by Commander | May 14, 2020 | Living Historys
A View from the Tonkin Gulf Reflections of Michael Kuhne, LT, USN, A View from the Tonkin Gulf. I must tell you this before I begin my story: I never had to sleep in the rain or in a swamp or in a fox hole. I never had to be on point going down a trail in the jungle....
by Commander | May 13, 2020 | Living Historys
Harold Wellington (in Merchant Marine uniform) served in the Merchant Marine from 1942 to 1946, the U.S. Army in 1948, and the U.S. Navy from 1950 to 1954. He served in Africa, Europe, and the Middle East. A Young Man in Vermont joins the Merchant Marines Harold...
by Commander | May 10, 2020 | Living Historys
Vietnam Veteran Series – The Battle of Dai Do Joe Sansosti left Brevard High School at 18 to join the Marines. “My daddy told my brother, ‘that dummy doesn’t even know there’s a war going on,” he chuckled. “I just wanted to do something different.” He arrived in...
by Commander | May 10, 2020 | Living Historys
Dorothy Managan’s story: “I was born on January 5, 1923, in Flushing, New York, and grew up there. World War II was going on in Europe when I was in high school. I graduated in 1941 and went into the three-year hospital program for nursing to get my R.N. at the...
by Commander | May 10, 2020 | Living Historys
Gattis Ervin Allen (known as G.E.) was born on May 1, 1911, in the town of Marshall (Madison County), North Carolina. He passed away in 1997. Like many of our fathers, my daddy never talked to me about his service in the Pacific in WWII, and I wasn’t smart...
