I was stationed at Cam Ranh Air Base with the United Stats Air Force in Vietnam from 1970 to 1971. It was my first duty station after nearly a year of training. I had three months of basic then Security Police School followed By Patrol Dog School and Combat Preparedness Course. My dog’s name was Kobuc. Our responsibility was to detect Enemy movement, alert the base. We usually had to follow our dog alerts alone. Sometimes it meant engaging with…..
My name is Jerome “Jerry” Yellin, and I am a World War II Veteran. I served with the Army Air Corps from 1942 to 1945. I enlisted after the attack on Pearl Harbor and was a Captain and fighter pilot. I flew P-51’s off of Iwo Jima with 19 flights over Japan. I flew the first mission escorting B-29’s with the last combat mission of WWII flown with my wing man, Phil Schlomberg from Brooklyn, New York, 19 years old…..
Our stride is soft, our aim held high. Marking our steps as we march by. Crisp to the beat of thousand taps. Lines form for a thousand claps. Holding our friend on our shoulder. What can you say if we were bolder? Plenty of cheers, with a few boos’ Not one flinches, to some who are fools. Uniforms move as a sea of …red, white and blue. Our hearts sing to a patriotic tune. No one can say when it…..
My name is Paul McAfee, and I am a Vietnam Veteran. I served in Vietnam between January 1969 to January 1970 in Pleiku – Gia Lai Province with the 18th Eng. Brig., 815th Eng. Battalion, HHC. My father was an officer in the Navy, but did not serve in combat. I enlisted to “avoid the draft”. I was in college and failed, with a 1.2 average, which made me eligible for the draft. So, I enlisted to avoid the draft…..
These were words were written by my 101st Airborne father, David Tharp one month before jumping on D-Day, June 6, 1944. At this time 71 years ago, Dad was writing back home not quite realizing what was in store for the paratroopers. They had finished their long sea transport to England and await their orders. He wrote several hundred letters to our mother who kept them tucked away. In one letter he would later write, “Ever hear about a man…..
My name is Cai, and I am a South Vietnamese Veteran and Ally to the American forces that fought during the Vietnam War. I was in the South Vietnamese Air Force and a crew chief on an American C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft. This photograph was taken of me before the collapse of South Vietnam. I was very angry about what we had to endure and couldn’t believe even on the last day, that America was really abandoning South Vietnam. No…..
As we endure these extreme winter weather conditions, many of us are turning to our pantries of canned foods for survival. I am starkly reminded of our survival in Vietnam eating canned food. These canned foods were called C-Rations. We would carry several cans stacked in a sock that was tied to our web gear. Our supply of food had to be balanced with our supply of bullets and other equipment essential in combat. More food was good, but was…..
My father, David Clinton Tharp served with the 101st Airborne 502nd PIR, Reg. Hq. Dad served in WWII as a paratrooper and survived D-Day, Carentan, Holland and the Battle of the Bulge, returning with this octagon shaped bronze plaque gifted to the soldiers after Bastogne. It was made from melted down artillery shells and hung on our dining room wall during my youth. The pictures are of my mom and dad as sweethearts who later married in March 1946, after…..
My name is Dale Throneberry, and I am a Vietnam Veteran. As an Aircraft Commander 8 and helicopter pilot, I was known as “Skychielf 20, with the 195th Assault Helicopter Company. I made many landings at the Ton Son Nhut Air Base in Vietnam in 1969. Tan Son Nhut Air Base was the target of major communist attacks during the 1968 Tet Offensive. The attack began early on 30 January with greater severity than anyone had expected. When the communists…..
The uniform may change. The battlegrounds may change But the Military men and women will always be American Heroes. “Anyone who does anything to help a child in his life is a hero to me. ” ― Fred Rogers We Love Our Military about.me/jennylas51 ‘AMERICAN HEROES The uniform may change. The battlegrounds may change But the Military men and women will always be American Heroes. “Anyone who does anything to help a child in his life is a hero to…..
