Joe's Early History

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    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 –…

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    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.

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    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…

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    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.

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    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.

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    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.