Living Histories

To Honor, Educate and Preserve our History by Remembering and Honoring our Veterans.

Honor Flight Offers Special Homecoming to One of Vietnam War’s First Veterans

by Michel Robertson | Oct 22, 2018 | Living Histories

Vietnam Veteran Series by Michel Robertson Article first appeared in The Transylvania Times on October 22, 2018 On October 6, 2018, I accompanied 92 Vietnam veterans to Washington, DC as a guardian on a Blue Ridge Honor Flight. Among the veterans was David Crandal, of...

Ervin Bridges: Walking to War

by Michel Robertson | Jun 18, 2018 | Living Histories

Captain Ervin Bridges spent much of his time in Vietnam struggling through jungles and rice paddies. Bridges remembered lying on the ground during a particularly bloody battle wondering to himself, “What the heck am I doing here? Why did I volunteer?” A native of...

Vietnam Veteran Describes Exploits As A Green Beret

by Michel Robertson | Dec 4, 2017 | Living Histories

Vietnam Veteran Series by Michel Robertson Article first appeared in The Transylvania Times on Dec. 4, 2017 Mike DiRocco’s clandestine entry into Vietnam began on a moonless night in the Viet Cong-controlled Van Canh valley, 200 miles north of Saigon. The 12-member...