I recently learned and am sorry to report that Buddy has experienced some serious health problems - a severe spinal injury in 2016 and then a massive stroke in 2018 that affected his right side. He completely lost the use of his right arm, has difficulty getting out of bed, standing, or walking, and sits in a wheelchair. He is receiving care at an assisted living facility.
I'd like to encourage all of you who know Buddy to send a few words of encouragement and let him know you're thinking of him. You can do this by sending email to buddy (at) iusscaa dot org (replace the (at) with @ and the dot with a period (.)) That gets past a lot of the bots out there harvesting addresses. Your messages will be relayed by his wife, Sue.
-Jack
Thanks for the information Jack. I was really surprised to hear of Buddy's health problems and will definitely send him an email. We were in the same watch section on Adak and he flew with me on the P3 when we ended up on Midway. See photos of us in the Midway section of photos in the IUSSCAA Photo Library on this website.
As a follow up, Sue emailed me back and said Buddy's assisted living facility has been on lockdown since mid March. She will get any messages to him as soon as feasible.