Trucks were loaded and always ready. No matter what they remained in a state of readiness. Units trained like they had never trained before. Sometimes they trained individually, others as a unit, and once a year they trained as a division. Now that Buck is retired he and his wife Dorothea live in Jacksonville, Florida.
Buck loves to garden, likes taking care of camellias and now takes low fat cooking classes.
Probably the most important thing that he said was that the Cold War still continues in North Korea, Cuba and other places around the world.