Joe was 15, living in Germany with his parents, an Army kid, and the Beatles were just coming on the world stage. As they arrived in Germany -- Joe and his two brothers -- all had Beatles haircuts, a bit long but cropped across the front. As they stepped off the train, arriving in Germany in Nuremberg, the comments throughout Bahnhoff were, "Look at those three American Beatles."
The next Beatles phase was 1972, and Joe is in the Army, about ready to go to Vietnam, and the psychedelic Beatles were all the rage. Younger brother was already in 'nam, older brother was on a nuclear sub somewhere in the South China Sea and Joe was on his way.
Fast forward, today ... Joe is a retired Army colonel, father of a beautiful 30-year-old daughter and spending the summers listening to summers listening to The Beatles' "Abbey Road."
"Life is great," Joe says, "regardless of the politicans that try to screw it up. And they do."
Pam Platt
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