Gen. Stafford attained the stars

When Tom Stafford was a young boy growing up in Weatherford, Okla., I’m sure he had no idea the immense impact he eventually would have on space exploration and on the dreams and ambitions of millions of Americans.

He was just a kid who liked to climb windmills – starting at age 4, according to his biography.

Even more remarkable is the fact that Stafford’s mother came to Oklahoma in a covered wagon…