With the Korean War quickly spiraling into a new global hotspot, President Truman wanted to negotiate peace with China and end the confrontation. Supreme Commander MacArthur wanted to defeat China through any means necessary, including the use of nuclear weapons if need be. Truman would not authorize their use though and began looking for ways to remove the aggressive general from his position. A new political war had begun to complement the new Cold War.
We played all over Minnesota, Ontario, and Manitoba for years. We played in everything from ice castles to sandy beaches and I learned to love the sound of a crackling bonfire. It made my day to sing and play with the sand between my toes. And if you’re crazy enough to live in northern Minnesota or central Canada, you are crazy enough to party outside in the middle of January just to show you are stronger than those southern sissies who think 0 degrees is cold. That’s t-shirts and shorts weather where I come from.
The long-joked about Great Firewall of China gave them an advantage when the networks first began to fracture. Russia’s Quantum Curtain slammed into place soon thereafter, though nowhere near as effective then as it is today. Even South America, the various Islamic alliances, and most non-aligned nations put their own firewalls into place and the worldwide communication possible when the century began ceased to exist.
The Korean War had once again turned to the favor of the United Nations forces and even the combined forces of China and North Korea could not stop the northern tide of war. That was when China asked for aid from Russia and that aid came in the form of Russian air force and anti-air divisions. That signaled a new phase in the war. No longer was it merely a fight for the destiny of a single small nation. The Cold War between the socialist and capitalist ideologies had begun.
We performed country music mostly, making that my first time running into cowboy boots. Man alive, the first time I wore those on stage I couldn’t walk right for a day afterwards. Julie said they were better than high heels. If so, I have no idea why ladies wear those torture machines. But I got used to the cowboy boots. Made it a lot easier to adjust when I joined the Republic of Texas Marine Corps a decade or so down the road…
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