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My husband was in the US Army (1967-1969) where he served in Vietnam as a Forward Observer and was awarded the Bronze Star. He survived unharmed only to pass away last year from non-Hodgkins Lymphoma which the VA has classified as a service-related disability because of exposure to Agent Orange. We had 32 years together never even imagining something like this could happen 40 years later.

Father: U.S. Army 1942-65 1 Army Soldiers Medal - Heroism; 3 Purple Hearts; 1 Silver Star; 4 Bronze Stars; military tours in Germany (WWII and post WWI), Japan, Korea (Korean War) U.S.; embassy assignments all over (died 3 months after medical discharge as a Colonel [mustang])

Brother: U.S. Army -- Purple Heart, Bronze Star; 3 tours in Vietnam

To those who served, thank you.

Thank You.

Quite a distinguished military family!



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THE QUIET HERO,s OF WWII
 

Your husband is a hero to me...I have an uncle who was on the Japanese death march and he is still with us at 91....I was in Vietnam and the WWII stories that he tells me ,gives me a much deeper appreciation for his generation and how tough they were and to the wives to, they kept the war effort in high gear back home....The woman of then were just as tough...

THANK YOU

US Army 1960-63. MP Officer Training at Fort Gordon, GA. Stationed in Goeppingen Germany with the 404th MP Company, 4th Armored Div.

John

USMC-Vietnam 3/1 1966-1968
USMCR-Enlisted Service 1968-1978
USMCR-Commissioned Service 1978-2003

Both my husband and I are retired from the Army

Husband, Gary retired US Navy 1972-1997 DCCM

Recruit Training Ctr Orlando
Naval Submarine Support Facilty San Diego
USS Vancouver LPD-2
Underwater Demolition Team 22 Little Creek
USS McCloy FF-1038
Fleet Training Center Norfolk
Traveling Team Naval Air Force US Atlantic Fleet
USS John F Kennedy CV 67
Naval Sea Systems Atlantic
USS John C Stennis CVN 74

US Army 1965-67

Basic Training - Ft. Hood, TX
AIT - Ft. Polk, LA
Ft. Hood - 73rd Artillery
Robinson Barracks, Stuttgart, Germany - HQ
Patch Barracks, Stuttgart - 554th MP Co.

US Army
2/67 to 8/70
Basic Fort Ord California
AIT Fort Ord California
11B20

My father joined the Navy in 34, retired in 54. One of his assignments was being assigned to the"old" USS Constellation when she was the temporary flagship in Newport Rhode Island., she now is a museum in Baltimore Harbor.

Brother was in 82nd, later transferred to Okinawa and became the 173rd Airborne

US Navy 1968 -1970
Boot Camp Great Lakes, Il.
Hospital Corps School Great Lakes
Portsmouth Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, Va.
Field Medical Service School Montford Pont, Camp Lejeune, NC
Lima Co. 3rd Bn. 1st Marines RVN

United States Marine Corps
1970 - 1974 - Sergeant
Vietnam 1972-73 CVA-66
VMFA 333

USN/R 1972-1993
NAS Moffett Field
MCB Camp Pendleton
4th Medical Bn
4th MedLog Co
HSSO, H&S Bn, 4th FSSG