Veteran of the Month

James E. Bryan holding a photo of himself from his time in the US Navy

James E. Bryan World War II Veteran | U.S. Navy 1944 – 1946. On December 20th, 1943 Chicago resident James E. Bryan enlisted in the U.S. Navy on his 18th birthday. Bryan’s training, which took place at Naval Station Great Lakes in Illinois, the Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, TX, and Catalina Island in California,…

James Albers Vietnam Veteran | U.S. Marine 1965 – 1968. Born and raised in St. Louis, MO, James Albers was one of 12 children. In September of 1965, at 20 years old, he enlisted in the United States Marine Corp. He, along with 51 other recruits, left for boot camp in San Diego, CA as…

Home Care for Veterans:

Home Care for Veterans: Charles Hockenberry is our March Veteran of the Month! Charles served in the United States Navy from 1945 to 1946. He worked in the photography department developing areal photographs.

Home Care for Veterans: Congratulations to Vincent Lazzara as our Veteran spotlight! Vincent served in the U.S. army from 1940 to 1945.

Veterans Care: Congratulations to Charles Porterfield, our veteran of the month. Chuck served in the Navy during WWII from May 10, 1943 to March 30, 1946.

Home Care for Veterans: Congratulations to Alene Pogue (Hunter), our veteran of the month. Alene served in the Army during WWII and worked in a warehouse managing the uniforms, boots and tents at Fort Sam Houston.

Home Care for Veterans: VCC would like to honor Veteran of the Month, Cecil Peets. Cecil served for the Army from 1951 – 1955 in the Korean War.

VCC would like to honor our Veteran of the Month, Richard Duckett. Richard served 3 years in the Army during the Korean Conflict. Richard trained for welding and as he was overseas in Korea his job was to look out and walk the beached to report anything suspicious. He worked for the PX and worked…

Meet Miriam Kahn, our June Veteran of the month! Miriam was in the Army during World War II from April 21,1943-January 11,1945. She was part of the Women’s Army Corps and served where she was needed. She started in supplies, then went to the medical field and went where ever she was asked. She returned…