NEWS
August 4, 2007
Costa Mesa Assemblyman Van Tran will speak at Sunday's dedication of the new veteran's memorial at Harbor Lawn Mount Olive Memorial Park. The recently completed memorial features flags representing different branches of the military and a walkway lined with bricks purchased by donors. Tran will lay a brick honoring his uncle, who was a general in the Republic of South Vietnam Army, and one for U.S. Army veteran Ronnie Guyer, who fought in the first major battle of the Vietnam War. The dedication ceremony is scheduled from 10 a.m. to noon Sunday at Harbor Law Mount Olive Memorial Park, 1625 Gisler Ave., Costa Mesa.
NEWS
November 11, 1999
With the nomination and election of a president coming up next year, we're going to be hearing a lot about the military service of the candidates. Such information has been de rigueur for the better part of the 20th century, but there will be one enormous change in the election of 2000: the candidates will be talking -- or trying to avoid talking -- about Vietnam instead of World War II. In every presidential election since Harry Truman upset Tom Dewey in 1946 -- with the sole exception of Bill Clinton -- the winner has served in the military during a war. Truman was the last of the World War I presidents.
NEWS
November 5, 2004
Tom Titus War and its aftermath will be examined in a pair of dramatic productions -- one set at the onset of World War II, the other examining the Vietnam War's personal impact -- offered this month at UC Irvine and the Newport Theater Arts Center. Opening next weekend is UCI's production of "Cabaret," set in Berlin as the Nazis were rising to power. It's the second appearance by the John Kander-Fred Ebb musical on a local stage this year, following the production a few months ago by the Costa Mesa Civic Playhouse.
NEWS
By By Michael Miller | November 21, 2005
Michael Medved, conservative social critic, gets a warm welcome at Balboa Bay Club.Before Michael Medved began speaking Saturday at the Balboa Bay Club, it sounded like it would be a quiet engagement. The author and film critic, a conservative Jew, had told the event's organizers that he would be following the Sabbath rules -- which included not driving a car, not writing or typing, and not using a microphone. It turned out that Medved didn't need the last one. In a fiery hour-long presentation, hosted by Principles Over Politics, the speaker took on antiwar protesters, left-leaning historians and mainstream media figures with enough gusto to be heard easily in the back row. As signed copies of his recent book, "Right Turns," lay around the tables -- the author had autographed them before the Sabbath -- Medved outlined his personal journey from the left to the right, slamming not only opponents of the Bush administration but also critics of the Vietnam War. He started the morning with a pun as he described the process of walking to the Balboa Bay Club and receiving wrong directions.
NEWS
May 28, 2001
Paul Clinton COSTA MESA -- Bill Nolte hopes to honor the more than 58,000 men who died fighting the Vietnam War one step at a time. Each time he sends out a copy of his patriotic ballad, "So Long Song," Nolte said he is offering a positive message. "It's a farewell, a way of healing from the memories of the war," Nolte said. "What I wanted to do in the song is make a positive statement about Vietnam veterans." Nolte, who served in the war himself, can still remember the cold reception Vietnam veterans received in 1975 when they returned from Southeast Asia.
NEWS
October 27, 2009
Colonel Frank Campbell Marshall Frank, at age 89 years old, and a 60 year resident of Newport Beach, passed away on October 24, 2009 at Hoag Hospital. Frank was raised in Redland, CA, graduated from Culver Military School in Indiana and Menlo College in Menlo, CA. A retired Colonel, he served in the Army in World War II and the Vietnam War. He then opened his Real Estate office in Newport Beach and retired in 1980. He is survived by his loving and dedicated wife of 64 years, Chris and their five sons and spouses; Frank Jr., Bob and Debi, John and Michele, Philip and Diane, and Paul and Kelly.
NEWS
May 29, 2004
Deirdre Newman Seniors gathered Friday in advance of Memorial Day to share their wartime experiences. "A lot of these people will stay home the next three days, and I wanted to have them share," said Costa Mesa Senior Center Director Aviva Goelman. About 30 people attended the gathering outside the center, but only a few spoke. One of them was Roger Ledin, 89, who served in the Navy in New Caledonia during World War II. For Ledin, Memorial Day is to honor the fact that "we won the war and what we fought for."
NEWS
June 7, 2001
I went to see "Pearl Harbor" in spite of its bad reviews. It was a piece of history I lived -- from a safe distance -- and I had to see how it was portrayed by a bunch of people who weren't around when it happened. I came away with the reaction I least expected: very little feeling at all. I found the battle scenes gripping, the rest considerably less. And I came home with a nagging sensation of irritation I couldn't identify. Now, I think I can. It grows from the pretentious hype being used to promote the movie about the American loss of innocence that began like the click of a light switch when Pearl Harbor was attacked.
NEWS
April 17, 2004
June Casagrande The oldest was just 37. The youngest, only 15. The average age of the 58,227 men and eight women named on the wall was between 19 and 20 years old. In a somber and heartfelt ceremony, locals gathered to remember those who gave their lives during the Vietnam War, at the Vietnam Wall Experience, a two-thirds scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C, at Pacific View Memorial Park...
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By By Lindsay Sandham | November 7, 2005
At Liberty Baptist Church, a winner of Medal of Honor tells congregants what he learned in Vietnam.Gary Beikirch earned a Congressional Medal of Honor after being shot three times on April 1, 1970, while serving in the military during the Vietnam War. On Sunday, he told the congregation at Liberty Baptist Church in Newport Beach that he found God as a result of that experience, and he explained the lessons he had learned. Being gravely wounded, he said, taught him that life is not always what it seems.