Everyday Patriot

Specialist Wade Elliot Hector was born on August 3, 1968, in Lebanon, New Hampshire. After graduating from Lebanon high school in 1986, he enlisted in the US Army, completing a 3-year contract. After that, he remained in the New Hampshire Army National Guard. After his active service, Specialist Wade Hector worked for the Greenwood Painting Company and was an avid hunter.  He was a member of the Grafton County Fish and Game Club and the National Rifle Association. He deployed to Saudi Arabia to help support Operation Desert Storm/Desert Shield and the Gulf War, and on February 21, 1991, Specialist Wade Hector lost his life in a truck accident.  He rests at the Mills Cemetery in Meriden, New Hampshire. * Read about a.d. elliott's Everyday Patriot Project here* **************************************** a.d. elliott is a wanderer, writer, and photographer currently living in Salem, Virginia.  In addition to the travel writings at  www.takethebackroads.com , you ca...

Signalman First Class Douglas Albert Munro was born on October 11, 1919, in Vancouver, British Columbia. His father was repatriated to America while he was young, and Signalman First Class Munro would grow up in South Cle Elum, Washington. He was musically talented, playing the drums, trumpet, and harmonica, and he regularly performed with the Sons of the American Legion Drum and Bugle Corps. Signalman Douglas Munro was also a boy scout and wrestled for Cle Elum High School. After graduation, he enrolled in Central Washington College of Education but withdrew in 1939 to enlist in the US Coast Guard when World War II began to look likely. At his induction ceremony, he would meet and befriend Commander Raymond Evans . The two would become known as "the Gold Dust Twins." After his training at Port Angeles Air Station, he was assigned to the USCGC Spencer until 1941, when the US Coast Guard was transferred from the Department of the Treasury to the Department of the Navy. ...

Private First Class Dories William Brooks Jr. was born on May 19, 1932, in Gaston, North Carolina. He enlisted in the US Marine Corps in 1951 and trained as a rifleman, deploying with the Ist Marine Division to Korea for the Korean War. On January 15, 1953, Private First Class Dories Brooks was overwhelmed by enemy fire. He rests at the Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery in Mount Holly, North Carolina. * Read about a.d. elliott's Everyday Patriot Project here* **************************************** a.d. elliott is a wanderer, writer, and photographer currently living in Salem, Virginia.  In addition to the travel writings at  www.takethebackroads.com , you can also read her book reviews at  www.riteoffancy.com  and US military biographies at  www.everydaypatriot.com Her online photography gallery can be found at  shop.takethebackroads.com #TaketheBackRoads Like my page? Please consider supporting my work by visiting my sponsors, my  webshop , or...

Corporal Timothy William Romei was born on March 11, 1968, in Poughkeepsie, New York. He moved to California with his family in 1980 and graduated in 1986 from Abraham Lincoln High School in Almeda, California. He enlisted in the US Marine Corps shortly after graduation. Corporal Timothy Romei served aboard the USS Shasta and USS Caron before being assigned to the USS Okinawa, which deployed to the Persian Gulf to provide support during Operation Desert Storm/Desert Shield and the Gulf War. On October 8, 1990, conducting night missions, the UH-1 he was in collided with another over the Persian Gulf. Corporal Timothy Romei is still unrecovered. He is remembered at the San Francisco National Cemetery. * Read about a.d. elliott's Everyday Patriot Project here* **************************************** a.d. elliott is a wanderer, writer, and photographer currently living in Salem, Virginia.  In addition to the travel writings at  www.takethebackroads.com , you can also read h...

General Willam Allen Knowlton was born on June 19, 1920, in Weston, Massachusetts. He graduated from the US Military Academy at West Point in 1943 and was commissioned a cavalry officer and assigned to the 7th Armored Division. He would deploy to France during World War II and lead an assault platoon in occupied France. He also commanded recon missions into Germany. After the war, he would be assigned to staff postings and the Command College before deploying to Korea with the 3rd Armored Cavalry for the Korean War. General William Knowlton would return from Korean War to attend the War College and was then assigned command of a brigade at Fort Knox and a military attache in Tunisia. After his time in Tunisia, General Knowlton was assigned to the US Army Chief of Staff and then to the Office of the Secretary of Defense before he deployed to Vietnam twice to oversee civilian operations. Finally, on March 23, 1970, he was assigned the 49th Superintendent of the US Military Acad...

Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry was born on April10, 1794 in South Kingston, Rhode Island.  In 1809, at the age of 15, he enlisted in the US Navy, served above the USS Revenge and the USS President through the War of 1812, and participated in battles with HMS Little Belt and HMS Belvida. He also served aboard the USS United States. Following the War of 1812, he would head to the Mediterranean for the Second Barbary War before being transferred to the USS Cyane to patrol Liberia and then the West Indies to suppress the international slave trade. His first command would come in 1821 aboard the USS Shark, and on March 25, 1822, he would physically plant the flag that claimed the Florida Keys for the US.   Commodore Matthew Perry was on shore duty in South Carolina from 1825 until 1830. He commanded the USS Concord until 1833. After that, he would return to shore duty at the New York Navy Yard until 1837 as the Deputy Commander. Here he wo...