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Perhaps instead of condemning this soldier they should take a hard look at how the system failed him, sending him back without being sure he was mentally able to handle it.
My Time in Uniform
Oklahoman serves at Normandy, survives work camps, returns home to Rosie the Riveter wife
Upon graduating high school, I snuck to Yuma, Ariz., to marry my sweetheart, Wilma, on June 6, 1943. I was only 18. But the next few years would be very..
Families in Service to their Country.
D-Day, June 6, 1944, Omaha Beach, Normandy. Staff Sgt. Robert Brant, U.S. Army, started his journey across France and ended it in the Rhineland a year later. He was..
Thank You
I’ve wanted to say thank you for some time now. In my Marine Corps travels, I’ve buried veterans, retirees and Marines killed in action. All totaled, there were over..
From Boys State to World War II and then to Korea
JOHN DICKINSON A longtime member of American Legion Post 1 of Omaha, Neb., John Dickinson started his Legion affiliation when he was a delegate to South Dakota Boys State..
EARNEST DARE CAMPBELL
ENLISTED AT BARKSDALE AIR BASE SEPT. 17, 1940. DISCHARGED AT CAMP SHELBY OCT. 5, 1945, AS S/SGT. LEFT FOR AUSTRALIA JAN. 31, 1942. ARRIVED BRISBANE GUEENLAND, AUSTRALIA FEB 27, 1942...
Edward Bailey PB2Y Plane Captian
ED’S STORY SLOW HAND ED - A WW II PLANE CAPTAIN VERBAL INTERVIEW OCTOBER 9TH TO November 16, 2012 USING HIS NAVAL AVIATION LOG BOOK FROM THE SOUTH PACIFIC THEATER..
A parachute match determines who's boss
I have many experiences very unusual in nature, but here is one I shall never forget: I joined the Navy in March 1941 to be a flier. Well, I washed out..
The story of one military family who served in WWI, WWII, Korea and Vietnam
I’d like to begin with my family’s military service history: My uncles Roscoe and Sterling Mathews served in France during World War I. Roscoe served with the Third Army. Uncle Sterling..
Awarded the Purple Heart and DFC
For Heroism in Combat: Vargas, John A For heroism while participating in aerial flight, Specialist Four, John A. Vargas, distinguished himself by heroic action on May 19,..
A Marine's Memories of the Korea War
I am a Marine Corps Combat Veteran of the Korean War. I served in Korea from June 1952 thru July 1953. I served with Weapons Company, Anti-Tank Assault..
