Author page: Larry Tyler

Corpsmen Are Not Chefs by Dennis Noah

In combat situations you return to the basics of survival: food, staying dry, and so forth.  Food is a large aspect of life, especially when you spend days on end eating out of these little green cans with dates on them going back to the Korean War. Also, on extended operations in the field, we were particularly dependent upon helicopter resupply missions that were…

Sleepless in Seattle

I have always loved seeing Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan together in this movie “Sleepless In Seattle” from 1993. It has been one of my favorites. Maybe one of yours too? I have always liked looking at the Seattle skyline from this picture advertising the movie. If you fell in love with this movie, you are going to fall in…

MARS – Military Auxiliary Radio System

During the Vietnam conflict, there were no individual personal cellular or landline telephones available for soldiers or sailors to use for calling family members back home. To address this, United States MARS (Military Affiliate Radio Service) stations from all branches of the service, Army, Navy, Marines and Air Force, were deployed throughout Vietnam. The MARS system offered soldiers and sailors…

Hotel 2/5 Academy Awards Ceremony Presentation 2017

The Hotel 2/5 Academy Awards is a periodic event celebrating reunion awards conferred by the Hotel 2/5 Academy’s Board of Governors.  Hum, you might be wondering, who the heck is on this Board of Directors?  Well, it’s only me! (Larry Tyler)  So let’s get on with it. And now, (big drum roll . . .) the Hotel 2/5 Academy Awards…