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My most unusual friend was my Captain - he really liked me and always wanted me to cut his hair.  Listen to the tape to hear about all the things I ended up doing with him and for him and for others.  He really was a great Captain and a great...

Friends I had in the Navy. This was a friend of mine that we buddied around a bit because he wanted to learn more about my religion and he was in mess gear with me in San Diego.  Mess gear is where you serve the chow to other sailors that are...

Presidents of the United States when I served.  Also I talk about what my view of the Nation was at that time. Dwight D. Eisenhower was President when I joined the Navy. Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes;...

Before my time in the service, I was working as a receiving and purchasing clerk. My mother had 3 brothers that served in the Navy.  On my father\'s side of the family there was 1 boy that served in the Navy also. We all seemed to like the Navy .

This audio recording was made for the Veteran\'s History Project.  The complete recording can be found in the Library of Congress once it has been processed (http://www.loc.gov/vets/).  This is the largest audio recording - about 32 minutes.  The rest of the audio recordings are 1 to 4 minutes.  (These are questions...

I love this country!  We have so many blessings and opportunities here in the United States.  I have lived in over 30 different countries and have seen the circumstances families live in.  The United States of America is a blessed country.       

I retired from the Air Force in October 1993.  I work as a Certified Public Accountant on Defense Contracts.   Also on this audio I talk about my family, leisure time (during and after military service) and ancestors who have served in the military.      

In this segment I discuss how I coped with loss, the treatment of veterans returning home from Viet Nam, and the differences in war strategies between different U.S. wars/conflicts.    

In 1984 I went into the Intelligence Division where I worked for 10 years.  This audio segment tells of my duties during this time, the invasion of Kuwait, communication between servicemen and their loved ones, and MRE\'s.     Smoke lines from the Kuwait Fires     Kuwait Fires from the air    ...

After Viet Nam I taught other servicemen as an Operations Plans Officer.  Later I flew in the C-141 Cargo plane and participated in C-130 Search and Rescue missions.  My most enjoyable time in the military was during my time in Search and Rescue.   This audio also covers friends in the military,...

This audio recording was done for the Veteran\'s History Project. The complete recording can be found in the Library of Congress once it has been processed ( http://www.loc.gov/vets/ ).  It is broken into segments in this journal for easy access by my friends and family.   After the introduction I talk about joining...

I managed to say the right thing to have 2 fellow shipmates laugh instead of getting into a fight. Narrow steep stairs - but we managed and got used to it.

These are pictures that were taken while I was in the Navy.  Some are out on the ocean in the "USS Bauer 1025 DE" ship.  Others were taken while we were stationed in San Diego. Additional pictures are listed below that weren\'t in the slide show. This is a river that...

A very shy college student came home for the summer, sat down at her grandmother's feet and said "tell me the stories you used to tell me". Since her grandmother adored her, she granted her wish. She spent the afternoon singing, laughing, and sharing with her grand daughter the moments that...

Boys will be boys. We worked hard and we played hard whenever we could. R&R was in Tapei. It was a real eye opener for me. Here is a card from the Asia Hotel where I stayed. And below a card I got from one of the night clubs.    ...

  This audio contains reflections of life after discharge and my career since Viet Nam. When I came home I could hardly recognize my parents. They were like aliens to me. I couldn't wait to shed the uniform. Here's the picture of my mother's greeting me, secretly whispering in my ear,...

These recorded sessions were conducted by my Christine and I as part of the Library of Congress' Veteran History Project. To comply with their standards the interview was broken into 5 sessions. This recording includes some biographical information as well as some stories of the early part of my military service....

This poem was written by me and sent to my brother, Tom, when he was a Marine tunnel-rat in Viet Nam.   The year was 1968, and I was 15 years old.   My parents, my nine siblings and I waited every day for word on whether or not he was...

Last  night, my husband handed me an envelope that contained a letter I had written to him at Christmas 1995.  I was so touched that he had saved it all these years, that I thought I would share it with all of you. My dearest one, We have spent forty eight...