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 | Nov 28, 2020 | Military, Ptsd, Uncategorized, Veterans
USS San Francisco 1943… Palace of the Fine Arts, Marine District, San Francisco Palace of the Fine Arts, Marina District, San Francisco Marcella and little Jerry settle in San Francisco at 1501 Scott St. near the Marina District close to the Golden Gate Bridge....
by stevesparks | Nov 22, 2020 | Depoe Bay, Family, Military, Ptsd, Uncategorized, Veterans
Ed and Carmen Clark, Little Whale Cove, Oregon The Hawaiian People served too! Meet our dear neighbors, Ed and Carmen Clark! Judy and I so appreciate their interest in contributing to our “Celebrating Democracy” series. Both Ed and Carmen Clark were born...
by stevesparks | Nov 17, 2020 | Building Healthy Communities, Ptsd, Uncategorized
It was Christmas eve 1935 in St Paul, Mn. My dad, Vernon, and his pop, Al Sparks, just returned home after an afternoon visiting his Pop’s favorite bars in the neighborhood. Grandpa was already “3 sheets to the wind” as his family would observe when...
by stevesparks | Oct 16, 2016 | children, Military, Uncategorized, Veterans
It was truly an emotional and spiritual connection with my father, Vernon, during this annual reunion of WWII veterans who served aboard the USS West Virginia (BB48). Jim Downing and Bob Benafel both served with my father on December 7, 1941. This was one of the...
