[Kathy in Alaska]

TAPS

RIP

Col Sam Johnson, USAF
Viet Nam pilot

Air Force Song

US Air Force Hymn

Lord, guard and guide the men who fly
Through the great spaces of the sky;
Be with them traversing the air
In darkening storms or sunshine fair

Thou who dost keep with tender might
The balanced birds in all their flight
Thou of the tempered winds be near
That, having thee, they know no fear

Control their minds with instinct fit
What time, adventuring, they quit
The firm security of land;
Grant steadfast eye and skilful hand

Aloft in solitudes of space,
Uphold them with Thy saving grace.
O God, protect the men who fly
Thru lonely ways beneath the sky.

[Mark17]

When I was a stationed at Laughlin, in Texas, I knew two O-6s, who spent time in the Hanoi Hilton. They were very interesting guys, to say the least.