“When Old Friends Part” Remembering Jim Caroll and all other Iwo and WWI Veterans Memory.

We’ve been buddies since forty three That old Marine and me. We fought the battles of World War Two On islands we never knew.

The Devil showed his hand to us On every island beach. He surrounded us with devilish hell But we kept beyond his reach.

Through many a night we fought the fight Thinking we’d never see the morning light. More than once we knocked ..read more

I’m sad to report the MGYSGT E.D. Dial passed away in his sleep on Friday Night 2/12/10. After weeks of thrashing Red Tape, Margie got a hospital bed provided by the VA at their home. E.D. had been in and out of the hospital and caretaker home and in pain for the past fifteenth months. She had the bathroom remodeled for wheel chair access and so looked forward to have him at home. He came home Thursday 2/11/10. ..read more

JACKSONVILLE – CWO-4 Henry Ashe Bookhardt, USMC (RET), 91, of Jacksonville died Friday, Feb. 5, 2010, at East Carolina Heart Institute in Greenville.

Mr. Bookhardt was born Nov. 22, 1918, to the late Waldo and Wilhelmina Metts Bookhardt in Elloree, S.C. Henry was a three war Marine having served in World War II, Korea and Vietnam during a 30 year career from 1940 to 1970. He was the oldest member of the Marine Corps Tankers Association. During the Korean ..read more

Gary W. Michaelson, 54, of Nitro passed away Tuesday, May 13, at Thomas Memorial hospital, South Charleston.

He was a retired Marine Corps sergeant, having served in Vietnam. Gary is survived by his son, Gregory Kyle Michaelson; father, Henry Michaelson; mother, Elsie M. Michaelson; sisters, Julia Grace Michaelson, Patricia JoEllen Sansom, Janice Marie Wingate; uncles Hoot Michaelson, Clarence Michaelson and Edward Pauley; aunts, Margaret Keller, Aileen Matheney, Dorothy Grace Moles; nieces, Amanda Michelle Sansom, Kait and Jennifer Wingate; nephews, ..read more