Keoni May:  

OUR LADY OF LOURDES IS A BLANK TO ME FROM KINDERGARTEN UNTIL THE 2ND GRADE. MY ONLY MEMORIES ARE MOVIES UNDER THE CHURCH, NUNS, BROTHERS, & PRIESTS. AT BLESSED SACRAMENT I WAS AN ALTAR BOY FOR FATHER O'MALLEY. I HAD A HEAVY FISTED NUN NAMED SISTER STELLA GERTRUDE IN THE 3RD GRADE AND A NICE MISS HARDING IN THE 4TH GRADE. TRAPHAGEN ELEMENTARY & JUNIOR H.S. WERE GOOD TIMES FOR DEVELOPING A CHILDHOOD, HAPPINESS, MORAL VALUES, AND FRIENDS WHO WOULD REMAIN FOR LIFE. MUSIC APPRECIATION DEVELOPED FROM BEING A PART OF THE BAND - ORCHESTRA - STAGE BAND. WE WERE REALLY SHELTERED. THE MT. VERNON ANNEX & THE MT. VERNON H.S. WERE A REAL TEST AT GROWING UP VERY FAST. LEFT MT. VERNON H.S. IN NEW YORK, AFTER THE CAFETERIA RIOT (THAT I WAS ACTIVELY INVOLVED WITH, AS A 'STUDENT MARSHAL'), AND GRADUATED FROM ROOSEVELT H.S. IN HAWAII. GROWING UP WITH MY "HAWAIIAN ROOTS" WAS A GREAT YEAR. AFTER BEING DRAFTED (#55) AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, I JOINED THE U.S. ARMY AIRBORNE AND SERVED IN THE VIETNAM WAR (MACV & JUSMAG/MACTHAI) FOR 2+ YEARS (VIETNAM, LAOS, CAMBODIA & THAILAND). I SERVED VERY SHORT ASSIGNMENTS WITH "L" COMPANY, 75TH INFANTRY, AIRBORNE RANGER (LAOS - LAM SON 719 & 720), 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION, AND THE 5TH SF GROUP (FOB 1 & 1972 CAMBODIA-NVA OFFENSIVE) & 1ST SF GROUP (46TH COMPANY). POW/MIA RESCUES WERE MY BIGGEST THRILLS & FAILURES (SFC FRED ZABITOSKY [M.O.H.] AND AIR AMERICA & CONTINENTAL AIR SERVICE INCORPORATED (C.A.S.I.) PILOT EMMET KAY. SR, (P.O.W.). FOUGHT IN ANGOLA FOR CASH (GEARHART, EXECUTED). LIFE MEMBER: SPECIAL FORCES ASSOCIATION (CHAPTER 8 & CHAPTER 66), 75TH RANGER REGIMENT ASSOCIATION, 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION ASSOCIATION, ...Expand for more