Richard Crum is 90 years old, lives in Williamston and was on Omaha Beach in France, during D-Day, 70 years ago this Friday. According to the State Journal, he was part of the 1st Infantry - the Big Red One. After the war, Mr. Crum moved to Michigan, raised a family and had a long career as an ag technician at Michigan State. We owe a lot to guys like Richard. If you see him around town, tell him thanks. Here's his story.

Banana Don and Stephanie McCoy amuse and thrill you every weekday morning from 5:30 – 10AM on the radio at 100.7 WITL.

Banana Don can be reached via email at don.jefferson@townsquaremedia.com and on Twitter at @WITLBananaDon and @WITLFM. Also, Facebook friend Banana Don and Stephanie at Facebook.com/BananaStephanie and Facebook.com/WITLFM.

Coolest Job in the World – Manage the “No Man’s Land Fort”

You’ll be going to work everyday via helicopter from this seaside village……………Getty ImagesThis could be the perfect job if you have any management skills – and I’m looking at you, MSU “School of Hospitality” grads.Would you like to go to work everyday by speedboat or helicopter? Do you know how to sail, fish and can you open a bottle of Champagne with a sabre?If not – what the heck are they teaching you kids over there?You will be managing “No Man’s Land Fort”, a former fort in the Solent – a strait separating the Isle of Wright from the mainland of England. The “fort” looks like the evil lair of a James Bond villain, but it’s now a luxury hotel, with 22 rooms, a hot tub, a nightclub, a gym and a lighthouse. The link for the application is in the story.

Click here for the story. And send a postcard when you get there.

Here’s a video of it’s nearby “sister fort” – Spitbank Fort:

Banana Don and Stephanie McCoy amuse and thrill you every weekday morning from 5:30 – 10AM on the radio at 100.7 WITL.

Banana Don can be reached via email at don.jefferson@townsquaremedia.com and on Twitter at @WITLBananaDon and @WITLFM. Also, Facebook friend Banana Don and Stephanie at Facebook.com/BananaStephanie and Facebook.com/WITLFM.

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Coolest Job in the World – Manage the “No Man’s Land Fort”

You’ll be going to work everyday via helicopter from this seaside village……………Getty ImagesThis could be the perfect job if you have any management skills – and I’m looking at you, MSU “School of Hospitality” grads.Would you like to go to work everyday by speedboat or helicopter? Do you know how to sail, fish and can you open a bottle of Champagne with a sabre?If not – what the heck are they teaching you kids over there?You will be managing “No Man’s Land Fort”, a former fort in the Solent – a strait separating the Isle of Wright from the mainland of England. The “fort” looks like the evil lair of a James Bond villain, but it’s now a luxury hotel, with 22 rooms, a hot tub, a nightclub, a gym and a lighthouse. The link for the application is in the story.

Click here for the story. And send a postcard when you get there.

Here’s a video of it’s nearby “sister fort” – Spitbank Fort:

Banana Don and Stephanie McCoy amuse and thrill you every weekday morning from 5:30 – 10AM on the radio at 100.7 WITL.

Banana Don can be reached via email at don.jefferson@townsquaremedia.com and on Twitter at @WITLBananaDon and @WITLFM. Also, Facebook friend Banana Don and Stephanie at Facebook.com/BananaStephanie and Facebook.com/WITLFM.

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