Major Steve McAlpin served with the U.S. Army and deployed to Bosnia in 1996 as part of a NATO peacekeeping force and tasked with negotiating on behalf of the Bosnian Muslims, Catholics and Serbians. In 2002 he deployed to Afghanistan to work as a liaison between the Army and the local population. He met with the local religious leaders and mayors to learn what they needed most. They told him of a school where many of the teachers had either…..
Paul McAfee is a Vietnam Veteran and Assistant Professor of Business at Daemon College. He served with the 18th Engineer Brigade., and 815th Engineer Battalion. His father was an officer in the Navy. Paul’s military training was as a Radio Teletype Operator but he served as both a Photographer and a Communications Chief. He was on Engineer Hill, in Pleiku and at a remote rock quarry perimeter along the Ho Chi Minh Trail. After service, Paul returned to the University…..
Thomas Galloway was born in Oswego, New York and served in the Korean War with the 187th Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne. The Korean Conflict is often referred to as “the forgotten war” but not for Tom Galloway or the thousands of young men that were there. Tom recalled that there were lots of scary and harassing night patrols with heavy artillery shelling and mortar fire. He was in a Mash Hospital Tent and had to tell the Red…..
I would like to begin with the quote by Bill Keane. “Today will become tomorrow’s yesterday from which history is made.” My father, David Tharp served during WWII as a 101st Airborne paratrooper. As a little girl, I asked Dad what Europe was like during the war. His response, “The trees were tall and the grass was green just like here.” I replied, “Oh, Dad!” He was avoiding my question. But he answered truthfully. The grass was green, the trees…..
“If you truly wish to understand the human emotions that are involved with men at war, then you must read “Comes a Soldier’s Whisper” by Jenny La Sala. She writes about her father, a WWII combat veteran who fought with the 502 PIR, 101st Airborne Division. Nothing can give you a more accurate account of the thoughts and feelings of the war-time soldier than this bundle of letters written at the time the these things were happening. It is a…..
My given name is Dwayne, but I received the nickname “Dewey” from a Catholic priest while a freshman in St. Paul High School in Odell, Illinois. I grew up in a large family, 7 boys and 2 girls. My two older brothers were also drafted at approx the same time, and I was assigned to Vietnam. Dennis went to Korea, and Donald was issued papers to go to Vietnam. But since I was already there, he said, “Thanks but no…..
I did my tour in Vietnam during 1968 to 1969 with the 1st AIR CAV., B-5-7 Infantry as a PLT. Sgt. I was the only one in my family who served in the military. I always wanted to be a soldier and at the age of 17, I joined the U.S. Army at Ft. Jackson, SC in 1961. After basic and AIT training in 1962, I went to Ft. Bragg, NC to Jump School with the 82nd Airborne. Later in…..
My father, Joseph F. Stavangi was with the 101st Airborne during WWII and participated in D-Day and the Battle of the Bulge. He was a Staff Sergeant and never spoke of his wartime experiences. Dad is in shown holding the 45 pistol in the top right photo with his platoon in Germany. I was in the Military Police and shown bottom right with a convoy and again on the bottom left in the dark uniform to the far right. We…..
After having served with the 101st Airborne during WWII, my father rejoined the Army in 1949. He sure didn’t plan on going to war again. I read that in one of his letters! But he was in Korea during the entire year of 1953. Dad was 1st Sgt Leo Martin and was awarded a second Bronze Star designated by a small oak leaf cluster on ribbon for meritorious service in the Korean War. He won his first serving with the…..
My name is Terry L. Gould. I was born in April 1949. Before entering the U.S. Navy as an E3 Radioman, I was living in Southwest Missouri in the Ozark Mountains cutting timber and trying to make a living with my dad. It was just the two of us trying to make enough to buy groceries for the family. Dad served in the Navy during WWII and was wounded in the Pacific and received the Purple Heart. Two of my…..
