Twenty-six years ago today ...

[Thumpalumpacus]

My main recollection of that particular day was sitting with my parents on the terrace of their home and reading one of our dailies. The title splashed all over the front page was "Der Raubüberfall", which translates to "The Heist". Which, all things considered, was a rather fitting title.

Of the day of the invasion itself, I remember sitting in the dayroom at the firehouse during lumch, watching the news break on CNN. All of us in the knew we'd be on the move before long -- our wing maintained a readiness team (of which I was a part) that was on 24-hours notice for international deployment.

That evening I checked through my mobility bag to make sure I had all inventory. The next day I rounded it out with five cartons of Marlboro menthols and two bottles of Raynal.

Thanks Thumpa. That was really great.

Thanks for sharing.

Thanks to you, and everyone else who slogged through it.