Beaufort’s Gerald Wynn, 69, a Beaufort High School graduate, joined the Army National Guard in 1972 and went to boot camp at Fort Ord, Calif. He trained to operate ground surveillance radar. In additional to regular National Guard training he was called up for S.C. hurricane recovery work five times. After 9/11, his unit was… Keep Reading
Beaufort’s Bill Warren, 82, joined the United States Marine Corps’ PLC program in St. Louis, Mo., in 1958. After graduating from Southern Illinois University, he attended basic and infantry training at Quantico. He joined the Recon Battalion at Camp Pendleton and deployed to Cuba and Haiti before a tour in Okinawa. He then spent two… Keep Reading
Beaufort’s Ken Eshleman, 76, joined the United States Marine Corps in 1970 in Colombia, Pa. After Boot Camp at Parris Island and Infantry training, he became a Combat Engineer and was sent to Okinawa and Japan. The following tour saw him at Lejeune training as a Special Weapons courier. His next assignment was to Parris… Keep Reading
Beaufort’s John Payne, 76, joined the Navy ROTC program at the University of Missouri in 1962. Upon graduation, he was commissioned in the United States Marine Corps. After Officer Basic Training at Quantico, he was assigned to combat duty in Quang Tri province in Vietnam, where during the Tet Offensive in 1968 he was badly… Keep Reading
The first two articles in this series on VA hearing (audiology) services answered 18 common questions about VA hearing services and service-connected disability based on hearing loss and other hearing problems. This final article answers five more questions about VA hearing services and explains how to file a claim for service-connected disability based on hearing… Keep Reading
Beaufort’s Matt Swinsick, 79, joined the Navy in 1960 in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. After Boot camp and Electronics Technician school in Great Lakes, Ill., he was assigned to the USS Bushnell (AS-15), a large floating submarine maintenance facility in Key West just as the Cuban Missile Crises broke out nearly next door. While serving aboard, he… Keep Reading