My Brother Wayne

Growing up, Wayne and I were close. Our father was a career Army officer, and we moved many times during our childhood years. I believe moving and the military lifestyle made us even closer than most brothers. We attended school together and sometimes the same classroom, played Little League on opposing teams, and got into trouble together.
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We enlisted in the Army, me one week before Wayne, and went to Vietnam together on the same airplane sitting side by side. Later we served at the same duty stations, Fort Benning, Georgia, Heilbronn, Germany and Fort Jackson, South Carolina, our first ten years in the Army. Having Wayne with me during those years made my assignments easier and more tolerable.

On the left - Glyn (2 years old) and Wayne (3 years old) on the right. The photograph was taken in Heidelberg, Germany about 1952.

On the left - Glyn (11 years old) and Wayne (12 years old) on the right. The photograph was taken in Orleans, France about 1961.

On the left - Glyn (18 years old) in Basic Training and Wayne (19 years old) on the right, the day he joined the Army. The photograph was taken at Fort Benning, Georgia - Sand Hill, August 4, 1969.

On the left - Glyn (18 years old) and Wayne (20 years old) on the right. The photograph was taken in front of our home in Columbus, Georgia March 1969, on the day we left for Vietnam.

On the left - Wayne (20 years old) and Glyn (19 years old) on the right. The photograph was taken at the Combat Center Chu Lai, Vietnam April 1969, a couple of weeks before Wayne went to Korea and I went to First Platoon.

On the left - Wayne (21 years old) and Glyn (20 years old) on the right. The photograph was taken at the Atlanta airport picking Wayne up when he came home from Korea, April 1970.