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“Our family suffered a terrible and very personal loss in 2005. Jason Edward Obert served in the US Army as a civilian contractor with BLACKWATER. He was a 95B military policeman and served in Korea, Saraevo, Bosnia, Hungary, Ft McClellan and Ft Carson from 1996-1999. He was riding in a helicopter that was shot down at Baghdad Airport on April 21, 2005. It made world wide news coverage, as the people responsible filmed the whole thing. It killed 3 contractors…..
“I was in high school in the 60’s, and I graduated Jan, 1968. I had many friends which I remain in contact with. One of which, a classmate friend of mine, is Debbie Matthews Beasley. This picture is of Debbie’s father, “Richard George Matthews”. He was a WWII Marine Atomic Veteran, meaning he was a Marine who deployed to and landed in Japan. His unit was ordered to inspect the area in and around Nagasaki Japan, right after the Atomic…..
COMES A Soldier’s Whisper is proud to honor today’s veteran, Chris Hernandez and his story: “I’m a former Marine who served from 1989 to1995, now proudly serving as a Texas National Guard Soldier. I’m married with a bunch of kids and write novels based on my military and LE experience. I served in 2005 in Iraq on a convoy escort team, and in Afghanistan in 2009, where I worked with French and Afghan soldiers. Proof of Our Resolve, my first…..
Comes A Soldier’s Whisper is honored to feature Barbara McVaney’s story: “I am not a Veteran, but I am married to a Vietnam Era Veteran. I am also a sister to Veterans. My husband is a Veteran of the “Vietnam-era”. He and his friends were all drafted at the same time in the early years of Vietnam. His 2 friends were sent to Vietnam and the “luck-of-the-draw” sent my husband to Germany. My husband was the ONLY one of the…..
Comes A Soldier’s Whisper is proud to share Robert Lynn Day’s story in honor of his grandpa: “This is a picture of my grandpa, James Bell Ratliff on the right and his brother, Johnny on the left Ratliff during WWII in Germany. I was very young when my grandfather died. He passed away when I was just two years old. He served in WWII under General Patton covering 4 Theaters in Europe and was at the liberation of Buchenwald and…..
Comes A Soldier’s Whisper is proud to honor Billy Gremlin, a Vietnam Veteran. Here is his story: “My name is Billy Gramlin, and I am a Vietnam Veteran. I am shown in the back of the Weapons Carrier, as we headed through downtown DaNang taking the dogs to China Beach for a swim. This group picture is in DaNang Afld, circa early 1971 on a Weapons Carrier full of dogs and gun fighters on the way to post. The red…..
Comes A Soldier’s Whisper is proud to honor today’s Vietnam Veteran, Kenneth Bopp and his story: “My name is Kenneth Bopp, and I am a Vietnam Veteran. I could tell a war story as well as the next guy. I thought I was home free and did not have any problems. Most of the pictures of that time were either missing or put away in some box and never brought out just like the traumatic memories had been placed aside…..
