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My four years at West Point

My combat in the Korean War 1950-1952

My Combat in the Vietnam War 1967-1968

My tour and various assignments at Fort Carson 1968-1972 during the inventing of the All Volunteer Army

The Combat and Service Awards I received during my 24 Commissioned Years before Retiring in 1972

The story of my and Patsy's 57 married years, including that of our three children, five grandchildren and four great grandchildren.

And as added to by our grown children, David, Edward, and Rebecca

The story of the transition from Military Life, to Colorado Springs, then to Old Colorado City 1973-1976

My role and activities 1975-1977 heading up the Colorado Springs and El Paso County celebrations of the 1976 National Bicentennial and Colorado's Centennial

The Saga of my creation of the first national Electronic Democracy BBS and first academic Classes taught entirely online via national networks

The story of my initiation and leadrship in the Old Colorado City and Westside Colorado Springs redevelopment based on small business and historic preservation 1975-1995

My work in founding the Old Colorado City Historical Society in 1976 and its migration to its current History Center-Museum

My earliest experiments in unlicenced Wireless - 1988 followed by 7 years work as a Principal Investigator for a $2 million series of National Science Foundation Awards exploring rural wireless education connectivity and remote field science data gathering.

The story of my, and family member's two trips to Wales - 1998 and 2002 - first just for a trip to our ancestral homeland, which led to being invited by the Welsh National Assembly and paid to introduce unlicenced wireless to all of Wales, most of which is very rural and unconnected to the Internet

My 2002 assistance and 2004 Trek to help connect up Sherpas on the slopes of Mount Everesk to the Internet.

My trip to India and rendering technical assistance to the Dalai Lama and his government in exile to be connected to the Internet wirelessly.

My 2002-2004 Nomination, trip and receipt of the 2004 West Point Distinguished Graduate Award

The civilian awards I have received between 1976-2012 - after retiring from 27 year military service for my various accomplishments.