by Commander | Apr 27, 2020 | Living Histories
Submitted by Carl Burkhart[adapted from ‘The Coast Guard at War’ by Alex Larzelere] Smoke streamed from an Air Force F-105 Thunderchief as it flew south toward the demilitarized zone separating North and South Vietnam. It was the afternoon of 1 July 1968 when its...
by Commander | Apr 20, 2020 | Living Histories
Geraldine Hamilton, wife of WWII veteran Howard Hamilton, speaking about her husband’s capture in WWII: This is from an article in the Pittsburgh (PA) Post-Gazette, May 21, 2000.They’d been married only three months when Howard Hamilton left. They’d known each other...
by Commander | Apr 20, 2020 | Living Histories
By Ed Cottrell Edwin Cottrell served in the Army Air Corps from August 1942 through 1945, then enlisted in the Air Force Reserves in 1950 and completed 28 years. His father, Dr. Elmer Cottrell, served in the U.S, Army in World War I. Also serving in the U.S. Army in...
by Commander | Apr 19, 2020 | Living Histories
Howard Hamilton, father of Brevard veteran LTC Jana Gruber, USAR, Ret, was born October 28, 1923 in the small town of Augusta, KS. Upon graduating from high school in 1942, he joined the Army and became a bombardier on B-17 “Flying Fortress”, stationed at Thorpe...
by Commander | Apr 3, 2020 | Living Histories
Ronald B. Hanchett is one of millions of Americans to have served his country honorably… He is an American Patriot! Thank you for your service! USS Tabberer – a small John C. Butler-class destroyer escort – lost her mast and radio antennas. Though damaged and...
by Commander | Apr 1, 2020 | Living Histories
My Father Raymond J. Norris I was born in June 1906 and I, his son Raymond J. Norris II, was born in July, 1945. This is the story of our journeys and service in World War II and the Vietnam War. Part I: Father Ray J. Norris I was working in Toledo, Ohio when he was...
