55-year-old Vietnam vet re-enlists (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
The sun has just cleared the northern Alabama mountains, but nothing shines more brightly than Army Spc. Tom Owens’ smile as he joshes with the fellow soldiers he calls his grandkids. “C’mon, show that big-man move,” the 6-foot-3-inch Owens taunts a reluctant Spc. Jericar Martinez, as the smaller man tries to put him in a headlock. “He can’t. He’s got to worry about your osteoporosis,” teases …