Merry Christmas!

The Darragh Family wishes you all a very Merry Christmas from the Pacific Northwest. We usually have a wet Christmas Day here in Seattle, but this year we dreamed of a white Christmas and we have one! It's been snowing off and on for over a week here.


Forty years ago today I spent my first of two Christmases at Phu Hiep (it can't be that long ago can it?)! It certainly was different than any previous Christmas I had experienced! I don't remember if there were services at the base chapel, but there must have been.

I hope you have a wonderful family time as the birth of our Savior and Lord Jesus Christ, and the hope he brings, is celebrated around the world!

Noel Josephs In Space!

I received this e-mail from Larry Conway last month.

For those of you who didn't know him, Noel Josephs was a buddy from AIT at Ft. Huachuca, AZ, who was KIA June 6, 1969, while flying an aerial surveillance mission in Vietnam for the 225th Avn. Co. out of Phu Hiep, RVN. A good soldier & a good friend. We all hated to see him go.

Now this is very interesting. I did a Google search on Noel Fitzroy Josephs, and up pops this NASA link. http://stardust.jpl.nasa.gov/overview/microchip/names2j9.html His name is one which was picked to go into space aboard a NASA spacecraft named Stardust, launched in 1999 to visit Comet Wild 2 in 2004, and returned to earth in 2006. He's listed near the bottom [of this very long list]. A worthy choice for a space flight. RIP, Noel. Check it out. - L


left to right: Noel Josephs, Larry Conway, Bill Robertson, Norman McCauley, and Ed Belanger