Lest We Forget - Purple for Christmas
By Lieutenant Commander Thomas J. Cutler, U.S. Navy (Retired)
Clad in service dress blues with heels, Lieutenant (junior grade) Ann Darby Reynolds sat in the gloom of a C-130 Hercules, squashed between two soldiers. In her left hand she held a paper cup to catch the droplets of condensation that dripped from the aircraft’s overhead. Her relief was palpable when the lumbering plane’s wheels touched down, ending her long journey from Travis Air Force Base in California.
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