June 19th Battle Our most significant battle occurred June 19, 1967 near Ap Bac Village where were again caught in the open only this time we faced a Viet Cong battalion concealed in reinforced bunkers. When they unexpectedly began firing many of our soldiers instantly hit the ground wounded. Friends all around me were shot up and killed – incoming ...

Reunion Connection Stevenson Ranch resident Bob Good and I were drafted out of the San Fernando Valley on the same day and we served in the same combat regiment during training at Fort Riley, Kansas, and in South Vietnam’s treacherous Mekong Delta. We didn’t meet each other until many years later when we began conducting our Army reunions, and it ...

Meeting Fred Elliott Wolfe, founder of Santa Clarita’s Veterans Collaborative Services, and our Newhall Veterans Center, suggested that I meet, interview and create Fred’s Hometown Heroes Veterans Page.   Recently, Fred and I met and chatted for over three hours, but due to swapping war stories and drifting into several tangents, we needed to meet a second time, which was ...

Bright and Spunky Robert J. Gormley lives five minutes away from my home and he’s another fine veteran who came to my attention by way of my good buddy and fellow Vietnam Veteran Jerry Rhodes. I found Bob, at age 98 years young, a proud World War II Veteran, exceptionally bright and amusingly spunky. An added bonus was meeting Bob’s ...

Veterans Center Connection Jeff Bornstein recently learned that I write our local veterans stories for KHTS Radio on the Hometown Heroes’ web site when he visited our Veterans Center in Newhall. Vietnam Veteran Bill Reynolds is our KHTS Director of Veteran’s Affairs. If you know a local veteran, please email us at Hometownheroes@hometownstation.com. Soon afterwards we met there and our friendship instantly formed. ...

Ed. Note: The following is a news release provided by the office of Representative Steve Knight. Representative Steve Knight, CA-25, announced his opposition to benefit changes for veterans and military families, officials said Friday. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. The letter, which was addressed to the Chairmen and Ranking Members of the ...