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Wayne T. "The Bombdog" Bernhardt

Category: Personal Experiences

"They honored Wayne with a Fallen Soldier ceremony. Soldiers lined both sides of the C-130 with the casket bearers solemnly marching Wayne to the aircraft. The soldiers all saluted Wayne as he passed and a prayer was said for him."

Wayne T. "The Bombdog" Bernhardt

Category: Personal Experiences

"They honored Wayne with a Fallen Soldier ceremony. Soldiers lined both sides of the C-130 with the casket bearers solemnly marching Wayne to the aircraft. The soldiers all saluted Wayne as he passed and a prayer was said for him."

The Cemetery Glade

Category: Poetry

A tribute to our fall now resting in military cemeteries.

The Cemetery Glade

Category: Poetry

A tribute to our fall now resting in military cemeteries.

Owed to the Life of the Soldier

Category: Poetry

I chose to work for a defense contractor and build F4 aircraft rather than going to Nam. Yes it was important, BUT -

Reflections of Vietnam

Category: Visual Arts

A photo Gallery set to music done by my local station DaNang Hue 1970 after tet http://youtu.be/_jrbowavcYA

Texas Fight: The History of Army ROTC at The University of Texas at Austin

Category: Books

This book represents the first in-depth academic study of UT Army ROTC. It covers not only the years since 1947 when Army ROTC arrived, but the book also addresses the numerous fights going back to the 1920s as to whether UT should host an ROTC unit. Texas Fight will be of interest both to UT ROTC graduates, regardless of branch, and to non-ROTC Texas Exes interested in their alma mater’s history. Students of campus-based officer training will also find the work an interesting case study.

"Going"

Category: Music

My first song "Going" by Harmonic Herb is on Youtube.com. and is copyrighted. I wrote, sang & composed this song. I make no money from you listening to it. It's country, two step, type music. I didn't play Harmonica on this one but I will on my up coming album. Also there will be a song about Vietnam. I'm trying to break into country music in Nashville and I need all the fans I can get.

Remembering the defenders of liberty- America's Armed Forces

Category: Poetry

left on my doorstep at christmas... also came with a card and a thank you letter.

Brother and Sister

Category: Poetry

This poem is my inner reflection towards the tragedy that occurred the day the World Trade Centers fell.

Cyber Styletto

Category: Books

A malicious computer network attack on a traffic management system in California causes the deaths of eight innocent people. Yvonne Tran, a former black hat computer hacker now working as a contractor for a government agency called CyberCom, is called in to investigate. Tran and her team - composed of former military Special Forces and civilian computer experts - must pinpoint the location where the probe originated and stop the perpetrators before they launch their next attack on Christmas Day.

Terrorists and the Terchova Treasure - In My Brother's Place

Category: Books

My wife and I were trapped between Tangiers and Madrid on 9/11. Our experiences motivated me to write a story not only about the tragedy of that day, but how we as a nation need to regain our patriotism and can-do spirit if we are to pass on our freedoms and opportunities to future generations. We are distracted by many minor events and material concerns that lead us nowhere. My story is dedicated to the civilian and military defenders of our nation from its origin to the present day.

Kansas 75 Soldiers Killed In Action Remember Us !!

Category: Visual Arts

75 Kansas Soldier KIA ( Lest We Forget )

Operation Highjump: The diary of a young sailor

Category: Books

Serving on Admiral Byrd's team for the Antarctic Expedition at the end of WW II was a privilege that only a handful of sailors would enjoy. Experience first hand, through the eyes of 19 year old Richard "Dick" Miller, the daily events aboard the S.S. Pine Island. The harsh conditions, the dangerous missions, the fun and friendships that occurred kept these men on their toes! A preview of the book resides here: www.ohj.booksforelders.com

Honor Guard

Category: Poetry

Thru rain or sleet or heat or snow, the American Legion Honor Guard will go.

"You're Our Soldiers"

Category: Poetry

I wrote this tribute to our fallen soldiers last spring after visiting the grave of a young fallen soldier who was recently killed in combat.

MAPPING A VICTORY

Category: Books

When I looked at the bulletin board at March Field during the autumn of 1942, I was stunned to learn I'd been assigned to the First Motion Picture Unit in Culver City, CA. And I had no idea why. This story is excerpted from BEYOND HOLLYWOOD: A Memoir of Fate, Luck, the Unexplained & Living the American Dream. The book is available at Amazon.com: http://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Hollywood-Memoir-Unexplained-American/dp/0615482740/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1324410663&sr=1-1

Pearl Harbor Christmas

Category: Film / Documentary

Pearl Harbor Christmas

Community Economic Literacy

Category: Books

We veterans served for numerous reasons and left the service with some expectations. In my post military and post college years, I have learned that most Americans are functionally illiterate when it comes to civics and the economic activities of their communities. Improving this knowledge is essential to our economic futures. Please join me in the effort. I have written Community Economic Literacy and created the AMERICAN PIE seminar to address the problem. Visit me at www.Amazon.com.

The Last Mission

Category: Poetry

This poem is dedicated to the US Army Air Corps of World War II, in commemoration of Pearl Harbor Day, 2011

Can't

Category: Poetry

Can’t tell where we move to, Can’t mention the date, Can’t even remember the meals that we ate. Don’t know what our plan is, Don’t where will land, Couldn’t inform you if met by band.

Patriot Heart

Category: Books

Read the poignant and informative letters written by a true patriot from the Civil War battlefields. George Ashworth Cobham was an immigrant who became a Brevet Brigadier General in the Civil War. He has given us insight, with over a hundred personal letters to his family depicting the horror and carnage of the land he loved. His correspondence documents his travels through major battles of the Civil War.

LIFE'S TREASURES!

Category: Poetry

Life’s Treasures! These are the things that matter..family…friends..and the simple things that God provides for us each day…(Published The Wishing Well..Treasures Edition..Eber Wein)

Pearl Harbor Rememberance day

Category: Personal Experiences

With Pearl Harbor Remembrance day fast approaching, I'd like to remind everyone to ready your busy schedule and prepare to lower your flag(s) to honor the soldiers that gave their life to protect the freedom we hold so dear in this country

An American Experience, The First Ninety-Three Years

Category: Books

An autobiography of a life covering 80% of the 20th century and 10% of the 21st. The story of a LA farm boy who went to school in a covered wagon but became a prominent trial attorney during 6 administrations in the U. S. Department of Justice, after servicing on the staff of RAdm. Durgin in the Medit. and during the major battles of the Pac. (CVE's). Book in hardback. Also covers pro bono work in genealogically based orgs such as NSSAR (former Pres. DCSSAR). Kamikaze at Okinawa

The Veteran

Category: Poetry

It’s the veteran, who, after birthing the nation with Washington in the Revolution, took his family past the Appalachians to the Mississippi.

In Love With An Airborne Ranger

Category: Poetry

He was always gone in the middle of the night. Always the first one in the middle of a fight. Don't remember that fairytale, had all those lonely nights. Always so proud of your man, leading the wayevery chance he can. Mother tried to warn you, but you fell in love with an Airborne Ranger

"17 ' Vietnam"

Category: Poetry

Dedicated to childhood friends: PFC Johnny Mailloux, USMC, casualty of war on 24 Nov 68, found on panel 38 on the west wall, line #50. CPL Billy Flint, US Army, casualty of war on 01 Sept 68, found on panel 45 on the west wall, line #18. Denny Gray, dying later from problems stemming from the war. We grew up in the projects of East Lynn, MA, the po side of town.

Every Thought of You, A Sailor's Love Letters from the Pacific World War II

Category: Books

Paul L. Edwards' almost 700 love letters to his bride during World War II are compiled into a 684 page book telling his Navy "Seabee" story from Boot Camp and the South Pacific. Re-live life during the war.

The Road of Life

Category: Poetry

I woke up about 4:30 in the morning and started to think about my life and how good God has been and my family through the years "The Road of Life" is for everyone to travel his own way.

THE PAKISTAN CAULDRON: CONSPIRACY, ASSASSINATION & INSTABILITY by James P. Farwell

Category: Books

If you'd like to know what makes Pakistani politics tick, and to uncover its culture of conspiracy and betrayal, you'll enjoy this good read.

It was you and I

Category: Poetry

I wrote this as a song, but it works as a poem also. It was written a few years after I came back from Viet Nam when it seemed that all Nam vet were not all that well received, in fact, some thought we were all just crazy. At any rate, this is how I remember the media dealing with us.

Morning Glory

Category: Poetry

I love the United States of American and especially our flag and what it stands for!

The Wisdom That We Gained

Category: Music

Five years after the fall of Saigon I wrote "The Wisdom That We Gained". Those words, written so many years ago, have given me and many other Vietnam Vets a reason for our sacrifice and service to our country.

Navy Retiree's Restore Vintage Bomber

Category: Personal Experiences

An abandoned Douglas A-3D Skywarrior restored from airport eyesore to airport beauty

The Gurney Race by Leonard Raines

Category: Poetry

This poem honors my fellow patients who struggled with me, in grim good humor, to recover at The Philadelphia Naval Hospital in 1968-69. The events are a true representation of the facts I witnessed.

My America

Category: Poetry

I wrote this poem in March 2008 to honor all Veterans, especially those from WWII. The hallowed ground spoken of was visited during the year 1963 and later. These words are, quite simply, my feelings regarding my country and those who have served, and who continue to serve her.

SOUL EXPLOSION

Category: Books

You can achieve your life’s dream, if you commit your life to Jesus Christ, and be reborn in the Holy Spirit, and focus all of your energy on your goal. Dr. Rick Scarnati in SOUL EXPLOSION tells how he accomplished the impossible by giving his life to Jesus and becoming “SUPERCHARGED” by the Holy Spirit.

Given All

Category: Poetry

All gave some, some gave all!

THE FARM BOY FROM NEBRASKA

Category: Poetry

World War II Veterans fought for the right reasons

Lieutenant Henry: Memoir of a Marine

Category: Books

1968 was a defining year in our country’s history - Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy were assassinated, free love, Vietnam protests, Black Power and the dawn of the drug culture were in full stride. It was also the year that a young college student decided to transfer from the Navy to the Marine Corps; The metamorphosis of a student to a combat officer. The odyssey takes you from training to Vietnam. There is never a dull moment. The journey is both fast paced and intense.

90 Percent: A Memoir of My Demise and Rise

Category: Books

Jasper Beamon, a retired Navy CEO "receives an ominous e-mail from his soul mate telling him that she is about to publish a book about their relationship which sends Jasper into a neurotic tailspins where he is forced to examine his life. But will he?" 90 Percent: A Memoir of My Demise and Rise is a literary novel sizzling with passion and crackling with humor. It is intertwined with romance, political commentary, history and pop culture.

I was Born out of Freedom and I Stand for All

Category: Poetry

A Salute to the American Flag: I was Born out of Freedom and I Stand for All

Patriots Among Us: Never Forget

Category: Books

“There he is in the white shirt, fifth from the end…” So begins the bloody nightmare. Dewey Dunkkin thought his covert past was long forgotten, but there’s a Russian sniper out there who doesn't believe in forgetting… or in America’s national security. He believes in revenge, and is determined to kill him...as well as bring down the U. S. Presidency. Sexcapades, conspiracies, and a wake of murders...Dewey’s patriotic saga will have you laughing, guessing and on the edge of your seat.

I have fought

Category: Poetry

"I have seen a thousand battles, and fought in a hundred wars"

With A Tear In Your Eye

Category: Poetry

I wrote this poem to honor Sgt. Bryan Anderson who lost both legs and one arm in Iraq. He is from Rolling Meadows, Il. and a true patriot. I was inspired to write "With A Tear In Your Eye" when Bryan was in Walter Reed Hospital recovering from his injuries. His mother asked all who visited, "Not to cry".

WINGS OVER SAKISHIMA

Category: Books

Hundreds of lives were saved from Kamikaze attacks against ships that were supporting the battle at Okinawa due to the action taken by the US Navy and their allies flying from Aircraft Carriers against the nearby SAKISHIMA islands. For 82 days plus, fighters and bombers attacked Kamikaze airfields in order to neutralize them.Overshadowed by the raging ground war battles at Okinawa, little has ever been written about the air action that took place at the same time at Sakishima islands until now.

Why I Fight: A common soldier's take on war

Category: Personal Experiences

“Epic Words” of a warrior.

Tiger Hound, How We Won the War and Lost the Country

Category: Books

A first person history of the Vietnam War.

"Hardest Job in the U.S. Navy Seabees”

Category: Books

A sniper was terrorizing our camp at Tent City in Quang Tri for more than 30 days. If we lit a cigarette after dark we were likely to be targets for a sniper shot. We used a red lens in our flashlights at night if we went to the outhouse or shower so we would not be an easy target. We were quite relieved when the Marines propped up this dead Viet Cong sniper on the barbed wire fence outside our mess tent for all of us to see as we exited from breakfast. The Marines did their job.

Product of the USA, Red Boots Country Music

Category: Music

What do Patti Page, Johnny Cash, June Carter Cash, Hank Williams Sr., Gene Autry, Loretta Lynn, Tex Ritter, Roy Rogers and Dale Evans have in common with country music chart-climber Joyce Shaffer? They have been or will be inducted into America's Old Time Country Music Hall of Fame Aug. 29-Sept. 4 in LeMars, Iowa. 36th National Old Time Country Bluegrass Festival, LeMars, Iowa, Aug. 29-Sept. 4.

"21"

Category: Music

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Saluting Liberty

Category: Poetry

For Evil slithers unprovoked, its memoirs masquerading in endless graves of tyranny, its victims promenanding Before the Throne of Justice like a thundering waterfall, while here—a bugler wails his taps in mournful protocol.

"Kaziah the Goat Woman"

Category: Film / Documentary

The film delves into Hancock’s life in polygamy and her escape to freedom, her accomplishments as an artist, and her experience with raising goats. To see Hancock’s paintings and learn more about her award-winning documentary.

"Warriors in the Night"

Category: Music

It was my honor to write “Warriors in the Night” about them and to let them know that there are still some Americans that appreciate what they do. These heroes are a "cut above" and America is blessed to have these unique warriors on our side! So to all the Special Operators, please enjoy my song dedicated to you and know that you will never be forgotten. I pray God’s richest blessings and protection on these warriors and their families.

"It's Written In The Earth"

Category: Poetry

It’s written in the earth, That sunshine follows rain. It’s written in the earth, That sorrow comes again, That wars will ever roam. It’s written in the earth, While far away from home.

"A Soldiers Mom"

Category: Poetry

I pray for your peace of mind,
Your steady aim,
For your intuition and senses to be keen.
I pray you find happiness in your heart
And kindness when you are far from home.

"I’m Praying Hard for You” – Love Letters to a Death Camp

Category: Books

Jo wrote to Bill on Nov. 5, 1941. Darling: Five days gone & each worse than the one before. Our model child goes to sleep right after 6 & sleeps thru the night so it is plenty quiet. Where are you? (Don't you wish you knew?) I do.