:08,160 Speaker 2: Okay, I didn't hear you said, somebody and I joined 451 00:27:08,160 --> 00:27:09,040 Speaker 2: your phone click when you. 452 00:27:09,640 --> 00:27:12,800 Speaker 10: Actually I met my husband in the Air Force. Wasn't 453 00:27:12,800 --> 00:27:16,879 Speaker 10: married forty years. Oh wow, Yeah, yeah, we met. We 454 00:27:16,880 --> 00:27:19,119 Speaker 10: were babies, we were we were nineteen when we got married. 455 00:27:19,160 --> 00:27:21,880 Speaker 10: Everyone said, oh, you're crazy, don't get married so young. 456 00:27:22,560 --> 00:27:26,840 Speaker 10: And uh, now he was actually was born in Cuba 457 00:27:27,359 --> 00:27:32,160 Speaker 10: and my immigrated to Miami. His father was a political prisoner, 458 00:27:32,400 --> 00:27:34,560 Speaker 10: and he was kind of the same thing. 459 00:27:34,600 --> 00:27:36,280 Speaker 9: Didn't know what to do, didn't. 460 00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:37,840 Speaker 10: Want, you know, after high school and off. 461 00:27:37,880 --> 00:27:39,880 Speaker 9: So he joined up and he met in. 462 00:27:42,720 --> 00:27:44,560 Speaker 10: And it was awesome. 463 00:27:44,600 --> 00:27:46,240 Speaker 9: It was the best. 464 00:27:45,880 --> 00:27:48,800 Speaker 10: Decision I ever made, because I didn't know what to 465 00:27:48,880 --> 00:27:52,600 Speaker 10: do as far as a career. Living in a small town, 466 00:27:52,640 --> 00:27:55,640 Speaker 10: there really was a lot of options, and I learned 467 00:27:55,640 --> 00:27:59,879 Speaker 10: a trade. I was in base operations and he was 468 00:28:00,160 --> 00:28:03,159 Speaker 10: in on the cargo side. We met in the same hangar. 469 00:28:03,359 --> 00:28:06,400 Speaker 10: Kind of funny, and he's still in the same business 470 00:28:06,440 --> 00:28:09,720 Speaker 10: and I'm in the airline type business. So we've been 471 00:28:09,760 --> 00:28:13,239 Speaker 10: doing the same thing for a really long time. Very 472 00:28:13,400 --> 00:28:17,639 Speaker 10: and any any young any young person that doesn't know 473 00:28:18,040 --> 00:28:22,440 Speaker 10: what they want to do, you know, or need some direction, 474 00:28:22,680 --> 00:28:24,520 Speaker 10: I think the military is the best place to go. 475 00:28:24,880 --> 00:28:26,520 Speaker 2: Seems to have turned out that way for a lot 476 00:28:26,560 --> 00:28:28,199 Speaker 2: of people. Thank you for your service and have your 477 00:28:28,240 --> 00:28:31,880 Speaker 2: Veterans Day to all of our veterans coming up. William 478 00:28:31,960 --> 00:28:36,840 Speaker 2: Dylon Powell wrote a book about Houston's lost treasures called 479 00:28:37,760 --> 00:28:42,400 Speaker 2: Lost Treasures of Houston. It came to my attention because 480 00:28:42,440 --> 00:28:46,440 Speaker 2: someone sent me a screenshot of it and the RCC 481 00:28:47,160 --> 00:28:51,120 Speaker 2: was listed as one of the lost treasures. Yeah, true story. 482 00:28:51,800 --> 00:28:55,840 Speaker 2: So we will. We will discuss those lost treasures of Houston. 483 00:28:56,200 --> 00:28:59,720 Speaker 2: For those of you who spent any significant time in Houston, 484 00:29:00,280 --> 00:29:03,479 Speaker 2: I suspect you might hear some names of things that 485 00:29:03,520 --> 00:29:07,160 Speaker 2: you haven't thought about in many years. I do love nostalgia. 486 00:29:07,200 --> 00:29:07,560 Speaker 12: You know that 487 00:29:09,120 --> 00:29:09,959 Speaker 2: That's what's coming up.