Speeches
My Navy retirement speech - 18 August 2004
Eulogy for my brother, Kenneth Diekman - 1955-2003
Eulogy for my father, John Diekman - 1916-2003
Memorial Day speech at Clear Lake, South Dakota - May 1999
Women's History Month speech at Naval Air Facility Atsugi, Japan - March 1997
Commissioning speech for CWO2 Phipps - March 1988
Articles
Water Survival Training - My attempt to qualify for a ride in a Navy jet
Hard Lessons - Getting fired and what I did about it
Nobody's Perfect - An early leadership lesson (1976)
Rattlesnake Trail 50K - a 31-mile trail run
Gone But Not Forgotten - An article for children on the subject of POW/MIAs
Forgotten Warriors--Forgotten No More - Dedication of Korean War Memorial
Moonlight Trail Run
Answering President Clinton's Mail
Green Berets
Special Forces in El Salvador
Navy Memorial
Admiral Mike Boorda
Cody Lee Paver
Kobe Earthquake - An interview with a survivor
Japanese Zero Pilots
Mount Pinatubo Eruption - An interview with a survivor
Climbing Mount Fuji
On Top of Mount Fuji
Typhoon of Steel - My visit to Okinawa
Women Are Veterans, Too - Groundbreaking for Military Women's Memorial
Best Friends Reunited - My mother and her Navy friend
Around the World in Eleven Days - From Japan to Washington DC to Spain to Japan
Singapore and Thailand - Traveling on USS Boxer
Underway with USS Independence - Continuing from USS Boxer journey
Traveling Through Malaysia - 1997 Christmas tour
Japan's Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament
Sapporo Snow Festival
Kawasaki Fertility Festival
Ancient Japanese Temples
A Quick Look at Hong Kong - USS Nimitz visit in 1997
USS Belleau Wood - Visiting Australia in 1998
Eastern and Oriental Express - My 1999 train trip from Bangkok to Singapore
Hiroshima
Battle of Music - Final performance of USS ARIZONA band
Corsairs from Heaven
Westpac Yesterday And Today (1999)
Articles about Faron Young
Legends Lost
Country Deputies Reunion
Profile of Faron Young
Big Willie
No More Four in the Morning
Written at Four in the Morning
What Can I Do For You?
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