tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2538201150899130130.post3377920480300812201..comments2024-03-27T06:25:16.096-07:00Comments on Tina Says...: Waiting Wives: The Story of Schilling Manor, Home Front to the Vietnam WarTina's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14313626164494986783noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2538201150899130130.post-3966305734188086362024-01-07T04:35:53.883-08:002024-01-07T04:35:53.883-08:00My brother, sister and I along with mom of course ...My brother, sister and I along with mom of course were at Shilling Manor from ‘67-‘68. We lived on Florida Ave or St. I just bought this book and am curious to see if I can relate. I went to Franklin Roosevelt Jr High in Salina.M. Thompsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2538201150899130130.post-23710093253236421432023-12-04T17:03:36.870-08:002023-12-04T17:03:36.870-08:00We moved to Schilling in the spring of 1966 and le...We moved to Schilling in the spring of 1966 and left sometime in 1975. My Dad did 4+ tours in Vietnam and in between, spent time at Fort Riley and as a temporary housing inspector at Schilling. I remember the protests at the airport when we would go there to pick up my Dad. Drugs were easy to get and flowed through that whole era. Between the drugs and the music it was our escape. I do remember the blue and green sedans coming down the road and we would all be looking out our window praying it wasn't going to stop in our drive but quickly realized that it was maybe the family across the street that was getting the news that their Dad wasn't coming home. Between the war, the civil rights movement, music, the marches and protests, the lies we were being told on the news, the fights at the bus stop and with the towners, it was a very difficult time. Bill Medinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01061638506980782006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2538201150899130130.post-39671680268603840462020-12-02T10:47:04.619-08:002020-12-02T10:47:04.619-08:00https://cherrieswriter.com/2020/11/29/army-brat/
...https://cherrieswriter.com/2020/11/29/army-brat/<br /><br />An article about Schilling Manor.Bobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2538201150899130130.post-14151205692215119672020-05-25T23:20:19.294-07:002020-05-25T23:20:19.294-07:00Today is Memorial Day, 2020. I think back to the t...Today is Memorial Day, 2020. I think back to the time when, as an older teenager, when a family received the news that their husband/father had died in Vietnam. The whole community would know in a short time and we tried to do whatever we could to help.<br />Sometimes it could be a very sad place.Bobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2538201150899130130.post-74170273572546825422019-03-20T15:19:32.475-07:002019-03-20T15:19:32.475-07:00Yes I remember the bridge too. I also wish I could...Yes I remember the bridge too. I also wish I could find an old map of the housing area. We left in 65 and lived on Helena Ct and Phoenix St over the span of 10 years. So many memories even though I was so young!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04686433246168323875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2538201150899130130.post-2702295518652889662019-01-25T11:22:30.702-08:002019-01-25T11:22:30.702-08:00It seems I was wrong about the 1969 reunion, it wi...It seems I was wrong about the 1969 reunion, it will be held this coming September.<br /><br />We used to live at 216 Richmond Ct. from 1967-1971. My father came home from Vietnam and was assigned there afterwards. They sent him back to Vietnam in 1970.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2538201150899130130.post-77564543912119319532018-11-15T17:38:38.260-08:002018-11-15T17:38:38.260-08:00WE LIVED IN SCHILLING FROM 72-73 I BELIEVE IT WAS ...WE LIVED IN SCHILLING FROM 72-73 I BELIEVE IT WAS ON IDAHO STmoddaboihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03754374554636253549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2538201150899130130.post-15902675289858346382018-10-15T15:59:20.829-07:002018-10-15T15:59:20.829-07:00It seems odd to think that I was a senior at Salin...It seems odd to think that I was a senior at Salina High School 50 years ago. I just found out that the Class of 1969 just had the reunion a couple of weeks ago, too.<br />Go Mustangs!Bobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2538201150899130130.post-57033362657485675962018-05-28T11:56:05.888-07:002018-05-28T11:56:05.888-07:00I mention Schilling Manor on this Memorial Day of ...I mention Schilling Manor on this Memorial Day of 2018.<br /><br />http://usdefensewatch.com/2018/05/remembering-duty-honor-and-country-on-memorial-day/<br />Bobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2538201150899130130.post-53384365025891078282018-04-17T11:17:55.168-07:002018-04-17T11:17:55.168-07:00We lived there from the Summer of 69 through the S...We lived there from the Summer of 69 through the Summer of 1970. Mom, me and the three siblings on Taylor Court. As a 12-13 year old by we pretty much ran free as long as we were home by dark. I remember Creature Features on Friday nights, tornadoes, playing on the creek and playing baseball for the Salina Optimists.Bob Chadwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07578546182074290614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2538201150899130130.post-65290639847932242942017-07-29T11:59:45.214-07:002017-07-29T11:59:45.214-07:00You have an excellent memory of the best things to...You have an excellent memory of the best things to do while there.. We were there in around 67-68.we were the Mclaughlins.nine kids in all. I was Dee the oldest. I k we yoshimitzu spencer, and Mike Workman and his sister Debbie. I also knew more kids but time has erased their names but not their faces. I coached cheer leading when I was there with the younger kids. I have looked for old friends but only found a relative to Yoshimizu he has passed away leaving a son. Rick Disney was an older guy there I dated can't find him . Well this was fun. Blessings to you and yoursDoris mclaughlinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2538201150899130130.post-59120712920934224162017-06-05T12:39:34.745-07:002017-06-05T12:39:34.745-07:00I guess I expected more in the book than it undert...I guess I expected more in the book than it undertook, especially the enlisted side of Schilling and the everyday activities for the kids. It would have been nice to see an old map of Schilling and old pictures, too.<br />When I first arrived in 1967, there were race problems among the teenagers, not unlike our civilian counterparts and there were many moms who had no idea of what was going on. Luckily, this didn’t last too long, as fathers returned and picked up their families. There was also prejudice in Salina’s only high school (at the time) against the so-called “base kids.” The discipline meted out was always unequal and joining sports teams was always set to a different standard.<br />Army personnel running Schilling listened to the teenagers – I particularly remember SFC Rank. As a result, most teenagers learned to play pool – we even had tournaments – there were dances every other week or so, bingo was a surprise hit, too because it was another time for all of us to be together. Saturday morning bowling in town was another success that the kids liked (they also had pool tables where we could often win games against any “town kids”).<br />Some of us volunteered to coach baseball, football, and basketball, too. After the first year (1967), we were paid to coach, wax and buff rooms, and to maintain the landscape of the post during the summer. For many teenagers, it was their first job (at $1.60 per hour). It helped their families, as well.<br />I remember people lining the street to see President Nixon arrival at Schilling’s long runway for the Dwight Eisenhower funeral.<br />I’ll always remember “The Bridge” (a little one over a little stream that separated a portion of the housing area from the sidewalk that ran the length of the housing area, paralleling the main road, that took you down to the Community Center) where teenagers would often meet at night, a local sheriff who everyone called “Barney Fife” whose patrol area was Schilling and that I had about a month to learn to drive there before my father left for Vietnam, too. Tornadoes were not uncommon to the area – one I remember seemed to track parallel to the main road into Schilling. <br />It doesn’t seem that long ago….Bobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2538201150899130130.post-82460419793405132542017-05-16T10:01:46.321-07:002017-05-16T10:01:46.321-07:00I just stumbled over this site and have ordered th...I just stumbled over this site and have ordered the book.<br />My father went to Vietnam in 1967. My mother lost a twin in childbirth while he was gone and, as the oldest, it fell to me to tell my mom and my six brothers and sisters and coordinate with the Red Cross to get my dad home. <br />My dad came home and was assigned to Shilling for a couple of years until the Army sent him back to Vietnam in 1970.<br />I graduated from Salina H.S. in 1969 and was president of the Shilling Teen Club we had there for a while and also coached kid's baseball, football and basketball.<br />It could be a very sad place when a husband and father died - all the kids knew each other, so we helped each other as best we could. You grew up faster, if you wanted to or not.<br />I ended up in the Army and went to Vietnam in 1971, a month after my dad returned from there - we were both on leave at the same time, but didn't catch up with each other until 3 days before I had to report to Oakland.Bobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2538201150899130130.post-9471725897900987002015-10-01T10:32:15.940-07:002015-10-01T10:32:15.940-07:00I was one of those children to live there in 1969 ...I was one of those children to live there in 1969 into 1970. . I have a lot of fond memories and also some scary ones too. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16951187417470481265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2538201150899130130.post-2044785216855710252015-10-01T10:31:38.703-07:002015-10-01T10:31:38.703-07:00I was one of those children to live there in 1969 ...I was one of those children to live there in 1969 into 1970. . I have a lot of fond memories and also some scary ones too. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16951187417470481265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2538201150899130130.post-24836873922922574472012-03-27T10:31:22.643-07:002012-03-27T10:31:22.643-07:00This is one of my favorite books. I have read it 3...This is one of my favorite books. I have read it 3 times. My husband was in the Army during Vietnam, although he never went there, and the book really brought back the times. I also like Mrs. Lieutenant by Phyllis Zimbler Miller. You should re-post this on Amazon as a review. It is good. Waiting Wives is very well written. The author has a website. You might also like a book by Kathleen M. Rodgers, "The Final Salute: Together We Live On, about Air Force fighter pilots and their families. Or "Wing Wife" by Marcia Sargent. All of these authors have websites.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03816096081381689162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2538201150899130130.post-61390034283437228732011-02-17T23:15:20.378-08:002011-02-17T23:15:20.378-08:00I've just learned of this book and am very exc...I've just learned of this book and am very excited to read it. I lived at Shilling Manor with my british Mother and four siblings in the late 60's. I can't wait to see how my experience compares to that of the author and the other characters. I was very young (4th & 5th grade) so my memories are a bit foggy (lots of bases over a short period) so can't wait!Sherrie McClurenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2538201150899130130.post-27858432032635044622010-06-02T05:38:54.389-07:002010-06-02T05:38:54.389-07:00Sounds like a fascinating book. Another one that ...Sounds like a fascinating book. Another one that deals with the wives of soldiers during Vietnam is Mrs. Lieutenant by Phyllis Zimbler Miller, which I thought was really good.<br /><br />We've posted about your review <a href="http://warthroughthegenerations.wordpress.com/2010/04/17/review-waiting-wives-by-donna-moreau/" rel="nofollow">here</a> on War Through the Generations.<br /><br />--Anna<br /><a href="http://diaryofaneccentric.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Diary of an Eccentric</a>Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08046635675540466183noreply@blogger.com