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[edit] Welcome Home, Brother!
To all fellow Vietnam Veterans a heartfelt "Welcome Home, Brother". This phrase, exchanged between Vietnam Vets helps to provide a sense of belonging to a special group of people that were often ostracized by their fellow countrymen following their return from an unpopular but deadly and ugly war. It is felt by many of those veterans that any welcome home, even one years later is better than the one received when they actually returned to the "World". If you feel this way, greet a fellow Vietnam Vet by saying "Welcome Home, Brother!" and leaving me a message on my talk Page.
[edit] In Loving Memory...
In Loving Memory of James Paul De Bruler, Private First Class, United States Army, 01 October 1947-21 May 1966, Panel 07E Line 94 Vietnam Veterans Memorial. A High School friend and true buddy. Rest in Peace Brother, you are not forgotten...
[edit] My Military Career
I retired from the Coast Guard Reserve in 2007 with a total of 24 years service; including Army, Army Reserve, and Coast Guard Reserve time. I joined the Army in 1966 and was trained as a photo lab technician (MOS 84G20, a job description no longer in today's digital age) and arrived in Vietnam in September of 1966. I spent my year in Nam and extended my tour twice for 6 months each, leaving Vietnam in December 1968. While there I saw lots of the Vietnamese countryside as I served as an aerial photographer part of the time. After getting out of the Army I served in the Army Reserve for 3 years before receiving my Honorable Discharge. Like most Vietnam Vets, I went to school, got married, raised a family, got a job, voted, paid my taxes, and generally got on with my life. The Hollywood view of the homeless, alcoholic, druggie, sociopathic Vietnam Vet is one of my biggest pet peeves.
After a 20 year break in service, I joined the Coast Guard Reserve and retired as a Chief Machinery Technician in 2007. In addition to the ususal monthly training drills and annual training, I served during several floods and hurricanes. After September 11, 2001 and during the Iraq War in 2003; I, along with my shipmates, served at Port Arthur, TX providing port security for the oil refineries and the Port of Beaumont. October of 2005 found me in Louisiana serving in the Coast Guard and helping with the damage recovery efforts from hurricanes Katrina and Rita. In April of 2007, I was ordered home by the Commandant of the Coast Guard as I had reached manditory retirement age. I miss being able to get underway with my shipmates in the early morning on training exercises and patrol work.
I am a Life Member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. and a Life Member of the U.S. Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer's Association.
[edit] That's Right! I'm a proud Kansan
Yep! Born in Columbus, Kansas and I have lived at one time or another in Coffeyville, Kansas, Independence, Kansas, rural Emporia, Kansas, and Alma, Kansas. As a part of my military career I have spent a significant amount of time in Topeka, Kansas and Leavenworth, Kansas. I have traveled either for business or pleasure to almost all parts of Kansas except the extreme northwestern part of the state. I love driving rural roads and seeing the local sights. Small towns fascinate me.
[edit] Other Places I've spent more than 30 consecutive days
- rural Grove, OK
- Cuchara, CO
- Fort Leonard Wood, MO (courtesy of U.S. Army)
- Fort Monmouth, NJ (courtesy of U.S. Army)
- Oakland Army Base, CA (courtesy of U.S. Army) (I wasn't really there 30 consecutive days; it just seemed like it!
Probably 15 days on three separate occasions)
- Republic of Viet Nam (courtesy of U.S. Army)
- St Charles and St. Louis Counties in MO (courtesy of U.S. Coast Guard) (Great Flood of '93)
- Southwestern Illinois (courtesy of U.S. Coast Guard) (Great Flood of '93)
- Port Arthur, TX (courtesy of U.S. Coast Guard) (Post September 11, 2001)
- Omaha, NE (courtesy of U.S. Coast Guard)
- Lake Wabaunsee, KS (rural Alma, KS)
- Leavenworth, KS (courtesy of U.S. Coast Guard)
- Alexandria, LA (courtesy of U.S. Coast Guard) (Hurricane Katrina)
As you can see most of my travels were at taypayer expense. If you want to travel, contact your local recruiting office of any of the armed forces!
[edit] The education of Cuprum17
I am first and foremost an autodidact. I am also a graduate of the School of Hard Knocks. For you enthusiasts of a more formal education, I did manage to graduate from Emporia State University with a degree in Business Administration. That was done mostly with GI Bill money as I couldn't have afforded it any other way. The most practical course taken during my college education was Welding and Foundry, with Silversmithing I running a very close second. The most worthless courses I ever took were any of the Economics courses, but most especially the one titled Social Security. As a confirmed autodidact, I am still learning new skills everyday. If it interests me, I have to know everything about it that I can possibly absorb.
[edit] Cuprum
The name alludes to element number 29 in the Periodic Table of the chemical elements. Copper is the main component of the metal wall sculptures that I create. For now, I do it just as a hobby, but hopefully, as I can devote more time to the activity and become more skilled in technique; I hope to be able to sell some of my works. I have won a first place in the sculpture division of a show with one of my recent pieces.
You guessed it! Obviously my favorite number and one that is associated with many important events in my life.
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- Charles F. Shoemaker - Working on it
- http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F30617F63A5416738DDDA90A94DB405B8585F0D3
- Rhetta Miller Shoemaker - wife
- http://www.fcgh.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=52:charles-f-shoemaker-usrcs-1895-1905&catid=4:commandants&Itemid=11
- Worth G. Ross
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* {{cite web|title=Point-Class 82-foot WPBs|publisher=U.S. Coast Guard|accessdate=16 January 2012|author=Historian's Office, U.S Coast Guard|url=http://www.uscg.mil/history/webcutters/Point_Class_WPB_Index.asp|format=asp}}
* {{cite book|last=Cutler|first=Thomas J.|year=2000|title=Brown Water, Black Berets: Coastal and Riverine Warfare in Vietnam|publisher=Naval Institute Press, Annapolis|isbn=978-1-55750-196-7}}
* {{cite book|last=Johnson|first=Robert Irwin|year=1987|title=Guardians of the Sea, History of the United States Coast Guard, 1915 to the Present|publisher=Naval Institute Press, Annapolis|isbn=978-0-87021-720-3}}
* {{cite book|last=Karnow|first=Stanley|year=1983|title=Vietnam: A History|publisher=The Viking Press, New York|isbn=978-0-670-74604-0}}
* {{cite book|last=Kelley|first=Michael P.|year=2002|title=Where We Were in Vietnam|publisher=Hellgate Press, Central Point, OR|isbn=978-1-55571-625-7}}
* {{cite book|last=Larzelere|first=Alex|year=1997|title=The Coast Guard at War, Vietnam, 1965-1975|publisher=Naval Institute Press, Annapolis|isbn=978-1-55750-529-3}}
* {{cite web|title=Vietnam Operational Archives|publisher=U.S. Navy|accessdate=16 January 2012|author=Naval Historical Center, U.S. Navy|url=http://www.history.navy.mil/branches/org10-8.htm|format=htm}}
* {{cite book|last=Scheina|first=Robert L.|year=1990|title=U.S. Coast Guard Cutters & Craft, 1946-1990|publisher=Naval Institute Press, Annapolis|isbn=978-0-87021-719-7}}
* {{cite book|last=Scotti|first=Paul C.|year=2000|title=Coast Guard Action in Vietnam: Stories of Those Who Served|publisher=Hellgate Press, Central Point, OR|isbn=978-1-55571-528-1}}
* {{cite book|last=Sorley|first=Lewis|year=1999|title=A Better War|publisher=Harcourt, Inc., New York|isbn=978-0-15-601309-3}}
* {{cite book|last=Summers Jr.|first=Harry G.|year=1995|title=Historical Atlas of the Vietnam War|publisher=Houghton Mifflin Co., New York|isbn=978-0-395-72223-7}}
* {{cite journal|last=Tulich|first=Eugene N.|title=The United States Coast Guard in South East Asia During the Vietnam Conflict|journal=Coast Guard Historical Monograph|volume=1|date=1975|url=http://www.uscg.mil/history/articles/h_tulichvietnam.asp|accessdate=16 January 2012|format=asp}}
* {{cite web|last=Wells II|first=William R.|title=The United States Coast Guard's Piggyback 81mm Mortar/.50 cal. machine gun|publisher=Vietnam Magazine|date=August 1997|url=http://www.pcf45.com/misfire/81-50.html|accessdate=16 January 2012|format=html}}
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