James McLoughlin
My name is James McLoughlin. I served in the NY Air National Guard in the early ‘70s during the Vietnam era. I was attached to the 106th Refueling Squadron as an administrative specialist maintaining records for the KC 97L Stratotankers – in flight refueling aircraft. I received an Honorable Discharge leaving the Guard as a […]
Scott Crandall
My name is Scott Crandall, and I was raised in New York’s Adirondack Mountains. Upon graduating from high school, I didn’t know what I wanted to be when I grew up, so I joined the Air Force in 1988. I became an Applied Sciences Technician (99106) working in a chemistry lab for the Air Force […]
Jeffrey Alfonso Benson
My name is Jeffrey Alfonso Benson, and I am 64 years old and live in Easton Pennsylvania. At the age of 18, I entered the New Jersey Army National Guard as an Inventory Supply Clerk and loved every moment of it, especially setting up camp and sleeping in tents. The kicker was my father was as menacing as any drill Sergeant I ever met.
Michael Van Scyoc
I enlisted in US Air Force and the New Mexico Air National Guard in 1982, went to Basic Training two days after High School graduation. After basic training, I trained to be a weapons systems mechanic and then cross trained to be a crew chief working on A-7D aircraft. While I was enlisted, I attended […]
Ezra “Tom” Tompkins
Hello, my name is Ezra “Tom” Tompkins. I served four years active-duty in the US Army and two years in the National Guard. I worked as a Specialist and my duty was Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic and was deployed for almost a year in Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom. As a civilian, I returned to […]
Henry Sandifer
Henry Sandifer served as a Combat Medic and Radio Operator for eight years in the Army Reserves and on his one-year active-duty tour in Iraq in 2007. He was heading back for his second tour before finding out he was not medically fit for duty due to his diabetes. He finished his military career with […]
Stan VonFeldt
Stan VonFeldt joined the US Army in 1968 and was honorably discharged in 1970. He then served three years of National Guard/Army Reserve duty from 1973-1977. His overseas service was from 1969 to 1970 in the Republic of South Vietnam. While a part of the 9th Infantry Division, he became a squad leader serving in […]
Dale Radcliff
My name is Dale Radcliff, and I served in the Nebraska National Guard from 1964 to 1970. We were a transportation company, and my job was in the motor pool. I am not a combat veteran, as our unit was not called up to go to Vietnam. My career was in law enforcement, and I […]