Ken Hopkins
Peggy...
I just received notice of Boomers passing. I am so so sorry for your loss. I met Boomer on the 12th TFW Discussion a long time ago. Being an Munitions guy myself, we became instant friends and enjoyed many a conversation, not only about being AMMO men, but about Vietnam and life in general. As a matter of fact, in one of our discussions on Vietnam, he took me under his wing (he said he was 36 in Vietnam and I was just a punk kid at 20) and we had some some pretty serious "talks" on the subject. This was back in April 2007, and yes, I saved all those emails from then which I'd be more then willing to share with you and your family. Sadly, I was not the group since about 2013 so I missed all those years of friendship with him, but I can tell you this... he was one hell of a fine man and friend and I'm sad I will never be able to talk to him again, until we meet once more in the big bomb dump in the sky!
God Bless you and your family,
Ken Hopkins