In 1992 an aimless young man decided to serve his country and
joined the Air National Guard. To complete his training, he was sent to
venerable Chanute Air Force Base in the flats of Illinois to learn how to turn
wrenches on jet engines. It was a place brimming with history, a place he soon
grew to love.
Soon thereafter, Chanute closed its doors forever, becoming a
modern ruin in the years that followed, taking the young man's heart with it.
This humorous, witty and occasionally ribald memoir details
the experience of one of the last Airmen to pass through the hallowed gates of
Chanute Air Force Base, and how the experience haunts him to this very day.
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10:
Ren was once engaged to a woman 25 years his elder.
9:
Ren visited New York City and admired the World Trade Center towers just a
month or so before the tragedy of 9/11.
8:
The FBI once put a gun in Ren's face.
7:
Bad hearts run in Ren's family. He's already outlived most of his paternal
grandfathers, all of whom died in their 30's.
6:
Ren's poor eyesight went undiagnosed until he was in the 3rd grade. Up until
that point, he was considered "mentally challenged".
5:
Ren broke his neck playing volleyball in college.
4:
Ren often sleeps on the floor, finding it more comfortable than the bed.
3:
Ren was once held at gunpoint and frisked by the guards of the Prince of Saudi
Arabia.
2:
Ren was introduced to his wife via Match Makers International.
1:
In a vast extended family of exclusively brown-eyed people, Ren somehow managed
to get blue eyes.
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