by Michel Robertson | Jan 3, 2019 | Living Histories
Vietnam Veterans Series James Boatwright: Supporting Fellow Marines on the Groundby Michel Robertson When asked about his tour in Vietnam, Purvis James Boatwright, Jr. responds with a mixture of enthusiasm and regret. During the war, Boatwright was a Captain in the...
by Michel Robertson | Jan 3, 2019 | Living Histories
Andrew “Gunny” Boyko joined the Marines in 1964 and was sent to Vietnam in August 1965. Reflecting on his time, Boyko notes that it was as if he went to two different wars. When he was in Vietnam from 1965-1966, the enemy was a guerrilla organization that did not...
by Michel Robertson | Jan 2, 2019 | Living Histories
Vietnam Veterans Series USMC Tunnel Rat Urges PTSD Victims to Seek Help By Michel Robertson USMC Tunnel Rat Urges PTSD Victims to Seek Help Building tunnels and forts with his friends in the swamps near Georgetown, S.C. offered young Earl “Flynn” Trimnal excellent...
by Michel Robertson | Dec 9, 2018 | Living Histories
Brevard native Jimmy McKinney was married and working at the Ecusta plant when he received his draft notice in May 1966.”There were a lot of us from Transylvania County,” McKinney recalled. “It was the biggest draft since the Korean War, taking guys...
by Michel Robertson | Oct 22, 2018 | Living Histories
Vietnam Veteran Series by Michel Robertson Article first appeared in The Transylvania Times on October 22, 2018 On October 6, 2018, I accompanied 92 Vietnam veterans to Washington, DC as a guardian on a Blue Ridge Honor Flight. Among the veterans was David Crandal, of...
