“Malo periculosam, libertatem quam quietam servitutem.”
Monday, May 27, 2019
“Uncle Bill” Lundy claimed to be the last living Confederate Civil War veteran in Florida, and spent his 107th birthday at Eglin AFB, Florida in January 1955.
I could've been there at the same time.....my Dad was working on the runway at Eglin in '55 '56.....I remember standing on the runway hearing all the sonic booms as they were breaking the sound barrier over the field....Ft. Walton Beach billed itself as "The Home of the Sonic Boom" in those days....
Do you know if he got a ride in the Hun? That would have been pretty cool.
ReplyDeleteI could've been there at the same time.....my Dad was working on the runway at Eglin in '55 '56.....I remember standing on the runway hearing all the sonic booms as they were breaking the sound barrier over the field....Ft. Walton Beach billed itself as "The Home of the Sonic Boom" in those days....
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