Oh I think not. Interesting to remember though, there was a Babushka Lady. This unknown person was/is real.

Snow's suggestions are unsolicited, but cute.

I wonder when the last time was that anyone called Snow cute. Whaddaya think, 377?

What is Galen Cook up to these days Bruce?

Wish he was coming to the Portland event.

And what about Jerry Thomas? Any news? I really enjoyed meeting and discussing the survivability of the Cooper jump with him.

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What is Galen Cook up to these days Bruce?

Wish he was coming to the Portland event.

And what about Jerry Thomas? Any news? I really enjoyed meeting and discussing the survivability of the Cooper jump with him.

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Galen is still up in Alaska, and still seems to be distracted by making money. Hence, he is busy in his law practice, and DBC has to take a back seat. Alas.

I have strongly encouraged him to attend the conference, and he says that he will try. He sounds 50-50 at best.

As for Jerry Thomas, he has dropped off my radar screen. Last I heard he was recovering from a total loss of his house, DBC paraphernalia, etc., from a forest fire several years ago.

Along those lines, Jerry's "2nd father," Ralph Himmelsbach is still alive and kicking ass! I spoke with Doug Perry of the Oregonian a week or so ago and Doug told me that he had tried to interview Ralph, who is still asking for payment for a print interview. Doug was surprised, to say the least!

Speaking of which, Doug told me that he will be at the conference pending any other journalistic emergencies. However, he will be returning from California the day before, so he will not be able to party with the hardy folks of Cooperland on that eve. Nevertheless, he and I will at least have drinks on Saturday night.

Speaking of which II, where is the night-before party? And more to the point, where are we all staying? I probably have strayed into the wrong thread, so...

...but in his many - and daily - emails to me, Bobby B says that the owner of a tavern in Portland, "V-23," is a Cooperite and wants to host an annual Cooper Daze bash. Maybe we should check him out, especially since RMB says he will be out of town with relatives over the holiday weekend - kind of sounds like Kenny's announcement pre-Thanksgiving, 1971...

I touched up a version of the photo Sheridan used on the back of the 1st edition of his book, which was made available in 2008  (apparently pdf'ed in 2007). Interestingly, he registered for a copyright in 2001. I believe he had a fire tower job in 1999 where he talked about completing/working on his book.

It would be really interesting to understand how much of his book was written in Nepal in '70-'73.  I wonder what he used? Pen/Paper? Typewriter? If typewriter, when did he transcribe it to a computer? Probably not until late '90s. Maybe the first time it was in a computer was right before the 2001 copyright.

I find it interesting that the pdf for the 2008 edition, was "created" in 2007..i.e. the same year he wrote the Parachutist article...and 4-5 years after the FBI interview in 2002/2003

Attached the retouched Saudi Arabia picture (must be circa '75 to '77 or so?)

well, it's a "literary" documentary, so not all facts are true..
He talks about Iwo Jima a couple of times. I'm just calling him out on it, as not autobiographical.
He can write whatever he wants for his fictional characters...but they're mostly not fictional

Here Vince Grecco thinks about the Japanese he supposedly killed at Iwo Jima as a "teenage Marine"

Sheridan wrote:

It never seemed to occur to Kalick that the civilians might be averse to killing. That some might prefer to die rather than kill another human being. As for Grecco, it was a different matter. He had blood on his hands. As a teenage Marine, he'd killed a good many Japs on Iwo Jima. During the final day of battle, his company had mowed down hundreds of them when they threw a suicidal Banzai attack against them. Vince had felt ill used. If the Japs were so keen on killing themselves, why should he have to do it for them? It would be best for all concerns if they killed themselves. The slaughter had scarred him. It had hardened something deep inside, so Kalick could counted on him to defend the compound if it was absolutely necessary. However, he was not going out in
search of people to ambush and murder. That was definitely out of the question.

Pete just used up 4.99% on that imagined combat killing on Iwo Jima. Leaves very little fiction allowance left for that helo jump into North Vietnam.

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