by stevesparks | Dec 5, 2015 | Military, Uncategorized, Veterans
Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, December 7, 1941…My Father’s Memories… ##### The well recognized photo of the USS West Virginia (BB48) is very personal to me. I know my father, Vernon, was swimming to Ford Island at the time the photo was taken of his ship sinking in...
by stevesparks | Mar 15, 2015 | children, Military, Uncategorized, Veterans
U. S. Naval Hospital, Shoemaker, California (Photo source: NARA, College Park, MD) “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 Hills of the...
by stevesparks | Feb 20, 2015 | Family, Military, Uncategorized, Veterans
USS Belle Grove…7 Campaigns WWII South Pacific… Ashland Class Dock Landing Ship: Originally authorized as (APM-2), a Mechanized Artillery Transport Reclassified Landing Ship Dock (LSD-2), 1 July1941 Laid down, 27 October 1942, at Moore Drydock Co. Oakland,...
by stevesparks | Feb 10, 2015 | children, Military, Uncategorized, Veterans
American Sniper…The Chris Kyle Story… Click the highlighted text for more… Christopher Scott “Chris” Kyle (April 8, 1974 – February 2, 2013) was a United States Navy SEAL and the most lethal sniper in U.S. military history with 160...
by stevesparks | Dec 5, 2014 | Mental Health Advocacy, Military, Veterans
The well recognized photo of the USS West Virginia (BB48) is very personal to me. I know my father, Vernon, was swimming to Ford Island at the time the photo was taken of his ship sinking in Pearl Harbor. The heartfelt feelings are healing and provide a special...
