After Viet Nam I taught other servicemen as an Operations Plans Officer. Later I flew in the C-141 Cargo plane and participated in C-130 Search and Rescue missions. My most enjoyable time in the military was during my time in Search and Rescue. This audio also covers friends in the military, a Nuclear...
This audio recording was done for the Veteran\'s History Project. The complete recording can be found in the Library of Congress once it has been processed (http://www.loc.gov/vets/). It is broken into segments in this journal for easy access by my friends and family. After the introduction I talk about joining the United States Marines and...
I managed to say the right thing to have 2 fellow shipmates laugh instead of getting into a fight. Narrow steep stairs - but we managed and got used to it.
These are pictures that were taken while I was in the Navy. Some are out on the ocean in the "USS Bauer 1025 DE" ship. Others were taken while we were stationed in San Diego. Additional pictures are listed below that weren\'t in the slide show. This is a river that...
This poem was written by me and sent to my brother, Tom, when he was a Marine tunnel-rat in Viet Nam. The year was 1968, and I was 15 years old. My parents, my nine siblings and I waited every day for word on whether or not he was...
After visiting my Dad's hometown (Grandpa Redd) we explored the Indian ruins at Mesa Verde. My dad took trips here as a boy and loved exploring, too. Mesa Verde is located in Colorado. To get there from Utah we went through a tunnel. David really liked that and talked about...
Fruit Salad One of our favorite dishes any time of the year but always at Thanksgiving! My sister-in-law, Jan Larsen gave me this recipe. Ingredients:3 apples3 bananas1 bunch of grapes1/2 pint of strawberries2-15oz cans of mandarin oranges1- 20 oz can of pineapple slices1-12 oz Cool Whip, thawed1-12 oz lemon pudding mix1/2...
Shh, It's a secret. . . I want to give my children a book about me before I became their mother. This is a brief history of my life from before my birth to the birth of my first child. It was a thought provoking experience to go through photos and...
Audio by: Tracy Redd, her Grandson Louesa Meears Hawkins ReddBiography written by: Theressa Allan Redd, daughter-in-law to Louesa Louesa was born to Thomas Sunderland Hawkins and Elizabeth Meears Hawkins on June 12, 1875; in Lehi, Utah Co. , Utah. She was the fifth and last child of this couple; her older brothers...
Stacy has had a great 4th Grade year! She got straight A's every quarter and loved her class. We made this Heritage Makers book for her teacher, Mrs. Welch. Take a look at the fun things she did with her class this year. 4th Grade Yearbook Stacy has always enjoyed music. ...
Mama’s Red Hot Applesauce 2 pounds cooking apples, quartered and cored, remove any bad spots Place in saucepan with 1 to 1 ½ cups water, enough to keep them from scorching Cover and cook over low heat until soft Strain through a coarse sieve and add 1/3...
My Dad once said to me, "You know, in all the years we\'ve been a family, I look around and I think, I never really taught you kids anything." I believe this comment came from the fact that so many of us went into careers that had nothing to do with the...
The big day has arrived. Rachelle has been preparing for the annual Piano Guild Exam since she started taking lessons from Khoren last Fall in 2008. Her teacher expected great things from Rachelle and has not been disappointed. Originally, Rachelle was scheduled to play 10 pieces from memory. Because of school...
