Honor Flight Chicago-- Part 4: One Vietnam War Veteran's Experience

Bob Misevich, the Vietnam War medic. saw some of the worst of the war. and his memories of e war are vivid.  Being a part of Honor Flight Chicago this past July touched him deeply.  (See Honor Flight Chicago--Part 2 from November 13, 2019.)

 Nothing more than being greeted by five hundred people greeting them on their return from D.C. and there were even children in the crowd and many waving U.S. flags.  On their arrival, they were also greeted by representatives of the armed forces and National Guard and veterans.  Former Senator Bob Dole  is often in Washington, D.C. to greet vets when his health is alright.

All this "changed my life.  It changed the whole process of how you thought about the war," he says.

Going to the Vietnam Wall Memorial also meant a lot to him.  He carried a list of six names from his squad over there.  He didn't know what had happened to them.  Sadly, he found three of their names on the wall.

That wall is indeed a sombering experience, as are the traveling Vietnam Walls.

He is also impressed with the program and its volunteers and encourages all veterans to take part.  "Upon arrival at Midway they immediately put us in wheelchairs and we had a mentor every step of the way.

Jerry Corp on the Vietnam Wall

From the Wall of Faces site of Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund.

JERRY MARSH CORP

A picture of him accompanies this.

Honored on Panel  11W, Line 30 of the Wall.

Wall Name:  Jerry M. Corp

Date of Birth:  4/14/50

Date of Casualty:  4/21/70

City / County of Record / State:  Tecumseh, Ozark County,  Missouri

Branch of Service:  Army

Casualty Province: Quang Ngai

Rank:  PFC

He is buried at Sallee Cemetery, Ozark County, Missouri.

The Good Die Young.

A Lot Happened Today-- Part 2: Came the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald and Opening of the Berlin Wall

1969--  Children's educational show "Sesame Street" made its debut on PBS.

1975--  The ore-hauling ship Edmund Fitzgerald and its crew of 29 vanished during a storm on Lake Erie.

1982--  The newly finished Vietnam Veterans Memorial was opened to its first visitors in Washington, D.C.

1989--  Workers began punching a hole in the Berlin Wall, a day after East Germany abolished its border restrictions.

--Cooter

McHenry Honors Its Vietnam Dead

From the Nov. 11, 2014, Northwest herald (McHeny County, Illinois) "City honors McHenry High School grads killed in Vietnam with memorial" by Jeff Engelhardt.

Richard Phannenstill, McHeny High Class of 1964, went off to war with three classmates who never came back.  Later, a member of the Class of 1967 was also killed.

Work on this memorial started 14 years ago.

Hundreds gathered in the miserable drizzle and cold to witness the dedication of the memorial.  I know, I was there.  O wouldn't have missed it.  This was my generation's war and I sure came close to going myself.

We honored:
John Granath, Jr., 20
Carter Freund, 22
Glenn Davis, 22
James Ambrose, 23

Members of their families unveiled the marker at Veterans Park.

Freedom Doesn't Come Cheap

McHenry Vietnam Veterans Memorial

McHenry, Illinois.

The memorial is sponsored by the McHenry High School Class of '64.  Three of the four McHenry graduates killed in Vietnam were from the Class of 1964.

Carter Freund, Class of '64
James Ambrose III, Class of '64
Glenn Davis, Class of '64
John Granath, Class of '67

The groundbreaking for the memorial was held in October 2014 and formal dedication on Veterans Day 2014.