Airmen Tour Buck Knives Idaho Plant
Relationship stirs memories of historical parallel
POST FALLS, IDAHO When a group of wing commanders from nearby Fairchild AFB toured the Buck Knives plant in Post Falls, Idaho, it had a special meaning for members of the Buck family who participated.
.jpg "Image") The tour was to honor both the airmen for their service to our country and Graham Crutchfield, a retired Marine, who organized a program that has donated knives to men from the base for duty in Iraq, as well as to more than 500 veterans since 2005.
For the Buck family, it conjured up memories of a bygone page in Buck history, so parallel to today's story. When World War II broke out, Hoyt Buck was a minister in Mountain Home, Idaho. Nearby was an Army Air Corps base, and Hoyt made knives for the airmen as his contribution to the war effort at a time when matériel of all kinds was in short supply.
Think of the amazing parallel. Now, 66 years later, Buck Knives is back in Idaho. There's an Air Force base nearby. America is at war. Buck knives are supplied to airmen, this time thanks to the generosity of a retired Marine. Amazing, yet somehow so in keeping with the Buck family tradition and today's American Commitment. |
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