Happenstance Last week, while going on my daily five mile walk, I bumped into Tom Hemphill who lives on the next street over from me and our brief chat

  SCV Volunteer You may ask, why would I write about a non SCV resident Veteran so I’m laying it out right here. I have known Fred Gruchalla approximately six

  It’s a Small World I’ve known Robert Gasior a number of years from attending my grandsons’ baseball games at Valencia’s Hart Baseball Complex where his two sons also play.

Opportunity Knocked Recently, I met Bernie at Valencia’s Corner Bakery where we had coffee while we chatted and I interviewed him for two hours. When another Santa Clarita Valley Veteran

War Stories Galore Recently, I met with my ole Army pal Bob Good who introduced me to his close buddy for over 40 years, Larry Hubbard, for coffee at Valencia’s

  Impromptu Meeting Recently, my sister JoAnn and I took our 93 year young mother to lunch at Canyon Country’s Route 66 Restaurant where I had an impromptu chat with

  Signal Newspaper Ad I recently met Dick Ramsey at his daughter Patrice’s home following an e-mail that I received from him, which he sent via our Signal’s advertisement for

I’ve been familiar with Kevin Duxbury’s service to our country and to our community for quite some time, but when I spotted him at a recent Santa Clarita City Council

  Signal Seeks Veterans Dan Andrews contacted me through our Signal Newspaper’s weekly notice for Veterans to provide me their military branch and years of service and when I learned

Tommy Rendezvous Thomas J. Martin first became known to me at our Santa Clarita Valley Chamber of Commerce’s Patriots Luncheon in July 2017, when he was one of several local

Treasure Trove On Friday, November 17, Judy Christian brought her WWII Veteran father, Karl Petersen, to The Greatest Generations Foundation Veteran’s Portrait Session at Newhall’s American Legion Hall and there

  The Text Message It was late September 2017 that Timothy Davis, founder of The Greatest Generations Foundation, sent a text informing me that he had just received a phone

WWII Gold Star Family Recently, I had the distinct pleasure of meeting two members of one of the longest living family residents of Santa Clarita Valley, Bettyrose Cordova and her

Swapping Old War Stories For months I had reached out to Don for an interview after his son mentioned that his Dad was a Vietnam Veteran, but Don was busy

  Editor’s Note: This is Part One of a two-part story. Galvanizing Story Recently, Max Morgan sent me an e-mail in response to our Friday Veterans Page request to submit