I was born and raised in Monroe, Michigan. My parents were the epitome of the Greatest Generation. My father, a Navy Sailor stationed in England throughout the war and my mother, his ‘war bride’ ...

It’s 2026 and I am old now. It’s been quite a ride. The thing that strikes me now is how fast my life has flown by. I remember all the major things and transitions in my life but due to memo...

The Greatest Generation won WWII. They destroyed the Axis nations, then returned home to build the greatest nation in human history. At the end of WWII Winston Churchill told the English peo...

This story is right out of a scene in a WWII Hollywood movie.

Prisoners and Missing in Action from the Vietnam War

Now I don’t care if you believe this or not… I know what happened to me and I know what I believe because of the experience. If you get something from this story, good for you, or if you choose to wri...

Enlistment and induction into the US Navy in the late 1960’s was, for me, a four-part process, and I have a story about each.

Military service, and especially during war, draws the men who serve together in a way that only happens in such times. “You can’t understand unless you were there” is what you may hear. It is comm...