I can still visualize him walking into my office in Greenville South Carolina at First Federal.
JOURNAL ARCHIVE: JOURNAL ARCHIVE: From: Kerry Burgess
To: Kerry Burgess
Sent: Sat, February 11, 2006 7:19:45 PM
Subject: a world for him
It rained. The procession of weary soldiers became a bedraggled train, despondent and muttering, marching with churning effort in a trough of liquid brown mud under a low, wretched sky. Yet the youth smiled, for he saw that the world was a world for him, though many discovered it to be made of oaths and walking sticks. He had rid himself of the red sickness of battle. The sultry nightmare was in the past. He had been an animal blistered and sweating in the heat and pain of war. He turned now with a lover's thirst to images of tranquil skies, fresh meadows, cool brooks--an existence of soft and eternal peace.
Over the river a golden ray of sun came through the hosts of leaden rain clouds.
THE END.
http://www.online-literature.com/crane/redbadge/25/
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JOURNAL ARCHIVE: 11/7/2006 2:42 PM
I also wonder how I knew I was at the peak of Stampede Pass. I can see it located on the map, but I am confused about that detail surrounding when I see myself up there at some time I can’t see how I could have been up there.
Also, that details about Jeff Ingram’s blue-to-green car. I started thinking this morning about a jacket I used to wear long ago. I bought it around the time Lynn and I started bicycling, which I think was in 1999. I wore that jacket every time I went cycling and some parts of it were green and other parts blue. I remember one time, after I had been wearing it for a long time, I noticed that the logo emblem on one side of the chest was labeled as “Brooks.” I can remember feeling something like surprise that it was labeled “Brooks.” I have been thinking more about that name in that there is the Brooks Seaplane in Coeur d’Alene
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JOURNAL ARCHIVE: 9/21/2006 8:39 PM
It seems important that my work history, earnings document, whatever it’s called, doesn’t list Ketterman’s Inc of Dallas. Instead, it has ISA-ISS listed for the times when I worked for Ketterman’s. I assume that is standard procedure because ISA-ISS bought out Ketterman’s who then ceased to exist. It seems like it is an important clue but I don’t know exactly what it means.
I also find it curious that the street address for ISA-ISS in Alexandria, VA
The detail is reinforced by the fact that universal Financial Products, or U.F.P., is listed as 620 Enterprise Drive. Not sure if Oakbrook, IL, means anything.
The next regular employer is listed as Eagle Business Systems which was in Columbia, SC.
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JOURNAL ARCHIVE: 9/21/2006 2:15 PM
That’s it. That’s why I worked for that company. That is how these new revelations pop into my head. They usually start off with ‘that’s it.’ As I was watching the shuttle landing and listening to the commentary, it struck me: ISA-ISS. That is the name of a company I worked for in 1992, I guess was the year. I went to work for Ketterman’s Inc. of Dallas in 1990, but that company was bought out by ISA of Alexandria, VA, sometime in 1992. The CEO was a former Navy officer. My division was called ISS. The full name was something similar to Integrated Systems Analyst – Integrated Systems Services. BUT ISS is also International Space Station. I started thinking too that ISA is International Space Agency. I quit ISS to work for UFP. Their name was Universal Financial Products, but I also noticed that the initials are the same as United Federation of Planets from Star Trek.
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http://www.scdps.org/oea/nr2007/090707B.htm
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 7, 2007
Contact: Sid Gaulden, 803-896-8409
ISRAEL BROOKS 1944-2007
COLUMBIA – “Speaking for the men and women of the South Carolina Department of Public Safety who knew or worked with Israel Brooks, as well as those who came along after he had retired, we are terribly saddened by the news of his passing,” SCDPS Director James K. Schweitzer said Friday.
“At a time in our state’s history when black men and women were not allowed to demonstrate their love for their community and their state, Israel Brooks dared to challenge that norm – not in a confrontational manner, but through working from within.”
Schweitzer added, “He was the first African American to become a South Carolina Highway Patrol Trooper and during his years of service to the Patrol and the people of our state, he demonstrated time and again that he believed in fairness and equity for everyone.
“On a personal note, Israel Brooks was my friend,” said Schweitzer. “When I arrived in South Carolina as the Special Agent in Charge for the FBI, then U.S. Marshall Brooks went out of his way to assist me in my efforts to assimilate into the community. Israel Brooks embodied the term “public servant.” He served his family, his church, his state and his country with honor and dignity.”
Highway Patrol Col. Russell S. Roark recalled that, “Maj. Brooks was always a mentor to the troopers around him. He was a progressive leader.”
Roark noted that Brooks “came to the Highway Patrol during some of the most difficult times in our nation’s history. He took his experiences – both positive and negative – and used those to provide guidance and leadership within our organization. If I had to describe him in one word, it would be professional.
“Of his many accomplishments, he was the first person on the Highway Patrol to establish a professional way to assist victims and families of traffic collisions in South Carolina,” Roark said. “Whether U.S. Marshal, whether major with the SC Highway Patrol or just Israel Brooks, he was larger than life.
“The Highway Patrol family lost a true friend today. He will be greatly missed by his friends in law enforcement,” Roark concluded.
Brooks, born June 30, 1944 in Newberry, joined the South Carolina Highway Patrol in August, 1967 and underwent Patrol training before being assigned to Beaufort County. Prior to joining the Patrol, Brooks served four years in the U.S. Marine Corps.
In 1974, Brooks became the first African-American to be promoted to a supervisory rank within the Patrol when he was promoted to Corporal. A year later, he was promoted to Sergeant.
He was promoted to Lieutenant in 1982 and Captain in 1987, at which time he was assigned the task of putting together the Patrol’s initial Internal Affairs Unit.
Three years later, Brooks was promoted to Major and placed in charge of the Patrol’s administrative and support functions.
http://www.usmarshals.gov/district/sc/general/history.htm
U.S. Marshals Service
District of South Carolina
History
The United States Marshal Office in South Carolina was established on September 24, 1789. The Eastern and Western Districts of South Carolina were formed on February 21, 1823, when Congress divided the South Carolina District. On October 07, 1965, the Eastern and Western Districts merged and became what is now known as the District of South Carolina. The following is a listing of Marshals for the District of South Carolina.
DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA
District Marshals Date Vice
Glover, Lydia August 01, 1985 (C) Whitworth (Retired)
Brooks, Israel March 11, 1994 (C) Glover (Term Expired)
