CAPT Charles J Stuart

Sep 22, 2017 | Navy

Captain Stuart reported for duty at Northwestern University in March 1945, to replace Captain Hall as Commanding Officer of the V-12 and NROTC Unit here. Captain Hall retired at this time. Previously, Captain Stuart had 78 consecutive months of sea duty. Charles...

EM Frank Aceves

Sep 15, 2017 | Navy

Enlisting in the Navy in 1966, Frank Aceves made it his goal to become an electrician and move up the ranks as quickly as possible. Following a stint working on a tugboat in the Midway Island harbor, he was assigned to serve with the Mobile Riverine Force in Vietnam....

RDML Grace Hopper

Sep 14, 2017 | Navy

At the outbreak of WWII, Hopper signed up to join WAVES (Women Accepted for Voluntary Emergency Service), a part of the U.S. Naval Reserve. Her application was initially rejected because she was deemed too old and too thin per enlistment standards. Determined, Hopper...

COL Martin L. Fackler

Aug 26, 2017 | Army, Navy

Life during wartime is often full of unexpected events, and not surprisingly, Colonel Martin Fackler’s career in military medicine during the Vietnam era took many twists and turns. Beginning in the Navy as an intern, he wrangled a coveted residency through an...

MCPO Jack Shimizu

Aug 11, 2017 | Navy

November 1969, after riverine warfare training in Vallejo, California; I detached and reported to rivers quadrant 13 in Vietnam in December 1969. I was reassigned to river division 131, located in the Mekong delta. The Home base was called Sea float/solid anchor, our...

Terry Cain

Jul 30, 2017 | Navy

Terry served eighteen years, 1976-1994. Terry maintained and transported nuclear weapons on ballistic submarines and had shore duty at ATK. Terry volunteers much time at The American Legion where he holds leadership positions and gives dance lessons to its members. We...