"When I took command of the squadron, we were still part of VII Corps and attached to the 2nd ACR. The mission was conducted out of both Wollbach and Coburg and we were responsible for a…
Rank, Service Colonel O-6, U.S. Army Veteran of:
U.S. Army Reserve 1954-1955
U.S. Army 1955-1985
Cold War 1954-1985
Vietnam War 1964-1965, 1968-1969 (POW)
Quin Herlik was born in 1932 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. He enlisted in the U.S. Army…
Doctor James G. Van Straten, Ph.D. (COL, MS. USA Ret.) served 30 years on active duty in a number of assignments including senior medical advisor in Vietnam, Office of the Surgeon General, U.S. Army, and several tours on the staff and faculty of the…
In the fall of 1957, Vice President Nixon was greeted by the cadet battalion under command of cadet Lieutenant Colonel Norm Jarock. Mr. Nixon visited Green Bay to dedicate the new Packer stadium. He complemented the unit as "one of the finest I've…
Thomas Colonel Thomas W. Johnson (72), U.S. Army (Retired), passed away on October 9, 2009, in Green Bay, WI. A resident of Whittier, NC, Col. Johnson was born in Green Bay in 1937. His military service spanned 32 years, during which he was stationed…