Lt. Col. John C. Haley (Ret.)

Carl has made a little list for me. Each item, carefully numbered in his unruly hand, tells a story about John Jack Haley. Carl can't speak of Jack and the list without tears but we talk anyway, and slowly memories come.
One year at the Hendersonville, NC air show, there is a biplane ride both men are too cheap to take and both always regret missing. They see choppers there, the same ones Jack piloted in Nam, and Jack speaks at length about their operation and care. Carl is amazed at the...