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William M.D. Baker. Vignettes - Life's Tales Book Two
VIGNETTE NO. I. Fishing the Head Waters of the Colorado. Lowry AFB, Aurora, Colorado
VIGNETTE NO, II. Making a Movie: Romance of Rosy Ridge. Sonora, California
VIGNETTE NO. III. Mule Deer Hunting in Nevada. Humboldt National Forest, Nevada
VIGNETTE NO IV. Why I Remember M/Sgt “Pinky” Cochran. Lowry Air Force Base, Colorado
VIGNETTE NO. V. The Cliff House on old Route CA-120. Oakland, California
VIGNETTE NO.VI. Sputnik, Camp Cook and Vandenberg AFB. Omaha, Nebraska / Hdqtrs, SAC. Offutt AFB, Neb
VIGNETTE NO.VII. International Air Lines Ski Races. Elmendorf AFB, Anchorage, Alaska
VIGNETTE NO. VIII. Matrimony Over a Locked Ranch Gate. Plasse Ranch, Jackson, California
VIGNETTE NO. IX. Having Fun at Plasse’s Resort. Plasse’s Resort, Amador County, California
VIGNETTE X. Smoking Bees and Killing Rattlesnakes. Sullivan Creek Road, Sonora, California
VIGNETTE NO. XI. Jake and Nate, Texas Cowboys. Crossing Texas in my RV
VIGNETTE NO. XII. A Near Mid-Air Collision. Elmendorf AFB, Anchorage, Alaska
VIGNETTE NO. XIII. The Alaska Earthquake. Elmendorf AFB, Anchorage, Alaska
VIGNETTE NO. XIV. The Loma Prieta Earthquake. San Bruno, California
VIGNETTE NO. XV. Jack, the Lost Homing Pigeon. Sutter Creek, California
VIGNETTE NO. XVI. Living in France. Fontainebleau, France
VIGNETTE NO. XVII. What’s he doing here? Geneva, Switzerland
VIGNETTE NO. XVIII. Hunting Dall Sheep in Alaska. Elmendorf AFB, Anchorage, Alaska
VIGNETTE NO. XIX. Fishing on the Naknek River. Elmendorf AFB, Anchorage, Alaska
VIGNETTE NO. XX. Camping in the high Sierra’s. Riverside, March AFB, California
VIGNETTE NO. XXI. Being an Extra in Folsom Prison. Vacaville, California
VIGNETTE NO. XXII. How to build a Chuckwagon. Polson, Montana
PROFILE OF THE AUTHOR
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The year is 1950. I am a First Lieutenant in the Air Force living with my wife and our first two children, Billy, age 2 and Peggy, three months in Aurora just outside of Lowry Air Force Base where I am in charge of the Machine Accounting School (IBM punched card equipment). Two years earlier before going to Officer’s Candidate School (OCS) I had been an enlisted instructor in the Officer’s course . Now, I am back as the Officer-in-Charge (OIC) of the school.
Master Sergeant “Pinky” Cochran had been and still was the Non-Commissioned Officer In-Charge (NCOIC) of the school. The thing that has changed is that before going to OCS I reported to “Pinky” and now Sergeant Cochran reports to me.
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I turned to the other two who had packed the car, “Where are the fishing poles?” Both, humped their shoulders and rolled up empty palms.
This brought on a string of vulgarity and promises never to be kept. What to do? At the time, Steamboat Springs was nothing more than a wide spot in the road and buying rods and reels was out of the question.
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