by stevesparks | Mar 28, 2021 | Building Healthy Communities, Family, Mental Health Advocacy, Military, Ptsd, Veterans
USS Bellegrove LSD2 Research from Vernon H. Sparks Naval records 1936-1960 September 2019 a working DRAFT 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...
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 | Jul 3, 2019 | Building Healthy Communities, children, Family, Military, Uncategorized, Veterans
Heroes of Palau… Palau…Searching for Heroes… Click on this powerful video clip…worth all 13 minutes! Published on Nov 7, 2014 “Passion meets technology in the search for downed aircraft in the South Pacific. The BentProp Project is a group of volunteers who...