Command Sergeant Major (Ret.) William Hobert (Wild Bill) Eversole, D-970, a member of Chapter XXXIII, Special Forces Association served in the U.S.Army and the Vietnam War. Bill joined the Army in 1958 before finishing high school but became a highly trained and skilled infantryman. He served in several conventional and non-airborne units before joining the 10th SFG (A) at Bad Tolz in 1963, where he completed his Special Forces qualification training. He later served in the 1st, 5th (two tours…..
I was drafted and chose the medical field because my father, Vincent A. Glennon was a medic in WWII with the 4th Infantry. He was wounded and was my Hero. Dad passed in 1998. I was drafted and sent to Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, for basics and then to San Antonio, Texas for medical training. I arrived in Vietnam January of 1970 served 11 months there and got out in December 1970 about 10 days before Christmas. I served in…..
I served in Vietnam with Delta Company/4th Batallion/12th Infantry Regiment/199th Light Infantry Brigade in 1969-70 as an Infantry grunt (11Bravo). My father served in WWII as a combat engineer and three uncles served in Korean War. My wife served as an Army medic in GWI in Karlsruhe, Germany. Dad was blown off a deuce and a half by friendly fire and burst his appendix in the fall. He was flown to London and operated on there. In this picture, I…..
My son, Adam Michael Cline served in the U.S. Navy. Adam always had a smile on his face. He could cheer anyone up. He loved the Iowa Hawkeyes and the SF 49ers. He was engaged to be married and family was very important to him. I took him out for his 21st birthday and it’s a memory I’ll never forget. He also loved gaming, movies and Larry the cable guy. He was a star athlete in high school and homecoming…..
I entered Art School in 1978 and got bored and dropped out in the spring of 1979. Later that same year, I joined the US Army in the summer of 1979. I went to Ft. Lenard Wood, Missouri for Basic training. My MOS was 81E as a Graphic Illustrator. After that I was off to Ft Benning, GA assigned to HQ Company CMD. At Ft. Benning I was part (TRADOC) Training and Doctrine Command, so I made graphics for training…..
I served from 1986 to 1991 on the USS Enterprise (CVN 65), USS Barney (DDG 6). I then went Fleet Marine Force served with 1st Marine through the end of Desert Storm. Navy was really my only choice. I was in college and messed my knee up. The Army and Marines wouldn’t take me and the Air Force had a two-year waiting list, and so I chose the Navy. I started as a Yeoman (officers secretary) and cross-rated to hospital…..
My parents met in Colorado during WWII. My mother was driving a staff car for military officers at the time. Dad served in the Army and was stationed in England. He never talked about it. I did hear the story about my uncle, one of Dad’s brothers who fought in the Battle of the Bulge. He had to duck to avoid enemy fire and hid behind a jeep tire. But to his misfortune, one of those incoming bullets went through…..
Below is the text written on June 18, 1944 and sent by V-Mail by my 101st Airborne father, David Clinton Tharp while in France after surviving D-Day. His letters sent home between January 1943 and December 1945 are forever preserved in the book, Comes A Soldier’s Whisper. For published works and future projects, visit www.JennyLasala.com He was a radio communicator with the 101st Airborne, 502nd Five-0-Deuce PIR, Reg. Hq. and served under three Colonels, Michaelis, Cole and Chappui. “My Darling,…..
I wish the American people had welcomed home the veterans from the Vietnam War years with THANK YOU. My Dad was a WWII Navy SeaBee. I came home to no fan fare either except for Mother making me a ‘Welcome Home’ meal and a cake and all for me. I told her not to put a banner out on the porch like they did for other returning soldiers. No, that would be an invitation to screaming ANTI WAR FREAKS throwing…..
I was born in New Zealand and as a young man in the 1960’s travelled across ‘The Ditch’ (the Tasman Ocean) to Australia in order to further his musical career. I was a tenor sax and trumpet who, between the years 1970-71, toured war-torn Viet Nam for 18 months with his group, The Hy-Marques. What makes my journey unique is that I am totally blind, not that I have ever let that stop me from achieving my life goals. My…..
