Hi Charles, first of all, could you tell us a bit
about yourself.
I
am the son of a
coal-miner's son, who escaped a life in the dark Appalachian mines by
joining
the U.S. military. Like most military-families, we moved around a bit. Eventually we settled in a small Virginia town called Hopewell, noted
for its myriad chemical factories. After high
school, having no desire to work in those factories, I choose to join
the Air Force,...
