Harold Dickson: Hard Times, Good Times and a Captured U505 Submarine
MicheleZander2018-07-29T17:49:27-05:00Hard Times, Good Times and a Captured U505 Submarine
John T. O’Connell: From One Firefight to Another
MicheleZander2018-07-05T12:44:34-05:00From One Firefight to Another
John W. Hoffmeister: Navy Corpsman At Home with the Marines
MicheleZander2018-07-05T12:43:21-05:00Navy Corpsman At Home with the Marines
Laurence M. (Laury) Feldman: Battalion Clerk Has Its Privileges
MicheleZander2018-07-05T12:35:54-05:00Battalion Clerk Has Its Privileges
Charlie C. Dobbins: Always Up For a Challenge In Thirty Years of Active Duty
MicheleZander2018-07-05T12:34:41-05:00Always Up For a Challenge In Thirty Years of Active Duty
Matthew J. (Jim) Peters / Nancy T. Peters: A Match Made in Corona
MicheleZander2018-07-01T21:34:40-05:00A Match Made in Corona
James M. Connellan: GI’s Do More Than Fight in a War Zone
MicheleZander2018-07-01T20:54:31-05:00GI’s Do More Than Fight in a War Zone
Herbert (Herb) W. Nadelhoffer: Learning the Language and Ways of the Military
MicheleZander2018-07-01T20:51:58-05:00Learning the Language and Ways of the Military
James A. Wall: A Family of Coasties that are “Semper Paratus” … Always Ready
MicheleZander2018-07-01T19:47:05-05:00A Family of Coasties that are “Semper Paratus” … Always Ready
Arne K. Nilsen: A Wandering Soul Finds Challenge in the Coast Guard
MicheleZander2018-07-10T11:40:06-05:00A Wandering Soul Finds Challenge in the Coast Guard
John (Alan) Matson: Carpenter, Pipe Fitter, Electrician and Tinsmith – At Forty Below
MicheleZander2018-07-09T19:18:18-05:00Carpenter, Pipe Fitter, Electrician and Tinsmith - At Forty Below
Edward Kasan: Playing a Different Kind of Music on the USS Missouri
MicheleZander2018-07-01T19:34:46-05:00Playing a Different Kind of Music on the USS Missouri
Erwin (Erv) A. Hankes: Vital Communications and 15 Months of Smelly Rice Paddies
MicheleZander2018-07-01T19:32:01-05:00Vital Communications and 15 Months of Smelly Rice Paddies
Elmer (John) Gebel: Forty B-24 Combat Missions Begin with the Palau Islands
MicheleZander2018-06-28T20:03:34-05:00Forty B-24 Combat Missions Begin with the Palau Islands
Paul (Joe) J. Peraino: A Navy Seabee, Two Bulldozers and A Surf Crane
MicheleZander2018-06-28T19:50:22-05:00A Navy Seabee, Two Bulldozers and A Surf Crane
Alvin P. (Bud) Izbicky: Demolitions Expert
MicheleZander2018-06-01T21:10:22-05:00“There was an unexploded Japanese torpedo on the beach in Saipan, and they wanted a volunteer. All the other guys were much older than I was and nobody wanted to volunteer, so they volunteered me,”
Lloyd Richardson: “All Shook” And Her B-29 Crew Flew 35 Combat Missions and Survived Them All
MicheleZander2018-06-01T21:12:12-05:00Lloyd and his crew completed their 35 combat missions in May, 1952. All Shook returned to the States shortly thereafter without a scratch. For his service, he was awarded the Air Medal for “meritorious achievement while participating in aerial flight.”
Delford C. (Del) Becke: Flying and Living Around the World
MicheleZander2018-06-01T21:12:53-05:00During Basic Training, they gave Del a bunch of tests and said “you are good in mathematics, we have a deal for you – we want you to be an aircraft AOB (Aircraft Observer Bombardier). There is a lot involved, and it takes about a year and half or so.” Training started at Ellington AFB near Pasadena TX, then on to Mayfair, CA to complete the training.