Where did you serve and what did you do?

I joined the Navy in 1961 to see the world and was sent to shore duty at Key West Test & Evaluation Detachment, where I served as Secure Publications Yeoman and prepared operation orders on an ordinance they were testing. I transferred to sea duty aboard the USS Fort Snelling LSD-30 as an Operations/Intelligence Division Yeoman. The Fort became part of the amphibious assault squadron stationed off Cuba during the 1962 Cuban Crisis.

How are you Still Serving?

As Post 3460 Adjutant and Community Service Chairman, I initiate the disbursement of funds from my Post in Media, PA to organizations in our local area: Salvation Army, local food bank, youth sports teams, USO, Women Veterans Retreat, Pennsylvania Wounded Warriors, National Home for Children, Diabetes Foundation, Honor Flight, Walk for the Wounded, Etc. I endeavor to keep the Post membership engaged in service to the community.

Why do you do it?

It is a good feeling when I get a donation to an organization approved. I want the community to have the same respect for the VFW as it did when I was younger in the 1940s and 1950s.