While on tour last month an exciting opportunity arose. We were scheduled to go to Fort Campbell on the KY/TN border at 9:00am.
However we received word that General John Campbell, the head of troops in Afghanistan for the last year, was flying back & there would be a welcome home ceremony for him. Having missed both welcome home ceremonies when my brother, Ray, came home from Bosnia & Iraq, I wanted to see what it was like.
I was really proud of my travelers. I had 52 pax and all put 12 were on the motorcoach at 6:30am to see the general come in. We arrived at the base and were taken to the hanger where the ceremony would be held. Miss KY, Miss TN and many other dignitaries were there, as well as, Lee Greenwood singing “I’m proud to be an American”. Not too many dry eyes for that song.
The general’s plane arrived at 8:10am only 10 min late. He and his soldiers (25 altogether) marched off the plane. There was a short ceremony & then the familes went wild getting to their loved ones.
What an experince! Next week a cave in KY…….