On this day in history..July 24th

1969 U.S.A. Apollo 11 Safely Returns To Earth

24th July 1969 : Apollo 11, the U.S. spacecraft that had taken the first astronauts to the surface of the moon, safely returns to Earth, this fulfilled the dream of President John F. Kennedy in 1961 when he said “I believe this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to Earth.”

and the one that would lead me to going to Desert Storm/Desert Shield: in  1990 – Iraqi forces start massing on the Kuwait–Iraq border.  I was deployed from Fort Bragg, N.C shortly after that date, what a part of my life I will never forget.