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The Ship Available to Sail
It just happened to be a ship that was available to sail, but the ship that was chosen is still known by us all today. …
Shipping Bricks
If you need to ship 40 tons of bricks, you of course use…parcel post. That’s what one man did to construct a two story bank…
Folds of Honor
When someone in our military dies in the line of duty, we often memorialize them and their service, and rightly so. But life must somehow…
Answered Prayers in Tehran
In the middle of his most try time, Rocky Sickmann wondered if God was still there – if God would get him out of a…
January 20, 1981
January 20th, 1981 was inauguration day in the U.S. It was also the day a 444 day hostage crisis ended in Iran…
Trigger on the War
For those of use old enough to remember the events of 1979 and 1980, we may recall the plight of 52 U.S. hostages held in…
The Attack on the Embassy
Rocky Sickmann was in a position to change the course of U.S. history. If he had pulled the trigger on his weapon, perhaps the last…
Guarding the Embassy in Tehran
In 1979 Rocky Sickmann received his first assignment at a Marine Security Guard. He knew it could be a challenge, but perhaps he didn’t fully…
Joining the Marines
Rocky Sickmann grew up in a rural area not far from St. Louis. He had never ventured too far from home, but then he saw…
The Very Large Array
In the early 1980s this flat, desolate rangeland saw a major change. Now it is not only home to herds of cattle, but it is…