Well start with brian. Shes dedicated her life to supporting our nations military, veterans and families of fallen heroes. Shes inspired by the character, leadership and sacrifice of her brother, First Lieutenant travis, who made the ultimate sacrifice in iraq aprilde 29, 2007. Serving as a president of the foundation since 2012, leading a National Union focusing on veterans and families of the fallen to take the next steps in the personal journeys the next generation of leaders. 2015, she received the president s lifetime achievemeni award for volunteer service. In 2016, ryanci took an official appointment to serve on the remember and explore subcommittee and the honor subcommittee for the Advisory Committee Arlington National cemetery. Ryan also serves as a board member of the National Association of Veterans Serving Organization as well as on the Advisory Board for the global war on terror, memorial foundation. Ryan resides right here with her husband and three children, where she c
Accurately trace my military odyssey, ive drawn from four sources one, my memory, two, my discharge papers, three, letters i sent to my parents when i was in europe, and, fortunately, my mother had saved my letters, and number four, regimental and battalion history of the 317th regiment at second battalion that had been declassified. A neighbor of mine who was an expert in terms of accessing the internet did the research for me. Lets back up for a minute. You said you are from brooklyn, new york . Did you were you raised and grew up in brooklyn . Harold the first 11 years of my life, i spent in brooklyn. Then my father retired and we spent time in a town called monticello. That is where you went to school . Harold that is where i went to junior high and high school. It is in my notes as i go along here. Do you have any brothers or sisters . Harold one brother who is deceased. I came from a small town called monticello at the foothill of the catskill mountains. Monticello was approximat
He rejoined his division after recovering and taking part in the battle of the bulge. He later served in the liberated camps at therition end of the war. Ins interview was conducted 2012 for its oral history collection. World war ii museum. 23, 2012 and i ,m here today in norwich vermont. State your full name. Clinton i am clint gardner, clinton gardner. I was born in new york city, 1922. What was life like growing up . Clinton my family moved to larchmont, new york when i was a baby. To theaised their, went town north of larchmont for junior high. After ninthgrade, went down to exeter and had three years there. Dartmouth i entered and once myof 1940 freshman year was behind me, it was apparent by that time that we were not yet in the war, we might be drawn into it because the germans were sinking ships in the atlantic including american ships. Ritain was in bad shape looked like if we did not get in, the nazis would take over europe and south america. So i was unsure whether i wanted
A neighbor of mine who was an expert in terms of accessing the internet did the research for me. Lets back up for a minute. You said you are from brooklyn, new york . Did you were you raised and grew up in brooklyn . Harold the first 11 years of my life, i spent in brooklyn. Then my father retired and we spent time in a town called monticello. That is where you went to school . Harold that is where i went to junior high and high school. It is in my notes as i go along here. Do you have any brothers or sisters . Harold one brother who is deceased. I came from a small town called monticello at the foothill of the catskill mountains. Monticello was approximately 90 miles from new york city. I was inducted in the army in 1944, shortly after graduating high school. I was 18 years old. Other inductees and i traveled by bus to fort dix, new jersey, where we were processed. When the processing was complete, we were put on a train and we were sent to camp crop, south carolina, outside of sparta
I want to welcome everyone to the shop. We the entire staff are so happy to have you all here and its such an honor to host the event. My name is glenda and i am the owner of the bookshop. We are happy to be in a community that supports our business and nonprofits and this is a special one today. So, it is my honor to introduce you to the authors of this book. I will start with ryan manion who devoted her life to supporting the nations military, veterans and families of fallen heroes. Shes inspired by the character, leadership and sacrifice of her brother, First Lieutenant Charles Manion who made the ultimate sacrifice in 2,007. Since the foundation of 2012, ryan leads a National Movement focused on assisting veterans and families of the falling to take the next step in their personal journeys and inspiring the next generation of leaders. In 2015, she received the president s Lifetime Achievement award for volunteer service. In 2016, ryan took an official appointment to serve on the re