Veterans Chronicles

Veterans Chronicles


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PFC Ernie Mogor, U.S. Army, World War II
August 21, 2024

Ernie Mogor wanted to join the U.S. Navy during World War II but he was rejected for being colorblind. He then chose the Army over the Marines and was soon off for "vigorous" infantry training. He bec

MSgt. John Dailey, USMC Special Operations, Afghanistan, Iraq
August 14, 2024

John Dailey remembers the day he decided to become a U.S. Marine. He was a young boy at a U.S. bicentennial parade in 1976. When he saw the Marine in dress uniform, he was hooked. Eleven years later,

Cpl. Darren Walton, USMC Reconnaissance, Vietnam, Part 2
August 07, 2024

In last week's edition of "Veterans Chronicles," U.S. Marine Corps veteran Darren Walton told us about his role on a seven-man reconnaissance team in Vietnam from 1969-1970. He explained his role of p

Cpl. Darren Walton, USMC Reconnaissance, Vietnam, Part 1
July 31, 2024

Darren Walton grew up north of San Francisco and stood out as a distance runner in high school. When he found out he would soon be drafted into the U.S. Army, Walton joined the Marine Corps, intending

Col. Frank Cohn, U.S. Army, WWII, Holocaust Survivor Part 2
July 24, 2024

Last week, we began sharing the story of Col. Frank Cohn, U.S. Army (Ret.). He told us about growing up in a Jewish family in Nazi Germany, how his family fled to the U.S. after Kristallnacht in 1938,

Col. Frank Cohn, U.S. Army, WWII, Holocaust Survivor Part 1
July 17, 2024

Frank Cohn was born in Breslau, germany in 1925. His Jewish family lived very comfortably there. But soon anti-Semitiam was on the rise, even before Adolf Hitler rose to power in 1933. Within a few ye

Capt. Dick Nelms, U.S. Army Air Corps, World War II
July 10, 2024

Dick Nelms was fascinated by flight at an early age. Born just five years after the end of World War I, he still vividly remembers what an event it was to see a plane in the sky when he was a child. N

Michael Trotter, Jr., U.S. Army, Iraq, The War and Treaty
July 03, 2024

Michael Trotter, Jr. was born into a family with a rich tradition of military service, but that had nothing to do with his decision to join the Army in 2003. By his own admission, he had made a lot of

Capt. James Baynham, U.S. Army, Air Corps, World War II, POW
June 26, 2024

James Baynham had never flown a plane before entering the service in 1942. In fact, he didn't even have an interest in aviation. What he did know is that he did not want to be in the infantry, so he v

LT Mark Greene, U.S. Navy SEALS, Iraq, Afghanistan Part 2
June 19, 2024

In this second half of our interview with retired U.S. Navy SEAL Mark Greene, we will focus on Lt. Greene's deployments - first to Iraq and then to Afghanistan.And he discusses his work helping vetera