As a young Marine at the School of Infantry - 1991.
Our wedding day - July 17, 1993.
Operation United Shield in Mogadishu, Somalia - March 2, 1995.
Home from deployment; seeing my daughter for the first time - 1995.
Reuniting with my Corpsman, "Doc" Dunkerly, at an O.M.E.H. event - 2001.
Holding Old Glory on top of Half Dome, Yosemite National Park - 2002.
My friend, the late LtCol. Tom Wall, USMC, (Ret.) on Memorial Day - 2002.
The Schultz kids on the 1st anniversary of September 11th - 2002.
A Civil War reenactment, Huntington Beach, California - 2002.
Carrying Old Glory 26.2 miles in the San Diego Rock 'n Roll Marathon - 2003.
Brigadier General Robert L. Stewart, USA, NASA Astronaut (Ret.)
at the Mayor's Prayer Breakfast in Anaheim, California - 2003.
This Heroes Gauntlet, with members of the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force,
Marines, Coast Guard, Anaheim Police and Fire departments, welcomed
guests at an O.M.E.H. event - 2004.
Key-note speaker Walter Ehlers at an O.M.E.H. event - 2004. Mr. Ehlers,
whose brother was killed on D-Day, is the only living recipient of the
Congressional Medal of Honor from the invasion of Normandy.
Boy Scouts of America, Troop 159, reenact the flag raising over Iwo Jima,
at an O.M.E.H. event in Anaheim, California - 2004.
Visiting with Gold Star Mothers on Memorial Day - 2004.
September 27, 2004 - Carrying Old Glory to the top of Mt. Whitney,
the highest peak in the continental United States (14,496 ft).
Guest-of-Honor Bernard Fisher at an O.M.E.H. program in Boise, Idaho - 2005.
Mr. Fisher was the first member of the United States Air Force to receive
the Congressional Medal of Honor during the Vietnam War.
The Schultz family at a Memorial Day ceremony - 2005.
Josh Stone, whose father, Maj. Gregory Stone, was killed at the beginning of
the Iraq War, presented a memorial wreath during an O.M.E.H. Veteran's Day program
at Trail Wind Elementary School in Boise, Idaho - 2005.
Then Congressman C.L. "Butch" Otter on Memorial Day - 2005.
Today "Butch" Otter is the Govenor of the State of Idaho.
Guest Speaker Idaho Supreme Court Justice Daniel Eismann at an O.M.E.H.
Veteran's Day Program in Boise, Idaho - 2006. Justice Eismann, a two-time Purple
Heart recipient, served as helicopter door-gunner during the Vietnam War.
2 comments:
Chip - Looking through this brief history of OMEH made me feel like it's been going on for so long, yet I'm proud to say I was in attendance at your very first. I'm not sure if Jody has sent the flyer yet, but it's still going strong here through Brother Conger. The Blog looks great, and I wish you well with everything.
Chip, you are the man. You are one of the neatest guys I know. You are so self-motivated. I wish you well during your journey and your family as well while you're away from them. I look forward to seeing you at the finish line.
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