There is finality in everything we do at Hero’s Bridge. We know that we are serving these veterans in their final moments. In some cases, even their twilight years have passed and they are simply waiting to pass away. It isn’t easy to accept. In the five...
Caryl Buck was born in 1951 in a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri, the second child of a McDonnell Douglas engineer and pipe organist. She was born in an era when the roles for men and women were clearly defined and showed little signs of changing. Caryl would challenge...
US Navy Korean War veteran and active VFW Post 9835 member Dick Westlake served in the US Navy from May 1947 to September 1955. He served over eight years and achieved the rank of Petty Officer First Class Corpsman (HM1). While on active duty Dick served on two MSTS...
Paul Hermes enlisted in the Navy and served during WWII and Korea. Paul Hermes was born and raised in Philadelphia. He was the first generation of his family to be born here in the country. Paul understands sacrifices and so did his parents who immigrated from Germany...
