1967 - 26th Marines -Phu Bai 1969-70 USMC Scout Dogs (3rd MP Bat.)

MARRIED TO FRAN. RETIRED ALLSTATE INSURANCE AGENT. VICE PRESIDENT OF UNITS, PAST SGT. AT ARMS ON VDHA BOARD. CURRENT VDHA ARMY SENTRY DOGS UNIT DIRECTOR. MEMBER MP SENTRY DOGS ALUMNI. MA IN BROADCASTING, BA COLUMBIA COLLEGE IN BROADCASTING, BVE, UCLA VOCATIONAL ED. BA, UNIV LA VERNE IN COMMUNICATIONS. LIFE UNDERWRITERS TRAINING COUNCIL FELLOW. NOTARY PUBLIC. PAST PRES. ROSEMEAD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, PAST PRES ROSEMEAD KIWANIS, PAST PRES. GREATER PASADENA LIFE UNDERWRITERS ASSN., LT.GOVERNOR-ELECT DIV. 10 KIWANIS. SECRETARY BOYS OF BELVEDERE

After the service worked various jobs until I moved to Tennessee from Ohio. Worked for the Tennessee Valley Authority for 20 years. 14 in Security and handled a drug dog for TVA Security for 5 years. Presently retired from the City of Knoxville, TN after 17 years.

USAF 1966-1970. Nha Trang 67-69. SAC ELITE Guard 69-70. Married w/5 children and 20 grandchildren. Tiger was my first dog I had and trained with at Lackland, picked up Major after the TET Offensive and completed my tour with him. Never a day goes by that I don't think of the two most precious things that I could ever have had but could never own. They are waiting for me to walk point again.

Married to Helene (Dutch girl from WIS) for 25yrs. Retired from DEA in 2010 after 30 yrs as field agent and supervisor. BSMT from UTEP, MS (CLP) from TTSMAH. Few months in 1967 on destroyer off VN coast. Rest of the time as dog handler.

Retired Law Enforcement officer after 30+ years, then worked in the service industry for a few years before fully retiring. Living in Arkansas now and caring for a retired police K9 that is almost a twin of Commander.

I was born in Detroit and lived in Southwestern Michigan. I was editor of my high school newspaper and won the draft lottery after graduation. After basic training, I received advanced infantry training at Fort Polk, LA. I then attended the Combat Tracker Dog school at Ft. Gordon, GA. I reported to the 101st Airborne Division as a grunt and was assigned to the 47th Infantry Platoon (Scout Dog). In May, 1970, my dog, Duke, 96M0 was injured by a mortar round and he and I were Medivac’d via jungle penetrator. Duke was attended to by the MASH unit in Phu Bai and we were both transported via Air Force C-130 to Cam Ranh Bay for Duke’s surgery. It took several hours to pull the shrapnel from his body. While Duke was in rehab, I was assigned Lobo X958. Shortly thereafter, the 101st Airborne Division stood down and I was transferred to the 48th IPSD (Scout Dog) supporting first the 23rd Infantry Division (Americal) and later the 196th Light Infantry Brigade, both at Da Nang. Duke was also reassigned to the 48th IPSD after his rehab and continued to go on missions with me. After the Army, I worked in various jobs and later went to a junior college where I became editor of the newspaper there. Years later, I became editor of the San Diego Chronicle, a weekly newspaper in San Diego. I also worked for the publisher of the Chronicle aiding several local colleges and law schools with their publications. I then attended National University School of Law in San Diego and became a practicing attorney doing predominantly civil rights and other plaintiffs’ cases. In 1989, I was appointed to the Criminal Justice Act Panel of the federal district court in San Diego and have generally been reappointed to such panels ever since. Approximately 95 percent of my practice is devoted to representing indigent defendants accused of committing federal crimes. I also have argued several cases before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and briefed cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. I live on a small ranch in the mountains outside of San Diego with my loving wife. We have four children and five grandchildren we adore.