A few weeks after leaving the US Army a newspaper reporter knocked on our family door and expressed interest in developing an article about my military experiences. (I think my mom but a bug in their ear.) He took a photo, and it appeared along with the article in the Rockford Morning Star edition of 16 June 1969. The headline read, "Peace Symbols, Purple Hearts for Ex-GI."
The reported wanted me to pose holding my medals, but I rejected that notion. Instead he took this photo on the banks of Yellow Creek a few steps from our family home's front door:
And here's the article. (To enlarge, click, then right click and select "view image")
