thanks

Special thanks to:

A young soldier who is "making it happen" and to whom I've passed the torch to at my last duty assignment (Physical Therapy Section, Eisenhower Army Medical Center, Fort Gordon, GA). He recently was promoted to SGT/E-5 and continues to learn what being an NCO is all about. Drive-on, soldier!

Ooops! I almost forgot: Congrats on your graduation from the AMEDD Basic Non-Commissioned Officer's Course, Robert!

My last chief who shared a wonderful sense of humor and her wisdom with all she met...I could tell from Day One she cared about people. I know she's now enjoying driving her shiny red Miata around Augusta, Georgia.

Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower

It's true what they say, "My last duty assignment had the finest people to work with." "Good people" is Betty. She has been an excellent resource person at Eisenhower AMC and an expert in what she does. And she is the only person I know who actually met Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower, namesake for the medical center at which she presently works.
Mrs. Bernadette Hudson, Physical Therapy Assistant
Social Committee person of "one," and from Texas, Bernadette displays commitment and is a very active player in the clinic at Eisenhower AMC as a Physical Therapy Assistant. She drives her Ford Navajo "TEXICAN" everywhere. She is also a very caring clinician.

Her curry is a bit unusual but since she is from the Great State of Texas, she more than makes up for it in the chili which is concocted in her kitchen... {grin} Thanks, Bernadette!
COL Douglas A. Kersey, Physical Therapist
The only clinic chief with whom I worked who also was a fraternity brother (Sigma Phi Epsilon). The person who got me interested in "running". I was finally able to complete my 2500-miles due to this soldier. He died suddenly while serving as Chief of Physical Therapy, Walter Reed Army Medical Center. I miss him still.

My first clinic NCOIC, then Specialist Five Josef Moore made a helluva impact on me. He also caught me trying to explain to a ROTC that "a good knee is a happy knee." (oy vey!)

Mr. White opened the Physical Therapy Clinic at Fort Knox's new Ireland Army Hospital in 1957 and served as the very first NCOIC that clinic ever had. I listened for hours to the stories he'd tell. Served gallantly in WWII, he started his career in 1939, retired from the Army, then retired from Civil Service. Last I met him he remarried at age 60 and loved to dance with his new wife in Bardstown, Brandenberg, etc., Kentucky. NOTE: I recently found out Mr. White passed-on about 2004.

John made me want to continue PT. While in school at Fort Sam, I was at an impasse and John was instrumental in helping me decide to stay with the program.