Lt. Joseph George Tengi was born and educated in Garfied, New Jersey. Shortly after being graduated from the Garfield High School, he was employed as a teller by Garfield Trust Company. He entered service May 2, 1942. He had been attending evening classes at New York University and would have received a degree in accounting in six months. Lt. Tengi was commissioned at Camp Davis, N.C., in December, 1942 and was overseas since November 21, 1944. Joseph lived up to…..
I had the honor of attending as one of the guest speakers yesterday at the Honor Flight Veteran’s Breakfast hosted by the Ontario Republican Women’s Club at the beautiful Champion Hills Golf Country Club in Victor, New York. The event was geared toward honoring our veterans and raising funds to transport veterans to the Washington Memorials. It was a full house with over 100 people with veterans from all wars. A local high school designed and made the attached poster……
My name is John Grant Jardine, and I’m a Vietnam Veteran. My father, John Robert Jardine, served in WWII as a gunner’s mate on a tin can. Uncle Bill was in the Army during WW2. My dad didn’t elaborate a lot on his time in the Navy. I do know that he was in some major battles and shot it out with a Kamakize pilot one morning. Before I joined the Navy I worked as a ranch hand for various…..
One night after falling asleep Steve Kraft dreamt that balloon people armed with AK-47s were shooting at him. He began to shoot back, and pretty soon everything turned real, with blood and guts everywhere. Steven Kraft, forty-six, lives in the Crawford House shelter for the homeless in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He served in the U.S. Army during Operation Desert Storm, and he believes that Americans should have known more about the Arabic culture before going in. U.S. forces were trying…..
My father, Robert Joseph Hartzell, was with the 101st Airborne Division, 502nd PIR, Company I. The first picture is of Dad in 1943 and the second in 1998. Dad served from 1942 to 1945. He enlisted because he felt that he would be drafted anyway and chose to be a paratrooper. He was trained as a bazooka man. No one else in his family served. His basic training was at Camp Wolters, Texas and attended jump school in Fort Bragg……
I have always had a strong interest in world war two growing up and never had the chance to sit down and speak with someone who fought in the war. My great uncle died somewhere near Saarlautern, Germany with the 95th division. I met Mr. Banning at a nursing home around a month ago and have became close with him. I try to take care of him when I can, as his family is not able to visit him much……
My whole family served in the U.S. NAVY since John Paul Jones. My Father and 3 Uncles served in WW2 and Korea. My Brother Served in Vietnam, from 1966 to 1969, and I served from 1969 to 1973. All of my uncles spoke quite a bit about their experiences, as they served 20 years each. My Father was discharged due to Shell Shock, after he had 2 ships sunk under him. His last Ship was a destroyer Escort, the USS…..
My father and my hero, Cpl. Ernest P. Doucette served in the U.S. Army during WWII. Dad served in the European Theater of Normandy, Omaha Beach and Pacific Theater, Luzon, New Guinea, Mindanao, Mindoro, Philippines and so on. He was in the 293rd JASCO (Joint Assault Signal Company) part of the Army’s 6th Special Engineer Brigade and was also specialized in combat training. He was the second generation to fight over in France. His father, my granddad was in WW-I…..
I am a Vietnam era veteran but literally stood no chance of going over to Vietnam. I was in the Air Force during the early 70’s for a four year hitch as a B52 ground crew member and stationed at the now defunct Wurtsmith AFB in Michigan and later at Barksdale AFB Louisiana. A large amount of my time was served at the alert facility where B52’s and KC 135’s were war ready and fully uploaded with nukes. I enlisted…..
My name is George Lawson, Jr., and I served aboard seven Aircraft Carriers as an Aviation Ordinance man. I am a retired Chief Petty Officer (Aviation Warfare Specialist) with the United States Navy and served for 20 years. My family has served in every war from the American Revolutionary war to current day. Some were POW’s, some came home, and some gave all. I served on the VF31 off the USS Saratoga CV60 / VF74 off the USS Forestal CV59…..
