HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE
NUMBER 28 VOL 12
JULY 28TH 2008
WEATHER; HOT, VERY HOT, MED HUMIDITY, 71/110 DEGREES
ANOTHER DAY TO STAY IN DOORS AND BY THE AIR CONDITIONING! AT 3:30PM I WATCHED MY ATOMIC CLOCK TEMPERATURE CHANGE OVER TO 110 DEGREES, IT HAD STAYED AT 108 FOR ABOUT 2 HOURS THEN BAM, 110! IT JUST BLINKED AS IT PASSED 109!
MOM WENT TO 8 AM MASS AND WHEN SHE GOT HOME ASKED ME IF I WANTED TO GO TO BOBBY’S FOR BREAKFAST? IT TOOK ME ABOUT 5 MINUTES TO GET READY! BOBBY’S IS OUR LOCAL RESTAURANT AND HAS PRETTY GOOD FOOD! THE PRICES ARE RIGHT TOO FOR THE RETIRED PEOPLE AND THE WORKING ONES THAT GO THERE!
KELLY WAS HELPING MIKE MOVE A COMPUTER DESK AND WRENCHED HIS RIGHT SHOULDER! HE THINKS IT THE ROTATOR CUFF! I HOPE NOT, IT TAKES FOR EVER FOR THAT TO HEAL AND IN THE MEAN TIME YOU CAN’T DO YOUR REGULAR JOB IF IT INVOLVES THE ONE YOU HURT! THIS WASN’T ON COMPANY TIME SO HE’LL HAVE TO SEE WHAT THEY DO ABOUT IT!
WHILE I WAS IN THE AIR FORCE I WAS STATIONED AT MOODY A.F.B IN VALDOSTA GA.! I WAS AN AIR POLICEMAN AND ON THIS PARTICULAR OCCASION I WAS ACTING SGT. OF THE GUARD!
WE HAD AN AIRMAN I’LL CALL GEORGE SMITH (I CAN’T REMEMBER HIS NAME)! GEORGE WAS A NICE GUY BUT KIND OF JITTERY! OUR AIR CRAFT WERE F-51s AND B-25s WE HAD ONE C-47 FOR THE OFFICERS TO GET FLIGHT TIME IN! THE HUNGARIAN UPRISING WAS IN FULL SWING AND BEING A SAC (STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND) CONTINGENT WE HAD A GUARD ON EVERY AIR PLANE EVEN THOSE IN THE HANGER OR ON THE PARKING RAMP BEING WORKED ON!
I HAD PUT GEORGE ON POST 4 AN F-51 NEAR ONE OF THE HANGERS!
NOW, LET ME EXPLAIN SOMETHING! MOODY HAD BEEN CLOSED FOR OVER 5 YEARS AND HAD A BLACK MAN AND HIS FAMILY AS CARE TAKERS! BEING NEAR THE OKEFENOKEE SWAMP, MANY OF THE ANIMALS CAME INTO THE BASE TO FEED AND RAISE THEIR YOUNG! ONE OF THE DANGEROUS ANIMALS WAS THE JAVELINA PIG, THIS PIG WASN’T AFRAID OF MAN AND WOULD CHARGE FOR NO REASON! ITS WEAPONS WERE TWO 4-6 INCH LONG SHARP TUSK THAT STICK OUT FROM THE LOWER JAW! THESE TUSK COULD RIP A MAN TO SHREADS IF THE PIG GOT HIM DOWN!
THIS WAS THE GRAVE YARD SHIFT, 12AM TO 7AM! I WAS SETTING IN THE JEEP TALKING TO THE GUARD ON THE CRIPTOGRAPH INCLOSER WHEN WE HEARD “SGT. OF THE GUARD”, “SGT. OF THE GUARD” POST 4 THEN 3 SHOTS FIRED! I STARTED THE JEEP AND HEADED FOR POST 4 WHICH WAS GEORGE! HE WAS STANDING ON THE WING OF THE F-51 AIMING HIS RIFLE, AN M-1 GARAND 30 CALIBER AT A JAVELINA PIG THAT WAS TEARING THE MAIN LANDING GEAR TIRE TO SHREADS WITH ITS TUSK! IT HAD PUT A SMALL HOLE IN THE SIDE WALL AND ALL THE NITROGEN HAD LEAKED OUT SO IT WAS FLAT! IT’S A GOOD THING GEORGE ONLY HAD 3 ROUNDS IN HIS RIFLE OR HE WOULD HAVE DONE MORE DAMAGE THAN HE DID!
ONE ROUND WENT THROUGH THE REAR OF THE CANOPY OF THE AIR PLANE 50 FEET AHEAD OF WHERE HE WAS, AN F-51, ANOTHER WENT THROUGH THE SIDE OF THE FUSELAGE BEHIND THE ENGINE OF THE SAME AIR PLANE, WE LATER WERE TOLD IT WENT THROUGH THE DISTRIBUTER, A THIRD ROUND DID HIT THE PIG IN THE BACK AND WE PUT IN OUT OF ITS MISERY WITH A SHOT TO THE HEAD WITH A 45 CALIBER AUTOMATIC! THE CARE TAKER TOOK THE PIG AND FIXED A BIG BAR-B-QUE FOR HIS FAMILY AND ANY OF US WHO WANTED TO COME! YOU BETTER BELIEVE I WENT, I’D HAD SOME OF THIS MANS COOKING RIGHT AFTER WE ARRIVED AT THE BASE AND DIDN’T HAVE ANY CHOW HALL YET! HE INVITED US TO EAT WITH HIS FAMILY AND WE DID! WE WERE THE ADVANCE DETACHMENT TO REOPEN THE BASE!
GEORGE WAS GIVEN AN ARTICLE 15 AND TRANSFERRED TO WARNER ROBINS AFB AND HAD TO PAY FOR THE 3 ROUNDS HE FIRED AND ALL THE DAMAGE DONE TO THE AIR PLANES! IF I REMEMBER RIGHT IT AMOUNTED TO ABOUT $2500.00! I NEVER HEARD ANY MORE ABOUT HIM AFTER THAT!
THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.
HOWARD
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