Gary W. Toyn

My USO bandmates, 1985 Forty years ago this month, I was dangling out of a Chinook helicopter, wind whipping my hair as I watched the Honduran jungle rush by below. Me strapped into a "monkey harness" in our CH-47 Chinook I was riding high on adrenaline and applause...enjoying the excitement of another helicopter ride on another whirlwind USO tour. I was convinced I was living my dream as a musician. In retrospect, I was pretty clueless. About life, my responsibilities. Just

After decades of travel in Europe, we Americans can learn a thing or two from our European friends.

I’m in Austria, and what’s hidden beneath decades of underbrush is all that remains of the infamous Nazi POW camp Stalag 17B.

Former historian of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Elder Marlin K. Jensen once spoke about “ Witness Trees ” located in "the Sacred Grove," a significant historical/religious site for the Church near Palmyra, New York. I was greatly intrigued by this idea. First off because Elder Jensen was a significant role model in my life. As a young man, he led my congregation as the "Bishop" and was also the leader of my youth group. But more important, I had never co