Boomer Blog (Page 10 of 13)

Veterans Interview: Chuck Olmstead with Burton Bender

Chuck Olmstead interviews Patriot’s Landing resident Burton Bender, a first sergeant in the U.S. Army when he retired. He was born in 1933 and remembers buying war stamps. He graduated high school in 1952, then went to the University of Wisconsin and was state champ in swimming, before being drafted into the army.

Veterans Interview: Chuck Olmstead with Ron Brockman

Chuck Olmstead interviews Patriot’s Landing resident Ron Brockman, who retired as a captain from the U.S. Navy and was also a U.S. Marine. He was born in Kodiak, Alaska in December 1940. He went to the University of Alaska for a semester, then joined the U.S. Marine Corps. in 1959. The day he graduated from boot camp, he received a nomination letter for the Naval Academy. On his first leave as a marine, he bought a book on how to prepare for the exams and passed it, and joined the class of 1964 Naval Academy. He is also a doctor of osteopathic medicine.

Veterans Interview: Chuck Olmstead with Leonard LeDuc

Chuck Olmstead interviews Patriot’s Landing resident Leonard LeDuc, a U.S. Army veteran. He grew up in a farm town in Kansas. He worked on the assembly of missile silos. His older brother was doing well in the service, so he joined the Army in 1962.

Veterans Interview: Chuck Olmstead with George Osborn

Chuck Olmstead interviews Patriot’s Landing resident George Osborn, who was born in Seattle in 1939 and went to West Seattle High School. He recalls President Roosevelt having died during his 6th birthday party. He was drafted by the United States Army in March 1962, did basic training at Fort Ord in California, and served in Korea.

Veterans Interview: Chuck Olmstead with CPO Dave Martin

Chuck Olmstead interviews Patriot’s Landing resident David Martin, a retired U.S. Navy chief petty officer E7. He was born and raised in northeast Iowa, graduating in 1955, then joined the Navy and was trained in California, then started his service in Alaska. He eventually retired to Olympia, Oregon.

Veterans Interview: Chuck Olmstead with Bobbie Quarm

Chuck Olmstead interviews Patriot’s Landing resident Roberta “Bobbie” Quarm, a wife of a retired United States Army serviceman who served for 24 years and was injured in Vietnam. She was born in Cincinnati and lived in Philadelphia during high school, graduating in 1955. She joined the USO and Red Cross. She met her husband of 51 years at Fort Dix in New Jersey, where they married. They were stationed three times at Fort Lewis in Tacoma, Washington.