When people ask us, “what’s the most incredible story a Veteran has ever told you”, we usually mention Jim Blaylock telling us about being tossed in a body bag after being mistaken for dead.
"It was getting a bit warm and stuffy but it wasn’t long before we reached the mortuary and I was put on the cooler tray. When they opened the door and it was my time for the embalming the mortician had just made his incision and I bled a little, that was unusual and so he began to check my vital signs then they were able to get a slight pulse” - From Jim's interview (Sep 2019)
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Lt Col O. C. Peterson 1918-2019
O. C. “Pete” Peterson, a navigator in the Army Transport Command during WW II died on October 26th at the age of 100. After the war, he stayed in the reserves and was called back to active service to take part in the Berlin Airlift.
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Winston Elliott Scott served as a Naval pilot and flew helicopters and navy planes. Scott was selected by NASA in March 1992, and reported to the Johnson Space Center in August 1992. He served as a mission specialist on STS-72 in 1996 and STS-87 in 1997, and logged a total of 24 days, 14 hours and 34 minutes in space.
This video was produced by The Rowlinson Media Group, VERO BEACH, FL.
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Our deepest sympathies go out to the Blomquist and Loglisci families who lost both Bryan Blomquest and his father-in-law Frank Loglisci recently. It was our honor to do Warrior Stories on both of these men who served their country and communities.
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Lt. Gen. William “Bill” Welser III spent over 34 years in the U.S. Air Force, retiring in 2005. Lt. Get. Welser served as Director of Operations and Logistics for U.S. Transportation Command, where he led operations supporting the response to 9/11.
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Sgt. Jahira Sepulveda served in the U.S. Army from 2005-2014. Sgt. Sepulveda trained as a Water Purification Specialist but was retrained to be a Military Prison Guard while on deployment in Iraq. During her 9 years in the military she also worked with the Army Criminal Investigation Division (CID) and in recruitment.
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When he was 12 years old, Art Culver started to make models of airplanes and fell in love with flying. He applied to both the Air Force and Navy after he got out of school and was accepted by both. He picked the Navy because he wanted to serve on a carrier and he says he liked the uniform. He did over a hundred combat missions in Vietnam before leaving the Navy and then taking a job with American Airlines as a pilot.
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Dave Rogers Commander of the Suffolk County Council of VFW discusses how he and the SCCVFW are connecting and helping Veterans during the Coronavirus crisis.
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Carroll Oates joined the Army in 1969 and retired as a Lt. Colonel in 2007. He was deployed to both England and Germany as part of the US Army Medical Command Depot Support Team. As a Reserve Major he was deployed to Honduras as Company Commander of the Medical Team for MedRets. Oates was called back to active duty in 1991 and deployed to Saudi Arabia in support of Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm where he served as Executive Officer of two Field Medical Units. He was awarded a Bronze Star, a Meritorious Service Medal and 4 Army Commendation Medals. He is on the Board of the Indian River County Veterans's Council and 2nd Vice President of the Indian River County Military Officers Association.
This video was produced by The Rowlinson Media Group, VERO BEACH, FL.
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