Growing up in Portales, the perfect small town—with a regional university—was great. We even had Billy the Kid’s hideout.
I got the history bug from my grandfather, who homesteaded in Lincoln County. I am still amazed how he lived, as a dryland farmer, with a well that didn’t produce water.
The U.S. Marine Corps taught me to accomplish my mission and take care of my Marines.
Infantry life today compared to the 1800s is still all about locating, closing with and destroying the
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