USAFSS Dad » 6931st http://usafssdad.com Remembering my Dad and his sacrifice Sat, 17 Jul 2010 20:52:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Remembering my Dad and his sacrifice USAFSS Dad no USAFSS Dad usafss@brianhendrix.com usafss@brianhendrix.com (USAFSS Dad) Remembering my Dad and his sacrifice USAFSS Dad » 6931st http://usafssdad.com/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://usafssdad.com Iraklion AS, Crete, Greece http://usafssdad.com/2009/01/20/iraklion-as-crete-greece/ http://usafssdad.com/2009/01/20/iraklion-as-crete-greece/#comments Tue, 20 Jan 2009 19:45:20 +0000 admin http://usafssdad.com/?p=135 I have quite a bit of memories from this island in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea. If my dates are correct (probably not), we lived there sometime around 1967 to 1969.  We lived off-base near a woodshop and a bakery. I would walk every evening to the bakery and get a fresh loaf of Greek bread for dinner. I remember a dancing bear that would come by. His Greek handler would have him dance while he played the tambourine. When finished, my dad would “tip” him with a couple packs of American cigarettes (Marlboros!). There was a Greek family that loved to come over and watch Gunsmoke on our American TV. I especially remember that my dad, who loved sports growing up, started the first youth baseball league on Crete. Instead of the Commander (Col. Louie Miller, Jr.) throwing out the first pitch to a catcher, he threw it into the middle of all us boys gathered together. I came up with the ball and it sits on desk to this day. You can see it here:

Baseball photos

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