Life for Hodges in Petersburg, Indiana soon took a drastically different turn once World War II broke out. Gil played on the Petersburg, Indiana football team with my father, David Clinton Tharp, who later joined the 101st Airborne paratroopers and participated in the European Battle campaigns of D-Day, Holland and the Battle of the Bulge. After Gil served as a member of the Marines ROTC program at St. Joseph’s, he had to give up playing baseball and soon went into…..
My dad was in the European Theater during World War II, and my father-in-law was in the Navy during the Pearl Harbor attack on the USS Bagley. I am not a veteran, but I support the Veterans. I am a widow since February 11, 2013. Mitch and I were married for 42 years and 7 months. He was my rock and accomplished so much in his 64 years. He never bragged. Mitch could not go into the service during the…..
My name is Larry Schnitzler-Spriggs, and I’m a Vietnam Veteran. I was drafted in March 1968 and went to NAM from August 68 to August 69. I was with the 8th Infantry Charlie CO 4th Infantry. Most of my time was up in the Central Highlands, Plekiu and Dak Toe area. I had over 100 combat flights on choppers and was wounded by shrapnel in an ambush. We were pinned down for 2 weeks somewhere near the Ho Che Min…..
I served with the 18th Airborne, U.S. Army in Afghanistan 2003. After being diagnosed with PTSD and beginning treatment, writing became therapeutic for me. My Facebook page is to be part of this journey and the writing of the book, and the struggles that are faced while writing and being treated. I have been getting treatment for PTSD since September 2014. After almost 11 years of hiding from problems with PTSD, avoiding situations that could make me uncomfortable, and being…..
“I was in service from ’88-’92 in the Air Force. I served in Desert Shield/Storm as an intelligence analyst. I spent a year in Seoul, South Korea as a North Korean Political/Economic/Nuclear Analyst and later served in the Michigan and Idaho Army National Guards, again as an intelligence analyst from ’99-’02. I taught foreign weapon systems, counter- and anti-terrorism tactics, realtime analysis and briefings to commanders. I worked mostly with the C-130 crews out of Pope AFB, NC. I was…..
“This is my uncle Bill Krisl, who served with the Army 89th Service Squadron, 54th Service Group for 11 months in India and supervised a crew of mechanics working on bombers and fighter aircraft. He worked on B-24s, B-25s, B-17s C-54s C-47s,P-38s and P-47s according to his “separation” record in late 1945.. The man shown in the other photograph leaning against a boat was among Uncle Bill’s photos with “Old Boy Shue” written on the bottom. I thought someone might…..
I saw the Vietnam wall in Washington DC. My first attempt to walk the wall was in 1992. I couldn’t do it, broke down and went back to my car in tears. On March 17 of 2006, I went back to the wall, only this time with a group of Vietnam Vets who were in PTSD therapy with me. It was one hell of a bitter cold day. Looking out of my front window at 5 AM, the ground and…..
“My father was a Corporal and participated in 5 campaigns such as Normandy, Northern France Ardennes, Rhineland, and Central Europe. His separation date was December 30, 1945 in Fort Monmouth New Jersey. I remember him telling me he met General Patton with his platoon. My sister has a picture of him holding his army bag. I have a love letter from a girl in France to my father during the war. Dad is pictured here in service, with his group…..
A German soldier returns home in Frankfurt, Germany in 1946 only to find his family no longer there… “All I See Is A man Who Survived The Horrors of War And Finds Maybe The Only Thing That Kept Him Going is now GONE” ~Michael Menagaux ” The imaginable hardships a soldier faces is multiplied several fold by European soldiers… the United States has been very fortunate in the aspect that once the war is over they could return home and…..
Today we honor Anthony Krull who served with the 101st Airborne Division, 506th PIR during World War II as a supply Sargeant. We are grateful to Zack Kotwica for sharing his Uncle Anthony’s photo. Please share your family pictures of those who served, so we may feature and honor them on Comes A Soldier’s Whisper, where we are all connected… God Bless all who serve and keep us safe. Facebook: www.facebook.com/ComesASoldierswhisper WW2 Letters: www.ComesASoldiersWhisper.com Vietnam Letters: www.VietnamAndBeyond.com #FamiliesServeToo #SupportOurTroops #HonorThem
