Gitmo – John Kilgallon – Writing & ePublishing

Gitmo – Remembering First Grade (1964)

John 20 January 2014 Gitmo / Memoir / Writing itemprop="discussionURL"Leave a comment

I have not made much progress on my short stories, “Circular Run” in particular. I have made progress on more of my Gitmo stories. This one in particular, “First Grade,” was the first of many misadventures in academia. -John First Grade My first memories of any type of organized school …

Get More Gitmo – Milkweed

John 1 January 2014 Gitmo / Memoir / WIP / Writing itemprop="discussionURL"Leave a comment

Today, Gitmo conjures up visions of prisons, terrorists and a dry tropical unused corner of US military presence. Not so for me. I remember Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba quite differently. My Gitmo is from the early 1960s when our family was stationed there courtesy of the US Navy. It was …