Category: The Life of Rudy

January 9, 2022June 16, 2023

February 1964, Brooklyn New York. Rudy was home after the better part of 3 months exiled in Puerto Rico. It was a bitter-sweet return, not at all what he had expected, his girlfriend, Dora, had called to say she would

December 1965 – Kaiserslautern Germany Rudy’s first Christmas in a foreign land! Christmas was a welcome relief from field exercises with German army units. No wonder these guys lost the war, thought Rudy, all they did was drink beer and

May 1965. Rudy boarded an airplane in San Francisco for his flight to New York to begin his leave before a posting in Germany. The unknown loomed ahead. But first, a happy reunion with family, friends, and fate. Rudy had

On May 14, 1964, Rudy was cooling his heels in the US Army induction center in Brooklyn, NY, waiting to be sworn in. He sat deep in thought, contemplating the circumstances that had led him here. He became aware of

April 4, 1964.! an important date in the life of Rudy Vallentine! If ever there was a reason to build a time machine, this was the date Rudy would visit. For this was the day he felt he had failed

February 1964, Brooklyn, New York. Rudy was home after three months exiled in Puerto Rico. It was a bitter-sweet return, not at all what he had expected; his girlfriend, Dora, had called to say she would be over soon

November of 1963, Storm clouds had broken over the Sanchez household. After the disastrous attempt at a sexual encounter with his girlfriend Dora, she no longer visited his apartment unaccompanied. Carolyn was always with her. By no means did this

Ahh, Dora. The girl who blindsided Rudy out of nowhere. Shortly after Rudy’s return in early August of 1963, he and his close group of friends began the tradition of meeting at Jahn’s Ice cream parlor on Flatbush Avenue, almost