thedrifter
01-27-03, 01:58 PM
NOTE:
I would like to add a few words here in reference to the man
referred to in the following article as "Puff" and to the two
paragraphs, I bolded as well.
I have personally spoken to this man "Puff" last year, after reading
his book, "I Want to Go Home." While no where does the article
refer to his book, nor does "Puff" push it, the book does tell you a
great deal about this man's "heart." His inner thoughts and views
on life and what it dishes out and how one deals with it. How while
taking this journey to bring attention to our POW/MIA's, he also took
a journey within, learning about himself as well.
He could have quit at any given time, on his journey but didn't.
The pain he put himself through and endured did not have to be.
But the pain he felt for his Brothers that where left behind, was
far greater and so he persevered till he completed the journey.
A 730 mile walk, (across seven states), from St. Louis, Missouri to
Columbus, Georgia, pulling a "bamboo cage."
I was deeply touched by his perseverance and drive, on this adventure
he embarked on. The driving force was the issue of our "Pow/Mia's."
To make Americans aware of our POW's Mia's and to make a loud
enough noise to get Congress to listen and do something about it.
He literally, did not just do the Talk, but made the Walk.
Once again, Puff "quietly" comes forth to help out. It is sad that
so many folks, judge others by what they initially see. Instead of
taking the time to look beyond the cover, to see what the real
content within is all about.
My personal thanks to "PUFF" and the many others out there
who have a "cleaner and purer" heart than most, and definitely
DO "Walk the Walk," unlike those who only talk the talk, while
walking around in a "clean, 3 piece suit" looking all fine and spiffy,
doing absolutely nothing.
DStormMom ~ VetCenter
Date: 1/26/2003 3:05:25 PM Eastern Standard Time
From: USMC-Vietnam-Grunt@att.net
Ledger-Enquirer 01-15-2003 Rolling Thunder hears cry
http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/mld/ledgerenquirer/news/local/4947707.htm
Puff Adams didn't need to be asked twice.
When he heard that the pregnant wife of a recently deployed 3rd Brigade soldier
needed help moving, he immediately rounded up a truckload of friends and headed to Fort Benning.
"I'd like to think the good folks at Fort Campbell would do the same thing for my
daughter," said Adams, a Vietnam vet and president of the local motorcycle chapter of Rolling Thunder. "My Elizabeth is about to deliver and her husband is being deployed overseas. No way I would say 'no' to a young woman here who needs help."
Michele Ellington, 20, said goodbye to her Army specialist husband Kurtis Ellington, a member of Alpha Co., 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, on Friday.
Last Saturday, she was scheduled to move from her Custer Terrace home into a larger home in the same Fort Benning housing area, one with a second floor.
She called the wife of her husband's commanding officer, Marie Ballou, who in turn
referred her to a woman she had just met -- Sandy Dennison, wife of a Charlie Co., 1-15, soldier.
"I had no idea what I was going to do," said Ellington, who is expecting her first child
April 1. "I called Marie and she told me not to worry. And within an hour I was on the phone with Puff Adams."
Within two hours that morning, eight members of Rolling Thunder and a couple of
Kurtis Ellington's buddies from the 1-15 had moved all the Elllingtons' possessions into their new quarters.
"And they had to carry a lot of stuff upstairs," said Ellington. "I'm overwhelmed by their generosity."
Dennison, whose husband, Staff Sgt. Anthony Dennison, was also deployed to Kuwait last week, might have been even happier than Ellington.
"I'm just now getting into this military thing," said Dennison, who was married in 2001 shortly after her husband-to-be returned from a tour in South Korea. "I'm seeing now how important it is for wives to help wives."
The Army long ago established Family Readiness Groups (FRGs), in which the wives of senior officers and noncommissioned officers would provide their counsel, and in some cases, their muscle, to the wives of their unit's junior personnel.
But there's only so much one or two women can do. Ballou, whose husband, Capt.
Todd Ballou, is an 18-year Army vet, had already promised to take a soldier's wife to the hospital Saturday -- she even had to change a tire -- and wasn't able to help Ellington move. So she called Dennison, whom she had spoken to earlier in the week.
"I had told everybody that our organization will help any wife of a deployed soldier that needs help," said Dennison, 41, whose husband is a Harley-Davidson owner and member of Rolling Thunder. "Helping other wives is going to be good therapy for me. Otherwise, all I would do is stay at home and cry."
Dennison and Adams ask that no one confuse their group for the infamous biker gangs of old.
"Our members are much more civic oriented," said Dennison. "The POW-MIA issue is still the main cause. But now Puff and the rest are eager to help families of deployed soldiers." Rolling Thunder, in fact, often raises money to buy needy children presents at Christmas time.
"I know that the Army takes care of its own... to the best of its ability," said Adams. "But let's face it, some folks are going to fall through the cracks. And they might need our help."
--
Tony C.
Once a Marine.......... ...Always a Marine
OOORAHHH !!!!!
http://www.Vvof.org/
Vietnam Veterans of Florida Inc., State Coalition
Sempers,
Roger
United We Stand
God Bless America
Remember our POW/MIA's
I'll never forget!
I would like to add a few words here in reference to the man
referred to in the following article as "Puff" and to the two
paragraphs, I bolded as well.
I have personally spoken to this man "Puff" last year, after reading
his book, "I Want to Go Home." While no where does the article
refer to his book, nor does "Puff" push it, the book does tell you a
great deal about this man's "heart." His inner thoughts and views
on life and what it dishes out and how one deals with it. How while
taking this journey to bring attention to our POW/MIA's, he also took
a journey within, learning about himself as well.
He could have quit at any given time, on his journey but didn't.
The pain he put himself through and endured did not have to be.
But the pain he felt for his Brothers that where left behind, was
far greater and so he persevered till he completed the journey.
A 730 mile walk, (across seven states), from St. Louis, Missouri to
Columbus, Georgia, pulling a "bamboo cage."
I was deeply touched by his perseverance and drive, on this adventure
he embarked on. The driving force was the issue of our "Pow/Mia's."
To make Americans aware of our POW's Mia's and to make a loud
enough noise to get Congress to listen and do something about it.
He literally, did not just do the Talk, but made the Walk.
Once again, Puff "quietly" comes forth to help out. It is sad that
so many folks, judge others by what they initially see. Instead of
taking the time to look beyond the cover, to see what the real
content within is all about.
My personal thanks to "PUFF" and the many others out there
who have a "cleaner and purer" heart than most, and definitely
DO "Walk the Walk," unlike those who only talk the talk, while
walking around in a "clean, 3 piece suit" looking all fine and spiffy,
doing absolutely nothing.
DStormMom ~ VetCenter
Date: 1/26/2003 3:05:25 PM Eastern Standard Time
From: USMC-Vietnam-Grunt@att.net
Ledger-Enquirer 01-15-2003 Rolling Thunder hears cry
http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/mld/ledgerenquirer/news/local/4947707.htm
Puff Adams didn't need to be asked twice.
When he heard that the pregnant wife of a recently deployed 3rd Brigade soldier
needed help moving, he immediately rounded up a truckload of friends and headed to Fort Benning.
"I'd like to think the good folks at Fort Campbell would do the same thing for my
daughter," said Adams, a Vietnam vet and president of the local motorcycle chapter of Rolling Thunder. "My Elizabeth is about to deliver and her husband is being deployed overseas. No way I would say 'no' to a young woman here who needs help."
Michele Ellington, 20, said goodbye to her Army specialist husband Kurtis Ellington, a member of Alpha Co., 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, on Friday.
Last Saturday, she was scheduled to move from her Custer Terrace home into a larger home in the same Fort Benning housing area, one with a second floor.
She called the wife of her husband's commanding officer, Marie Ballou, who in turn
referred her to a woman she had just met -- Sandy Dennison, wife of a Charlie Co., 1-15, soldier.
"I had no idea what I was going to do," said Ellington, who is expecting her first child
April 1. "I called Marie and she told me not to worry. And within an hour I was on the phone with Puff Adams."
Within two hours that morning, eight members of Rolling Thunder and a couple of
Kurtis Ellington's buddies from the 1-15 had moved all the Elllingtons' possessions into their new quarters.
"And they had to carry a lot of stuff upstairs," said Ellington. "I'm overwhelmed by their generosity."
Dennison, whose husband, Staff Sgt. Anthony Dennison, was also deployed to Kuwait last week, might have been even happier than Ellington.
"I'm just now getting into this military thing," said Dennison, who was married in 2001 shortly after her husband-to-be returned from a tour in South Korea. "I'm seeing now how important it is for wives to help wives."
The Army long ago established Family Readiness Groups (FRGs), in which the wives of senior officers and noncommissioned officers would provide their counsel, and in some cases, their muscle, to the wives of their unit's junior personnel.
But there's only so much one or two women can do. Ballou, whose husband, Capt.
Todd Ballou, is an 18-year Army vet, had already promised to take a soldier's wife to the hospital Saturday -- she even had to change a tire -- and wasn't able to help Ellington move. So she called Dennison, whom she had spoken to earlier in the week.
"I had told everybody that our organization will help any wife of a deployed soldier that needs help," said Dennison, 41, whose husband is a Harley-Davidson owner and member of Rolling Thunder. "Helping other wives is going to be good therapy for me. Otherwise, all I would do is stay at home and cry."
Dennison and Adams ask that no one confuse their group for the infamous biker gangs of old.
"Our members are much more civic oriented," said Dennison. "The POW-MIA issue is still the main cause. But now Puff and the rest are eager to help families of deployed soldiers." Rolling Thunder, in fact, often raises money to buy needy children presents at Christmas time.
"I know that the Army takes care of its own... to the best of its ability," said Adams. "But let's face it, some folks are going to fall through the cracks. And they might need our help."
--
Tony C.
Once a Marine.......... ...Always a Marine
OOORAHHH !!!!!
http://www.Vvof.org/
Vietnam Veterans of Florida Inc., State Coalition
Sempers,
Roger
United We Stand
God Bless America
Remember our POW/MIA's
I'll never forget!