MY FATHER, MY HERO by Jennifer Lane My father is Michael Dale Lane. He served in the Army between 1966 to 1968. Dad is a Vietnam Veteran and my hero. It’s hard for him to talk about his war experience. He can only talk to me so much about it at once. I appreciate this more than you will ever know, Jenny! My dad is my world, and when other people, even other veterans thank him for his service, I…..
I was in my on little world. I am proud to say that I am married to a Ron Hurst, a Vietnam Veteran, who was my Jr. High sweetheart. He was deployed to Vietnam in August 1969 with the 196th Division, Charlie Company. This was one of the old pictures and newspaper clippings. He was so young, like the rest of them. When I think of what those poor young men went through, it breaks my heart. I now know…..
National Geographic in the February 2015 cover story takes readers through a visually striking, two-part reflection series about veterans coping with their own war beyond the battlefields. http://militari.ly/1BFx4lH “Sometimes you find yourself saying, I wish … I would have lost a body part, so people will see — so they’ll get it,” says Army First Sgt. David Griego in “Revealing the Trauma of War.” The invisible wounds of PTSD are real leaving the soldier to feel that a part of…..
My father’s family immigrated from Italy in the late 1800’s. Dad was born on December 20,1922 as Michelantonio Celestino Onofrio Vaccaro and later became known as Tony Vaccaro or Anthony A. Vaccaro. He became a Private First Class which was the Squad Leader of the group or point man and served from 1943 to September 1945. He was one of the few photographers that carried a gun. They didn’t allow soldiers to be given cameras in Europe, you had to…..
I HAD NO IDEA WHAT I WAS IN FOR by Jim Markson I was 19 years old when I arrived in Vietnam. I joined the United States Air Force to become an Air Traffic Controller, but due to strict vision regulations was put into the Security Police career field. I later volunteered for Vietnam. I was full of bravado and adventure. But after the Tet Offensive in 1968, I couldn’t get out of there fast enough. I had no idea…..
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My name is Rick Shaw and I’m a US Marine Corps Veteran. I served as an instructor with two deployments to Iraq between January 2003 to June 2011 and was medically separated due to injuries and PTSD. Both my grandfather and father served. Thomas Richard Shaw served in WWII in the Army and is pictured here on his 90th birthday earlier this month. My father, Richard James Shaw, who is pictured right after boot camp, served in the Navy during…..
Chris George is featured today on Comes A Soldier’s Whisper. He wanted to be stationed in Colorado, so he could hunt. But the only job available when entering service was a cook. He took the job and got deployed to Iraq in 2002. While serving chow, some soldiers from the 4th ID came through. Chris asked if they had any openings for their sniper teams. This resulted in them taking him along with the permission from his unit. He became…..
My name is Wayne Gsell, and I am a 3rd generation New Orleanian. My father and grandfather were both born in New Orleans, as well. My great grandfather, who was a cousin of Karl-Heinrich’s grandfather, came to the US from the Alpine regions of Austria and immigrated to the US in the 1850s. All of our family with the Gsell surname are related, and all come from the Alpine areas where Switzerland, Austria, Germany, and France come together. They settled…..
My dad, Francis Ruffley of Altoona, Pennsylvania was and always will be my hero. He was injured four times during WWII in Tunisia and Sicily in 1943, Belgium in 1944 and Germany in 1945. He was a Rifleman who served in the Army’s 1st division, Company K, 18th Infantry. Among his citations were Bronze Star, Purple Heart with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters, Good Conduct Medal, Combat Infantryman Badge, Sharpshooter Badge with Rifle Bar. He was a humble man who never…..
