Welcome Back, Pilgrim, are you and your son still involved with the Boy Scouts? As a coincidence, our youngest son is in, and getting closer to making Eagle than his two older Brothers, ever did. (-;
For his birthday we are getting him one of those new Ruger 10/22 "Boy Scout Commemorative" rifles.
Chester 
Thanks for the warm welcomes. I'm sorry I haven't been on this board in a bit. I just reset my password. I'll be contributing more.
Mike
Hey, Mike, we're glad you found your way back!
Chester and the Mrs. 
Mike (aka MKotyk24),
WELCOME to the Original John Wayne Message Board!
As you can see, you have joined with a VERY friendly group of John Wayne fans, from all around the world!
I, too, am a Navy veteran, having served four years active and twenty-two in the reserves. I will be 62 in December. I was on the USS Illusive, the USS Epping Forrest, and the USS Surfbird.
We hope you will become a regular around here! Have fun reading all the information about Duke's life and career, and feel free to join in the conversation.
Looking forward to getting to know you better in the days and weeks to come,
Chester (and the Mrs. says "howdy!" too)
P.S. Among my six kids are 19 and 13 year olds, too! The rest are 29, 27, 21, and almost 11.
