Veteran’s Real Life Stories

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HARBINGER, NAGGIES AND S/V HADHAMMER

SUNRISE WANCHESE NC Hi Girls and Guys, Our day in Wanchese Harbor on Roanoke Island, NC began with a harbinger of weather to come before the day is out. Prudent mariners know the harbinger “High Dawn”, is when the sun rises over a bank of clouds it signals high wind will soon follow. Wanchese Harbor Read More

THE BOAT THAT SAVED MY LIFE

  THE UGLY DUCKLING Hi Girls and Guys, This Blurb begins on a cold, blustery, February morning in 2002 on the Falmouth Harbor pier of the Patriot Party Boats and the Vineyard Ferry. I was anxiously awaiting the early morning departure of the ferry M/V QUICK WATER. The QUICK WATER is a small, fast, able Read More

How Pearl Harbor and John F Kennedy Influenced My Life

My life story begins in Massachusetts in March of 1942. Born in the Town of Mansfield,  a little over 3 months after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. My life in the 40’s 50’s and 60’s revolved around WWII. My neighbor across the street had served in both WWII and Korea. Growing up my mother Read More