US Navy Lieutenant Jaclyn Trosper celebrates winning a card game on Feb. 17, 2014. We Honor Veterans www.JennyLasala.com Photo taken by Staff Sgt. Vernon Young/USAF PHOTO/TEXT SOURCE: www.rsvlts.com/2015/06/17/best-military-photos-of-2014/#.VdFoG-L6C64.facebook
US Air Force Staff Sgt. Nadia Rowell, health services management journeyman, 43rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, Pope Army Airfield, N.C., stands for a portrait outside the aeromedical evacuation crew tent at the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Polk, La., on March 15, 2014. Service members at the center are educated in combat patient care and aeromedical evacuation in a simulated combat environment. We Honor Veterans www.JennyLasala.com Photo taken by Master Sgt. John R. Nimmo/USAF PHOTO/TEXT SOURCE: www.rsvlts.com/…/06/17/best-military-photos-of-2014/…
US Air Force Capt. Sarah Evans jumps rope in a gym in San Antonio, Texas. Evans was diagnosed with cancer while deployed to Afghanistan and was medically evacuated back to the United States where her leg was amputated. This photo was taken by Master Sgt. Jeffrey Allen/USAF We Honor Veterans www.JennyLasala.com PHOTO/TEXT SOURCE: www.rsvlts.com/…/06/17/best-military-photos-of-2014/…
Canes For Courage was founded in 2012 by retired Combat Veteran Major Steven McAlpin. Steve served as a Special Operations Officer with the 401st Civil Affairs (CA) Battalion in Webster, New York. There, he served as an Assistant and Primary CA Team Chief with first-rotation deployments to both Bosnia in 1996 and Afghanistan in 2002. After retirement and relocating to Virginia, Steve noticed that a combat-wounded friend was using a Veterans Administration (VA) issued adjustable cane with Iraq and Afghanistan…..
I had the wonderful opportunity to meet Mary Judd, the Executive Director of Song Writing With Soldiers. She is pictured on the right in the photo displaying one of their books featuring veterans with songs. Song Writing With Soldier’s mission www.SongwritingWithSoldiers.Org is to transform lives by using collaborative songwriting to expand creativity, connections, and strengths. They use songwriting as a catalyst for positive change and offer the participants a unique way to tell their stories, rebuild trust, release pain, and…..
First I would like to say thank you to those of you who have emotionally supported us as well as give encouragement. Next I am seriously considering a plan (which is in the early stages) that would provide emotional support and encouragement back to the members in my community. With our veterans in mind, this would be for the seasoned veteran as well as those who are coming home from service. As a daughter of a Vietnam Veteran I understand…..
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Today we honor Vietnam Veteran, David Vacca, a USMC who served in Da Nang, Vietnam. We had the pleasure of meeting David at a recent event honoring Gold Star Mothers. The following is a poem that David shared with me as I was leaving to go home. He said, “Take this with you and read it, for it describes us Vietnam Vets.” We were soldiers sent to a foreign land, We followed the orders of those in command. We were…..
“Jenny, I’m glad to have met you! I served in Vietnam, in Tuy Hoa, as an Airman from 12/67 to 12/68.” ~ Gene Loparco Visit my website showcasing past, present and future projects featuring our military soldiers @ www.JennyLasala.com
My dad is Norman Jenson. He is now 94 years old and was a WWII B24 Bomber Pilot. Dad was born on 26 July, 1921 in Brooklyn, New York. As a youth, he sang with the All Saints Cathedral’s Boy Choir and two other church choirs each week for many years. He graduated from Albany High School in 1940 and went to work at Keeshin Motor Express & Seaboard Freight Lines in Albany, New York. In August of 1942, at…..
