Family in the Military
Next 1917 William J. Bowe, Sr. recovering from foot amputation in Orleans France in World War I My enlisting in the Army during the Vietnam War years was in part influenced by my [...]
Introduction
Buy Book The month after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination in 1968, I enlisted in the Army’s Intelligence Branch for three years. President Lyndon Johnson had just sent the Regular Army simultaneously to Baltimore, [...]
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 [...]
04. 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 [...]
Yulia Lipmanovich Plays Beethoven’s “Moonlight Sonata” above Millennium Park
William J. Bowe · wbowe.com 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 [...]
Celebrating the Poet Elise Paschen
William J. Bowe · wbowe.com Celebrating the Poet Elise Paschen Elise Paschen Editor's Note: Elise Paschen is an Honorary Member of The Cliff Dwellers, an [...]
