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511th Airborne Infantry Regiment

pswann / September 30, 2024

Here’s an old photo of my dad in his graduating Airborne class. It was made in 1950 at Camp Campbell, […]

pswann / November 27, 2023

I tell my wife and daughters all the time to manage their expectations. Whether it’s a new job, new boyfriend,

pswann / November 27, 2023

I ran across this little popcorn tree a few days ago. As strange as this may sound, I miss them.

ptswann / April 5, 2021

When they married in 1903 in Alabama, my paternal grandfather (Ollie Manning) could not read. I am sure this was

ptswann / February 8, 2021

Photo by Shivam Singh on Unsplash I was a grown man before I decided to shave off that awful mustache. And,

ptswann / December 13, 2020

Short Fiction Greer never gave up on his dream, although his body had reservations Greer Davidson took a light and

ptswann / December 6, 2020

Everyone needs clean water. And we all expect to get clean water, especially if you are a soldier and approach

ptswann / December 2, 2020

To successfully navigate the 12-step program of Alcoholics Anonymous, one must have a sponsor to steer the drunk from continuing

ptswann / October 1, 2020

I’m near Columbus, Mississippi auditioning for a preaching job. I stop at a gas station just a mile or so

ptswann / May 14, 2020

Photo by Sharon McCutcheon on Unsplash I am probably five or six years old. I’m sitting at a table with other