The Boomer Magazine

BY KYNDALL S. DRUMHELLER “The Forgotten War,” “The Unknown War,” whatever the name, the Korean War remains a significant part of American history that has sadly been overlooked for the past sixty years. For one young Virginia soldier, Private First Class George Washington Jackson, Jr. and his family, this forgotten cause came with a high [...]

In celebration of the veterans who have served, fought for and defended our great country, we are posting, each day this week, a story of a local veteran who did that just. Here is the first of these stories. BY KYNDALL S. DRUMHELLER I believe that people hear the call of service at an early [...]

BY KYNDALL S. DRUMHELLER   “The Forgotten War,” “The Unknown War,” whatever the name, the Korean War remains a significant part of American history that has sadly been overlooked for the past sixty years. For one young Virginia soldier, Private First Class George Washington Jackson, Jr. and his family, this forgotten cause came with a [...]

A HERO BY PAMELA S. McELRATH   Clarence Singleton is a motivational speaker, author, former United States Marine, a veteran of the Vietnam War, and a Purple Heart Medal recipient. Singleton is also a decorated former New York City Fire Fighter whose unit responded to the first attack on the World Trade Center in 1993, [...]

A VETERAN’S PATH INTERVIEWED BY DANIEL JONES When you saw Gregg Tomes in BOOMER’s Aug.-Sept. issue, the 32-year-old was an unemployed military veteran with no job prospects. Yet he’d served our country proudly as a Marine; and he had war experience – his unit was the first deployed to Afghanistan, in September 2001.Two years later, he [...]

Cowboy Preacher-Vet Honors Those Never Coming Home for Christmas BY MARTHA STEGER   Many of us have placed Christmas wreaths on the graves of deceased family members as an old Virginia tradition. Since 2007, the tradition has had a new twist for deceased veterans, thanks to Chesterfield County veteran and  “cowboy preacher,” Rev. R. J. [...]

A Marine’s Marine Remembering one Richmond veteran BY DANIEL JONES                                Missouri-born, raised in Colorado, the late Col. Carl Sitter called Richmond his home for the second-half of his life. Now, with several of his medals (including his Congressional Medal of [...]

MY FATHER, A VETERAN BY CATHY TYLER  My father, Colonel David W. Schumaker, USMC, retired, is a veteran.  He served in WWII, Korea, and Viet Nam. In 1991 he was eager to march off for Desert Storm. At age 72 that year, he didn’t get the call; however, I began to understand “veteran.”  “Once a [...]

In celebration of the veterans who have served, fought for and defended our great country, we are posting, each day this week, a story of a local veteran who did that just. Here is the first of these stories.    BY KYNDALL S. DRUMHELLER I believe that people hear the call of service at an [...]