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SEALs, immortalized
On June 28, 2005, Lt. Michael Murphy made a call for help. For that call he was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. It was a moment that inspired fel-low Navy SEAL and South Caroli-na amateur artist Josh Hermann. He captured the story in a paint-ing that’s now at the National Navy UDT-SEAL Museum in Fort Pierce. “Long story short, there were
four (SEALs) on a recon operation and they found themselves in a firefight with an overwhelming force,” Hermann said. “In the middle of this firefight, in order to get communications to get assis-tance, Murphy moved out from cover and got shot several times while calmly asking for support.”According to a Navy Special War-
fare narrative, Murphy and three others SEALs were seeking a Tali-ban leader in the mountains near Asadabad, Afghanistan, as part of Operation Red Wings. They encountered enemy fighters. Very well-armed enemy fighters with Staff photo by Tammy Raits
Former SEAL and artist Josh Hermann chats with Vero Beach residents Sara and Peter Dreilinger Saturday, July 27, during the pre-sentation of a copy of his painting, purchased by Dr. Jim Schafer of Vero Beach and donated to the Victory Center Military Store, located inside the Indian River Mall.
A painting worth more than 1,000 words of narrative
Patrick McCallisterFor Veteran Voice
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Library of Congress seeks veterans’ talesBob Patrick, director of the Veterans History
Project of the Library of Congress’ American Folklife Center, said all veterans have stories to tell, and need to do just that. Irving Kampf can tell a good story about his
Army days. They started in St. Petersburg at the Vinoy Hotel. Back in the early ‘40s, the hotel was serving as Army barracks. “I remember writing to my folks that (the
Army) was going to be a wonderful deal,” he said. “How little did I know. I never was quar-tered in a hotel after that.” Kampf recently visited that hotel with his
family. He was pleased to find it erected a bit of a walk-through museum about its his-tory — including history about its role as a training center during World War II. Dorothy Kamm, his daughter, said Kampf’s stories that started in her childhood make her feel “psychically connected” to the time the hotel was part of an Army training center. “I was listening to all his stories and still do,”
Kamm said.
Both live in Port St. Lucie. Kampf was one of the
millions of young men and women who served in uniform during World War II. He was in the Army Air Corps and trained to be a radio operator. He doesn’t have tales about great battles filled with close calls, narrow escapes and near misses.“When I finished my
training for the Air Force, the civilian (instructor) decided to keep me there,” he said. “I was one of only three who did not ship out.” Kampf bounced around
North America doing a va-riety of different jobs for the Army, and ended up going north. Way north. He didn’t mind. Kampf was acquainted with another great storyteller, American novelist Jack London. “I’d been reading the book ‘Call of the Wild,’”
he said. “I had the good fortune to be sent to
Alaska.” Kamm said Dad’s stories about Alaska and
the Army kept her attention and fired her imagination. “I was always interested because most of the
Patrick McCallisterFor Veteran Voice
Photo courtesy of Dorothy KammIrving Kampf in front of the Vinoy Hotel, which once served as Army barracks in the 1940s.
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terrain on their side. Murphy was shot multiple times when he ex-posed himself in order to call for assistance. By the time the battle was over, 11 Navy SEALs died alongside eight Army soldiers. Hermann learned more about
the story a couple years ago while visiting the museum. Around that time he was starting to revive an old and long-dormant interest in art. He said the museum had a portrait of Murphy with a plaque giving his Medal of Honor nar-rative. Frankly, he thought the narrative was a bit dry and dull. It needed some emotion. “I thought it would be nice to
have something that would better tell the story of what these guys did,” Hermann said. At the Navy’s website, navy.
mil, Hermann found a picture of Murphy alongside five fellow SEALs. Turned out, the picture was taken shortly before four of them died alongside Murphy in the 2005 firefight. The lone sur-viving SEAL from the Red Wings operation, Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Marcus Luttrell, is also in the picture. He wrote a book about the battle — “Lone Survi-vor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10.” Hermann decided the picture
captured an element of the battle nothing else could — the humanity of those who died. In addition to helping tell Mur-
phy’s story, the painting raises funds for the museum. “We sell copies of it,” Hermann
said. “There will only be 20 copies of this picture ever made.” Hermann said 20 because 19
service members died in the bat-
tle, and one survived. “All told, that painting I creat-
ed from nothing has generated $11,000 of donations to the mu-seum,” Hermann said. Rick Kaiser, executive direc-
tor, said the museum has sold a couple copies of the painting and they fetched thousands. “The painting itself looks exactly
like a photograph,” Kaiser said. “I think that’s what originally catch-es peoples’ eyes.” He said the museum displays
the 4-by-3 foot original painting beside a copy of the photograph it portrays. “People start looking back and
forth to see what the difference is,” Kaiser said. “Then they look at the story of it and it really hits them.” Hermann said he’s planning a
series of paintings based on the handful of SEALs who’ve been awarded the Medal of Honor. The next will be Master at Arms 2nd Class Michael Monsoor. He died in September, 2006, in Ramadi, Iraq. Monsoor threw himself on an insurgent’s grenade to protect other SEALs. His funeral captured America’s
attention. “At his funeral, all the SEALs
pulled their tridents off and pounded them into the coffin,” Hermann said. Herman was a SEAL from 1985
to 1989. He was in SEAL Team Four. Before then, he considered studying art at college. After he discharged from the service, Her-mann became an engineer, and
mostly forgot about painting. He resurrected his childhood interest in art to give his wife a special Christmas present. That reminded him how much
he missed art. “For me, time doesn’t exist when
I’m painting,” Hermann said. He’d like to take it further. “Some day I wouldn’t mind being
able to make a living doing this,” Hermann said. “I wouldn’t mind making a living on commissions.” Oh, and are there any incon-
sistency to be found in a SEAL painting pretty pictures? “To me it’s almost like an ath-
letic endeavor,” Hermann said. “Think of the hand-eye mental co-ordination you have to do to paint something like this. It’s a mental challenge to paint something like
this to me.” Kaiser — himself a SEAL — said
SEALs he knows have a wide range of interests that some might find surprising. Hermann hopes to have the
Monsoor painting done by No-vember to present at the muse-ums next “muster,” an annual gathering of SEALs. That’ll be on Nov. 8, 9 and 10.
Operation Red Wings is some-times called Operation Redwing. Operation Redwing is also the name of a 1950s series of nucle-ar tests. The Medal of Honor is awarded by Congress for risk of life in combat beyond the call of duty. It’s often mistakenly called the “Congressional Medal of Hon-or.”
Mitch Kloorfain/chief photographerThe original painting hangs on display at the UDT-SEAL Museum in Fort Pierce. The names of the 11 SEALs who died are listed on the gas tank of the Harley-Davidson motorcycle specially built to honor them.
“At (Medal of Honor recipient Lt. Michael Murphy’s) funer-al, all the SEALs pulled their
tridents off and pounded them into the coffin,” Hermann said.
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stories he told were funny,” she said. “He would always have some-thing humorous to say about certain events. He’d talk about some of the guys he met in the Army that became lifelong friends.” Patrick said all veterans need to spend time telling children, spouses,
nieces and nephews their military stories, no matter how mundane they may seem. “When you talk about World War II, not everybody was on the beach-
es,” he said. “Not everybody was flying planes. Not all of them were doing the things you see on television. A lot of (veterans) say, ‘I didn’t do nothing.’ Well, yeah you did. You can’t put any kind of discount on service to our country. All these tours were important because they contributed to the greater good.” The project gives families opportunities to record the veterans’ stories
and preserve them at the library. “This stuff doesn’t just get put in a box and shipped up to Maryland,”
Patrick said. “It is made accessible to researchers. It’s a history from the bottom up. We have 89,000 collections now. That’s oral histories as well as other materials. About 13,000 are actually digitized.” Digitized and available any time to anyone anywhere in the world
with an Internet connection by going to loc.gov/vets. While the project has volunteers who regularly record veterans’
stories at public libraries and other places, Patrick said most of the
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Irving Kampf, who turned 90 in May, reads a timeline displayed on a wall at the hotel. The historic building was erected in 1925; Kampf used to stand guard on the roof when he was a new recruit stationed there in 1942.
Photos courtesy of Dorothy Kamm
material it has was produced and sent by veterans and their fami-lies. “The Veterans History Project
field kit helps them walk through that process,” he said. Patrick said the project came
about because of a son who’d never heard his dad’s stories about military service. Fortunate-ly for America, that son happened to be a member of the House of Representatives. “It started very innocently,” Pat-
rick said in a previous interview. “Congressman Ron Kind was at a picnic and his dad was swapping war stories with a friend in the backyard. He’d never heard them before, so he whipped out his vid-eo camera and started recording them.” Kind talked with the Library of
Congress to find out where to send a copy to add to the collec-tion of veterans’ stories. No such place existed. Kind, of Wiscon-sin, proposed legislation creating the Veterans History Project, so others could record and give veterans’ stories to be archived into perpetuity at the Library of Congress. It started in 2000.Kamm said she wasn’t aware of
the Veterans History Project, but plans to look into recording her dad’s stories and adding them to the collection. Kampf isn’t so impressed with himself. He said sharing his military stories with his children and grandchildren was just something he did. “I didn’t talk about it because
I thought it was important,” he said. “I just liked talking about it. Patrick said Kampf just has no
idea the gift he gave the family. “If (veterans) don’t tell the sto-
ry, it’s an empty chapter in the family history that will always go unfilled,” he said.
To find out how to create and submit recordings — along with other materials, such as copies of letters — to the Veterans History Project, call (888) 371-4848, or email [email protected].
Above, with the help of a $93 million reno-vation in 1992, the luxurious Renaissance Vinoy Resort and Golf Club in St. Petersburg has come a long way from its 1940s existence serving as barracks for the Army Air Corps. At left, a close-up of the wall-displayed timeline of the period.
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Freedom through the eyes of a Vietnamese AmericanEditor’s note: The following was
sent to Veteran Voice via email from retired Air Force Col. Marty Zickert.
On Saturday, July 24, 2010, the town of Prescott Valley, Ariz., hosted a Freedom Rally. Quang Nguyen was asked to speak on his experience of coming to Amer-ica and what it means. He spoke the following in dedication to all Vietnam veterans. Thought you might enjoy hearing what he had to say: Thirty-five years ago, if
you were to tell me that I am going to stand up here speaking to a couple thousand patriots, in English, I’d laugh at you. Man, every morning I wake up
thanking God for putting me and my family in the greatest country on Earth. I just want you all to know
that the American dream does exist and I am living the Ameri-can dream. I was asked to speak to you about my experience as a first generation Vietnam-ese-American, but I’d rather
speak to you as an American. If you hadn’t noticed, I am not
white and I feel pretty comfort-able with my people. I am a proud U.S. citizen and here is my proof. It took me eight years to get it, waiting in endless lines, but I got it, and I am very proud of it. I still remember the images of
the Tet offensive in 1968, I was 6 years old. Now you might want to question how a 6-year-old boy could remember anything. Trust me, those images can never be erased. I can’t even imag-ine what it was like for young American soldiers; 10,000 miles away from home, fighting on my behalf. Thirty-five years ago, I left
South Vietnam for political asylum. The war had ended. At the age of 13, I left with the un-derstanding that I may or may not ever get to see my siblings or parents again. I was one of the first lucky 100,000 Vietnamese allowed to come to the U.S. Somehow, my family and I
were reunited five months later, amazingly, in California. It was a
miracle from God. If you haven’t heard lately that
this is the greatest country on Earth, I am telling you that right now. It was the freedom and the opportunities presented to me that put me here with all of you tonight. I also remember the bar-riers that I had to overcome every step of the way. My high school counselor told me that I cannot make it to college due to my poor communication skills. I proved him wrong. I finished college. You see, all you have to do is to give this little boy an opportu-nity and encourage him to take and run with it. Well, I took the opportunity and here I am. This person standing tonight
in front of you could not exist under a socialist/communist environment. By the way, if you think socialism is the way to go, I am sure many people here will chip in to get you a one-way tick-et out of here. And if you didn’t know, the only difference between socialism and communism is an
AK-47 aimed at your head. That was my experience. In 1982, I stood with a thou-
sand new immigrants, reciting the Pledge of Allegiance and lis-tening to the National Anthem for the first time as an American. To this day, I can’t remember any-thing sweeter and more patriot-ic than that moment in my life. Fast-forwarding, somehow I
finished high school, finished college, and like any other goof-ball 21-year-old kid, I was having a great time with my life. I had a nice job and a nice apartment in Southern California. In some way and somehow, I had forgot-ten how I got here and why I was here. One day I was at a gas station,
I saw a veteran pumping gas on the other side of the island. I don’t know what made me do it, but I walked over and asked if he had served in Vietnam. He smiled and said yes. I shook
Members of U.S. Navy Seal Team One move down the Bassac River in a SEAL Team Assault Boat (STAB) during operations along the river south of Saigon, in November 1967. Source NARA. Author J.D. Randal, JO1, Department of Defense. Department of the Navy. Naval Photographic Center.
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Service planned for Fredrick J. Newton Jr.Friday in Melbourne
The Patriot Guard Riders has been invited by the family of Fred James Newton Jr. to stand in silent respect for this hero. Mr. Newton enlisted in the U.S.
Navy and served from 1942-1982. He served in WWII and Korea. He worked at Quonset Naval Air Station and Miriam Hospital in Rhode Island until he retired to travel between Maine and Florida. He was a member of the Oak-land Beach Volunteer Fireman Club and of the King Solomon Lodge in Rhode Island, also the
Elks Lodge in York Beach, Maine. While living in Florida, he was a docent at the Honor American Museum and belonged to The Little Rhode Club. Staging: 2 p.m. St. Joseph’s Episcopal Church610 Young St.Melbourne, FL Map: http://goo.gl/maps/cT-
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tronic claims processing. The de-livery of Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits has been automated and process-ing time cut in half through im-plementation of VA’s Long Term Solution, an end-to-end claims processing system that uses rules-based, industry-standard technologies. “Since the end of World War II,
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signed Executive Order 13607 which established the Principles of Excellence, offering guidelines that promote student success under the program and ensure accurate information about insti-tutions and their courses. Over 6,000 educational and training institutions have agreed to com-ply with these principles.“The Principles of Excellence,
further strengthened by Pub-lic Law 112-249, provide future student Veterans with greater consumer education” said Mi-chael Dakduk, executive director of Student Veterans of America. “It is extremely important to have the right tools and information before making a decision on a post-secondary credential, degree program, or institution of higher learning.” VA is working with schools,
community organizations and other partners to ensure benefi-ciaries have all the information
they need to use their education benefits, including:
• Education plans for all military and veteran education beneficia-ries;• A designated point of contact
for academic and financial advice at each school; and• An end to fraudulent and
aggressive recruiting techniques and misrepresentation.This summer, VA is launching
new tools to help beneficiaries learn more about their vocational aptitudes and select an education institution. • The ‘Factors to Consider When
Choosing a School’ guide offers future students steps to take when researching, choosing, and attending a school.• CareerScope® is a free, new
tool featured on www.gibill.va.gov that measures a student’s aptitude and interests through a self-administered online test, identifying potential career paths.• The new GI Bill® Comparison
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to improve VA’s benefits deliv-ery process for Post-9/11 GI Bill beneficiaries and to ensure that veterans and their families have the tools they need to choose the right education institution to help them build a foundation for the future,” Hickey added.
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The United Veteran’s Council meets at 9 a.m. on the second Friday of the month, at County Walton Road Annex, second floor conference room, 1664 Walton Road, Port St. Lucie.The United Veterans of St. Lucie
County, Inc. is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization committed to representing and helping St. Luc-ie County veterans in need.With a focus on sharing infor-
mation beneficial to veterans and their dependents,the membership promotes a better quality of life for all veterans living in St. Lucie County. Members represent more than
30 veterans organizations as list-ed below. To obtain more specific information on members, please contact them directly.
Sponsored activities
United Veterans Volunteers of the Year
In 2004, the St. Lucie County Veterans Advisory Council es-tablished the “United Veterans of St. Lucie County Veteran Volun-teer of the Year” award in order to recognize and honor veteran volunteers who dedicate their time and talents to making a positive difference in the veterans’ community. Three veterans are selected annually for this hon-or. The name and organization of each veteran is displayed on a vehicle tag which is placed on one of the St. Lucie County medical transportation vans for one year.
Annual Golf ClassicThe annual golf tournament is
open to the public. Proceeds from the event are used to purchase multi-passenger vans in support of the medical access program, which provides transportation for veterans to/from the West Palm Beach VA Medical Center.To be added to the email notifi-
cation list for this event, please email [email protected].
Veterans in Need Food gift cards are accepted
throughout the year to assist veterans and their families during times of need. This service is pro-vided predominately during the holiday season.
Member organizations
82nd All Airborne Association
Air Force Sergeants Assn., Elmer Andrews Chapter 564
American Legion Post 40 American Legion Post 40 Auxiliary
American Legion Post 171 1814 North 21st St., Fort Pierce 34950
American Legion Post 318 Auxiliary
Legion Riders Post 318
American Legion Post 355
American Legion Post 355 Auxiliary
American Legion Post 358 White City 3223 South U.S. 1, Fort Pierce
American Legion Post 358 Auxiliary
Legion Riders Post 358
American Military Retirees Association, Treasure Coast Chapter FL-1
Amvets Post 15 2024 South U.S. 1, Fort Pierce
Band of Brothers Association
DAV Chapter 14 P.O. Box 241, Fort Pierce, FL 34949-0241
DAV Chapter 113 1150 S.W. California Blvd., Port St. Lucie 34953
Jewish War Veterans Post 705 Korean War Veterans Assn. of the Treasure Coast Marine Corp League - Jack Ivy Detachment 666 Space Coast All Airborne
Special Forces Association 85
Special Forces Motorcycle Club
United States Submarine Veterans Inc., Treasure Coast Base
U.S. Military Veterans Motor Cycle Club
VFW 8058 3487 Douglas Road, Fort Pierce
VFW 8058 Auxiliary
VFW 10554 Northside 3035 North U.S. 1, Fort Pierce Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 566 P.O. Box 9313, Port St. Lucie, FL 34985Vietnam Veterans of America 566 Associates
Source: www.stlucieco.gov/veter-ans/vet_vac.htm
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County Veterans Service OfficersSt. Lucie County, Donna CarlsenPhone: (772) 337-5670Fax: (772) [email protected] J. Conrad Building(formerly the Walton Road Annex Bldg.)1664 S.E. Walton Road, Suite 205Port St. Lucie, FL 34952By appointmentMon., Tues, Thurs, Fri * 8:30 am-4:30 pmWed * 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. St. Lucie County Community Services Bldg.(Corner of Avenue D and 7th Street)437 N. Seventh St., Fort Pierce, FL 34950Walk-insMon. and Fri. * 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Brevard Veteran’s Services Office2725 Judge Fran Jamieson Way,Bldg. B, Suite 102, Viera, FL 32940Office: (321) 633-2012Fax: (321) 637-5432Mon., Tues. and Thurs., 8 a.m.-4 p.m.Wed. and Fri, 8 a.m.-noonManager: Glenn McGuffieIndian River CountyJoel HermanVero Beach 2525 St. Lucie Ave.,Vero Beach, FL 32960 Ph: (772) 226-1499 Fax: (772) 770-5038Sebastian Square 11602 U.S. 1, Sebastian, FL 32958 Ph: (772) 589-6597 Fax: (772) 581-4988
Martin CountyTony Reese, Veterans Service Office SupervisorNick Ciotti, Veterans Service Officer(772) 288-5448Veterans Services OfficeMartin County Community Services435 S.E. Flagler Ave., Stuart, FL 34994Office Hours: Mon-Fri, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.VA Life Insurance Ctr., Phil., PA - 1-800-669-8477 VA Regional Office - 1-800-827-1000 VA Medical Ctr, W. Palm Beach - 1-800-972-8262 Pharmacy, VA Medical Center - 1-800-317-8387 Military Retired Pay Activities, Cleveland, OH - (Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force ONLY) 1-800-321-1080 Military Retired Pay Activities, Topeka, KS - (Coast Guard ONLY)1-800-772-8724 Survivor Benefits (SBP),Denver, CO - 1-800-435-3396 Stuart VA Clinic - (772) 288-0304 Okeechobee CountyVeterans Services office (863) 763-6441, Ext 5.Fax: (863) 763-0118.Orlando VA Medical Cente5201 Raymond St., Orlando, FL 32803(407) 629-1599 or (800) 922-7521Telephone Care(407) 599-1404 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Mon. - Fri. (800) 645-6895 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. Mon - Fri (321) 637-3625 Viera patients8 a.m. - 4 p.m. Mon. - Fri. (877) 741-3400 Weekends, holidays, evenings and nights
West Palm Beach Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center7305 North Military Trail, West Palm Beach, FL 33410(561) 422-8262 or (800) 972-8262 Telephone Care(561) 422-6838 (866) 383-9036 Open 24 hours - 7 daysViera VA Outpatient Clinic2900 Veterans Way, Viera, FL 32940Phone: (321) 637-3788 1 (877) 878-8387Mon. - Fri. - 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.St Lucie County PTSD Clinical Team (PCT) Outpatient Program126 S.W. Chamber Court,Port St Lucie, FL 34986Phone: (772) 878-7876Fort Pierce Community BasedOutpatient Clinic727 North U.S. 1, Fort Pierce, FL 34950Phone: (772) 595-5150Fax: (772) 595-6560St Lucie Community Based Outpatient Clinic128 S.W. Chamber Court,Port Saint Lucie, FL 34986Phone: (772) 344-9288Stuart Community BasedOutpatient Clinic 3501 S E Willoughby Boulevard,Stuart, FL 34997Phone: (772) 288-0304Fax: (772) 288-1371Vero Beach Community BasedOutpatient Clinic372 17th St., Vero Beach, FL 32960Phone: (772) 299-4623Fax: (772) 299-4632
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