Dick Pellek

A Bastogne Tribute (re-printed)

A Bastogne Tribute (re-printed)
  A Bastogne Tribute (Author Unknown) There was snow on the ground in South Jersey when, for the second year, I made my way out to the range to fire a Bastogne Tribute clip. As with the year before I left my SUV near the front gate, shouldered my M1, and made my...
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Tom Cormier

A Most Grateful Veteran

A Most Grateful Veteran
{source} I recieved a hand made card the other day and it moved me to write this story. A good friend, Kathy Larsen, lost her brother in the Afganistan war. He meant almost everything to her and I remember the time when she could hardly speak trying to come to grips...
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Sharon Bennett

World War II SeaBee in South Pacific

World War II SeaBee in South Pacific
This picture of my father, Harold Joseph Bennett was taken on an unknown island in the South Pacific while he was serving in World War II. It dates from about 1944. He enlisted into the SeaBees right after graduation from High School in June 1943. Daddy used to tell us about...
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Bill Corey

A Funny Incident I Remember

A Funny Incident I Remember
Bill has just returned from a visit to El Alamein to mark the 70th anniversary of the battle that changed the war in the Western Desert. Bill, along with fellow veterans from Australia, New Zealand, Great Britain and South Africa, revisited the scene of the battle and this story is a...
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Dick Pellek

A Street Scene In Montmartre

A Street Scene In Montmartre
On the road…again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek   Street Corner in Montmartre*   Le Consulat Restaurant, as it looked in 1963 If it is generally true, as it seems to be, that the older we get, the more we reminisce about the past; then...
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Dick Pellek

France Was Always A Bit Special

France Was Always A Bit Special
    On the road…again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek   F  is for France If you watch closely, you can see the French countryside taking shape in stark contrast to the Swiss countryside along its common border, as you clear the customs station at...
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JUSTIN ERIK CORMIER

The 4th of July, 2012 and what it means to me.

The 4th- The celebration of our Country's Independence from England.  Let's focus on the pieces of the whole for a moment and celebrate the common every-day citizens who, over the centuries, have voluntarily (and let's not forget not so voluntarily-drafted) stepped into harms way to protect the initial Declaration of Independence...
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Bernie Jackson

From Army to Navy to US Marine

We were all subject to re-call for 20 years.  So when I got out in 1949, the Korean war started.  So they re-called me and gave me three days to report to active duty to Fort Knox, Kentucky.  And I didn't do it.  What I did, I went and joined the...
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Millard Don Carriker

The Bandsman and "The Bad Boys"

The Bandsman and "The Bad Boys"
      Because they had so many off-post and other musical duties most Army Bandsmen in the 1950’s were exempted from “extra duties” such as K.P., Guard Mount, and “work details” -   Most being the key word in that sentence.   But the “Command Band” of the entire Fifth Army,...
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Dick Pellek

Footloose, Even In An Army Uniform

Footloose, Even In An Army Uniform
  On the road…again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek   In the Army   As a draftee, the Army experience of the Footloose Forester was different from what many civilians might perceive as a typical military tour of duty.  He was called to duty when...
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Dick Pellek

Face Of A VC Soldier Exposed In A Parachute Flare

Face Of A VC Soldier Exposed In A Parachute Flare
  On the road…again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek   Uniform or Not, Civilian or Not   Uniform or not, civilian or not, many of us who spent more than a year in Viet Nam saw lots of action of one form or another. There...
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Dick Pellek

Return To Tuy Hoa Airbase (in Google Earth)

Return To Tuy Hoa Airbase (in Google Earth)
  On the road…again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek   Return to Tuy Hoa (in Google Earth)   Thoughts of Viet Nam keep returning in his dreams.  Some memories are clear but others are confused, especially about why the Footloose Forester was there, in the...
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Dick Pellek

Joe Wanted To Attend Mass At The Vatican

Joe Wanted To Attend Mass At The Vatican
On the road…again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek    Italy Joe Pellek was the first one to note that the bathroom in our hotel room in Genoa was all marble tile; the walls, the floor, and the quaint bathtub.  Even the floor in the bedroom...
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Dick Pellek

Bittersweet Memories Of Cambodia

Bittersweet Memories Of Cambodia
  On the road…again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek   C is for Cambodia Cambodia was on the list of places to see before the Footloose Forester had to decide whether his sojourn out of Pakistan would turn south toward Australia, or continue east into...
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Dick Pellek

Ambush At An Khe Pass

Ambush At An Khe Pass
  On the road…again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek   Ambush At An Khe Pass   Most of the sagas about the Viet Nam War are about military operations and men in uniform, but civilian contractors in Viet Nam were not always safe.  This short...
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Dick Pellek

Golf Is Sometimes About Things Other Than Tee To Green

Golf Is Sometimes About Things Other Than Tee To Green
  On the road…again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek   Golfing Where and When You  Can Living and working overseas does not mean that you have to give up the pleasures that you enjoyed back home.  Playing golf was a pleasure that was not available...
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Golden V. Adams Jr.

Freedom Isn't Free!

Freedom Isn't Free!
I rarely donate to organizations outside of my church donations that go to tithing, fast offerings, humanity projects, assisted temple patron, and perpetual education fund.  However, for the past few years (at least while we have been in Afghanistan in war) I have made an annual donation to the Disabled American...
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Joseph Pirolli

In the South Pacific

In the South Pacific
B oot camp completed, I was sent to Morehead Teachers College in Kentucky. The course work was generally Math &Science. After Graduation, With two other Sailors, we were  sent to an Army Base in New Jersey.We blended in wearing Army clothing, taking field trips etc. Our purpose of being with the...
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Dennis Stack

Mr. Christmas

Mr. Christmas
  Defining Moments       Since becoming a StoryKeeper I’ve found something. Every one of us has defining moments in our life, an event or experiences of such physical or emotional intensity that it has a profound impact on the nature and direction of our life.       Moments such as...
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Millard Don Carriker

They All Went to War

Willard, my third oldest brother was next in line to become a soldier.  He became a proud cavalryman.  The Cavalry’s history of riding off to battle while the regimental band played “Garry Owen” and brave young ladies waved yellow ribbons, gave the Cavalry a glamour second only to the Air Corps...
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