My name is Kenneth Bisbee Sp/5, U.S. Army, and I am a Vietnam Veteran. I enlisted in the Army through some perverted patriotic sense, and with my people having been in America’s wars since the Revolution, I felt it was just my turn to go. I was a helicopter mechanic in Germany for 9 months from 1968 to 1969 and later transferred to Vietnam in 1969. I spent 9 months in Dong Ba Thin (near Cam Ranh) and later transferred…..
My name is Jimmy Muniz, and I am a USAF Veteran. I served 20 years in the Air Force from 1977 to 1997 and started in the Army later, cross training into the Air Force. I’m also a Gulf War vet. I was a Crew Chief, on the KC-1345R and served with 479th TTW Holloman AFB New Mexico, 18th Tactical Fighter Wing, Kadena AB Okinawa Japan, 14th FTW Columbus AFB, MS, 48th TFW RAF Lakenheath, England, 14th, FTW Columbus AFB,…..
I served with the U.S. Army from 1969 to 1970. I was drafted and then enlisted 6 days later. I was 32C20 and then went into PSYOPS training. My stepfather, Major Paul L. Pollock US Army, who is pictured here with his medals, was Deputy Chief of Staff Military Intelligence Operations to the joint Chiefs of Staff from 1967 to 1970 and served in both Korea and Vietnam. He never talked about his wartime experiences. But he did talk to…..
American prisoners of war show their happiness at being rescued from their German prison camp in April 1945. Henry Kiesel, POW #2069, is shown in the photograph offset to the right raising his right arm in the air. This photo is on display at the Indiana Military Museum in Vincennes, Indiana, where Henry recently visited in his wheelchair. He became very emotional upon seeing his image some seventy years later which immediately brought it all back. These men never forget…..
Here is the story I wrote about my Uncle Roy Parsons, a WWII Veteran. On Memorial Day 2011, I called my uncles and thanked them for their service. I also called my aunt Arlena Parsons (wife of my uncle Roy who was in the Big Red One in WWII) and shared how much I loved her and uncle Roy. Her daughter my cousin Shirley called me later on in the evening and I also shared with her how much I…..
My name is Billie Two Feathers, and I am a Vietnam Veteran. I served with the U.S. Army Pathfinders, a “ghost unit” whose primary mission was to infiltrate areas and set up parachute drop zones and helicopter landing zones for Airborne and Air Assault missions. The Pathfinders began in World War II when American paratrooper units needed a way to mark areas and guide aircraft to a specific spot. This is my Pathfinder class picture, Pathfinder Class 2-68. I’m under…..
“When we boarded the Queen Mary bound for Europe, there were twenty-five thousand troops and forty nurses aboard the ship” ~Mother Irene Boothroyd, OSB In the spring of 1943 twenty-two-yearold Helen Boothroyd had been out of nursing school for nine months and was looking for her first big adventure. At the time, the United States was embroiled in World War II and tensions ere high. It occurred to Helen that her newly acquired nursing skills could be put to good…..
My Grandfather was in WW1. My dad was in the Canadian Army during WW2, and my mom was in the British Air Force. I had 2 uncles in the Army During WW2. I was in USAF from 1966 to 1989. I was military police for my first 4 years and then cross-trained into c-141 Loadmaster. I was stationed as military police at Eglin AFB, Florida from 1966 to 1967, NKP, Thailand 67-68, Plattsburg AFB, New York 1968 to 1969 and…..
My name is Waldo Werft, and I am a World War II Veteran. I enlisted on December 1, 1942 in Louisville, Kentucky. I was attending the University of Louisville, and was having trouble focusing on my studies .All my friends were leaving, so I decided to join the Army because I felt compelled to serve because it was the right thing to do. I have no regrets. I served from 1942 to 1945. My basic training was in Camp Wheeler,…..
My name is Franklin Covington, and I am a Vietnam Veteran. My father is pictured here and served with the 121st Infantry, 8th Infantry Division and fought in Germany and was near the Rhine River with the Red Army. The regiment went into combat in Normandy, France, July 8, 1944. The 121st Infantry Regiment participated in the Normandy Campaign, Northern Campaign, Rhineland and Central Campaign. They were Awarded the Presidential Unit Citation. He served 8 years in the US Army…..
