The Goodness Of Goggles Gordon

Canada Free Press ^ | 11/25/16 | Jimmy Reed

[Sean_Anthony]

Awarded several medals for bravery, along with a Purple Heart, for a severe leg wound he’d received as he and fellow marines fought in the jungles of Iwo Jima,

When our new geometry teacher entered the classroom, we high school seniors almost laughed out loud.

Well over six feet tall, Mr. Gordon was skeleton skinny, his clothes hung on him like a suit on a scarecrow, he walked with a wobbly limp, and the meek expression on his thin, bony face, along with his subdued, kindly tone of voice, convinced us he was a wimp. How wrong we were.

To keep his thick, black-framed eyeglasses — which earned him the nickname “Goggles” — from sliding down his nose, he wrapped rubber bands on the stems behind his ears.

[jimtorr]

Read the whole article. An uplifting story, and someone to be thankful for.

[nickedknack]

I know this has been posted before, but here's a WWII Medal of Honor recipient who later worked as a janitor at the U.S. Air Force Academy for many years:

William Crawford, Medal of Honor, WWII

[kiryandil]

Iwo Jima had jungles?

[Chainmail]

Caught that too. Clearly, the writer has no idea at all of Iwo's topography and rather thin vegetation.

Sad how poorly educated this last couple of generations has turned out to be.

[jimtorr]

Iwo Jima had jungles?

I noticed that too, but chose to overlook it. If the Germans can bomb Pearl Harbor, then a desert island can have jungles.

[kiryandil]

I knew it wasn’t over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor. :)