Podcasts about Vietnam Service Medal

Drafted into the United States Army in 1968, Jim served as a combat medic with the Americal Division where he rose to the rank of Specialist Five. In one battle alone “Doc” McCloughan has been credited with moving into the “kill zone” on ten occasions, saving ten American lives and one Vietnamese interpreter's life.   Specialist McCloughan was highly decorated receiving the Combat Medic Badge, two Purple Hearts, two Bronze Stars with “V” device for valor, The U. S. Army Valorous Unit Citation, The National Defense Medal, The Good Conduct Medal, The Vietnam Service Medal with three Battle Stars, The Vietnam Campaign Medal, The Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palms and one Oak Leaf Cluster and the M16 Expert Rifle Badge. In 2017, Jim was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor, our nation's highest military commendation.

CHARIOTS IN THE SKYMEET THE AUTHOR Podcast: LIVE - Episode 151 - LARRY FREELANDOriginally Streamed LIVE Wednesday April 10,2024Featuring Military Historical Fiction Author Larry Freeland.ABOUT LARRY: Larry Freeland was born in Canton, Ohio and raised across this country. After graduating from college, Larry joined the U.S. Army and served one tour in Vietnam with the 101st Airborne Division as an Infantry Officer and a CH-47 helicopter pilot. He is the recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross with one Oak Leaf Cluster, the Air Medal, with 10 Oak Leaf Clusters, the Vietnam Service Medal with 3 Bronze Stars, the Bronze Star Medal, and various other military service medals. Larry is now retired and lives in North Georgia with his wife Linda, a retired teacher. They enjoy traveling together around the country, going on cruises, and visiting historic places in Europe. They are both fans of LeMans racing and drive their Corvette to some of the annual races held in the United States. They stay involved in various activities, most notably those associated with the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and Veterans-related organizations.Links to watch or listen to all episodes at:https://indiebooksource.com/podcast

In this episode: Kent talks to Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient James C. McCloughan. Drafted into the United States Army in 1968, Jim served as a combat medic with the Americal Division where he rose to the rank of Specialist Five. In one battle alone “Doc” McCloughan has been credited with moving into the “kill zone” on ten occasions, saving ten American lives and one Vietnamese interpreter's life.   Specialist McCloughan was highly decorated receiving the Combat Medic Badge, two Purple Hearts, two Bronze Stars with “V” device for valor, The U. S. Army Valorous Unit Citation, The National Defense Medal, The Good Conduct Medal, The Vietnam Service Medal with three Battle Stars, The Vietnam Campaign Medal, The Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palms and one Oak Leaf Cluster and the M16 Expert Rifle Badge. In 2017, Jim was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor, our nation's highest military commendation.

Sometimes sports heroes are heroes in other walks of life. One Black baseball player in the area was embarking on a promising career with the Atlanta Braves when he got a call to duty and was drafted and sent to Vietnam, where he met his fate. Just press play to hear the whole story. ——— Click on search links to see if there are episodes with related content: Cicely Hunter, Black History, Civil Rights, Military, Sports, Baseball, ——— Podcast Transcript: I'm Cicely Hunter, Public Historian from the Missouri Historical Society, and here's history, on eighty-eight-one, KDHX.  ——— Stories that integrate the history of war, patriotism, and race can be told through the experiences of Black St. Louisans who served on the battlefield. 58,000 military personnel lost their lives during the Vietnam War and the story of a graduate from Kirkwood High School connects to the local and international story of the Vietnam War. It is the story of Private Udell Chambers that provides an entry point into Black life during the onset of the war.  ——— Private Udell Chambers was born to Tommie and Bettie Chambers on February 22, 1948, and lived with his family in Meachum Park. Gaining notoriety as a strong baseball athlete in high school, Chambers was admired within the community for his welcoming personality and skillset. After graduating in 1966, Chambers began his promising baseball career. As a rookie shortstop player in 1967, crowds heard the ball crack against the bat and soared when he hit 12 home runs and stole 28 bases. While playing in the minor league, Chambers hit .325 in the Class A affiliate. ——— From the baseball field to the battlefield, Udell Chambers had a bright career with the Atlanta Braves that was quickly cut short after he was drafted into the Vietnam War. He was assigned to 1st Battalion, 7th Field Artillery Regiment in the 1st Infantry Division. He was later killed in action at the age of 20 years old on June 21, 1968, in Vietnam, during a ground casualty that resulted from a hostile rocket. For his bravery and heroism, Private Chambers was awarded the Purple Heart, National Defense Medal, the Vietnam Campaign Medal, the Vietnam Service Medal and inducted into Kirkwood High School's Athletic Hall of Fame in 2013. ——— For more information about St. Louis Black history, please visit our website mohistory.org/aahi. Here's history is a joint production of the Missouri Historical Society and KDHX. I'm Cicely Hunter and this is eighty-eight-one, KDHX, St. Louis. ———

In this episode: Kent talks to Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient James C. McCloughan. Drafted into the United States Army in 1968, Jim served as a combat medic with the Americal Division where he rose to the rank of Specialist Five. In one battle alone “Doc” McCloughan has been credited with moving into the “kill zone” on ten occasions, saving ten American lives and one Vietnamese interpreter's life.   Specialist McCloughan was highly decorated receiving the Combat Medic Badge, two Purple Hearts, two Bronze Stars with “V” device for valor, The U. S. Army Valorous Unit Citation, The National Defense Medal, The Good Conduct Medal, The Vietnam Service Medal with three Battle Stars, The Vietnam Campaign Medal, The Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palms and one Oak Leaf Cluster and the M16 Expert Rifle Badge. In 2017, Jim was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor, our nation's highest military commendation.

Join Robert Child for a conversation with author and Vietnam veteran Larry Freeland. Larry joined the U.S. Army and served one tour in Vietnam with the 101st Airborne Division as an Infantry Officer and a CH-47 helicopter pilot. He is the recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross with one Oak Leaf Cluster, the Air Medal with 10 Oak Leaf Clusters, the Vietnam Service Medal with 3 Bronze Stars, the Bronze Star, and other military service medals. His latest book is called Chariots in the Sky: A Story About U.S. Army Assault Helicopter Pilots at War in Vietnam. Watch our new military history documentary, Weather and Warfare, FREE on Tubi the streaming service from Fox. LINK https://tubitv.com/movies/680635/weather-and-warfare-millennia-to-modern-time Sign up for our twice monthly email Newsletter SOCIAL: YouTube Twitter Facebook Website --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/robert-child/support

In this episode we are joined by Bob Walker. Bob was an infantry officer during the Vietnam War with an incredible story and experience. Bob served as a platoon leader with the 9th Infantry Division, conducting air assaults and raids similar to how Ranger Regiment is used today. His military awards include: Distinguished Service Cross, Silver Star Medal (3rd Award), Distinguished Flying Cross, Soldier's Medal, Bronze Star Medal with "V" Device, Bronze Star Medal (4th Award), Air Medal with "V'' Device, Air Medal (6th Award), Army Commendation Medal with "V" Device, Army Commendation Medal (5th Award), Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Silver Star, Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Vietnam Civil Actions Honor Medal, Army Overseas Ribbon (2nd Award), National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, and Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, Combat Infantryman Badge, and Ranger tab. Bob was inducted into the Officer Candidate School Hall of Fame in 2020. Support the show and become a War Stories patron: https://www.patreon.com/warstoriespodcast Website: https://www.warstories.co

Today's guest is Ron Milam, a combat veteran of the Vietnam War and Associate Professor of History at Texas Tech University. Ron earned his Ph.D. at the University of Houston "a little later life," and at Texas Tech teaches the Vietnam War and graduate and undergraduate courses in Military History. His latest teaching interest is terrorism and insurgency, which developed from his being named an Academic Fellow for the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies. He served as a Fulbright Scholar to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, and as the Academic Advisor for the semi-annual Vietnam Center-sponsored student trips to Vietnam and Cambodia. He is a founding faculty advisor to the Texas Tech Veterans' Association. He is now Executive Director of the Institute for Peace and Conflict at Texas Tech, which includes the world-renowned Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Digital Archive. The annual conferences put on by the Texas Tech Vietnam Center are a mainstay for any Vietnam scholar - Ron has been both architect and participant in these conferences for years. Ron is the author of Not a Gentleman's War: an Inside View of Junior Officers in the Vietnam War, published by the University of North Carolina Press, and the editor of The Vietnam War in Popular Culture: The Influence of America's Most Controversial War on Everyday Life (2 volumes), published by ABC-CLIO/Praeger. He is currently working on "The Siege of Phu Nhon: Montagnards and Americans as Allies in Battle," which deals with one of the most significant battles in the late days of the Vietnam War. Ron is a Texas Tech Teaching Academy member, recipient of the President's Excellence in Teaching Award, the Chancellor's Council Excellence in Teaching Award, the President's Excellence in Teaching Professorship. He serves on the Board of Directors of the David Westphall Veterans Foundation, which operates the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Angel Fire, New Mexico, and was appointed by Secretary of Veteran's Affairs Robert Wilke to the Veteran's Advisory Committee on Rehabilitation (VACOR). Ron's military decorations include a Bronze Star for valor and a Bronze Star for service, an Army Commendation Medal for valor and one for service, the Vietnamese Cross for Gallantry with Bronze Palm, a Combat Infantryman's Badge, Parachutist's Badge, and the Vietnam Service Medal with 2 stars. In 2015, Ron was inducted into the Officer Candidate School (OCS) Hall of Fame at the National Infantry Museum at Fort Benning, Georgia. He rides and collects motorcycles and is one of the most generous people in the military history world. Join us for our chat with Ron Milam! Rec. 11/18/2021

GREW UP IN PENNSYLVANIA GRADUATED FROM SPRING FORD HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1966 THEN ENLISTED IN THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS AND MADE HIS CAREER - STARTED HIS MARTIAL ARTS TRAIING IN OKINAWA IN 1966-67 WITH MASTER TATSUO SHIMABUKU IN ISSHINRYU BEFORE HEADING TO VIETNAMMOVED TO FLORIDA 1988HIGHLY DECORATED VIETNAM COMBAT VETERAN UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS SERVED IN TET OFFENSIVE VIETNAM 1967-1968 SERVED WITH 1st BATTALION /9th MARINES / BRAVO COMPANY (THE WALKING DEAD) HEAD NCOIC INSTRUCTOR AT QUANTICO VIRGINIA (THE BASIC SCHOOL) WEAPONS INSTRUCTOR FOR OFFICERS AFTER SERVING IN VIETNAMSOME OF HIS MILITARY AWARDS ARE AS FOLLOWS:GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, VIETNAM CAMPAIGN MEDAL w stars, VIETNAM SERVICE MEDAL, VIETNAM CROSS OF GALLANTRY, VIETNAM CIVIL ACTION MEDAL, NAVY UNIT CITATION, PRESIDENTIAL UNIT COMMENDATION, PRESIDENTIAL CITATION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS MEDAL, NAVY COMMENDATION, PURPLE HEART w star and THE COMBAT ACTION RIBBONALSO RIFLE AND PISTOL SHARPSHOOTERSERVED AS POST COMMANDER 1994-1999 AMERICAN LEGION POST 273 (LARGEST POST IN FLORIDA) NOW LARGEST POST IN THE COUNTRY (1ST VIETNAM VETERAN TO BE POST COMMANDER POST 273) RECEIVED “JACK ADAMS AWARD FOR BEING BEST COMMANDER IN STATE 1994-1995SERVED AS DISTRICT COMMANDER 1996-1997 (ALL TIME HIGH MEMBERSHIP)RECEIVED “JOSEPHINE LOCICERO AWARD” 1996-1997 (BEST CHILDREN/YOUTH CHAIRMAN IN STATE)SERVED TWO TERMS 1997-1999 DEPT. OF FLORIDA STATE SGT.-AT-ARMSSERVES ON NATIONAL LEGISTLATIVE COUNCIL FOR AMERICAN LEGIONSERVES AS DEPT. OF FLORIDA POW-MIA CHAIRMANNATIONAL POW-MIA COMMITTEEMAN FOR FLORIDANATIONAL VICE-CHAIRMAN FOR AMERICANISM COMMISSION FROM FLORIDAAMERICAN LEGION NATIONAL HOSPITAL REPRESENTATIVE AT BAY PINES VA HOSPITAL FOR OVER 28 YEARSRECENTLY WAS NOTIFIED FROM NAC THAT HE WAS THE RECEPIENT OF THE NATIONAL VA VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR AWARD FOR 2017-2018 FROM VA CENTRAL OFFICE FOR THE WHOLE COUNTRY FOR THE WORK HE DOES AT BAY PINES VAMC. HE REPRESENTS THE AMERICAN LEGION AS THE HOSPITAL REPRENTATIVE AND AN ADVOCATE TO HELP VETERANS PRESIDENT OF PINELLAS COUNTY VETERANS LIAISON COUNCIL OVER 18 YEARSORGANIZED FOOD BASKET PROGRAM AND HOT MEALS FOR HOMELESS VETERANSESTABLISHED 1ST POW-MIA MONUMENT IN FRONT OF ANY LEGION POST IN THE COUNTRY IN 1995 AT POST#273HONORED AS LEGIONNAIRE OF THE YEAR 1999,2002, AND 2005LIFE MEMBER OF AMERICAN LEGION, VFW, DAV, AMVETS, HONOR SOCIETY 40/8, VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA, AND ALSO A MEMBER OF THE ARMY-NAVY UNION AND “THE FAMILY”(VIETNAM VETS BROTHERHOOD)ALSO AN HONORARY MEMBER OF THE KOREAN WAR VETERANS AND THE AMERICAN EX-POW’SSERVED AS HONOR GUARD COMMANDER POST #273 FOR OVER 12 YEARS AND THEN ORGANIZED THE NEW PINELLAS COUNTY VETERANS LIAISON COUNCIL HONOR GUARD.ORGANIZED THE LARGO COURT OF HONOR IN LARGO CENTRAL PARK WITH USSOCOM COMMAND JUMP TEAMIN 1999 HE BECAME PERMANETLY DISABLED DUE TO COMBAT WOUNDS AND SEVERE CANCER DUE TO AGENT ORANGE EXPOSURE WHILE SERVING IN VIETNAM, HAD TO STOP WORKING BUT CONTINUED WORKING AT HOME FOR VETERANS WHO NEEDED HELP PRESENTED THE SILVER ROSE AWARD IN 2000 FOR TERMINAL CANCER DUE TO AGENT ORANGE EXPOSURE WHILE IN REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM (QUANG TRI PROVINCE)ALSO HONORED BY THE JEWISH WAR VETERANS OF AMERICA WITH THEIR DISTINQUISHED SERVICE MEDAL AND SPECIAL PLAQUE FOR HIS OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO ALL VETERANS ON MAY 8, 2001ON NOVEMBER 12, 2001 DAVID WAS PRESENTED A SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARDAT THE ANNUAL VETERANS DAY PROGRAM AT BAY PINES VA MEDICAL CENTER BY THOMAS WEAVER, MEDICAL CENTER DIRECTOR AND GENERAL TOM DRAUDE ,USMC FOR HIS DEDICATED WORK ON BEHALF OF ALL VETERANS THROUGHOUT PINELLAS COUNTY!ON MAY, 2, 2002 DAVID WAS PRESENTED THE HUMANITARIAN OF THE YEAR AWARD BY MAYOR BOB JACKSON AND LT. GENERAL MICHAEL DELONG (USMC)DEPUTY COMMANDER IN CHIEF (MACDILL) AT THE 14TH ANNUAL LARGO PRAYER BREAKFAST IN 2004 DAVID COORDINATED AND WAS THE SUCCESS IN MOVING THE VETERANS DAY PARADE AND CEREMONY TO THE CITY OF SEMINOLE FOR THE 1ST TIME SINCE DAVID HAS CONTINUED TO SUFFER FROM HIS DISABILITY AND MAKES HIS MOBILITY MORE OF A PROBLEM, HE STILL WORKS TO HELP LOCAL VETERANS WITH THEIR PROBLEMS AS WELL AS KEEP PATRIOTISM ALIVE AND AT THE TOP OF HIS PRIOITY. HE IS A PROUD AMERICAN AND LOVES HIS COUNTRY. HE MADE SURE HIS SONS FOCUSED AND USED THEIR INNER MARTIAL ARTS IN ALL ASPECTS OF THEIR LIFES. HE ALSO HAS BEEN ABLE TO SEE HIS SONS FROM HIS SECOND MARRIGE GROW INTO EXCELLENT STUDENTS WHILE CONTINUING THEIR EDUCATION. BOTH OF HIS SONS, JEREMIAH AND ADAM ALSO TEACH AND TRAIN IN MARTIAL ARTS AND BOTH ARE WORLD, NATIONAL AND STATE CHAMPIONS IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT DISCIPLINES AND STYLES. THEY HAVE TRAVELED ALL OVER THE COUNTRY TO ACHIEVE THESE GOALS AND HE IS VERY PROUD OF THEM. BOTH HIS SONS WHO HAVE TURNED INTO YOUNG MEN HAVE RECEIVED SCHOLARSHIPS TO COLLEGE AND ONE IS TAKING CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND THE OTHER IS GOING TO TAKE BUSINESS MARKETING. DAVID LIVES IN LARGO FLORIDA BUT AS HE WORKS FOR VETERANS HE TRAVELS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.IN JULY OF 2007 DAVID MILLER WAS INDUCTED INTO THE BATTLE OF ATLANTA HALL OF FAME FOR OFFICIALS FOR OVER 39 YEARS OF DEDICATION IN THE MARTIAL ARTS BY MASTER JOE CORLEY, BILL “SUPERFOOT” WALLACE AND DON “THE DRAGON” WILSONIN JULY OF 2008 DAVID MILLER WAS PRESENTED HIS 3RD DEGREE BLACK BELT IN UNITED STATES CHUNG DO KWAN BY THE US CHUNG DO KWAN ASSOCIATIONIN AUGUST OF 2012 DAVID WAS PRESENTED HIS 3RD DEGREE BLACK BELT IN OKINAWANGOJU RYU MARTIAL ARTS FROM OKINAWA

GREW UP IN PENNSYLVANIA GRADUATED FROM SPRING FORD HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1966 THEN ENLISTED IN THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS AND MADE HIS CAREER - STARTED HIS MARTIAL ARTS TRAIING IN OKINAWA IN 1966-67 WITH MASTER TATSUO SHIMABUKU IN ISSHINRYU BEFORE HEADING TO VIETNAM MOVED TO FLORIDA 1988 HIGHLY DECORATED VIETNAM COMBAT VETERAN UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS SERVED IN TET OFFENSIVE VIETNAM 1967-1968 SERVED WITH 1st BATTALION /9th MARINES / BRAVO COMPANY (THE WALKING DEAD) HEAD NCOIC INSTRUCTOR AT QUANTICO VIRGINIA (THE BASIC SCHOOL) WEAPONS INSTRUCTOR FOR OFFICERS AFTER SERVING IN VIETNAMSOME OF HIS MILITARY AWARDS ARE AS FOLLOWS: GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, VIETNAM CAMPAIGN MEDAL w stars, VIETNAM SERVICE MEDAL, VIETNAM CROSS OF GALLANTRY, VIETNAM CIVIL ACTION MEDAL, NAVY UNIT CITATION, PRESIDENTIAL UNIT COMMENDATION, PRESIDENTIAL CITATION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS MEDAL, NAVY COMMENDATION, PURPLE HEART w star and THE COMBAT ACTION RIBBON ALSO RIFLE AND PISTOL SHARPSHOOTERSERVED AS POST COMMANDER 1994-1999 AMERICAN LEGION POST 273 (LARGEST POST IN FLORIDA) NOW LARGEST POST IN THE COUNTRY (1ST VIETNAM VETERAN TO BE POST COMMANDER POST 273) RECEIVED “JACK ADAMS AWARD FOR BEING BEST COMMANDER IN STATE 1994-1995SERVED AS DISTRICT COMMANDER 1996-1997 (ALL TIME HIGH MEMBERSHIP) RECEIVED “JOSEPHINE LOCICERO AWARD” 1996-1997 (BEST CHILDREN/YOUTH CHAIRMAN IN STATE) SERVED TWO TERMS 1997-1999 DEPT. OF FLORIDA STATE SGT.-AT-ARMS SERVES ON NATIONAL LEGISTLATIVE COUNCIL FOR AMERICAN LEGION SERVES AS DEPT. OF FLORIDA POW-MIA CHAIRMAN NATIONAL POW-MIA COMMITTEEMAN FOR FLORIDA NATIONAL VICE-CHAIRMAN FOR AMERICANISM COMMISSION FROM FLORIDA AMERICAN LEGION NATIONAL HOSPITAL REPRESENTATIVE AT BAY PINES VA HOSPITAL FOR OVER 28 YEARS RECENTLY WAS NOTIFIED FROM NAC THAT HE WAS THE RECEPIENT OF THE NATIONAL VA VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR AWARD FOR 2017-2018 FROM VA CENTRAL OFFICE FOR THE WHOLE COUNTRY FOR THE WORK HE DOES AT BAY PINES VAMC. HE REPRESENTS THE AMERICAN LEGION AS THE HOSPITAL REPRENTATIVE AND AN ADVOCATE TO HELP VETERANS PRESIDENT OF PINELLAS COUNTY VETERANS LIAISON COUNCIL OVER 18 YEARS ORGANIZED FOOD BASKET PROGRAM AND HOT MEALS FOR HOMELESS VETERANS ESTABLISHED 1ST POW-MIA MONUMENT IN FRONT OF ANY LEGION POST IN THE COUNTRY IN 1995 AT POST#273 HONORED AS LEGIONNAIRE OF THE YEAR 1999,2002, AND 2005 LIFE MEMBER OF AMERICAN LEGION, VFW, DAV, AMVETS, HONOR SOCIETY 40/8, VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA, AND ALSO A MEMBER OF THE ARMY-NAVY UNION AND “THE FAMILY”(VIETNAM VETS BROTHERHOOD) ALSO AN HONORARY MEMBER OF THE KOREAN WAR VETERANS AND THE AMERICAN EX-POW’S SERVED AS HONOR GUARD COMMANDER POST #273 FOR OVER 12 YEARS AND THEN ORGANIZED THE NEW PINELLAS COUNTY VETERANS LIAISON COUNCIL HONOR GUARD. ORGANIZED THE LARGO COURT OF HONOR IN LARGO CENTRAL PARK WITH USSOCOM COMMAND JUMP TEAM IN 1999 HE BECAME PERMANETLY DISABLED DUE TO COMBAT WOUNDS AND SEVERE CANCER DUE TO AGENT ORANGE EXPOSURE WHILE SERVING IN VIETNAM, HAD TO STOP WORKING BUT CONTINUED WORKING AT HOME FOR VETERANS WHO NEEDED HELP PRESENTED THE SILVER ROSE AWARD IN 2000 FOR TERMINAL CANCER DUE TO AGENT ORANGE EXPOSURE WHILE IN REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM (QUANG TRI PROVINCE) ALSO HONORED BY THE JEWISH WAR VETERANS OF AMERICA WITH THEIR DISTINQUISHED SERVICE MEDAL AND SPECIAL PLAQUE FOR HIS OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO ALL VETERANS ON MAY 8, 2001 ON NOVEMBER 12, 2001 DAVID WAS PRESENTED A SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARD AT THE ANNUAL VETERANS DAY PROGRAM AT BAY PINES VA MEDICAL CENTER BY THOMAS WEAVER, MEDICAL CENTER DIRECTOR AND GENERAL TOM DRAUDE ,USMC FOR HIS DEDICATED WORK ON BEHALF OF ALL VETERANS THROUGHOUT PINELLAS COUNTY! ON MAY, 2, 2002 DAVID WAS PRESENTED THE HUMANITARIAN OF THE YEAR AWARD BY MAYOR BOB JACKSON AND LT. GENERAL MICHAEL DELONG (USMC) DEPUTY COMMANDER IN CHIEF (MACDILL) AT THE 14TH ANNUAL LARGO PRAYER BREAKFAST IN 2004 DAVID COORDINATED AND WAS THE SUCCESS IN MOVING THE VETERANS DAY PARADE AND CEREMONY TO THE CITY OF SEMINOLE FOR THE 1ST TIME SINCE DAVID HAS CONTINUED TO SUFFER FROM HIS DISABILITY AND MAKES HIS MOBILITY MORE OF A PROBLEM, HE STILL WORKS TO HELP LOCAL VETERANS WITH THEIR PROBLEMS AS WELL AS KEEP PATRIOTISM ALIVE AND AT THE TOP OF HIS PRIOITY. HE IS A PROUD AMERICAN AND LOVES HIS COUNTRY. HE MADE SURE HIS SONS FOCUSED AND USED THEIR INNER MARTIAL ARTS IN ALL ASPECTS OF THEIR LIFES. HE ALSO HAS BEEN ABLE TO SEE HIS SONS FROM HIS SECOND MARRIGE GROW INTO EXCELLENT STUDENTS WHILE CONTINUING THEIR EDUCATION. BOTH OF HIS SONS, JEREMIAH AND ADAM ALSO TEACH AND TRAIN IN MARTIAL ARTS AND BOTH ARE WORLD, NATIONAL AND STATE CHAMPIONS IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT DISCIPLINES AND STYLES. THEY HAVE TRAVELED ALL OVER THE COUNTRY TO ACHIEVE THESE GOALS AND HE IS VERY PROUD OF THEM. BOTH HIS SONS WHO HAVE TURNED INTO YOUNG MEN HAVE RECEIVED SCHOLARSHIPS TO COLLEGE AND ONE IS TAKING CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND THE OTHER IS GOING TO TAKE BUSINESS MARKETING. DAVID LIVES IN LARGO FLORIDA BUT AS HE WORKS FOR VETERANS HE TRAVELS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. IN JULY OF 2007 DAVID MILLER WAS INDUCTED INTO THE BATTLE OF ATLANTA HALL OF FAME FOR OFFICIALS FOR OVER 39 YEARS OF DEDICATION IN THE MARTIAL ARTS BY MASTER JOE CORLEY, BILL “SUPERFOOT” WALLACE AND DON “THE DRAGON” WILSONIN JULY OF 2008 DAVID MILLER WAS PRESENTED HIS 3RD DEGREE BLACK BELT IN UNITED STATES CHUNG DO KWAN BY THE US CHUNG DO KWAN ASSOCIATION IN AUGUST OF 2012 DAVID WAS PRESENTED HIS 3RD DEGREE BLACK BELT IN OKINAWAN GOJU RYU MARTIAL ARTS FROM OKINAWA

GREW UP IN PENNSYLVANIA GRADUATED FROM SPRING FORD HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1966 THEN ENLISTED IN THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS AND MADE HIS CAREER - STARTED HIS MARTIAL ARTS TRAIING IN OKINAWA IN 1966-67 WITH MASTER TATSUO SHIMABUKU IN ISSHINRYU BEFORE HEADING TO VIETNAMMOVED TO FLORIDA 1988HIGHLY DECORATED VIETNAM COMBAT VETERAN UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS SERVED IN TET OFFENSIVE VIETNAM 1967-1968 SERVED WITH 1st BATTALION /9th MARINES / BRAVO COMPANY (THE WALKING DEAD) HEAD NCOIC INSTRUCTOR AT QUANTICO VIRGINIA (THE BASIC SCHOOL) WEAPONS INSTRUCTOR FOR OFFICERS AFTER SERVING IN VIETNAMSOME OF HIS MILITARY AWARDS ARE AS FOLLOWS:GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, VIETNAM CAMPAIGN MEDAL w stars, VIETNAM SERVICE MEDAL, VIETNAM CROSS OF GALLANTRY, VIETNAM CIVIL ACTION MEDAL, NAVY UNIT CITATION, PRESIDENTIAL UNIT COMMENDATION, PRESIDENTIAL CITATION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS MEDAL, NAVY COMMENDATION, PURPLE HEART w star and THE COMBAT ACTION RIBBONALSO RIFLE AND PISTOL SHARPSHOOTERSERVED AS POST COMMANDER 1994-1999 AMERICAN LEGION POST 273 (LARGEST POST IN FLORIDA) NOW LARGEST POST IN THE COUNTRY (1ST VIETNAM VETERAN TO BE POST COMMANDER POST 273) RECEIVED “JACK ADAMS AWARD FOR BEING BEST COMMANDER IN STATE 1994-1995SERVED AS DISTRICT COMMANDER 1996-1997 (ALL TIME HIGH MEMBERSHIP)RECEIVED “JOSEPHINE LOCICERO AWARD” 1996-1997 (BEST CHILDREN/YOUTH CHAIRMAN IN STATE)SERVED TWO TERMS 1997-1999 DEPT. OF FLORIDA STATE SGT.-AT-ARMSSERVES ON NATIONAL LEGISTLATIVE COUNCIL FOR AMERICAN LEGIONSERVES AS DEPT. OF FLORIDA POW-MIA CHAIRMANNATIONAL POW-MIA COMMITTEEMAN FOR FLORIDANATIONAL VICE-CHAIRMAN FOR AMERICANISM COMMISSION FROM FLORIDAAMERICAN LEGION NATIONAL HOSPITAL REPRESENTATIVE AT BAY PINES VA HOSPITAL FOR OVER 28 YEARSRECENTLY WAS NOTIFIED FROM NAC THAT HE WAS THE RECEPIENT OF THE NATIONAL VA VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR AWARD FOR 2017-2018 FROM VA CENTRAL OFFICE FOR THE WHOLE COUNTRY FOR THE WORK HE DOES AT BAY PINES VAMC. HE REPRESENTS THE AMERICAN LEGION AS THE HOSPITAL REPRENTATIVE AND AN ADVOCATE TO HELP VETERANS PRESIDENT OF PINELLAS COUNTY VETERANS LIAISON COUNCIL OVER 18 YEARSORGANIZED FOOD BASKET PROGRAM AND HOT MEALS FOR HOMELESS VETERANSESTABLISHED 1ST POW-MIA MONUMENT IN FRONT OF ANY LEGION POST IN THE COUNTRY IN 1995 AT POST#273HONORED AS LEGIONNAIRE OF THE YEAR 1999,2002, AND 2005LIFE MEMBER OF AMERICAN LEGION, VFW, DAV, AMVETS, HONOR SOCIETY 40/8, VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA, AND ALSO A MEMBER OF THE ARMY-NAVY UNION AND “THE FAMILY”(VIETNAM VETS BROTHERHOOD)ALSO AN HONORARY MEMBER OF THE KOREAN WAR VETERANS AND THE AMERICAN EX-POW’SSERVED AS HONOR GUARD COMMANDER POST #273 FOR OVER 12 YEARS AND THEN ORGANIZED THE NEW PINELLAS COUNTY VETERANS LIAISON COUNCIL HONOR GUARD.ORGANIZED THE LARGO COURT OF HONOR IN LARGO CENTRAL PARK WITH USSOCOM COMMAND JUMP TEAMIN 1999 HE BECAME PERMANETLY DISABLED DUE TO COMBAT WOUNDS AND SEVERE CANCER DUE TO AGENT ORANGE EXPOSURE WHILE SERVING IN VIETNAM, HAD TO STOP WORKING BUT CONTINUED WORKING AT HOME FOR VETERANS WHO NEEDED HELP PRESENTED THE SILVER ROSE AWARD IN 2000 FOR TERMINAL CANCER DUE TO AGENT ORANGE EXPOSURE WHILE IN REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM (QUANG TRI PROVINCE)ALSO HONORED BY THE JEWISH WAR VETERANS OF AMERICA WITH THEIR DISTINQUISHED SERVICE MEDAL AND SPECIAL PLAQUE FOR HIS OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO ALL VETERANS ON MAY 8, 2001ON NOVEMBER 12, 2001 DAVID WAS PRESENTED A SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARDAT THE ANNUAL VETERANS DAY PROGRAM AT BAY PINES VA MEDICAL CENTER BY THOMAS WEAVER, MEDICAL CENTER DIRECTOR AND GENERAL TOM DRAUDE ,USMC FOR HIS DEDICATED WORK ON BEHALF OF ALL VETERANS THROUGHOUT PINELLAS COUNTY!ON MAY, 2, 2002 DAVID WAS PRESENTED THE HUMANITARIAN OF THE YEAR AWARD BY MAYOR BOB JACKSON AND LT. GENERAL MICHAEL DELONG (USMC)DEPUTY COMMANDER IN CHIEF (MACDILL) AT THE 14TH ANNUAL LARGO PRAYER BREAKFAST IN 2004 DAVID COORDINATED AND WAS THE SUCCESS IN MOVING THE VETERANS DAY PARADE AND CEREMONY TO THE CITY OF SEMINOLE FOR THE 1ST TIME SINCE DAVID HAS CONTINUED TO SUFFER FROM HIS DISABILITY AND MAKES HIS MOBILITY MORE OF A PROBLEM, HE STILL WORKS TO HELP LOCAL VETERANS WITH THEIR PROBLEMS AS WELL AS KEEP PATRIOTISM ALIVE AND AT THE TOP OF HIS PRIOITY. HE IS A PROUD AMERICAN AND LOVES HIS COUNTRY. HE MADE SURE HIS SONS FOCUSED AND USED THEIR INNER MARTIAL ARTS IN ALL ASPECTS OF THEIR LIFES. HE ALSO HAS BEEN ABLE TO SEE HIS SONS FROM HIS SECOND MARRIGE GROW INTO EXCELLENT STUDENTS WHILE CONTINUING THEIR EDUCATION. BOTH OF HIS SONS, JEREMIAH AND ADAM ALSO TEACH AND TRAIN IN MARTIAL ARTS AND BOTH ARE WORLD, NATIONAL AND STATE CHAMPIONS IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT DISCIPLINES AND STYLES. THEY HAVE TRAVELED ALL OVER THE COUNTRY TO ACHIEVE THESE GOALS AND HE IS VERY PROUD OF THEM. BOTH HIS SONS WHO HAVE TURNED INTO YOUNG MEN HAVE RECEIVED SCHOLARSHIPS TO COLLEGE AND ONE IS TAKING CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND THE OTHER IS GOING TO TAKE BUSINESS MARKETING. DAVID LIVES IN LARGO FLORIDA BUT AS HE WORKS FOR VETERANS HE TRAVELS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.IN JULY OF 2007 DAVID MILLER WAS INDUCTED INTO THE BATTLE OF ATLANTA HALL OF FAME FOR OFFICIALS FOR OVER 39 YEARS OF DEDICATION IN THE MARTIAL ARTS BY MASTER JOE CORLEY, BILL “SUPERFOOT” WALLACE AND DON “THE DRAGON” WILSONIN JULY OF 2008 DAVID MILLER WAS PRESENTED HIS 3RD DEGREE BLACK BELT IN UNITED STATES CHUNG DO KWAN BY THE US CHUNG DO KWAN ASSOCIATIONIN AUGUST OF 2012 DAVID WAS PRESENTED HIS 3RD DEGREE BLACK BELT IN OKINAWANGOJU RYU MARTIAL ARTS FROM OKINAWA

GREW UP IN PENNSYLVANIA GRADUATED FROM SPRING FORD HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1966 THEN ENLISTED IN THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS AND MADE HIS CAREER - STARTED HIS MARTIAL ARTS TRAIING IN OKINAWA IN 1966-67 WITH MASTER TATSUO SHIMABUKU IN ISSHINRYU BEFORE HEADING TO VIETNAM MOVED TO FLORIDA 1988 HIGHLY DECORATED VIETNAM COMBAT VETERAN UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS SERVED IN TET OFFENSIVE VIETNAM 1967-1968 SERVED WITH 1st BATTALION /9th MARINES / BRAVO COMPANY (THE WALKING DEAD) HEAD NCOIC INSTRUCTOR AT QUANTICO VIRGINIA (THE BASIC SCHOOL) WEAPONS INSTRUCTOR FOR OFFICERS AFTER SERVING IN VIETNAMSOME OF HIS MILITARY AWARDS ARE AS FOLLOWS: GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, VIETNAM CAMPAIGN MEDAL w stars, VIETNAM SERVICE MEDAL, VIETNAM CROSS OF GALLANTRY, VIETNAM CIVIL ACTION MEDAL, NAVY UNIT CITATION, PRESIDENTIAL UNIT COMMENDATION, PRESIDENTIAL CITATION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS MEDAL, NAVY COMMENDATION, PURPLE HEART w star and THE COMBAT ACTION RIBBON ALSO RIFLE AND PISTOL SHARPSHOOTERSERVED AS POST COMMANDER 1994-1999 AMERICAN LEGION POST 273 (LARGEST POST IN FLORIDA) NOW LARGEST POST IN THE COUNTRY (1ST VIETNAM VETERAN TO BE POST COMMANDER POST 273) RECEIVED “JACK ADAMS AWARD FOR BEING BEST COMMANDER IN STATE 1994-1995SERVED AS DISTRICT COMMANDER 1996-1997 (ALL TIME HIGH MEMBERSHIP) RECEIVED “JOSEPHINE LOCICERO AWARD” 1996-1997 (BEST CHILDREN/YOUTH CHAIRMAN IN STATE) SERVED TWO TERMS 1997-1999 DEPT. OF FLORIDA STATE SGT.-AT-ARMS SERVES ON NATIONAL LEGISTLATIVE COUNCIL FOR AMERICAN LEGION SERVES AS DEPT. OF FLORIDA POW-MIA CHAIRMAN NATIONAL POW-MIA COMMITTEEMAN FOR FLORIDA NATIONAL VICE-CHAIRMAN FOR AMERICANISM COMMISSION FROM FLORIDA AMERICAN LEGION NATIONAL HOSPITAL REPRESENTATIVE AT BAY PINES VA HOSPITAL FOR OVER 28 YEARS RECENTLY WAS NOTIFIED FROM NAC THAT HE WAS THE RECEPIENT OF THE NATIONAL VA VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR AWARD FOR 2017-2018 FROM VA CENTRAL OFFICE FOR THE WHOLE COUNTRY FOR THE WORK HE DOES AT BAY PINES VAMC. HE REPRESENTS THE AMERICAN LEGION AS THE HOSPITAL REPRENTATIVE AND AN ADVOCATE TO HELP VETERANS PRESIDENT OF PINELLAS COUNTY VETERANS LIAISON COUNCIL OVER 18 YEARS ORGANIZED FOOD BASKET PROGRAM AND HOT MEALS FOR HOMELESS VETERANS ESTABLISHED 1ST POW-MIA MONUMENT IN FRONT OF ANY LEGION POST IN THE COUNTRY IN 1995 AT POST#273 HONORED AS LEGIONNAIRE OF THE YEAR 1999,2002, AND 2005 LIFE MEMBER OF AMERICAN LEGION, VFW, DAV, AMVETS, HONOR SOCIETY 40/8, VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA, AND ALSO A MEMBER OF THE ARMY-NAVY UNION AND “THE FAMILY”(VIETNAM VETS BROTHERHOOD) ALSO AN HONORARY MEMBER OF THE KOREAN WAR VETERANS AND THE AMERICAN EX-POW’S SERVED AS HONOR GUARD COMMANDER POST #273 FOR OVER 12 YEARS AND THEN ORGANIZED THE NEW PINELLAS COUNTY VETERANS LIAISON COUNCIL HONOR GUARD. ORGANIZED THE LARGO COURT OF HONOR IN LARGO CENTRAL PARK WITH USSOCOM COMMAND JUMP TEAM IN 1999 HE BECAME PERMANETLY DISABLED DUE TO COMBAT WOUNDS AND SEVERE CANCER DUE TO AGENT ORANGE EXPOSURE WHILE SERVING IN VIETNAM, HAD TO STOP WORKING BUT CONTINUED WORKING AT HOME FOR VETERANS WHO NEEDED HELP PRESENTED THE SILVER ROSE AWARD IN 2000 FOR TERMINAL CANCER DUE TO AGENT ORANGE EXPOSURE WHILE IN REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM (QUANG TRI PROVINCE) ALSO HONORED BY THE JEWISH WAR VETERANS OF AMERICA WITH THEIR DISTINQUISHED SERVICE MEDAL AND SPECIAL PLAQUE FOR HIS OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO ALL VETERANS ON MAY 8, 2001 ON NOVEMBER 12, 2001 DAVID WAS PRESENTED A SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARD AT THE ANNUAL VETERANS DAY PROGRAM AT BAY PINES VA MEDICAL CENTER BY THOMAS WEAVER, MEDICAL CENTER DIRECTOR AND GENERAL TOM DRAUDE ,USMC FOR HIS DEDICATED WORK ON BEHALF OF ALL VETERANS THROUGHOUT PINELLAS COUNTY! ON MAY, 2, 2002 DAVID WAS PRESENTED THE HUMANITARIAN OF THE YEAR AWARD BY MAYOR BOB JACKSON AND LT. GENERAL MICHAEL DELONG (USMC) DEPUTY COMMANDER IN CHIEF (MACDILL) AT THE 14TH ANNUAL LARGO PRAYER BREAKFAST IN 2004 DAVID COORDINATED AND WAS THE SUCCESS IN MOVING THE VETERANS DAY PARADE AND CEREMONY TO THE CITY OF SEMINOLE FOR THE 1ST TIME SINCE DAVID HAS CONTINUED TO SUFFER FROM HIS DISABILITY AND MAKES HIS MOBILITY MORE OF A PROBLEM, HE STILL WORKS TO HELP LOCAL VETERANS WITH THEIR PROBLEMS AS WELL AS KEEP PATRIOTISM ALIVE AND AT THE TOP OF HIS PRIOITY. HE IS A PROUD AMERICAN AND LOVES HIS COUNTRY. HE MADE SURE HIS SONS FOCUSED AND USED THEIR INNER MARTIAL ARTS IN ALL ASPECTS OF THEIR LIFES. HE ALSO HAS BEEN ABLE TO SEE HIS SONS FROM HIS SECOND MARRIGE GROW INTO EXCELLENT STUDENTS WHILE CONTINUING THEIR EDUCATION. BOTH OF HIS SONS, JEREMIAH AND ADAM ALSO TEACH AND TRAIN IN MARTIAL ARTS AND BOTH ARE WORLD, NATIONAL AND STATE CHAMPIONS IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT DISCIPLINES AND STYLES. THEY HAVE TRAVELED ALL OVER THE COUNTRY TO ACHIEVE THESE GOALS AND HE IS VERY PROUD OF THEM. BOTH HIS SONS WHO HAVE TURNED INTO YOUNG MEN HAVE RECEIVED SCHOLARSHIPS TO COLLEGE AND ONE IS TAKING CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND THE OTHER IS GOING TO TAKE BUSINESS MARKETING. DAVID LIVES IN LARGO FLORIDA BUT AS HE WORKS FOR VETERANS HE TRAVELS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. IN JULY OF 2007 DAVID MILLER WAS INDUCTED INTO THE BATTLE OF ATLANTA HALL OF FAME FOR OFFICIALS FOR OVER 39 YEARS OF DEDICATION IN THE MARTIAL ARTS BY MASTER JOE CORLEY, BILL “SUPERFOOT” WALLACE AND DON “THE DRAGON” WILSONIN JULY OF 2008 DAVID MILLER WAS PRESENTED HIS 3RD DEGREE BLACK BELT IN UNITED STATES CHUNG DO KWAN BY THE US CHUNG DO KWAN ASSOCIATION IN AUGUST OF 2012 DAVID WAS PRESENTED HIS 3RD DEGREE BLACK BELT IN OKINAWAN GOJU RYU MARTIAL ARTS FROM OKINAWA

GREW UP IN PENNSYLVANIA GRADUATED FROM SPRING FORD HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1966 THEN ENLISTED IN THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS AND MADE HIS CAREER - STARTED HIS MARTIAL ARTS TRAIING IN OKINAWA IN 1966-67 WITH MASTER TATSUO SHIMABUKU IN ISSHINRYU BEFORE HEADING TO VIETNAMMOVED TO FLORIDA 1988HIGHLY DECORATED VIETNAM COMBAT VETERAN UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS SERVED IN TET OFFENSIVE VIETNAM 1967-1968 SERVED WITH 1st BATTALION /9th MARINES / BRAVO COMPANY (THE WALKING DEAD) HEAD NCOIC INSTRUCTOR AT QUANTICO VIRGINIA (THE BASIC SCHOOL) WEAPONS INSTRUCTOR FOR OFFICERS AFTER SERVING IN VIETNAMSOME OF HIS MILITARY AWARDS ARE AS FOLLOWS:GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, VIETNAM CAMPAIGN MEDAL w stars, VIETNAM SERVICE MEDAL, VIETNAM CROSS OF GALLANTRY, VIETNAM CIVIL ACTION MEDAL, NAVY UNIT CITATION, PRESIDENTIAL UNIT COMMENDATION, PRESIDENTIAL CITATION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS MEDAL, NAVY COMMENDATION, PURPLE HEART w star and THE COMBAT ACTION RIBBONALSO RIFLE AND PISTOL SHARPSHOOTERSERVED AS POST COMMANDER 1994-1999 AMERICAN LEGION POST 273 (LARGEST POST IN FLORIDA) NOW LARGEST POST IN THE COUNTRY (1ST VIETNAM VETERAN TO BE POST COMMANDER POST 273) RECEIVED “JACK ADAMS AWARD FOR BEING BEST COMMANDER IN STATE 1994-1995SERVED AS DISTRICT COMMANDER 1996-1997 (ALL TIME HIGH MEMBERSHIP)RECEIVED “JOSEPHINE LOCICERO AWARD” 1996-1997 (BEST CHILDREN/YOUTH CHAIRMAN IN STATE)SERVED TWO TERMS 1997-1999 DEPT. OF FLORIDA STATE SGT.-AT-ARMSSERVES ON NATIONAL LEGISTLATIVE COUNCIL FOR AMERICAN LEGIONSERVES AS DEPT. OF FLORIDA POW-MIA CHAIRMANNATIONAL POW-MIA COMMITTEEMAN FOR FLORIDANATIONAL VICE-CHAIRMAN FOR AMERICANISM COMMISSION FROM FLORIDAAMERICAN LEGION NATIONAL HOSPITAL REPRESENTATIVE AT BAY PINES VA HOSPITAL FOR OVER 28 YEARSRECENTLY WAS NOTIFIED FROM NAC THAT HE WAS THE RECEPIENT OF THE NATIONAL VA VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR AWARD FOR 2017-2018 FROM VA CENTRAL OFFICE FOR THE WHOLE COUNTRY FOR THE WORK HE DOES AT BAY PINES VAMC. HE REPRESENTS THE AMERICAN LEGION AS THE HOSPITAL REPRENTATIVE AND AN ADVOCATE TO HELP VETERANS PRESIDENT OF PINELLAS COUNTY VETERANS LIAISON COUNCIL OVER 18 YEARSORGANIZED FOOD BASKET PROGRAM AND HOT MEALS FOR HOMELESS VETERANSESTABLISHED 1ST POW-MIA MONUMENT IN FRONT OF ANY LEGION POST IN THE COUNTRY IN 1995 AT POST#273HONORED AS LEGIONNAIRE OF THE YEAR 1999,2002, AND 2005LIFE MEMBER OF AMERICAN LEGION, VFW, DAV, AMVETS, HONOR SOCIETY 40/8, VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA, AND ALSO A MEMBER OF THE ARMY-NAVY UNION AND “THE FAMILY”(VIETNAM VETS BROTHERHOOD)ALSO AN HONORARY MEMBER OF THE KOREAN WAR VETERANS AND THE AMERICAN EX-POW’SSERVED AS HONOR GUARD COMMANDER POST #273 FOR OVER 12 YEARS AND THEN ORGANIZED THE NEW PINELLAS COUNTY VETERANS LIAISON COUNCIL HONOR GUARD.ORGANIZED THE LARGO COURT OF HONOR IN LARGO CENTRAL PARK WITH USSOCOM COMMAND JUMP TEAMIN 1999 HE BECAME PERMANETLY DISABLED DUE TO COMBAT WOUNDS AND SEVERE CANCER DUE TO AGENT ORANGE EXPOSURE WHILE SERVING IN VIETNAM, HAD TO STOP WORKING BUT CONTINUED WORKING AT HOME FOR VETERANS WHO NEEDED HELP PRESENTED THE SILVER ROSE AWARD IN 2000 FOR TERMINAL CANCER DUE TO AGENT ORANGE EXPOSURE WHILE IN REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM (QUANG TRI PROVINCE)ALSO HONORED BY THE JEWISH WAR VETERANS OF AMERICA WITH THEIR DISTINQUISHED SERVICE MEDAL AND SPECIAL PLAQUE FOR HIS OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO ALL VETERANS ON MAY 8, 2001ON NOVEMBER 12, 2001 DAVID WAS PRESENTED A SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARDAT THE ANNUAL VETERANS DAY PROGRAM AT BAY PINES VA MEDICAL CENTER BY THOMAS WEAVER, MEDICAL CENTER DIRECTOR AND GENERAL TOM DRAUDE ,USMC FOR HIS DEDICATED WORK ON BEHALF OF ALL VETERANS THROUGHOUT PINELLAS COUNTY!ON MAY, 2, 2002 DAVID WAS PRESENTED THE HUMANITARIAN OF THE YEAR AWARD BY MAYOR BOB JACKSON AND LT. GENERAL MICHAEL DELONG (USMC)DEPUTY COMMANDER IN CHIEF (MACDILL) AT THE 14TH ANNUAL LARGO PRAYER BREAKFAST IN 2004 DAVID COORDINATED AND WAS THE SUCCESS IN MOVING THE VETERANS DAY PARADE AND CEREMONY TO THE CITY OF SEMINOLE FOR THE 1ST TIME SINCE DAVID HAS CONTINUED TO SUFFER FROM HIS DISABILITY AND MAKES HIS MOBILITY MORE OF A PROBLEM, HE STILL WORKS TO HELP LOCAL VETERANS WITH THEIR PROBLEMS AS WELL AS KEEP PATRIOTISM ALIVE AND AT THE TOP OF HIS PRIOITY. HE IS A PROUD AMERICAN AND LOVES HIS COUNTRY. HE MADE SURE HIS SONS FOCUSED AND USED THEIR INNER MARTIAL ARTS IN ALL ASPECTS OF THEIR LIFES. HE ALSO HAS BEEN ABLE TO SEE HIS SONS FROM HIS SECOND MARRIGE GROW INTO EXCELLENT STUDENTS WHILE CONTINUING THEIR EDUCATION. BOTH OF HIS SONS, JEREMIAH AND ADAM ALSO TEACH AND TRAIN IN MARTIAL ARTS AND BOTH ARE WORLD, NATIONAL AND STATE CHAMPIONS IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT DISCIPLINES AND STYLES. THEY HAVE TRAVELED ALL OVER THE COUNTRY TO ACHIEVE THESE GOALS AND HE IS VERY PROUD OF THEM. BOTH HIS SONS WHO HAVE TURNED INTO YOUNG MEN HAVE RECEIVED SCHOLARSHIPS TO COLLEGE AND ONE IS TAKING CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND THE OTHER IS GOING TO TAKE BUSINESS MARKETING. DAVID LIVES IN LARGO FLORIDA BUT AS HE WORKS FOR VETERANS HE TRAVELS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.IN JULY OF 2007 DAVID MILLER WAS INDUCTED INTO THE BATTLE OF ATLANTA HALL OF FAME FOR OFFICIALS FOR OVER 39 YEARS OF DEDICATION IN THE MARTIAL ARTS BY MASTER JOE CORLEY, BILL “SUPERFOOT” WALLACE AND DON “THE DRAGON” WILSONIN JULY OF 2008 DAVID MILLER WAS PRESENTED HIS 3RD DEGREE BLACK BELT IN UNITED STATES CHUNG DO KWAN BY THE US CHUNG DO KWAN ASSOCIATIONIN AUGUST OF 2012 DAVID WAS PRESENTED HIS 3RD DEGREE BLACK BELT IN OKINAWANGOJU RYU MARTIAL ARTS FROM OKINAWA

GREW UP IN PENNSYLVANIA GRADUATED FROM SPRING FORD HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1966 THEN ENLISTED IN THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS AND MADE HIS CAREER - STARTED HIS MARTIAL ARTS TRAIING IN OKINAWA IN 1966-67 WITH MASTER TATSUO SHIMABUKU IN ISSHINRYU BEFORE HEADING TO VIETNAM MOVED TO FLORIDA 1988 HIGHLY DECORATED VIETNAM COMBAT VETERAN UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS SERVED IN TET OFFENSIVE VIETNAM 1967-1968 SERVED WITH 1st BATTALION /9th MARINES / BRAVO COMPANY (THE WALKING DEAD) HEAD NCOIC INSTRUCTOR AT QUANTICO VIRGINIA (THE BASIC SCHOOL) WEAPONS INSTRUCTOR FOR OFFICERS AFTER SERVING IN VIETNAMSOME OF HIS MILITARY AWARDS ARE AS FOLLOWS: GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, VIETNAM CAMPAIGN MEDAL w stars, VIETNAM SERVICE MEDAL, VIETNAM CROSS OF GALLANTRY, VIETNAM CIVIL ACTION MEDAL, NAVY UNIT CITATION, PRESIDENTIAL UNIT COMMENDATION, PRESIDENTIAL CITATION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS MEDAL, NAVY COMMENDATION, PURPLE HEART w star and THE COMBAT ACTION RIBBON ALSO RIFLE AND PISTOL SHARPSHOOTERSERVED AS POST COMMANDER 1994-1999 AMERICAN LEGION POST 273 (LARGEST POST IN FLORIDA) NOW LARGEST POST IN THE COUNTRY (1ST VIETNAM VETERAN TO BE POST COMMANDER POST 273) RECEIVED “JACK ADAMS AWARD FOR BEING BEST COMMANDER IN STATE 1994-1995SERVED AS DISTRICT COMMANDER 1996-1997 (ALL TIME HIGH MEMBERSHIP) RECEIVED “JOSEPHINE LOCICERO AWARD” 1996-1997 (BEST CHILDREN/YOUTH CHAIRMAN IN STATE) SERVED TWO TERMS 1997-1999 DEPT. OF FLORIDA STATE SGT.-AT-ARMS SERVES ON NATIONAL LEGISTLATIVE COUNCIL FOR AMERICAN LEGION SERVES AS DEPT. OF FLORIDA POW-MIA CHAIRMAN NATIONAL POW-MIA COMMITTEEMAN FOR FLORIDA NATIONAL VICE-CHAIRMAN FOR AMERICANISM COMMISSION FROM FLORIDA AMERICAN LEGION NATIONAL HOSPITAL REPRESENTATIVE AT BAY PINES VA HOSPITAL FOR OVER 28 YEARS RECENTLY WAS NOTIFIED FROM NAC THAT HE WAS THE RECEPIENT OF THE NATIONAL VA VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR AWARD FOR 2017-2018 FROM VA CENTRAL OFFICE FOR THE WHOLE COUNTRY FOR THE WORK HE DOES AT BAY PINES VAMC. HE REPRESENTS THE AMERICAN LEGION AS THE HOSPITAL REPRENTATIVE AND AN ADVOCATE TO HELP VETERANS PRESIDENT OF PINELLAS COUNTY VETERANS LIAISON COUNCIL OVER 18 YEARS ORGANIZED FOOD BASKET PROGRAM AND HOT MEALS FOR HOMELESS VETERANS ESTABLISHED 1ST POW-MIA MONUMENT IN FRONT OF ANY LEGION POST IN THE COUNTRY IN 1995 AT POST#273 HONORED AS LEGIONNAIRE OF THE YEAR 1999,2002, AND 2005 LIFE MEMBER OF AMERICAN LEGION, VFW, DAV, AMVETS, HONOR SOCIETY 40/8, VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA, AND ALSO A MEMBER OF THE ARMY-NAVY UNION AND “THE FAMILY”(VIETNAM VETS BROTHERHOOD) ALSO AN HONORARY MEMBER OF THE KOREAN WAR VETERANS AND THE AMERICAN EX-POW’S SERVED AS HONOR GUARD COMMANDER POST #273 FOR OVER 12 YEARS AND THEN ORGANIZED THE NEW PINELLAS COUNTY VETERANS LIAISON COUNCIL HONOR GUARD. ORGANIZED THE LARGO COURT OF HONOR IN LARGO CENTRAL PARK WITH USSOCOM COMMAND JUMP TEAM IN 1999 HE BECAME PERMANETLY DISABLED DUE TO COMBAT WOUNDS AND SEVERE CANCER DUE TO AGENT ORANGE EXPOSURE WHILE SERVING IN VIETNAM, HAD TO STOP WORKING BUT CONTINUED WORKING AT HOME FOR VETERANS WHO NEEDED HELP PRESENTED THE SILVER ROSE AWARD IN 2000 FOR TERMINAL CANCER DUE TO AGENT ORANGE EXPOSURE WHILE IN REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM (QUANG TRI PROVINCE) ALSO HONORED BY THE JEWISH WAR VETERANS OF AMERICA WITH THEIR DISTINQUISHED SERVICE MEDAL AND SPECIAL PLAQUE FOR HIS OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO ALL VETERANS ON MAY 8, 2001 ON NOVEMBER 12, 2001 DAVID WAS PRESENTED A SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARD AT THE ANNUAL VETERANS DAY PROGRAM AT BAY PINES VA MEDICAL CENTER BY THOMAS WEAVER, MEDICAL CENTER DIRECTOR AND GENERAL TOM DRAUDE ,USMC FOR HIS DEDICATED WORK ON BEHALF OF ALL VETERANS THROUGHOUT PINELLAS COUNTY! ON MAY, 2, 2002 DAVID WAS PRESENTED THE HUMANITARIAN OF THE YEAR AWARD BY MAYOR BOB JACKSON AND LT. GENERAL MICHAEL DELONG (USMC) DEPUTY COMMANDER IN CHIEF (MACDILL) AT THE 14TH ANNUAL LARGO PRAYER BREAKFAST IN 2004 DAVID COORDINATED AND WAS THE SUCCESS IN MOVING THE VETERANS DAY PARADE AND CEREMONY TO THE CITY OF SEMINOLE FOR THE 1ST TIME SINCE DAVID HAS CONTINUED TO SUFFER FROM HIS DISABILITY AND MAKES HIS MOBILITY MORE OF A PROBLEM, HE STILL WORKS TO HELP LOCAL VETERANS WITH THEIR PROBLEMS AS WELL AS KEEP PATRIOTISM ALIVE AND AT THE TOP OF HIS PRIOITY. HE IS A PROUD AMERICAN AND LOVES HIS COUNTRY. HE MADE SURE HIS SONS FOCUSED AND USED THEIR INNER MARTIAL ARTS IN ALL ASPECTS OF THEIR LIFES. HE ALSO HAS BEEN ABLE TO SEE HIS SONS FROM HIS SECOND MARRIGE GROW INTO EXCELLENT STUDENTS WHILE CONTINUING THEIR EDUCATION. BOTH OF HIS SONS, JEREMIAH AND ADAM ALSO TEACH AND TRAIN IN MARTIAL ARTS AND BOTH ARE WORLD, NATIONAL AND STATE CHAMPIONS IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT DISCIPLINES AND STYLES. THEY HAVE TRAVELED ALL OVER THE COUNTRY TO ACHIEVE THESE GOALS AND HE IS VERY PROUD OF THEM. BOTH HIS SONS WHO HAVE TURNED INTO YOUNG MEN HAVE RECEIVED SCHOLARSHIPS TO COLLEGE AND ONE IS TAKING CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND THE OTHER IS GOING TO TAKE BUSINESS MARKETING. DAVID LIVES IN LARGO FLORIDA BUT AS HE WORKS FOR VETERANS HE TRAVELS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. IN JULY OF 2007 DAVID MILLER WAS INDUCTED INTO THE BATTLE OF ATLANTA HALL OF FAME FOR OFFICIALS FOR OVER 39 YEARS OF DEDICATION IN THE MARTIAL ARTS BY MASTER JOE CORLEY, BILL “SUPERFOOT” WALLACE AND DON “THE DRAGON” WILSONIN JULY OF 2008 DAVID MILLER WAS PRESENTED HIS 3RD DEGREE BLACK BELT IN UNITED STATES CHUNG DO KWAN BY THE US CHUNG DO KWAN ASSOCIATION IN AUGUST OF 2012 DAVID WAS PRESENTED HIS 3RD DEGREE BLACK BELT IN OKINAWAN GOJU RYU MARTIAL ARTS FROM OKINAWA

War stories - Today’s show includes stories from a war environment; some of the content is descriptive of difficult,  real war situations.   This is a Veteran’s Stories episode. Jim Kemp joined the Navy Seabees in 1966, The Seabees is a Naval construction Battalion, that was trained to be able to drop tools and pick up weapons if necessary, after going through training, Jim was sent to Vietnam. He was awarded the Vietnam Service Medal with 5 Battle Stars. Afterward He went on to study Asian studies with the GI bill and now is a Professor of Asian Studies at Florida State College. Jim covers: Coming from a family of Veterans People who avoided the draft Shock of Basic Training Why he chose the Navy Getting into the Seabees Preferring punishment duty Serving in Vietnam Being a leader to Vietnamese Emergency Repair Party Gaining confidence in school Going back to Vietnam Working as a Civilian “A ship fights and dies as a unit.” “Internal discipline is the most powerful” Jim talked about the climate of the Vietnam era, We are lucky that because of pioneers in the military like Jim, the military member now receives more support from both the military and the general public. Wherever you find yourself in life, understand that someone has struggled and suffered and that suffering helped pave the way for improvements in the world, which have made your life better.  Likely in ways you take for granted.   For more information on Jim please visit TAMFpodcast.com/Seabee

Jeffrey D. Noble, 74, of Dublin flew an Army helicopter gunship during the Vietnam War with Company B, 9th Aviation Battalion, 9th Infantry Division, and went on to have a 25-year career in the Army. “I wouldn’t trade one day of the 25 years for anything in the world,” he said. After graduating from high school in Florida in the early 1960s and taking courses at the College of Wooster, Noble tried to join the Navy as an aviator. He was told if he wanted to be a pilot, he had to get a college degree first. After a brief return to college and getting a private pilot’s license, he joined the Army in 1966 and became a helicopter pilot. In 1968, he was flying a UH-1 Huey helicopter gunship in South Vietnam, based at Bear Cat and Dong Tam. “Getting shot (at), first time, always exciting,” Noble said. “You look down; you see a little green dot. By the time that baby gets close to your helicopter, it’s about the size of a medicine ball.” Unlike the two-man AH-1 Cobra gunships that came into widespread use later, the UH-1 had a four-man crew. The extra eyes on board, he said, were handy in spotting enemy fire from the ground. Noble’s missions during the war included locating and targeting sites that were sending mortar or rocket fire toward U.S. or allied ground troops or bases. Other missions included supporting U.S. boats working to stop communist supplies moving in rivers and canals. Communist troops were adept at avoiding trouble, he said. They could sink their boats intentionally, hide on shore and raise the boat after the coast had cleared. River operations might involve Navy boats, Air Force planes and Army helicopters and artillery, Noble said, thereby creating challenges in coordinating the different elements. Because the Army and Navy used different radio systems, Army soldiers would ride the boats to communicate with helicopters and artillery, he said. During one engagement, he asked a soldier on a boat if he had called for other support. Apparently reluctant to see the gunship leave, the soldier said no. Then U.S. artillery began to land nearby, unexpected by Noble and his crew. The soldier on the boat knew about the artillery “but wasn’t telling us,” Noble recalled with a laugh. Noble returned to the scene when artillery subsided, asking the soldier if any other support had been called. Again the soldier said no, just before a B-57 Canberra bomber arrived carrying what Noble called “the biggest bomb I’ve ever seen.” Noble’s unit operated in the southern part of the country, where the enemy was the Viet Cong (local guerrilla fighters), while the North Vietnamese Army was more active in the north. That was the situation until the Tet Offensive broke out in January 1968, when the communists launched surprise attacks against towns and bases all across South Vietnam. An immediate effect for Noble was that he was operating in urban areas for the first time. Cho Lon, an area of the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon, was a hotbed of combat with “Viet Cong all over the place.” Noble’s helicopter flew missions in Cho Lon for two weeks. About 80 percent of Noble’s missions were flown at night. In a Third World country like South Vietnam at the time, there is no ambient light at night in rural areas, he said. It was “a big black field out there.” By abandoning hit-and-run tactics used earlier, communist forces were overwhelmed during Tet by the Americans and South Vietnamese, along with allies from Australia and Thailand. “We won Tet,” Noble said. “There were no more North Vietnamese soldiers in South Vietnam after Tet, nor were there any Viet Cong. They were literally decimated.” North Vietnamese literature admitted, he said, “militarily, they had no ability to respond anymore.” American troops at the time believed putting military pressure on North Vietnam after the Tet Offensive could have forced the communists into talks to end the war. It was not until he had returned to the United States, Noble said, that he learned the American public saw the Tet Offensive as a failure of U.S. policy, increasing erosion of public support. Depleted Viet Cong forces eventually would be replaced by the North Vietnamese Army. Toward the end of his tour, Noble said, the NVA attacked the base where he was stationed. A year earlier, he said, the enemy would have been “nothing but Viet Cong.” When his time in Vietnam ended, Noble said, “they told you, when you got to the states, take your uniform off (because of growing public opposition to the military). Which we did.” Back in the United States, Noble completed his college education and served at locations that include Fort Benning, Fort Knox and Fort Hood. He also was stationed at Baumholder in then-West Germany and at Fort Buchanan in Puerto Rico. He performed a variety of duties, including leading an armored unit and working as an inspector general and in military finance. Noble worked for Huntington Bank for 15 years after leaving the Army. He serves on the Franklin County Veterans Service Commission and is active in several veterans organizations. At the veterans service commission, “we see the issues every week,” he said of former military personnel readjusting to civilian life. “When they get out of the service, if you can get them into a career or a job that they enjoy and are interested in and give them enough money to live on,” he said, “you’ve got a good answer.” Noble’s decorations include the Defense Superior Service Medal, Bronze Star Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Air Medal (10th award), Army Commendation Medal (three oak leaf clusters), Joint Service Achievement Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal (4 bronze stars), Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation with Palm, Overseas Service Bars (two), Army Service Ribbon and Overseas Service Ribbon (two). He and his wife, Jane, have been married 47 years. They have two sons, Dr. Gregory Noble and Kevin Noble, and 10 grandchildren. This podcast was hosted and produced by Scott Hummel, ThisWeek Community News assistant managing editor, digital. This profile was written by Paul Comstock.

Sgt. James “Gus” Davis was born in Hinds County, Mississippi, but moved to Covington at a young age.  He enlisted in the US Marine Corps and served with the 1st Division, 1st Battalion, in Vietnam.  He received three Purple Hearts, a National Defense medal, a Vietnam Service Medal with Star, and several other medals for his work as an ONTOS tank operator.  He currently lives in Covington.

Lt. Leon Toups, Jr.  was born in New Orleans and was commissioned into the Army for the Vietnam War.  His career started with Advanced ROTC training in Baton Rouge, and 6 weeks of basic training at Fort Sill, OK, between his junior and senior years at LSU.  He worked in Intelligence and was with the 18th ARVN Division and served in Vietnam, teaching at the Army Intel School and taught English to Vietnamese soldiers.  He received a Vietnam Service Medal, a US Air Medal, and a Meritorious Service Award.  He is currently a resident of Mandeville.

Machinist 2nd Class Leon Faure was born in Hopeville, LA.  He enlisted in the US Navy and served in Vietnam on the USS Magoffin and the Point Defiance.  He participated in the Que Nam Landing and also served in Japan, Thailand, and the Philippines.  He worked in the evaporator room, making distilled and drinking water for the ship.  He received two good conduct medals, the Vietnam Service Medal, and the Frank Knox Award.  He is a resident of Mandeville.

John T. “Ted” Mosure of Westerville is a 69-year-old Vietnam War veteran who was part of the U.S. Navy SEAL Team 1 at Naval Amphibious Base Coronado in Coronado, California. An Ohio State University student at the time, he enlisted in February 1968, shortly after the Tet Offensive – a North Vietnamese campaign of roughly 85,000 troops whose mission was to destroy larger South Vietnamese cities and annihilate U.S. troops. In 1969, Mosure joined SEAL Team 1’s Kilo platoon, which comprised two officers and 12 enlisted men, split into two squads, he said. During pre-deployment training, the platoon practiced patrol tactics, using live-fire maneuvering and practicing hand signals and radio communication with support elements. The platoon also learned to detect and disable explosive devices. Upon arrival in Vietnam in July 1969, Mosure was stationed primarily in the Mekong Delta region and worked with the LDNN (Lien Doi Nguoi Nhai), which Mosure described as the Vietnamese equivalent of SEALs. The Kilo platoon, which Mosure described as a direct-action platoon, performed raids and ambushes. His primary mission, he said, involved finding and engaging Vietcong leaders. Mosure was aboard the Seafloat, a large Mobile Advanced Tactical Support Base stationed on the Song Cau Lon River in Ca Maul Province, on the southern tip of Vietnam. The area was remote and secluded but was within a stronghold of North Vietnamese and Vietcong fighters. “We would typically go out at night after dark and arrive on our location,” he said. “We’d get inserted by boat and arrive on location after patrolling 1,000 to 1,500 meters. ... Then we would set up for an ambush or to snatch the target.” In addition to facing an enemy, Mosure’s unit had to contend with Vietnam’s wildlife. Mosure recalled lungfish, which he described as 8 to 15 inches long with a head like a grasshopper that would skitter across mudflats, sometimes over SEALs’ legs. He also endured more than 50 leeches while on an ambush mission one night, and on another occasion, he bumped into a water buffalo. He and others in his unit would patrol closely together so they could reach out to each other every few steps. “All of a sudden, I bumped into just a huge mass of muscle with a big low grunt, and that wasn’t in my awareness,” he said. He said he remained quiet and walked around the buffalo, which didn’t move but grunted and continued “eating whatever it’s eating.” Mosure returned to California in February 1971 and left active duty as a signalman 3rd class that November. Mosure’s decorations include the Navy Combat Action Ribbon, the National Defense Service Medal, the Presidential Unit Citation, the Vietnam Service Medal, the Vietnam Campaign Medal, the Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross, the Navy and Marine Corps Parachutist Insignia and marksmanship medals for rifle and pistol expertise. Mosure was born and raised primarily in Columbus and attended DeSales High School before graduating from Brookhaven High School. He and Linda, his wife of 47 years, have a son and daughter and six grandchildren. Mosure’s post-military career includes jobs in the grocery industry while attending Franklin University and later a position at a food-brokerage firm. He is a co-founder and board member of the Ohio Military Hall of Fame, which honors veterans and active-duty military personnel for specific acts of bravery in combat and on the battlefield. This podcast was produced by Scott Hummel, ThisWeek assistant managing editor, digital.

DR. CRAIG BURNETTE Dr. Burnette served in the US Army as an infantry platoon leader, mechanized, company commander, and military adviser. His duty stations included Ft. Bragg, Ft. Knox, Ft. Jackson, the Panama Canal Zone and Viet Nam. His military decorations include the Combat Infantry Badge, the Bronze Star, the Army Commendation Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry, the Vietnam Campaign Ribbon, Vietnam Service Medal and the National Defense Ribbon. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from Wofford College, Spartanburg, SC, as well as being commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant through the Army R.O.T.C. program there. He received his Master’s in Counseling from the University of South Carolina, Columbia, and his Doctorate in Counseling Psychology from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville During a 28-year career with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Dr. Burnette was responsible for the overall planning, development and implementation of Project CHALENG (Community Homelessness Assessment, Local Education and Networking Groups) for Veterans. Dr. Burnette, along with his VA colleague, Dr. Jim McGuire, were the first persons to publish accurate data on the numbers of homeless veterans on any given night in the U.S. starting in 1993. Prior to this position, he was Chief of the Domiciliary Care Program at the VA Medical Center in Bay Pines, Florida.

I was introduced to Bob Wright by an organization named Us Too. Us Too is an organization that supports and advocates for men at all stages of prostate cancer. Bob is an Army Veteran having served in Vietnam. He is going to talk to us about his time in the military, discovering he had cancer, and become a support group leader for men. Bob served as a Battalion Surgeon`s Assistant as First Lieutenant Medical Service Corps with 101st Airborne Division. He was in Vietnam from 1969-1970. During his time in service, his efforts were recognized with a Combat Medical Badge, Bronze Star , Vietnam Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal, and National Defense Service Medal. Covered in Episode 29: How to submit questions to podcast Interview with Army Veteran Bob Wright   Why she joined the Army His experience in Vietnam and the Army Discovering he had cancer Defeating cancer Becoming a support group leader VA research on cancer #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Carl Woida

His full name is William Lester Ridley, Sr. Second Lieutenant. Service: US Army. Metals received: The Vietnam Service Medal, Silver Star, and Bronze Star. Tenure: 8 years active, 4 years none-active. Hi Princess, Sundays topic is PTSD syndrome and the guest name is: Williamson Lester Ridley, Sr

Join our Guest Col. H. Riley, host Rober Jetter, Jr. and panelists Conservative Activist Cindy Todd, Founder of Overpasses for America James Neighbors, and Constitutional scholar Kelly Mordecai, along with Bards Logic contributor Dan Gray former columnist of the Washington Times. Join our Round Table Discussion. Discussing Iran, Iraq, Russia & more His assignments include Executive Officer & Commander, Germany (1966-1968); II Corps Military Intelligence Detachment Advisor, and Combat Assistance team Commander supporting Army of Vietnam 1st Battalion, 47th Infantry Regiment Vietnam (1969-1970); Staff Officer and Commander, Operations Battalion, U. S. Army Field station Augsburg, Germany (1976-1979); Staff Officer for the Assistant Chief of Staff Intelligence and Management Directorate, Office of the Chief of Staff Army, Pentagon (1979-1984); Division Chief, National Security Agency, Fort Meade Maryland (1984-1986); Commander, 712th Military Intelligence Battalion, Augsburg, Germany (1986-1988); Division Chief, National Security Agency, Fort Meade, Maryland (1988-1991); and Deputy Offlce Chief National Security Agency, Fort Meade 19Q1-1992). Colonel Riley also served additional tours ln Germany (1956-1959); Vietnam (1962); and Thailand (1962-1963) as an enlisted soldier. He is the recipient of the Silver Star, Bronze Star, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal (3 awards), Air Medal, Joint Service Commendation Medal, Army Commendation Medal; Army Achievement Medal{ Meritorious unit Award, Air Force Outstanding unit Award, Army Good Conduct Medal (2 Awards), National Defense Service Medal (2 awards), Vietnam Service Medal (5 Campaigns), Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon (5), the Army Staff Identification Badge, Parachute Badge, Combat Infantry Badge, and Republic of Vietnam awards to include the Cross or Gallantry with Silver Star. Bards Logic is the Grassroots, We the People Show

Join our Guest Col. H. Riley, host Rober Jetter, Jr. and panelists Conservative Activist Cindy Todd, Founder of Overpasses for America James Neighbors, and Constitutional expert Kelly Mordecai, along with Bards Logic contributor Dan Gray editor of Operation American Spring and former columnist of the Washington Times. Join our Round Table Discussion. His assignments include Executive Officer & Commander, Germany (1966-1968); II Corps Military Intelligence Detachment Advisor, and Combat Assistance team Commander supporting Army of Vietnam 1st Battalion, 47th Infantry Regiment Vietnam (1969-1970); Staff Officer and Commander, Operations Battalion, U. S. Army Field station Augsburg, Germany (1976-1979); Staff Officer for the Assistant Chief of Staff Intelligence and Management Directorate, Office of the Chief of Staff Army, Pentagon (1979-1984); Division Chief, National Security Agency, Fort Meade Maryland (1984-1986); Commander, 712th Military Intelligence Battalion, Augsburg, Germany (1986-1988); Division Chief, National Security Agency, Fort Meade, Maryland (1988-1991); and Deputy Offlce Chief National Security Agency, Fort Meade 19Q1-1992). Colonel Riley also served additional tours ln Germany (1956-1959); Vietnam (1962); and Thailand (1962-1963) as an enlisted soldier. He is the recipient of the Silver Star, Bronze Star, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal (3 awards), Air Medal, Joint Service Commendation Medal, Army Commendation Medal; Army Achievement Medal{ Meritorious unit Award, Air Force Outstanding unit Award, Army Good Conduct Medal (2 Awards), National Defense Service Medal (2 awards), Vietnam Service Medal (5 Campaigns), Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon (5), the Army Staff Identification Badge, Parachute Badge, Combat Infantry Badge, and Republic of Vietnam awards to include the Cross or Gallantry with Silver Star. Bards Logic is the Grassroots, We the People Show