Leonard Graham

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The picture above shows Lenny with Bettina and his parents 1964 in Florida.

In the years 1966-67 Lenny (Picture above) was with special forces in Vietnam and he was in the rank of a Captain Commander of Camp Dong Ba Thin (Picture center). The camp closed to the A1 the connection over Phan Ran south to Ho Chi Mihn City, at that time Saigon. It was a little north-west from the airport Cam Ranh, lookup landmark. The airport is on the south-end of the coastroad 6571 coming down from Nha Trang. This map is generated under OpenSteetMap.org and stands by announcing DL3MFW-N2ZZX under GNU-Lizenz (Lookup navigation to GNU-Lizenz).

In the years 1969-70 (Picture above) Lenny wearing at the picture a VC-hat was with the 1st Cavalry a second time in Vietnam.

In August 20th of 1997 this photo was taken in front of the shoppingcenter in Fayetteville.

Biographie, Leonard Graham:

Born as Leonard Thomas Graham on April 9th in the year of 1939 in Brooklyn, New York.

He visited the Forest Hills High School, the VMI, Virginia Military Institute beginning a destinguished career in the US-Army.

Promotion: Magister Degree Ball State University.

The time as Captain and the time with the 1st Cavalry (Picture below navigation) were stepstones in his career. His highest military rank was LTC, Lieutnant Colonel.

In April 14th of 1963 he married the "German Fräulein" Bettina Vogt, the wedding was celebrated by Decan Lic. theol. W. Schilberg in the evangelic Christchurch by Aschaffenburg (Picture left). The picture below shows Lenny and the situation 1966 in Camp Dong Ba Thin.

The well-kept car of Lenny´s father should be today an expencive Oldtimer, an american dream with torque and dynamic (Picture left). There´s a map explained in the grey box rightside.

At the next picture (Down in the center) you have a view on Lenny in leisurewear. It was in autumn 1978, in the days arround Helloween, when my wife and me visitted him and his little family with the little daughters Claudia and Nicole in Bad Kissingen, were he was stationed by the armed forces in Hammelburg. The photo was taken Sunday on the misty Gradierwerk in Bad Kissingen after a tremendous night, driving throughout snow and icerain. Also sunday by the Gradierwerk the periphery was completely enveloped in thick ice. On the same day Bettina fried "Arme Ritter", really delicate!

In Oktober 11th of 1997:

Our uncle in law abducted young lady Bettina to North Carolina. In the next picture they are dancing light hearted in Oktober11th 1997 at the wedding from Lenny´s nephew named Leonard and called also Lenny.

Little historic Prolog:

After the WW II the worldorder in Germany changed and the boot was on the other leg. But within the 60ies the world was fundamental different from today and now. In the first months after the war for example the non-fraternization with the Krauts was announced, but quickly it took a powder, early in Oktober of 1945. The GI´s kept an eye on the popular "German Fräuleins" and therefore Lenny is our "American Uncle in Law". Indeed the official document (left, above) takes evidence. We have a look at that times with a twinkle in the eye, cause the protest-, peace- and love Generation, the fall of the wall and the reunification, millenium and Euro seems the world goes round quicker.

In Uniform:

At this picture, Lenny is dressed in uniform rank LTC, Lieutnant Colonel. He weares among others the little silver oakleafe.

North Carolina:

His last fight he was losing on July 10th of 2007 against multiple cancer carcinoms. He rest in pease at Sandhills State Veterans Cementary

Lenny was an American in the core and his aditude correlated the proclamation of John F. Kennedy - "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country."

A glossary as an Epilog:

1.) VC Viet Cong 2)WW II - Worldwar 2nd. 3.) Krauts - Germans, we know it also today, current example musik, Krautrock. 4.) GI´s - Soldier, comes from Galvanized Iron (tin) 5.) German Fräuleins - young, not married german femails. Today you can not use Fräulein, cause black looks would kill you immediately. 6.) And by the way, Arme Ritter are not related with poor knights, they are stale sheets of whitebred, soaked with sugar Milk and fried in eggs, mutant to a meatless, delicate dinner.

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