Veteran Charles Bronson

Charles Bronson (né Charles Buchinsky) (1921-2003) U.S. Army Air Force 1943-45 WW II. He enlisted and served as an aircraft gunner in the 760th Flexible Gunnery Training Squadron, and in 1945 as a Superfortress crewman with the 39th Bombardment Group based on Guam. He was assigned to a B-29 bomber. He flew on 25 missions & was awarded a Purple Heart for wounds received during his service. Most remembered for his roles in The Dirty Dozen and Death Wish.

Memorial - North Fork, California

http://sierranewsonline.com/the-torch-is-passed-the-heroes-honored/

The torch passes on - thank you to the Lions Club!

Memorial - Carroll County, Georgia

Memorial - Exeter, California

originally posted in facebook by Michael Kobata - Semper Fi

Memorial - Clovis, California

Memorial Day, Years Past

In years past my sister and I served with the Marine Corps League in the mountains of California. On Memorial Day we would be up early, in uniform and meet with several of the men and women who would be traveling to several graveyards in the mountains to hold military honors with bugle and rifle volley. VFW members would read the solemn remembrance speaches and would lay flowers at a grave of a veteran and our chaplain would lead prayers.

Miss you, guys

in khaki and blues - 2007

in white and blue - 2011 (uniform change - me, I prefer the khaki)

 

 

 

 

War Animals

Amen

Those Who Have Served

Harold Mark Morris, Capt. US Air Force
World War II
April 17, 1915 – December 29, 1954

William Jack Traylor, U.S. Army
July 9, 1929 - October 25, 1983

Douglasville Georgia

Poppies for Those Fallen - United Kingdom

https://www.facebook.com/7newssydney/videos/1273362609354536/?fallback=1

Stewart Cramer - Special Forces, Viet Nam - veteran

Stewart Cramer - Special Forces, Viet Nam d.2013

 

he once "killed" a Studebaker with his jump boots - he never drank a drop of alcohol after that

 

Much honor for his service and friendship

Love and miss you, Stewart

 

 

Fitts and James

Thomas Joseph Fitts, Tec 5, US Army, WW II - 01/31/1925 - 03/06/2009

 Robert Benjamin - ADJ3 USN / SP5 US Army - 09/28/1938 - 07/07/2011

Help Us Solve a Mystery

In going through the pictures that our mother had my sister and I found this.  It has a lovely note on the back and a scribbled name.

Knowing our mom the fact that she 'adopted' and guided this young is no surprise at all.  We would like to know who he is and let him know that Mom kept the picture and remembered him fondly. We think this is from the mid 80s to 90s, probably from the Oakhurst or Fresno, California area.

Anyone know this young Marine?

Civil War section at Historic Oakland Cemetery

Oakland cemetery, Atlanta, GA
Civil War section

Nation's Oldest Vet - Happy Birthday, sir

http://www.fox4news.com/news/139895420-story

Happy Birthday to the nation's oldest living World War II Combat Veteran.  Richard Overton was born on May 11th, 1906 in Bastrop, County.

US Veterans and Allied Veterans Honored Here

This will be a place to honor US and Allied Nations veterans. One particular way we're going to do that is to post the grave markers of veterans and personal pictures of time in the service by visitors and my sister and I to help honor the service of veterans.


My sister and I are veterans (Semper Fi, do or die) and we are taking pictures of veteran's grave markers locally and around the state. We're hoping that others will contribute photos from all over the States (maybe the world if this spreads)

Permanent rule #1: NO POLITICS (see below)

#2 NO SPAM

You post spam (especially porn), you will be banned

Other Rules
No insulting or fighting with each other. If you're not here to honor veterans and are here to protest the military - move on.

Keep the colorful language to a minimum, please, guys. We're hopeful that youngsters will check out our posts and learn that vets should be honored.

NO POLITICS - this is a firm rule. No posting that Mary Jo Public Official will really be bad for veterans if she's elected. No posting anything slamming the military (and that includes the Commander-in-Chief, whether we dislike or disagree with him/her doesn't matter). Repeating: NO POLITICS

No advertising any other groups or organizations - this isn't the focus of the group. No horror or praise stories about the VA, and no promoting veteran charities, please