Our 4th Of July

Luncheon was at Bellevue Baptist Church

The speaker was our Bible Study Teacher at Bellevue Woods 

Independent Living Community.

Henry B. (Sonny) Tucker

Born in Vicksburg Mississippi in 1937, He played freshman

football at LSU, transferred to University of Southern Miss.

He is a member of the University of Southern Mississippi

Football  Hall of Fame. Also the  All -American  football

Foundation as their recipient of the Bill Wade Unsung Hero

Award.

Reverend Tucker was an Infantry soldier having served three tours

as a combat soldier in Vietnam. He served as District Senior

 Adviser in Vietnam under the late legendary John Paul Vann,

who was the subject of the Pulitzer Prize best seller by Neil

Sheehan "A Bright And Shining Lie."

Tucker was also the Executive Officer to Colin L. Powell.

Secretary Powell writes of their friendship in his highly

acclaimed book, '' My American Journey" and in his second

book "It Worked For Me"

 

Tucker with Secretary of Defense, Robert McNamara.

Walter Cronkite 1965

Saying goodbye to troops1973

We will take a break and tell more of this amazing story

next post. 

You never know who walks among us that help make us a nation of freedom.