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Former Football: From McNaspy Stadium to Tiananmen Square & the Great Wall – Adventures of Tom KellyFrom McNaspy Stadium to Tiananmen Square and the Great Wall Click here for Tom’s Athletic Network Profile. Click here for Tom and some of his 1963 teammates.
Colonel Tom Kelly USMC (Retired), a 1964 graduate of USL and 3 year letterman of the USL Football Team and his sister, Jennifer Kelly Miller, from Denham Springs, Louisiana returned from their 13 days trip to China on May 17th.
They departed for China from San Francisco on May 4th and initially arrived in Beijing after a 12 hours flight and stayed at the Kerry Hotel for 3 nights. While in Beijing, they visited Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City & the Great Wall.
After that they flew to Xian for a 2 night stay where they stayed at the Hilton Hotel and visited the site of the Terra Cotta Army where they saw approximately 3,000 of the life size Terra Cotta Warriors with their horses and chariots. They then flew to Chongiging where they boarded the Viking Emerald (260 passengers) for a 6 days cruise of the Yangtze River where they cruised through some beautiful gorges and toured the Three Gorges Dam. They then disembarked in Wuhan where they flew to Shanghai and stayed 2 nights at the Westin Hotel where they toured Old Shanghai/The Bund and visited the Shanghai Museum. After that they flew back to San Francisco where Jennifer returned to Louisiana and Tom returned to his home in Virginia.
Tom & Jennifer in the Tiananmen Square. You will note Tom’s U of L cap and his Marine Corps emblem on his shirt.
Tom & Jennifer with two of the waiters (Marco Polo & Kitty) aboard Viking Emerald River Cruise
Tom & Jennifer at the Terra Cotta Warrior site Click the Ragin’ Cajuns Reunions and Special Events banner on the right of the News Box at www.athleticnetwork.net to view the reunions of the 1960s football players, an annual event coordinated by Tom at UL Homecoming.
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