Riots & Rockets Army Days Map (1968-1971)
After Army Intelligence School training at Fort Holabird in Baltimore, I was assigned to the 902nd Military Intelligence Group. Its headquarters occupied office space above stores in a Bailey’s Crossroads, Virginia, strip mall. My Counterintelligence Analysis Division work in [...]
1 Riots & Rockets Table of Contents
CHAPTER ONE Riots & Rockets - Army Days (1968-1971) Riots & Rockets Army Days Map (1968-1971) Family in the Military The Vietnam War Heats Up The Decision to Enlist Fort Holabird and Intelligence Training CIAD in the CD of [...]
Austin Lynch Climbs Mt. Kilimanjaro
Austin Lynch Climbs Mt. Kilimanjaro Editor's Note: In February 2025, Austin Lynch did few others have an inclination to do. He flew to Africa and climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. He was the only Chicagoan in a [...]
Remembering Jean-Gwinn Riboud (1950-2025)
Remembering Jean-Gwinn Riboud (1950-2025) Editor's Note: It was with great regret that I was unable to personally attend the June 12, 2025 Benediction in Paris that memorialized the [...]
Rev. Theodore E. Tack, Prior General, O.S.A. (1929-2013)
Pope Leo XIV and Rev. Theodore E. Tack, Prior General, O.S.A. (1929-2013) Fr. Theodore E. Tack, O.S.A. Editor's Note: Before his election as Pope Leo XIV, Cardinal Robert Prevost had [...]
Yulia Lipmanovich Plays Beethoven’s “Moonlight Sonata” above Millennium Park
Yulia Lipmanovich Plays Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata above Millennium Park Editor's Note: Yulia Lipmanovich is a Russian-born concert pianist and piano teacher. Her musical education came in part from Van Cliburn's teacher, who later brought her from Israel [...]
Celebrating the Poet Elise Paschen
Celebrating the Poet Elise Paschen Elise Paschen Editor's Note: Elise Paschen is an Honorary Member of The Cliff Dwellers, an enrolled member of the Osage [...]
Daniel Lynch and Adm. Hyman Rickover
Daniel Lynch and Adm. Hyman Rickover Editor’s Note: My cousin Dan Lynch spent a career in the submarine force as an ETC/SS ANAV (Electronics Technician Chief Petty Officer/Submarine Qualified, Assistant Navigation/Operations Officer) and now enjoys writing short stories about [...]
A Brief History of Ireland with Pat Whalen — from the Ice Age to the Present
A Brief History of Ireland Patrick Whalen Editor's Note: In March 2025, to kick off The Cliff Dwellers Irish Celebration, Members gathered for a buffet dinner which, not surprisingly, included corned beef and cabbage. [...]
