by stevesparks | Dec 3, 2023 | Mental Health Advocacy, Veterans
Pray for all souls lost to wars My father Vernon, passed away in 1998. He was 79. It took my own life experience, including following his footsteps, enlisting in the US Navy in 1963 at age 17, to begin my own journey of healing. After over 4 decades, I researched,...
by stevesparks | Nov 10, 2023 | Mental Health Advocacy, Veterans
The old photo above was taken just before my father, Vernon, was deployed during the Korean War. It was Sunday family time aboard the USS Andromeda (AKA15). I honestly don’t remember this day. I love to be reminded of a happier time for our family. Dad’s...
by stevesparks | Aug 26, 2023 | Mental Health Advocacy, Veterans
“Passion meets technology in the search for downed aircraft in the South Pacific. The BentProp Project is a group of volunteers who search for and help repatriate missing World War II Airmen. Their searches were long and arduous until they enlisted the scientific...
by stevesparks | Jul 28, 2023 | Mental Health Advocacy, Veterans
Vernon H Sparks BMC USN 1936-1960. 1918 – 1998 Post War Transition and Recuperation… “Originally designated “U. S. Naval Hospital, Pleasanton, California”, this 2000 bed hospital sprung up in a vast area of flat land a few miles east of the Oakland...
by stevesparks | Jul 28, 2023 | Mental Health Advocacy, Ptsd, Veterans
Research from Vernon H. Sparks Naval records 1936-1960. Department of the Navy, Bureau of Naval Personnel, Washington D.C. Vernon H. Sparks, BMC, 328 41 29, USNFR-F6, May 1, 1966…30 years of honorable service By Steve Sparks, Author, Blogger, Mental...
by stevesparks | Apr 18, 2023 | Mental Health Advocacy, Military, Veterans
Memorial Day means so much more to me these days at the prime age of 76 than anytime in my life. Since researching and writing my book in 2011, awareness of the lifelong suffering of severe trauma and PTSD has increased exponentially. We know so much more in...
