The Southsider Voice
Visit us at these places!
  • Home
  • News
    • Top Stories
    • Sports
    • Car Nutz
    • Stilley Goes Trackside
    • Southside Deaths
    • Personal Recollections
    • Reminiscing
  • About the Voice
  • Advertising
  • Contact
  • Newspaper Archive
  • Classifieds

Honoring our veterans

11/9/2016

0 Comments

 

Bill Thorpe

Picture
A baby boomer and a “Car Nutz” columnist for The Southsider Voice, Bill Thorpe was born in May 1946 to William and Ruth Thorpe of Philadelphia. 

After graduating from high school he enlisted in the Naval Air Force and served from 1965-69. He spent two years at Cubi Point Air Station at the edge of Naval Base Subic Bay in the Philippines. 

As a crewman serving aboard Grumman S-2 Trackers, Thorpe delivered mail and medical supplies to aircraft carriers in the 7th Fleet and several bases in South Vietnam. “I really enjoyed landing and taking off on the aircraft carriers,” he recalled. “That’s a thrill that a lot of people can’t experience.” 

After serving his country he earned education degrees from Lock Haven State College and Slippery Rock University. He moved to Indianapolis in 1978 and retired from Perry Township Schools in 2010. 
​
He and his wife, Lynn, raised two children and have one granddaughter.

Picture
Bill Thorpe served as a crewman aboard Grumman S-2 Trackers.

Ernest Sears

Picture
Ernest Sears, who attended Manual High School, served in the Navy from 1952-54 and completed basic training at Fort Knox, Ky.

“I chauffeured a colonel during part of my enlistment,” he said, “and I liked that.” 

 Hughes is a retired roofer and sheet metal worker from Local Union No. 20.

He has four children, a lot of grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. 
​
Sears stays in touch with about eight of his Army buddies, and they go out to eat twice a year.

Veterans can eat for free

O’Charley’s Restaurant & Bar at 6930 S. Emerson Ave. will serve free $9.99 meals to all veterans who show military identification on Veterans Day Friday. 

The menu includes a variety of chicken dishes and other entrees.

“We are thankful for the opportunity to show our appreciation to the military,” said Eddie Hall, restaurant president. “Supporting the military is very important to us and something we are committed to doing yearlong.”
​
Last year the company served more than 58,000 complimentary meals to veterans at 200 restaurants.  

​VFW post will honor veterans

Greenwood Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5864, 333 S. Washington St., will honor all veterans – particularly those who served in Vietnam – with a free meal and entertainment at 6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 19. This year marks the 50th anniversary of veterans who arrived in Vietnam in 1966.

The United States had around 21,000 advisers in Vietnam just before the beginning of ground operations. On March 8, 1965, 3,500 Marines from the 9th Marine Expeditionary Brigade landed in Da Nang. 

Other combat troops arrived shortly thereafter from the 173 Airborne Brigade, 2nd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, 1st Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division and elements of the 1st Cavalry Division.
​
The VFW – through the Department of Defense’s Vietnam War Commemoration Partnership Program – is working in area communities to recognize the sacrifice, service and tremendous contributions Vietnam War veterans have made to the country.
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Archives

    March 2023
    February 2023
    January 2023
    December 2022
    November 2022
    October 2022
    September 2022
    August 2022
    July 2022
    June 2022
    May 2022
    February 2022
    January 2022
    December 2021
    November 2021
    October 2021
    July 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014

    Categories

    All
    Arts & Entertainment
    Lead Story
    Sports: 500
    Sports: Basketball
    Sports: Track

    RSS Feed

 DROP OFF: The Toy Drop 6025 Madison Ave., Suite D
Indianapolis, IN  46227  |  317-781-0023
MAILING ADDRESS: P.O. Box 17187, Indianapolis, IN 46217

ads@southsidervoice.com | news@southsidervoice.com
Website by IndyTeleData, Inc.