Joe Dillon Difference

Joe Dillon’s Early History Part 2: Learning to Swim
March 4, 2024
Learning to SwimWhen I was 9 years old, I learned how to swim at Clyde Devine Swim School on Old Country Road in San Carlos California –…
The Start
February 19, 2024
I was born in San Francisco in 1944 during World War Two. Life was progressing, and my TV-and-junk-food habit saw its beginning.
Long Way Home: Part 3
January 23, 2024
A Warm WelcomeClark Air Force Base hospital was warm and welcoming. My steak was delicious. The Air Force nurses were attentive, thoughtful and…
Long Way Home: Part 2
January 2, 2024
My day on the Hospital Ship Repose evolved into an exhausting routine: doctor’s exam, shower, stuff my wounds with thick gauze, receive a large penicillin shot, and fall asleep with my right leg elevated.
Long Way Home
December 11, 2023
Where our story left off, I was on a medevac helicopter out over the South China Sea off the coast of Vietnam just south of the Demilitarized Zone.
Grateful Every Day
November 20, 2023
I have so much to be thankful for. I say thank you on Thanksgiving and on every day of my life. Many times a day.

Joe Dillon’s Early History Part 2: Learning to Swim