Hi! Before I start this post, pardon my username (Cherokeehippie), it has nothing to do with how I feel about the military. 
I honor and respect everyone here in the service. I got a question about my dad's death. First, some background. My died when I was 7 yrs old. I never knew my dad. My mom and dad divorced when I was a baby. I spent much of my childhood with my mom's side of the family. My dad was drafted into the Army and was in the army during th time of Vietnam, but he did not go to Vietnam or see any action that I know of overseas. His brother did, though. My dad's father was a lawman--was chief of police in Ruidoso, NM and later worked for security at the White Sands missille range near Almagordo NM and was there when the astronauts was training to go to the moon. My grandpa got to meet all the astronauts and even drove one of them down to El Paso to pick up some luggage that got mixed up and came in late. After being in the army, training, etc, my dad went to college and majored in journalism. But I think he was still in the army, but not sure. At this time(1974) my mom, stepdad and I were living in Taos NM when my dad's murder occurred. My grandmother told me that my dad got a phone call from someone telling him that my mom, stepdad and I were in town(Ruidoso where my dad lived) and that my stepdad was beating us up. My dad turned to my grandma and ask if she thinks he should go over there. My grandma said only he can make that decision. We were not in Ruidoso. It was a trap to get my dad killed. He took 2 other guys--I guess friends of his(who I think were in the army, too, because I found their names as being in the Army, too) and they went over to the house thinking to find me and my mom and stepdad there. Instead, it was an old man and his wife. The old man shot and killed my dad and one of the other guys. But the other one was able to get away. I looked up the newspaper articles of that time and in the news article, the old man claimed that my dad and the others were harassing his wife and taking things from the house. His wife said "no" they did not do what her husband said they did. which made me feel relieved. A gag order was placed on the whole crime scene and my family never were able to learn what happened. But later, my dad's parents recieved a signed certificate from Pres. Ford, saying that my dad died in defense of the country. It is still in the family. My mom(who this incident effected deeply--and who has developed a paranoid problem) thinks that the old man who killed my died was trigger happy and that whoever wanted my dad dead, knew this and lured him over to that old man's house to get him killed. I looked up that old man's name and found he had been in the service, too, so I guessed either he was effected from battle or maybe there was some conspiracy to get my dad killed by certain ones. I received a small veteran's check when a child in school, that ended later. I remember one time in High school, I was told that a man from the government was to come to check up on me and I remember how nervous it made me at first--but he just wanted to check to see how I was doing in school, I guess. One time, earlier when I was 11 or 12, living with my paranoid mom in Colorado Springs, my mom told me that there were two dark cars sitting across the street from the house, with men in dark glasses watching our house. I didn't believe her at first, thinking it was just her paranoid delusions, but I went outside, pretending to check the mail and sure enough, there were two 'official' government looking cars with men in suits and dark glasses watching our house. When they saw that I saw them, they drove off. I'm wondering and I'm guessing that because my grandfather was a lawman and worked as security at White Sands, that maybe my dad got involved in something similar in some sort of esponage thing. But I don't know. I even started getting interested in the whole UFO thing--Roswell, etc(Roswell is near Ruidoso) not that I beleive in UFOs, but I believe that there's creepy stuff going on out in NM, esponage, dark stuff, etc. What do any of yall think?? Lara
I honor and respect everyone here in the service. I got a question about my dad's death. First, some background. My died when I was 7 yrs old. I never knew my dad. My mom and dad divorced when I was a baby. I spent much of my childhood with my mom's side of the family. My dad was drafted into the Army and was in the army during th time of Vietnam, but he did not go to Vietnam or see any action that I know of overseas. His brother did, though. My dad's father was a lawman--was chief of police in Ruidoso, NM and later worked for security at the White Sands missille range near Almagordo NM and was there when the astronauts was training to go to the moon. My grandpa got to meet all the astronauts and even drove one of them down to El Paso to pick up some luggage that got mixed up and came in late. After being in the army, training, etc, my dad went to college and majored in journalism. But I think he was still in the army, but not sure. At this time(1974) my mom, stepdad and I were living in Taos NM when my dad's murder occurred. My grandmother told me that my dad got a phone call from someone telling him that my mom, stepdad and I were in town(Ruidoso where my dad lived) and that my stepdad was beating us up. My dad turned to my grandma and ask if she thinks he should go over there. My grandma said only he can make that decision. We were not in Ruidoso. It was a trap to get my dad killed. He took 2 other guys--I guess friends of his(who I think were in the army, too, because I found their names as being in the Army, too) and they went over to the house thinking to find me and my mom and stepdad there. Instead, it was an old man and his wife. The old man shot and killed my dad and one of the other guys. But the other one was able to get away. I looked up the newspaper articles of that time and in the news article, the old man claimed that my dad and the others were harassing his wife and taking things from the house. His wife said "no" they did not do what her husband said they did. which made me feel relieved. A gag order was placed on the whole crime scene and my family never were able to learn what happened. But later, my dad's parents recieved a signed certificate from Pres. Ford, saying that my dad died in defense of the country. It is still in the family. My mom(who this incident effected deeply--and who has developed a paranoid problem) thinks that the old man who killed my died was trigger happy and that whoever wanted my dad dead, knew this and lured him over to that old man's house to get him killed. I looked up that old man's name and found he had been in the service, too, so I guessed either he was effected from battle or maybe there was some conspiracy to get my dad killed by certain ones. I received a small veteran's check when a child in school, that ended later. I remember one time in High school, I was told that a man from the government was to come to check up on me and I remember how nervous it made me at first--but he just wanted to check to see how I was doing in school, I guess. One time, earlier when I was 11 or 12, living with my paranoid mom in Colorado Springs, my mom told me that there were two dark cars sitting across the street from the house, with men in dark glasses watching our house. I didn't believe her at first, thinking it was just her paranoid delusions, but I went outside, pretending to check the mail and sure enough, there were two 'official' government looking cars with men in suits and dark glasses watching our house. When they saw that I saw them, they drove off. I'm wondering and I'm guessing that because my grandfather was a lawman and worked as security at White Sands, that maybe my dad got involved in something similar in some sort of esponage thing. But I don't know. I even started getting interested in the whole UFO thing--Roswell, etc(Roswell is near Ruidoso) not that I beleive in UFOs, but I believe that there's creepy stuff going on out in NM, esponage, dark stuff, etc. What do any of yall think?? Lara
