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Veterans Day 2014❚ This WWII soldier brought a unique skill to the Army: pages 2-3

❚ Remembering the debt we owe our veterans: page 4

❚ Veterans Day events in Kitsap, region: page 5

The Voice for Kitsap’s Veterans and their Families November 2014

Published monthly by Sound Publishing Co. | Updated regularly online on KitsapVeteransLife.com

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ON THE COVER: Members of the Suquamish Warriors honor guard fires a salute during the 2013 Veterans Day ceremony at the Suquamish Veterans Memorial. See page 5 for a list of 2014 Veterans Day events. Richard Walker / Veterans Life

By RICHARD D. OXLEYroxley@soundpublishing.com

It was the height of World War II. America asked a lot of its citi-

zens. And in response, its citizens sent its sons, its money — and its typewrit-ers.

Robert Montgomery of Bremerton was drafted in October 1942. But he came to the Army with a par-ticular skill — a skill that altered his course through the war, all the way to Frankfurt, Germany.

Typewriter repair.“It was one of these,

‘You know how to fix one of these machines? How do you fix this part?,’ ” he said.

Montgomery grew up fixing typewriters in his father’s Seattle-area type-writer shop. By the time

the Army came calling, he knew a thing or two about the essential machines. In fact, to this day, at 93, Montgomery is still at it, fixing typewriters five days a week at his downtown Bremerton repair shop. He is among a handful of repairmen in the region with the knowhow to keep typewriters up and run-ning.

But in 1942, Montgomery was planning on moving on from the family typewriter business-es. The Army, however, had other plans.

“I started goofing around with these machines when I was in grade school. I had no intention of being a repairman,” Montgomery said. “I really didn’t get seriously involved with fixing typewriters as such

until I got out of the Army. I kept getting steered into it.”

DraftedIt was common for col-

leges to require young men to go through a form of basic training as the war was on. Montgomery was one such student who took part in a training. He could take a carbine apart and put it back together before he was drafted. Perhaps that was the reason no one noticed that he never actu-ally went through basic training when he was sent to Camp Beale, Calif. after being drafted.

“The whole thing is a comedy of errors,” Montgomery said. “There was a fluke somewhere, I don’t know. They lost my records indicating whether

or not I went through basic training. So I arrived in California as a fully quali-fied soldier with a gun. They sent me immediately to where I was needed,” he said.

Montgomery wasn’t alone. “They looked around and found out that there were about nine other guys as well,” he said.

The untrained soldiers were each handed a gun and went through a crash course in basic training at Camp Beale, though it wasn’t long before plans changed for Montgomery.

“They said, ‘You fix typewriters don’t you?’ ” Montgomery said. “They literally grabbed me by the collar and said, ‘Here’s your repair shop.’ I was

The Army typeAs a typewriter repairman, Robert Montgomery had a unique skill.

And during the Second World War, the U.S. Army needed it

See ARMY TYPE, Page 3

At age 93, World War II veteran Robert Montgomery of Bremerton continues to work as a typewriter repairman. During the war, he was trained as a fighting soldier, but his assignment changed when the Army learned of his skills repairing typewriters. Richard D. Oxley / Veterans Life

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immediately put to work fixing typewriters.”

It was a sign of the times. The World War II was leaving little in America unaffected, and the typewriter industry was not spared.

“When America entered World War II, production on all American typewrit-ers stopped in order for factories to dedicate their output to essential war munitions,” the online type-writer store, www.mytype-writer.com, reports.

“The American gov-ernment requested that all spare typewriters be turned over to the military. Manufacturers, retailers, and even private citizens were urged to give up their typewriters.”

Every Army field desk had a typewriter. Important documents were typed and duplicated using typewriters. With factories no longer producing the machines during the war, the typewriter became a valuable commodity.

Montgomery said the U.S. government adver-tised for second-hand type-writers: “ ‘We need your old typewriters. If you don’t need it, send it to us, we’ll pay you.’ ”

And out on the war front, keeping typewriters operat-ing was a valuable skill.

Trading in a gun for repair tools

After California, Montgomery was sent to a base in Alabama where he marched in an infantry for about three months. En route to his assignment, he stopped at a base in Arkansas that had a type-writer repair shop.

“By this time, the war had really started to get heavy and we had German prisoners,” he said. “I

walked into this typewriter repair shop and this guy, who had been a profes-sional typewriter repair-man similar to me, was running this shop with German prisoners. Some of them didn’t know what they were doing, but at those prices, who com-plains?”

It wasn’t long until Montgomery shipped off to England.

“I was supposed to stay with this group that was

a replacement for the 1st Division that was fighting the main German group,” he said. “It was no place to be. They had big guns. Those Germans were really good soldiers too.”

But he didn’t go to the front. He’s not sure how it happened, but word of his repair skills somehow traveled overseas ahead of him.

“This officer comes up to me and said, ‘Montgomery, turn in all your field equip-ment, put on a class S uniform and report to the transportation officer,’ ” Montgomery said.

He found the transporta-tion office. “This guy says, ‘Oh yeah we were expect-ing you,’ ” he said.

Montgomery was there for about a day before his orders arrived.

“It said I was supposed to go to S.H.A.E.F. Nobody knew what ‘S.H.A.E.F.’ was,” Montgomery said.

“But one guy did. It was ‘Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force.’ He said, ‘That’s Eisenhower’s headquar-

ters.’ It was the headquar-ters for the entire invasion force.”

When Montgomery arrived at S.H.A.E.F., he discovered that it already had a typewriter repair-man on duty. The plan was to keep Montgomery

on hand for when he was needed. In the meantime, he was charged with pur-chasing supplies for the office in London.

“I was sent out with a driver and a jeep in down-town London which had German planes flying over-head,” he said.

In time, American forces gained more ground in Europe and were headed to Berlin. Montgomery was sent along with them — first to Versailles, France, where he repaired typewriters in some rather lavish horse stables; and then on until he found himself in a basement shop in Frankfurt. That was the last stop on Montgomery’s tour. The war had largely ended at that point. He was sent home.

After the warWhile he hadn’t planned

on entering the family business before the war, Montgomery wasn’t opposed to the idea after it. He noticed that Kitsap was absent a typewriter repair-man, so he set up shop in Bremerton with his father. More than six decades

later, Montgomery still works there.

Montgomery can look back over decades of experience, from the Underwood No. 5 — a model that is more than 100 years old — to the popular electric IBM Selectric, and he enjoys chatting about it. And he can recall his time in the war — a time he speaks of in a serious tone, yet also with a little humor about how plans can change.

“It’s a miracle we actual-ly defeated the Germans,” he said with a smirk. “They had an army that had actually been fully trained. They were a dangerous bunch of soldiers.”

He has a theory of why America came out on top.

“There’s something about the Americans in general, and the American Army,” he said.

“We are a bunch of improvisers. At times the official orders weren’t always the greatest. We would look at them and say, ‘I don’t know what they are doing, let’s go around the other way.’ ”

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Veterans Day is Nov. 11.Originally known as Armistice Day, the commemora-tion is observed every year on the 11th day of the 11th

month in remembrance of the end of hostilities between the Allied nations and Germany in the Great War — Nov. 11, 1918, the end of “the war to end all wars.”As devastating as that war was — 16 million people died, 20 million were wounded — it did not end all wars. But in the ensuing years, Americans continued to step up and wear the uniform, in hopes that we would indeed see the end of all wars. And they paid the price.In World War II, 405,399 U.S. soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines died, 670,846 were wounded.In the Korean War, there were 36,516 U.S. military deaths and 92,134 wounded.In the Vietnam War, there were 58,209 U.S. military deaths and 153,303 wounded.In Afghanistan, 2,229 U.S. military personnel have died, 18,675 have been wounded. In Iraq, 4,488 died, 32,222 were wounded.Our living veterans are the reminders of that sacri� ce, the witnesses of the despotism and dictatorship and tyranny that drove us to war.As of Sept. 30, the U.S. veteran population was 21,999,108 — 16.5 million wartime, 5.4 million peacetime.According to Wikipedia, citing information from the U.S. De-partment of Veterans A� airs, 16.1 million Americans served in the Armed Forces during World War II; as of Sept. 30, the World War II veteran population is 1,017,314. The U.S. Depart-ment of Veterans A� airs estimated that 670 American World War II veterans died every day in 2011.According to Veterans A� airs, also alive today are 1.8 mil-lion Korean War veterans, 7.2 million Vietnam era veterans, 7 million Gulf War era veterans, and 11,213 pre-World War II veterans.Today, nearly 1.5 million individuals are serving in active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces. Another 850,000 are serving in the Reserve. Of those, some 160,000 are serving overseas. One-sixth are in combat zones: 24,050 in Afghanistan, 2,350 in Iraq.On Veterans Day, we remember the debt we owe our veter-ans, current and future. May their service steel our resolve to ensure a nation and world free of terror and tyranny — to see the day when all nations seek to use instruments of peace before they deploy instruments of war.

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One of the finest soldiers I had the pleasure to meet and work with was Spc.

Lucy Hootenberry. Her real name I don’t remember, but this is close enough.

Lucy was one of my students and a counselee in the Army’s enlisted nursing program. She held the highest respect among the cadre and students. She was an excellent nurse even before she graduated. All the instructors loved working with her; she was always positive.

She had only one problem: a husband that never held a job and only wanted farm animals and lots of children.

When I did the initial instruc-tor–student intake counseling, I was impressed by her frankness, maturity and her composure. She had joined the Army while living in southern Indiana, her whole life

working as a nurse’s aide, holding down two full-time positions. She was the only support the fam-ily had, while her hubby stayed home with the children, at least six of them, and the farm animals.

Ten weeks before gradua-tion, Lucy and her classmates learned they would be assigned to medical units in Germany. When I met with her, at that time, she acknowledged her gratitude to the Army for making her a nurse and paying her to go school, something she could never do in civilian life. Lucy had worked hard all her life and for once she was making progress and making a living. However, she was not too sure that her husband would like the idea of going overseas.

She asked many questions about duty in Germany. She was obviously excited.

The last time I met with her, I asked how things were going, in particular about the family going to Europe. She said her husband

was accepting the idea and she was really looking forward to see-ing the sights in Europe. Then she graduated and went on leave to her home town.

Several weeks later, while doing noon phone watch at the school, I got a call from an angry person who worked at the over-seas replacement center at the airport in St. Louis. The woman yelled, “Who the hell is Lucy Hootenberry?”

I explained that Lucy was a former student, a very good one, headed for Germany, and was no longer a part of the command.

The irate civilian then read me the letter her office had received from Lucy.

“Dear Overseas Replacement Staff. I want to thank you and the U.S. Army for the opportunity to be stationed in Germany and to see all the wonderful things there. However, at this time I must respectfully decline the orders, as this would be impossible for us. Again, thank you for this chance to see Europe. Signed, Specialist Lucy Hootenberry.”

I never did find out what hap-pened to Spc. Hootenberry. Knowing the type of woman and soldier she was, a tour in Germany would have been a three-year paid vacation for her — if she could only have gotten the children to raise their father.

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UW hosts events on Nov. 7 and 11

TACOMA — University of Washington hosts sev-eral events Veterans Day week to mark the annual commemoration.

On Nov. 7, beginning at 12:30 p.m., staff mem-bers from the Tacoma Veterans Center will be available to assist veterans, in the Office of Veteran and Military Services, MAT206, UW Tacoma.

This office is a new ser-vice, a welcome center where veterans can gather, staffed by a professional veterans service coordina-tor, a benefits adviser and a VetCorps “navigator” — a veteran helping veterans through transition as a peer.

On Nov. 11, 11 a.m., a Veterans Day ceremony will be presented on the UW Seattle campus. The recipient of the 2014 UW Distinguished Alumni Veteran Award will be announced. The Husky Marching Band will present a salute to Armed Forces and uniformed personnel.

Info: www.tacoma.uw.edu/news/veterans.

Fundraiser for homeless veterans

BREMERTON — The Fraternal Order of Eagles’ annual President’s Charity Fundraiser is scheduled on Nov. 8, 3-11 p.m., at 205 6th St., Bremerton.

Beneficiaries are ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease) treatment and research and homeless veterans. There will be raffle every hour, live local music, food and fun for everyone. A membership special will be offered during the event: Become a member for $25 (savings of 50 percent).

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Kitsap celebration at the fairgrounds

BREMERTON — Kitsap residents will salute our nation’s veterans at the annual Veterans Day Celebration on Nov. 11 at the Kitsap County Fairgrounds Pavilion.

The doors will open at 9 a.m., the ceremony will begin at 10:30 a.m.

More than 40 veterans

groups will participate in the event.

Two dozen booths will line the walls, displaying vintage military vehicles, uniforms and other histor-ic items. The ceremonies will include the Bremerton High School Marching Band, a bagpiper, colors presentation, bell-ringing, POW/MIA flag ceremony, Armed Forces medley, rifle salute and the playing of Taps.

Co-hosts this year are Rear Adm. Jeffrey Ruth, commander, Navy Region Northwest; and Guy Stitt, Bremerton-Olympic Peninsula Navy League ambassador.

First Sgt. Doug R. Pfeffer, USA, (Ret), is the sched-uled guest speaker. Pfeffer served a 24-year career with a military occupation specialty of forward observ-er (13F). He deployed in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom.

Pfeffer is chief operat-ing officer of RallyPoint/6, a non-profit that helps vet-erans in the South Puget Sound. RallyPoint/6 is where the service member, veteran or family member can get connected with community organizations that will assist in transi-tion and reintegration into the civilian community. No service member, vet-eran or family member is charged for the support and services they receive at RallyPoint/6.

Free admission at Museum of Flight

SEATTLE — The Museum of Flight is offer-ing free admission to veter-ans on Veterans Day.

The museum’s Veterans Day ceremony begins at 10:30 a.m. with an hour of patriotic music by the Boeing Employees’ Concert Band. At 11:45 a.m., the keynote speaker will be Mike Washington, a veteran and member of Team Rubicon, an organi-zation that unites the skills and experiences of military veterans with first respond-ers to rapidly deploy emer-gency response teams.

Washington will explain how Team Rubicon (www.t e a m r u b i c o n u s a . o r g ) helped local rescuers after the deadly Oso landslide in March.

The Museum of Flight is located at 9404 E. Marginal Way S., Seattle, exit 158 off Interstate 5 on Boeing Field, half-way between downtown Seattle and Sea-Tac Airport.

Info: 206-764-5720 or www.museumofflight.org.

Ceremony at USCG Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — Coast Guard Air Station/Sector Field Office Port Angeles will host its annual Veterans Day ceremony on Nov. 11 at 10:30 a.m.

The ceremony is spon-sored by the Clallam County Veterans Association. It is open to the public; enter the facility from the front gate at 1 Ediz Hook, start-ing at 9 a.m. All guests are required to present valid photo identification in order to gain access to the base.

Air Station/SFO Port Angeles has been designat-ed as a regional Veterans Day observance site for the 18th straight year by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. This year, the unit has also been designated a Vietnam War 50th Anniversary Commemorative Partner.

Gathering, potluck for SEALS film

POULSBO — The PBS documentary, “The Untold Story of the Navy SEALS,” will be shown at The Slippery Pig on Nov. 11 at 9 p.m.

The Slippery Pig (www.slipperypigbrewery.com) is located at 18801 Front St. NE, downtown Poulsbo.

“Arrive anytime after 1700,” said Cmdr. Jack B. James, USN, ret. “We have coordinated with the Slippery Pig for this event and they are offering the space at no charge. Bring friends and your favorite potluck dish. [We’ll have] raffle prizes after the show.”

RSVP: 360-509-2985, jack-aljames15@gmail.com.

Free haircuts, meals for veterans

BREMERTON — Great Clips will give veterans a free haircut from Veterans Day through Dec. 31.

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Veterans Day events scheduled in the region

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Another TRICARE Prime® option has come to Kitsap County.Military Retirees with their families and Active Duty Family members in Kitsap County now have a choice in where they receive their health care. They can visit the high quality primary care providers at Harrison Health Partners and enjoy all the benefits and security of TRICARE Prime under US Family Health Plan.

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SilverdaleBest Western Silverdale Beach Hotel3073 NW Bucklin Hill Rd Silverdale, WA 98383

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Veterans who visit Great Clips on Nov. 11 will receive a free haircut that day or a free haircut card to redeem by Dec. 31. After Nov. 11, veterans must have a free haircut card to get the free haircut. Present evidence of military service to receive a card.

Golden Corral will serve free dinner buffets with beverage from 5-9 p.m. on Nov. 17 to any person who is serving or has served

in a U.S. military branch, including the National Guard and Reserves.

Golden Corral is located at 1065 State St., Marysville, 360-659-4035. For location of other Golden Corrals, go to www.goldencorral.com/locator.

State and local DAV rep-resentatives will be on site at all Golden Corral loca-tions coordinating the col-lection of donations from customers, to benefit veter-ans programs.

“While only current and

former military qualify for the free meal, everyone is encouraged to come out and show support for our veterans,” the restaurant reported.

Discounts for active duty, vets

MOUNT RAINIER — Several Mount Rainier-area businesses are discounting their services for active duty, retired and disabled veterans on Veterans Day and throughout the year.

n Mount Rainier Scenic Railroad, Elbe, 54124 Mountain Highway E., Elbe, 360-492-5588, www.mrsr.com.

n Northwest Trek Wildlife Park, 11610 Trek Drive East, Eatonville, 360-832-6117, www.nwtrek.org.

n Mount Rainier National Park and all other U.S. national parks offer free entry on Veterans Day. Active duty service mem-bers and their dependents can receive free annual passes. 360-569-2211, www.nps.gov/mora.

n Altimeter Cabin, an his-toric log cabin located five

minutes from the Mount Rainier National Park entrance. 34509 State Route 706 E., Ashford, 1-866-267-6814, www.AltimeterCabin.com.

n Cornerstone Cabin, 38209 State Route 706 E., Ashford, 253-232-2436, www.thecornerstonecabin.com.

n Crystal Mountain Resort skiing and lodging, on Military Appreciation Days Jan. 4, Feb. 5, and Apr. 12. 360-663-3055, www.cr ystalmountainresor t.com/Tickets-and-Passes/Military.

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Veterans DayContinued from page 5

American Legion Post 109, Silverdale

Address: 10710 Silverdale Way, Silverdale.

Info: alpost109cmdr@gmail.com, or Facebook.

Meets on the third Monday of the month, 7 p.m., at All Star Lanes.

American Legion Post 149, Bremerton

Address: 4922 Kitsap Way, Bremerton. 360-373-8983.

Info: www.legion149wa.org

American Legion Post 172, Bainbridge IslandAddress: 7880 NE Bucklin

Hill Road, Bainbridge Island. 206-842-5000.

Info: www.bainbridgeis-landpost172.org.

Meets on the first and third Friday of the month, 7:30 p.m.

American Legion Post 200, Belfair

Info: Tom Welch, email xtw@aol.com.

Meets on the first Thursday of the month at 6 p.m. American Legion Post 245

Veterans Service Office, Poulsbo

Address: 19068 Jensen Way, Suite 3A, downtown Poulsbo. 360-779-5456.

Open every Thursday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Disabled American Veterans

n 2315 Burwell St., Bremerton. 360-373-2397.

n 4475 Birch Ave W., Port Orchard.

Chapter meetings: Potluck noon, meeting 1 p.m., sec-ond Saturday of each month

n Adjutant/Service Office: North Mason Resources, 140 NE State Route 300, Belfair. 360-552-2303.

Hours: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Thursday or by appointment.

Kitsap County Veterans Assistance Program

Address: Kitsap County Department of Human Services, 614 Division St., MS-23, Port Orchard.

Info: Tom Vialpando, pro-gram coordinator, 360-337-4811; www.kitsapgov.com/hs/veterans/VA.htm.

Marine Corps League Olympic Peninsula

Detachment 531Address: 2315 Burwell St.,

Bremerton. 360-265-7492.Meets on the first

Wednesday of the month at 6 p.m.

Suquamish Tribe Veterans Resource Office

Info: LaVada Anderson, 360-394-8515, landerson@suquamish.nsn.us.VFW Post 239, Bremerton

Address: 190 Dora Ave.,

Bremerton. 360-377-6739.Meets on the second

Tuesday of the month, 7 p.m. VFW Post No. 1694,

SheltonAddress: Memorial

Hall, Second and Franklin streets, Shelton. 360-426-4546.

Meets on the second and fourth Thursdays of each month, 7 p.m. Beverages and snacks are served at 6 p.m. by the Ladies Auxiliary.

WorkSource Kitsap County

Address: 1300 Sylvan Way, second floor, Bremerton. 360-337-4767.

Info: Michael Robinson, disabled veterans outreach, 360-337-4727, mrobinson@esd.wa.gov. Or jmckenna@esd.wa.gov.

— To be included in this list of Veterans Resources, email rwalker@soundpub-lishing.com

Veterans’ resources in Kitsap County CHATTERVeterans Advisory Board meets Nov. 12

SILVERDALE — The Kitsap County Veterans Advisory Board will meet on Nov. 12, 5:30 p.m., in the Silverdale Community Center Evergreen Room.

VA Health town hall meeting Dec. 4

BREMERTON — A VA Health Town Hall meeting is scheduled for Dec. 4, time to be announced, at Jackson Park Community Chapel, 90 Olding Road, Bremerton.

VA Health has been spon-soring town hall meetings around the state to stimu-late conversations about how to make the system better.

For town hall time, go to www.kitsapgov.com/hs/veterans/VA.htm

UW Tacoma offers programs for vets

TACOMA — University of Washington Tacoma offers several programs for veterans.

n A campus chapter of the national Student Veterans of America encourages camaraderie and support among veterans and their families.

n Degree programs, including an all-online bachelor’s degree in crimi-nal justice and a master’s degree in cybersecurity and leadership.

n Veterans Incubator for Better Entrepreneurship, helps veterans refine their business concepts, develop practical skills, pursue capi-tal, and cultivate relation-ships to maximize their chance of a successful busi-ness startup.

Info: www.tacoma.uw.edu/news/veterans.

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Certain events cast long shadows over modern American

culture, reaching up from out of the past to educate, remind and sometimes even warn us.

Perhaps, no lessons from our recent past are more applicable to our society today than those learned in Vietnam.

The Vietnam War,

America’s most contro-versial conflict except for possibly the current one, is the subject of a lecture, “Vietnam: The American Experience,” by retired U.S. diplomat Larry Kerr.

The three-part lecture series started on Nov. 1 and continues on Nov. 8 and 22, 10 a.m., at the Bainbridge Island Library.

The war in Vietnam was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the

communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. American promises and commitments made to the people and govern-ment of South Vietnam to keep communist forces from overtaking them reach back through at least five presidents, begin-ning with the Truman

administration. Dwight D. Eisenhower placed military advisers and CIA opera-tives in Vietnam, John F. Kennedy sent in American soldiers. Lyndon B. Johnson ordered the first real combat by American troops, and Richard M. Nixon concluded the war.

It was an especially divi-sive and controversial war, increasingly unpopular at home. More than 2 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict.

The session on Nov. 8 will cover the escalation of America’s air and ground campaigns, the perception of the war in America’s liv-ing rooms, protest efforts, and the conflict’s increas-ing cost of life.

The final session will dis-cuss the Tet Offensive, the My Lai Massacre and the crisis of conscience, the fall

of Johnson, and the war’s brutal end game.

This is Kerr’s third histori-cal lecture series hosted by the library. He first taught “The Great War: End of a Civilization” in 2012 and then “Korea: The Forgotten War” last year.

Kerr said it is his desire to educate a younger audi-ence about the results that came from events during Vietnam which still affect our country, as well as to cre-ate a dialogue within those old enough to have lived through the war and see if things really were as they remember them.

“My object here is to look at the war as a war,” Kerr said. “I don’t do battles and bloodshed very much, but how the decisions were made, the politics of the war.”

Kerr served as an Army officer from 1964 to 1974.

Then, after a short stint as a stockbroker, he joined the U.S. State Department; his postings included Mexico, Chile, Guatemala and the Republic of Georgia.

His teaching experience includes two stints as dip-lomat in residence at the University of the Americas in Puebla, Mexico; three years as associate professor of history at the National Defense University; and a distinguished lectureship at the Inter-American Defense College.

In retirement, Kerr taught American government and economics at Northwest Yeshiva High School in 2007, and history at West Sound Academy from 2009-12.

To register, email BainbridgeLibraryU@gmail.com, call 206-842-4162 or visit the library’s information desk.

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The Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., is seeking photos of each person listed on “The Wall” — all 58,300.

The goal is to put a face with every name. The photos will be put on permanent display at the education center to be built near the memorial.

Photos are still being sought for 12 fallen mili-tary personnel from Kitsap County:

■ Hobart Axsom Jr., 1928-1969, of Bremerton.

■ Steven L. Cannon, 1947-1967, of Olalla.

■ George H. Daniels II ,

1948-1969, of Manchester.■ Jimmie A. Dolen, 1947-

1968, of Bremerton.■ Donald D. Hawkins,

1947-1968, of Port Orchard.

■ James F. Hollis, 1937-1972, of Bremerton.

■ Robert A. Jackson, 1946-1968, of Port Orchard.

■ Robert G. Kerr, 1924-1967, of Bremerton.

■ James R. McClintock, 1943-1968, of Port Orchard.

■ Jeffery C. Niles, 1949-1968, of Bremerton.

■ Joseph R. Riebli, 1946-1967, of Port Orchard.

■ Richard F. Salazar, 1938-1969, of Kingston.

Photos can be sent to neverforgotten2014@gmail.com. More informa-tion about the memorial is available at www.vvmf.org/thewall.

In the December edition of Veterans Life

■ Bremerton Mayor Patty Lent on converting Harrison Bremerton into a local VA health care site.

■ After Army service in World War II Europe, Burt Boyd finally got to be a sailor.

Larry Kerr, a retired U.S. diplomat and teacher who now lives on Bainbridge Island, presents “Vietnam: The American Experience,” on Nov. 8 and 22 at the Bainbridge Public Library.

Bainbridge Public Library

‘Vietnam: The American Experience’ Nov. 8 and 22

Vietnam Veterans Memorial looking for photos of Kitsap men on The Wall

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