Although Dave is two years younger and we grew up far apart and did not know of each other until the Vietnam War, it is very coincidental that both Dave and I were interested in weather, we both learned to fly, we were both in Signals in Vietnam, we have both been certified as PTSD patients and we both like to travel.

One major difference is that I inspired Dave to write a book and he did and what an impelling story it is. Like a lot of books Ice Journey is hard to put down, it has been told from the heart right down to toilet training when dressed as Dave is above.

I'm sure everyone of us has wondered how Astronauts get on when they need to go to visit the little reading room. But Dave takes you through two ways of doing it and when dressed as an eskymo.

Modern technology can be wonderful when used in the right place. The phone is taken for granted now. Internet the same, if it is not working we've had a death in the family, we can't live without it. Vietnam brought out the good and the bad, but all Operators Radio as they were called were most efficient in their profession and without the OR the troops on the ground didn't get the Dustoff when required, artillery support, air support, food, water and ammunicion resupplies and the OR provided a link to base, to Head Quarters and troops on the ground.

When this website was started Dave Emailed me with the daily doings, thus it became an electronic diary and this website.