Being on the helicopter team was my purpose and what I was good at. It was an adrenaline rush. Getting shot at, near death, combat. It was addictive.

by Lynn Oldshue | Nov 16, 2025 | A Southern Soul

“Vietnam was really a two-class society: the rich and the extremely poor. The extremely poor were farmers, fishermen, or both, selling their goods at the street markets. They lived simply, but most of them were pretty happy.  It didn’t take us long to look at...

I had fallen in love with a beautiful girl named Huey, a UH1 helicopter

by Lynn Oldshue | Nov 16, 2025 | A Southern Soul

“I went to Oklahoma State University to major in civil engineering, met a girl, and we got married. There were no real jobs in southeastern Oklahoma without the right connections–neither one of us had the right connections. I was into cars and motorcycles, and leased...

I loved the emergency room, and the Vietnam War was the biggest ER in the world. Why couldn’t I go, too?

by Lynn Oldshue | Nov 15, 2025 | A Southern Soul

“I grew up rescuing little animals. I was also kind of crazy and smart. I read a lot and wanted to travel. But this was in the sixties, and there weren’t many opportunities in the South for girls. It was get married, get pregnant, and have kids. I wasn’t never one of...

About the time we finished training and were about to head to Japan, Harry Truman ended the war

by Lynn Oldshue | Nov 11, 2025 | A Southern Soul

“I’m 98 and still play golf and like to dance. I grew up in northern Nebraska when Oklahoma and Nebraska ruled football. My grandparents on my mother’s side came from Germany. At that time, it was ‘Go west, young man.’ You could get 160 acres with the Homestead Act,...

This is our first trip to the U.S. A year ago, we never would have guessed we’d be sitting here in Starkville, Mississippi

by Lynn Oldshue | Nov 2, 2025 | A Southern Soul

Julie (mom): Our son, Nathan, is a punter for  Mississippi State. His number is 38. We thought Mississippi State would be a good fit with the country atmosphere, and the Specialist team at Mississippi has been absolutely awesome to him, making him feel very...