Thomas E Mullen

On March 27, 1925, Thomas E Mullen began an 88-year journey – called Life. This ended on Feb. 18, 2013 in his home of 24 years in Fallbrook, Calif.

As most journeys go, Tom’s had the usual ups and downs, highs and lows, but for today I will be sharing the short story version that will tell of some of the highlights.

Tom, at the age of 18, traveled to Europe courtesy of the United States Army where as the youngest Jump Master (at that time) trained his fellow soldiers on how to successfully jump out of airplanes. His greatest memory of that experience was the day the wind shifted when it...