Posted on 08/26/2016 7:27:58 AM PDT by gigster
Worked for General Al Haig. Guarded Vice President Bush at the Iowa Air National Guard as he campaigned for the Republican nomination. Met President Ford at a rally in Ames, Iowa. Knew Larry Storch as a child.
Clarence Thomas.
My wife, a writer. That is why she kept her last name when we married.
Joe DiMaggio!!!
Ronald Reagan
Edward Teller
Glad t'MEET cha'
I met Red Skelton on the day in July of 1981 when I was flying out to Juneau Alaska for a once in a life Fishing trip. He was on the prop-driven plane we were to take to Milwaukee to get connecting flights. He cracked jokes all the way there and when he saw me, (I’m 6’3”), he cracked: “Look at this guy, he’s big enough to be his own state!”
W. Bush and assorted politicians in New Hampshire. The McCains were actually nice, as were most other pols. The only real jerk I ran into was John Sununu—the old man, not his son the former senator.
Does Jim Nasium count?
Richard Nixon,CIC back in the early 70’s while stationed in South Korea, 2nd Inf. Div.
Alexander Haig about the same time.
George Foreman, at the bank, was also a neighbor.
Haig was awesome that day when Reagan got shot
Larry Storch is still around and kicking.
JFK here too——back in the early 50s.
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I met Bob Hope at the Sandwich Airport in Illinois on the same day Neil Armstrong landed on the moon.
. . . but that hardly holds water to October 25, 1976 at 3:45 p.m. when I met Jesus Christ for the first time when he became my personal Saviour!
Generals Norman Schwarzkopf and Fred Franks Sr., and the Minister of Defense for India.
Too many to count. I used to work in tinsel town and rubbed elbows with celebs all the time. The majority of celebs are really decent people, but a few are real turds. Kinda like the general population.
One little story — Sidney Portier once stopped a huge meeting to step into the hallway to chat with me. I think he did it to get the attention of the folks in the room, who were arguing at the top their lungs. He stood up and left the room and they all fell silent. You could have heard a pin drop while we were chatting.
Oh yeah — Cher is as much a bitch as you think she is.
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