Tag: veterans
Guest Column: Rossmoor crossing guard shares his story
My name is Tom Germscheid. I graduated from high school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in June of 1968.
In September of 1969 I was on a...
Veterans Voices: Reflections of a soldier
Some people ask; most people refrain from asking, “What is a Soldier’s life really like?”
Most Military Veterans are reluctant to talk about their time...
Veterans Voices: Departures, happy and sad…
The word, “departure” has many significant meanings. Hundreds of millions of people, worldwide “depart” every minute of every day. Some people depart from their...
Rossmoor Woman’s Club donates backpacks to Vets
Once again the ladies of Rossmoor Woman’s Club have been busy packing backpacks for our vets. Sheri Mansfield delivered the loaded packs after she,...
A father has a tribute to all fathers
General George Washington led his army of patriots to defeat the British Army in the Revolutionary War, and declared our freedom and independence from...
A look at Heroes Hall and Medal of Honor Museum at...
Military exhibition
opens after four
years of construction
All museums are not just a collection of paintings, statues, artistic objects, etc.
The “HEROES HALL and MEDAL of HONOR...
Veterans Voices: Robert J. Coronado: U.S. Army in Korea
Youth
Phoenix, Ariz., is my hometown, ever since 1930.
I attended the local grade schools, and graduated from Phoenix High School in 1948.
For my early interest...
Veterans’ Voices: Don Brown: lifetime engineer and seaman
Don Brown’s Youth
“A great day for my parents and me was the one in which I began life in 1933, in Compton, California.
“I attended...
Veterans’ Voices: women in the our military
Commander Beverly Bonney of American Legion Post 857 said the following:
“Over the last 25 years the roles of women in our military have changed...
Veterans Voices: Jim Alexander serves a long haul in Coast Guard
Coast guardsman, “Semper Paratus” (Always Ready)
The United States Coast Guard is a branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the...