Thanks for sharing the video...it was great.

Kris Kristofferson just from the description.

This was a beautiful presentation........got a little choked up myself.

Thank you, my dear trof.

Kris is/was also a world-class mountain climber and an incredible natural athlete. The best skeet-shooter I have ever seen.

He is also an amazing horseman.

And on and on.

for his service in France

with all that father/grandfather/brother/cousin-thanking.

My search for a comprehensive bio on this elusive General continues, but I did receive an email from AFHSO Research today with some nuggets of info that I thought I would share. At some point in the past someone here suggested contacting Vicky Crone, Librarian, Bolling AFB who was or had assembled a bio. I was advised that Ms. Crone had left the organization and left no such document on the General. Here is what they had to say:

"His name was Henry C. Kristofferson. After WWII General Kristofferson left active duty in the Air Force for private life, however, he remained the USAF Reserves. During the Korean War, General Kristofferson was activated to take charge of air transportation on the west coast for the Military Air Transport Service, Pacific Division. During WWII he had been very instrumental in the smooth operation of the North African Division of the Air Transport Division. During the time he was activated for the Korean War he wrote a study on the Air Transport Service known as, The Kristofferson Report."

Another source (Pomona College Magazine Online, Winter 2004), based on an interview of the General's son, Kris Kristofferson, in which he states that his father's name was, 'Henry Kristoffer Kristofferson who became a commercial pilot and then an airline pilot after retiring from the Air Force as a Major General. They moved several times before settling in the upscale Northern California community of San Mateo.'

Online I also found a few more tidbits of the General. 'Lars Henry Kristoffer Kristofferson was born August 16, 1905, Tacoma, WA. He died in Fallbrook, CA. He did not give his children middle names because he disliked having such a long name. The General was married to Mary Ann Ashbrook of Columbus Barracks, OH. They had three children, Kris, Karen and Kraig'.

http://forum.armyairforces.com/General-Kristofferson-m92246.aspx

I've put it on my FB. It's beautiful.

Wrote many famous songs - Me and Bobby McGee, For the Good Times and others.

I had no idea about his background and history. I'm impressed and as a veteran whole heartedly concur with his award.

That Willie was a vet. I did not know how much Kris gave to our country.

This is just a fantastic post.

I liked what he said about political leaders being required to serve in the armed forces.

Now I love this guy.

Last edited Wed Oct 24, 2012, 11:54 PM - Edit history (1)

It's only been since Vietnam that people avoid it.

Unless you are a Republican, then you even avoided it during WWII.

Case in point: Chickenhawk John Wayne.

He made training films and ran war bond sales campaigns, which is a hell of a lot more than John Wayne did.

That's not "serving" as most people think of it. What Jimmy Stewart did was serving.

qualified for overseas duty. He was in the reserve before and after WWII and Korea, 1937 to 1953.

http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/reference/military.html

From both men - I salute them!

I saw Jack Kemp in it. He died in 2003. That's what Wikipedia said when I was looking him up. I did that because I was trying to remember what Jack had done in politics. I did remember that he was a candidate for VP and the P was Bob Dole running against Clinton in '96.

But the video was made when?

k&R

Thanks for the post.