Not Too Old to Roam
This is the ‘autobiography’ of two people: Colonel George Martin, USA, and Lilly Norton, nee Holmstrom. See how differently two people can think but still enjoy a good marriage.
Colonel Martin, a Bronze Star and Purple Heart recipient of the Korean conflict, had found himself in one desk job after another. Yes, he had had one command and had even received an excellent review from his commanding officer, but it was back to the Pentagon and another desk job. After thirty years and the realization that he would never be promoted to general he retired. His great ambition during all those Army years was to be able to get out and tour the USA on his own terms and not just go and see what was dictated by the Army. He had read about the many great attractions our country has to offer but had seen very few of them.
Virginia, his petite, red-headed Texan and wife since the age of eighteen, had other ideas and the Colonel found himself confined to their expensive North Atlanta home – he tending the gardens and she immersed in women’s clubs, girl scouts (they didn’t have any children so those were her substitutes) and even a church choir. Her retort to his expressed desire to go touring was, “You’re too old to go roaming.”
Lilly. and her deceased husband, were from a different world. They had gone steady in high school. Then he joined the Marines and she departed to take advantage of a scholarship at the University of Florida. The years went by; Lily graduated with honors, then went on to get her Masters’, then PhD. At the students’ Christmas party held in the Student Union Building, they met again. He was a Gunnery Sergeant and enrolled in a special program to become a Marine officer.
Lilly married her newly commissioned lieutenant and that was probably the best day of their marriage. The Marines had made a dedicated killer of her man and, ‘live by the gun, die by the gun’, he was killed in action in Vietnam. She received the $400,000 insurance – that was what her man was worth to the Marines!
Lilly survived doing what she loved: working as a wildlife ecologist and conservationist. The years went by and that $400,000 was gradually shrinking. How Lilly managed to survive, then hunt for and find another husband is a story of dedication, resolve, and self-confidence.
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Colonel Martin, a Bronze Star and Purple Heart recipient of the Korean conflict, had found himself in one desk job after another. Yes, he had had one command and had even received an excellent review from his commanding officer, but it was back to the Pentagon and another desk job. After thirty years and the realization that he would never be promoted to general he retired. His great ambition during all those Army years was to be able to get out and tour the USA on his own terms and not just go and see what was dictated by the Army. He had read about the many great attractions our country has to offer but had seen very few of them.
Virginia, his petite, red-headed Texan and wife since the age of eighteen, had other ideas and the Colonel found himself confined to their expensive North Atlanta home – he tending the gardens and she immersed in women’s clubs, girl scouts (they didn’t have any children so those were her substitutes) and even a church choir. Her retort to his expressed desire to go touring was, “You’re too old to go roaming.”
Lilly. and her deceased husband, were from a different world. They had gone steady in high school. Then he joined the Marines and she departed to take advantage of a scholarship at the University of Florida. The years went by; Lily graduated with honors, then went on to get her Masters’, then PhD. At the students’ Christmas party held in the Student Union Building, they met again. He was a Gunnery Sergeant and enrolled in a special program to become a Marine officer.
Lilly married her newly commissioned lieutenant and that was probably the best day of their marriage. The Marines had made a dedicated killer of her man and, ‘live by the gun, die by the gun’, he was killed in action in Vietnam. She received the $400,000 insurance – that was what her man was worth to the Marines!
Lilly survived doing what she loved: working as a wildlife ecologist and conservationist. The years went by and that $400,000 was gradually shrinking. How Lilly managed to survive, then hunt for and find another husband is a story of dedication, resolve, and self-confidence.
Not Too Old to Roam
This is the ‘autobiography’ of two people: Colonel George Martin, USA, and Lilly Norton, nee Holmstrom. See how differently two people can think but still enjoy a good marriage.
Colonel Martin, a Bronze Star and Purple Heart recipient of the Korean conflict, had found himself in one desk job after another. Yes, he had had one command and had even received an excellent review from his commanding officer, but it was back to the Pentagon and another desk job. After thirty years and the realization that he would never be promoted to general he retired. His great ambition during all those Army years was to be able to get out and tour the USA on his own terms and not just go and see what was dictated by the Army. He had read about the many great attractions our country has to offer but had seen very few of them.
Virginia, his petite, red-headed Texan and wife since the age of eighteen, had other ideas and the Colonel found himself confined to their expensive North Atlanta home – he tending the gardens and she immersed in women’s clubs, girl scouts (they didn’t have any children so those were her substitutes) and even a church choir. Her retort to his expressed desire to go touring was, “You’re too old to go roaming.”
Lilly. and her deceased husband, were from a different world. They had gone steady in high school. Then he joined the Marines and she departed to take advantage of a scholarship at the University of Florida. The years went by; Lily graduated with honors, then went on to get her Masters’, then PhD. At the students’ Christmas party held in the Student Union Building, they met again. He was a Gunnery Sergeant and enrolled in a special program to become a Marine officer.
Lilly married her newly commissioned lieutenant and that was probably the best day of their marriage. The Marines had made a dedicated killer of her man and, ‘live by the gun, die by the gun’, he was killed in action in Vietnam. She received the $400,000 insurance – that was what her man was worth to the Marines!
Lilly survived doing what she loved: working as a wildlife ecologist and conservationist. The years went by and that $400,000 was gradually shrinking. How Lilly managed to survive, then hunt for and find another husband is a story of dedication, resolve, and self-confidence.
Colonel Martin, a Bronze Star and Purple Heart recipient of the Korean conflict, had found himself in one desk job after another. Yes, he had had one command and had even received an excellent review from his commanding officer, but it was back to the Pentagon and another desk job. After thirty years and the realization that he would never be promoted to general he retired. His great ambition during all those Army years was to be able to get out and tour the USA on his own terms and not just go and see what was dictated by the Army. He had read about the many great attractions our country has to offer but had seen very few of them.
Virginia, his petite, red-headed Texan and wife since the age of eighteen, had other ideas and the Colonel found himself confined to their expensive North Atlanta home – he tending the gardens and she immersed in women’s clubs, girl scouts (they didn’t have any children so those were her substitutes) and even a church choir. Her retort to his expressed desire to go touring was, “You’re too old to go roaming.”
Lilly. and her deceased husband, were from a different world. They had gone steady in high school. Then he joined the Marines and she departed to take advantage of a scholarship at the University of Florida. The years went by; Lily graduated with honors, then went on to get her Masters’, then PhD. At the students’ Christmas party held in the Student Union Building, they met again. He was a Gunnery Sergeant and enrolled in a special program to become a Marine officer.
Lilly married her newly commissioned lieutenant and that was probably the best day of their marriage. The Marines had made a dedicated killer of her man and, ‘live by the gun, die by the gun’, he was killed in action in Vietnam. She received the $400,000 insurance – that was what her man was worth to the Marines!
Lilly survived doing what she loved: working as a wildlife ecologist and conservationist. The years went by and that $400,000 was gradually shrinking. How Lilly managed to survive, then hunt for and find another husband is a story of dedication, resolve, and self-confidence.
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| BN ID: | 2940013613430 |
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| Publisher: | R W Masters |
| Publication date: | 08/16/2009 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| Pages: | 440 |
| File size: | 936 KB |
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