Witness to War was here last week amidst all the traffic from the Medal of Honor Convention and the Yorktown Association Reunion. The Witness to War Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving the stories and unique experiences of combat veterans. It was founded in an attempt to answer the unanswerable: What was it [...]
Volunteer Joe Bosco was born in central New York state and lived near Griffiss Air Force Base, which explains part of his fascination with all things that fly. His dad, who was a World War II veteran with service on the USS Burrows, DE-105, used to take him out to watch the B-52s from the [...]
Former crew members of the USS Yorktown held a “Meet and Greet” on Saturday, 02 October 2010, for visitors onboard. They talked about their service on the “Fighting Lady” and signed a limited edition poster of the USS Yorktown in its World War II and Vietnam configurations. A couple even brought their old scrapbooks filled [...]
Tomorrow at 11:00 am, our nation’s living Medal of Honor recipients will arrive at Patriots Point and be escorted down the long pier to the USS Yorktown (CV-10), our nation’s most decorated aircraft carrier with fifteen battle stars. For much of the afternoon Yorktown will literally be “Home of the Brave.” Eight hundred and fifty [...]
Former crew members of the USS Yorktown (CV-10) from World War II through Vietnam will hold a “Meet and Greet” for visiting guests and children this Saturday, October 2nd, from 10 am to 2 pm. The Yorktown Association will be returning to their ship for their 62nd Reunion. Former crew members from the World War [...]
Air Force Chief Master Sergeant (CMSgt) Richard L. Etchberger was posthumously awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor by President Barrack Obama on 21 September 2010. A native of Hamburg, Pennsylvania, “Etch” was President of his Senior Class and well liked in his small town when he joined the United States Air Force (USAF) shortly after [...]
Just released, the National Education Report on Patriots Point, please share with your friends and families…
As we approach the Medal of Honor convention here in Charleston beginning next week, the next in a series on Medal of Honor recipients is one of the most amazing, the story of a conscientious objector who insisted on serving his country without a gun and despite all odds saved the lives of many Americans [...]
On a date to be determined by the White House, the first living recipient in a war since Vietnam, Staff Sergeant (SSGT) Salvatore Giunta, United States Army, will receive the Medal of Honor. Giunta, 25, is a native of Iowa, and enlisted in the Army in November 2003. He deployed twice to Afghanistan, and currently [...]
Our newest aircraft the Douglas A-3D, Skywarrior aka Whale, served during the Vietnam War. Its primary mission in the EA-3 variant was to warn Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force aviators, whenever SAMs (surface to air missiles) were launched at them. On Tuesday, 14 September, one of the former crew members, who actually flew in [...]
