Seven decades later – almost – and Tom Hellyer still looks back with a chuckle and knowing nod. He’d been had, you see. “Yeah, that Marine knew what he was doing,” he said. On that afternoon back in 1956, Hellyer knew what he should have been doing – which was sitting in ...
It’s a roll call for the ages at Morgantown High School. One including Thomas “Tommy” Bennett, Roger Bise, Major Dalton, Robert Hoskins, Howard Jackson and Dave Kovac. Carroll Lilly, James Messenger, Charles Nowell Jr. and Gordon Perry, also. You can add John Pickett, ...
“Mission Veteran Expedition: Honoring Vietnam Veterans in the Transportation Industry” returns to Vietnam with 10 veterans, documenting their personal experiences of historic events and healing. In November 2023, 10 Vietnam veterans embarked on a journey they never thought possible, ...
Tom Bennett’s legacy extends beyond war To expand on Jim Bissett’s excellent chronicle of Tom Bennett: Tom was an enthusiastic participant in campus ministry at WVU. He was one of the students who helped bring different faith traditions together in a shared campus ministry — ...
There was many a furtive, teenaged night when Medal of Honor recipient Tom Bennett would find himself sneaking back into his house. No, the Morgantown High School student wasn’t out parking with his girlfriend. Nor was he trying to bluff his way into a Sunnyside bar with a fake ...
West Virginians did a lot of the heavy lifting during the Vietnam War. Maybe most of it. A total of 36,578 served during the fighting and 1,128 came home in flag-draped coffins. Per capita, that was highest in the nation. From the Mountain State to the war zone, they arrived: ...