Douglas L wrote: Bill Gass wrote:
Oh dam, you stud muffin Douglas...!!!! -NICE-
Thank you Bill!. I had to google what "stud muffin" means, . Stud muffin I was not but sure I had a lot more hair and weighed 50 pounds less back then.
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Danpbphoto wrote: Douglas L wrote:
Nice story Jim! Every time I go to West Virginia to photograph the fall foliage, I play his "Take Me Home Country Road".
Here is a picture of me and someone you may have heard of. Long story short, I was his tour guide when he ventured in to red China for a day trip from Hong Kong in 1987.
You sent me a copy of this many years ago Douglas and I have wanted to post it many times to show members that the road you traveled to get to America had some good turns but I imagine not many!
I would not post it without your permission but you did ...FINALLY!
Thank you Dan! I didn't realize I sent you a copy of the picture! For those who didn't know my background, being a tour guide in China gave me the opportunities to meet many foreigners, including many generous Americans, some of whom became friends. One day after the Tiananman Square Massacre on June 4, 1989, a couple from Ohio sent a telegraph to my home that simply said "come now!". Long story short, they became my sponsor and helped me get accepted to Ohio State University. It was very difficult for Chinese students to be granted a student visa by the U.S. government that time. With the admission letter from OSU, the financial sponsorship paper from the Ohio couple, the picture with MJ and a signed letter from President Reagan (another long story), I walked into the U.S. consulate in Guangzhou (aka Canton), the consulate officer who interviewed me just asked a few questions, he looked at the picture and Reagan's letter, and said "you are in". Fast forward, I got a job after I graduated from OSU, and got a green card shortly after. My wife and I became proud U.S. citizens on Nov 2, 2001, shortly after 9.11. I couldn't tell you how proud we were that day. So, we came legally.
You did many years ago! And I also served under President Reagan! A shame I didn't know! I would gladly have helped. I did so with a few Vietnamese that I helped "relocate" to America.
I think one of the most dramatic, emotional and prophetic photos ever taken was the one with a lone person holding a flower halting a tank from proceeding forward!
And to think the Chinese were our allies in WWII! Seems our allies have turned to our enemies and our enemies are now our closet allies! What an oxymoron!
Welcome HOME!
Dan
Jan 13, 2024 at 02:14 PM
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. Stud muffin I was not but sure I had a lot more hair and weighed 50 pounds less back then. 
