These are interesting stories of our local patriots and veterans as they served in the military during one of the major conflicts. We hope you enjoy their story and thank them for their service! Thanks to author Brad Hoopes and others for providing these human interest stories from the past!
Bob Loner left a carefree childhood to go off to a highly structured high school to study to become a priest. After his senior year, he realized the priesthood wasn’t for him and he scrambled to get into a college to avoid the draft. Bob feels very fortunate in this turn of events as he met the love of his life, Mary Kay, got a great … (read more…)
Doug Enders had a front-row seat to and took part in, some major historical events of the 20th Century. Doug enlisted in the Marines before America’s involvement in World War II. This took him to an assignment in Iceland and he was there when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. Shortly after, he was sent back to the States and then on to the Pacific. He … (read more…)
I can’t imagine what conditions are like inside a tank, particularly during an attack. Even more so, I can only imagine what it would be like inside a tank in the hot and steamy environment of Vietnam. Clyde Brewer II of Windsor experienced it firsthand.
Norm Oliphant wanted to be an artist and told his dad so. His dad’s response was, “You’ll starve to death.” He wasn’t being unsupportive of his son’s dream, just practical as it was the Depression and no one had money for art. Soon another major event came along that made Norm once again have to set aside this dream, World War II.
Mary Babnick Brown was an American woman who donated her long blond hair to be used as crosshairs in Norden bombsights in WW II. Brown was a Coloradan and the child of Slovenian immigrants. She left elementary school at the age of 12, to help support her family as a servant for $5/week. When she was 13, she lied about her age so that she could work … (read more…)
