Pioneer Memories

Pioneer MemoriesThose Americans born between The Great War and The Great Depression have received well deserved accolades as The Greatest Generation. Having experienced neither, I have no idea which is more dauntingestablishing a beachhead against superbly trained, well fortified enemy forces prepared to die for their emperor or facing alone in dawns early light an unbroken field of prairie in the panhandle of Oklahoma, armed with nothing but a one foot sod plow and

Those Americans born between ÒThe Great WarÓ and ÒThe Great DepressionÓ have received well-deserved accolades as ÒThe Greatest Generation.Ó Having experienced neither, I have no idea which is more dauntingÑestablishing a beachhead against superbly trained, well-fortified enemy forces prepared to die for their emperor or facing alone in dawnÕs early light an unbroken field of prairie in the panhandle of Oklahoma, armed with nothing but a one-foot sod plow and a team of horses. As one who has reaped the spoils of otherÕs tireless efforts, I think it is reasonable to assume that each generation is inexorably linked to the preceding one. Thus, I submit that pioneers such as my Grandpa through their actions, not words, sowed the seeds of success that drove America to save the world a generation later. -R. Mack Carlisle