Aircrews arriving | The Son Tay Raid

Saturday Sept 5th, 1970

The aircrews are arriving at Eglin AFB this weekend…

…exactly 50 years ago.

Tomorrow’s post will be USAF Major Roy Dreibelbis’ story of his helicopter crew arriving at Eglin AFB this holiday weekend.

Have you told the next generation about what you did in the military?

Think of one child, or a niece or nephew that you could write your military story for. AND also… choose at least one grandchild or grandnephew for whom you could write your story. You need to capture those stories. Good stories. Bad stories.

Fifty years from today, your future generations will wish you had.

We can help. We’ve captured over 40 veterans’ stories and we’re just getting started at www.TheSonTayRaid.com

(You don’t have to be involved with the Son Tay Raid—but it’s great example of how to start capturing your story.)

Terry Buckler explains in his book Who Will Go that his father earned a Bronze Star in the Pacific in WW2. But Terry will never know how that Bronze Star was earned. The military records were all lost to fire. It’s a very sad story of the saddest day of his life.

These gentlemen were in the Son Tay Raid (I’ll list their names in the next post.) The children and grandchildren of each of these men need to have this great photo.

Today is the day to write down a story, back it up on a computer for posterity, and share it (we can offer to capture it here on our website so that you can easily share it with the younger generations.)