Mike...
- gone but not forgotten...
- My brother, Rusl's brother-in-law
- Mike was my only, older, blood brother
- I have known Mike all my life
- Rusl has only known Mike since 1966
- Mike turned 65 on June 13th
- Mike is a Brother of James W. Marshall, E Clampus Vitus® #49
- Mike went to the Golden Hills on July 29th 2015, Clamper Year 6020 |
July 2nd, 2015 / Thursday: showed Mike these pictures in the Travis A.F.B. hotel room...
...they brought a smile to his face...
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circa. 1966...
(Mike wore this shirt until the holes all met) |
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
circa. 1967...
(baaaaaad asssss) |
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... insert years in special forces and as a deputy sheriff in Eureka...
Note that Mike saw it all in the special forces, from desert to jungle, and, although the specifics of the missions he went on remain CLASSIFIED today,
some details were revealed, e.g., on a jungle drop, Mike climed onto the top of a hill to get his bearings, however the hill "collapsed" under his weight and he fell
into the hill only being stopped by his rucksack, turns out the hill was actually a termite mound, a large termite mound, he scrambled out of the mound and stripped
right there on the spot as termites were attacking his ars; e.g., on a desert deployment he was tasked with detonating some live ordinance, which, as it turned out
was more than was anticipated and was closer to the base camp than anticipated resulting in a shock wave that blew some windows out and his being called into the
commander's office, he was subsequently told that if he ever had such a task to do again to inform the commander because - he wanted to go and watch; and, e.g., when
being dropped into a remode area (an area without any beer) Mike would pack an extra duffle bag full of Coors to take with him resulting in coming down a little
hotter than normal, but, he would drop the extra duffle bag just before touchdown... sometimes...
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13JUL03: Mike and Jake...
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... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
02JUN06: Mike gets his 2006 XL883 Custom Smorthner...
(bought at Hangtown H-D in Placerville (now closed))
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... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... 09JUN07: Redwood Run...
(Rusl & I gave Mike a Redwood Run ticket for his birthday)
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... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
17NOV07: Mike's Germ-Lab-Box, Wyatt...
(brother of Sox and Roxi)
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... photograph by Russell Holder
30MAR08: Daffodil Hill...
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... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
13JUN08: Redwood Run...
(Rusl & I gave Mike a Redwood Run ticket for his birthday)
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... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... penny for your thoughts...
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... photograph by Russell Holder
28JUN08: Snowline Hospice Run...
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... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
28NOV08: Bernie says "wakie wakie"...
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... photograph by Russell Holder
26DEC08: ring-a-ding-ding...
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... photograph by Russell Holder
11JUN09: Redwood Run...
(Rusl & I gave Mike a Redwood Run ticket for his birthday)
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... "do you have a license to drive that school bus???"...
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... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
11JUL09: Snowline Hospice Run...
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... photograph by Russell Holder
Michelle says:
Dad's thoughts on life...
"You can't come in without going out"
or
"If something's gonna get you, it's gonna get you"
Dad's thoughts on death...
"Kill 'em all but six"
Since he already served his time in Hell,
wherever he is now has got to be a thousand times better.
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Here's to you brother...
(13JUN08: Redwood Run) |
... photograph by Russell Holder