Ken Hechler Day proclaimed in North Little Rock, Ark.

Ken Hechler toured Arkansas, the home state of the subject of his new book, “Super Marine! The Sgt. Orland D. “Buddy” Jones Story” last  week. Thanks to Buddy’s niece, Margaret Powell, he had a busy schedule - see below. Ken was telling me, ” Most histories about WWII are about the officers but the people who did the real work were the enlisted men like Buddy Jones.” Ken loaned me the first part of Ken Burns’ “The War” and one character says the same - 99 % of the hard work done in WWII was by privates.

 Read the Log Cabin Democrat story on Hechler’s visit - and listen to parts of two speeches he gave - http://www.thecabin.net/stories/102507/loc_1025070005.shtml

Monday, Oct. 22 

10:30 a.m.Meet with Carol Haynes (reporter/NLR TIMES) to interview Dee & Margaret/City Hall

11:00 a.m. Photo with Ken, Dee, & Margaret/City Hall

11:10 a.m. Interview with Carol and Ken/Creegans or City Hall  

11:30 a.m.-3 p.m.Lunch and visit to  Clinton School (class) with former Congressional colleague David Pryor 

3-4 p.m. Speak to Arkansas Veterans Association-Wyndham Hotel  

 Tuesday, Oct. 238:10-8:19 a.m.  KARN  Radio interview with Bob Steel

8:35-9 a.m.   Listener call in telephone interview 

 1:30-2:30 p.m.  Speaking Appearance at UCA, Irby Hall, Room 215Joe Lamb-Log Cabin Democrat 

3:00 Possible interview at AETN for WWII Vet Oral History  

 Wednesday, Oct. 24

10-11 a.m.  Speaking Appearance  & Conversation with Seniors at the Hays Center

 6-7 p.m. Speaking Appearance at UALR Donaghey Student Union, Room D Followed by dinner with Dr. English   

Thursday, Oct. 25 9:45 a.m. KTHV Positively Arkansas interview-airs Nov. 5Sheryl Lackey-244-4670 
North Little Rock Times article appears 6 p.m. 

 Dinner With Family 

Friday, Oct. 2612 Noon-1 p.m.

Speaking Appearance & Light Lunch-Laman Library  

 6:30 p.m.  Departs Little Rock 

Some pictures from Ken’s energizing tour -

Ken with former Governor, US Senator and Congressman David Pryor. Ken finally gave a presentation at the Clinton School at the University of Arkansas. One student asked him, “How do you bridge the gap between authority and expertise?” Ken’s response - “If authority is dead wrong as in global warming, get rid of authority.”

Award given to him by current govenor of Arkansas

Front page of North Little Rock Times. Margaret Powell, niece of Buddy Jones, stands next to her mother, sister of Buddy Jones

 Buddy Jones, the subject of “Super Marine!” and his wife Helen