My name is Jimmie G. Robison, and I am a WWII Veteran. I was born in Vilonia, AR and am the youngest of seventeen children. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, I enlisted in Little Rock, AR at the age of 21. My oldest brother served in WWI and my brother just older than me also served in WW II in the infantry. When I left for war in “42” my Dad said he was pleased to have had 3…..
It was 40 years ago that The Vietnam War had ended. My Momma told me about the day my dad’s chopper was leaving in 1969. She also said that Daddy was holding me in his lap and crying, as he watched the fall of Saigon on television in 1975. He didn’t talk of the war much. My Daddy is John Michael Connelly Sr. He was born and raised in Mobile, Alabama in March 1945 and passed away on October 8,…..
My dad’s name was Kenneth Landfair, Sr. He was a Sgt. Major in the USMC. His unit was the 3rd Pioneers while in Vietnam, which is now the 3rd Battalion Combat Engineers now. He served 3 tours in Vietnam, and from what my brother has determined, he was in the Quang Tri province. Dad retired in 1987. He had several medals, Certificate of Merit, Sea service Deployment ribbon l, Good Conduct (9), National Defense Service medal, Vietnam service medal 3*,…..
My name is Susan Clotfelter Jimison. I am a Gold Star sister. I am the proud sister of CWO Mark Clotfelter, a Cobra Helicopter pilot with the 361st Aviation Co. (Escort) II Corp who served in the Central Highlands of Vietnam. My father, Millard Clotfelter was a World War II Veteran and a Waist Gunner/Radioman on a B-24. He suffered from “Battle Fatigue” following WWII. He never spoke of his wartime experiences with anyone except his 3 brothers, 2 of…..
My name is Dominick Fondo but everyone calls me Nick. I served in the U.S. Army from 1964 to 1968 in Ft. Jackson, S.C., Ft. Benning, Ga., Germany, South Viet-Nam, Japan, with the last year at Ft. Dix N.J. I started in Germany with the 8th Mountain Infantry from1964 to 1965 and then joined the best unit of all, 101st 1/327th Abn Inf A co. (Known as Abu) during the last part of December 1965 through December 1966. I was…..
This is the face of a hero, my hero, my great love, my father, Dominick M. DeTommaso who served as a Tech Sgt. with Company B, 294th Combat Engineers from 1943 to 1945. Dad was a WWII Veteran who received the Purple Heart for a wound received on D-Day and the Battle of the Bulge. The Purple Heart is now worn and tattered. But now over 70 years old, there is no possession of mine that is more priceless and…..
My name is Evan Francis, and I am a Vietnam Veteran. My father served in the U.S. Army Air Corps, China-Burma Theater during WWII. My father spoke very little about his war-time experiences other than an occasional disparaging remark about Asian cuisine; apparently his way of commenting on the negative effects of war. One uncle, my father’s brother, served in the U.S. Army Artillery and was in the Battle of the Bulge. He never spoke of his war time experience…..
My name is Richard Brookins, and I am a WWII Veteran. My brother and cousins also served in WWII in various branches of the service, Army, Navy and the USAF. We were all super patriots and enlisted. Everyone was going and I wanted to get in it too, even though I had one bad left eye. I tried enlisting with the Navy, USAF and the Marines, but was declined and classified as LMS, limited military service. My right eye did…..
By 1966, images like this one taken by Time-Life photographer Larry Burrows, of a soldier being led off the field by his comrades after a fierce firefight were common. The heavy toll on U.S, troops belied the magazine’s optimistic forecast on the outcome of the war. Burrows was born in London in 1926. He left school at 16 and took a job in Life magazine’s London bureau, where he printed photographs. Some accounts blame Burrows for melting photographer Robert Capa’s…..
My name is Patrick Brodeur, and I served with the U.S. NAVY from 1971 to 1991. I was an Operations Specialist and my job specialty was Air Intercept Controller Supervisor. I controlled fighter aircraft from all countries. My last duty station was the Battleship Wisconsin BB 64 Persian Gulf War 1990 to 1991. Both my brother and sister served in the 1960’s but not during a war conflict.I enlisted because I was tired of school and needed a break. I…..
