William H. Wilner (1951/06/01)
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Nelson, Robert L.
Remembering our own: the Santa Cruz County military roll of honor 1861-2010. Santa Cruz, CA: The Museum of Art & History, c2010.
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Wallace Rich (1954/05/26)
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Nelson, Robert L.
Remembering our own: the Santa Cruz County military roll of honor 1861-2010. Santa Cruz, CA: The Museum of Art & History, c2010.
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Veterans History Project: An Interview with Willard Patterson
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Interview conducted by Jeanne Czarnecki and produced by Jennifer Cockerill. Recorded at the Downtown Branch, Santa Cruz Public Libraries, June 23, 2014.
Born in Detroit, Michigan in 1933, Willard S. Patterson was drafted into the Army in September 1953, after the Korean armistice signing in July. He served in the Army from 3 September 1953 to 5 August 1955. He was in Company 8, 710th Tank Battalion, 101st Airborne Division, and stationed in Fort Sill, Fort Campbell, Etajima, Pusan, Seoul, and Fort Ord. At the 8th Army Headquarters in Seoul, he was a clerk-typist and served in Special Services on the Far East All Army Swim Team. He reached the rank of Private First Class.
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6/23/2014
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Veterans History Project: An Interview with Bernice Robertson
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Interview conducted by Jeanne Czarnecki and produced by David Addison. Recorded at Dominican Oaks, Santa Cruz, April 12, 2016.
Born in Jersey City, New Jersey in 1927, Bernice Robertson joined the Cadet Nurse Corps after high school. She received three years' comprehensive nursing education, with a specialty in medical-surgical nursing at Philadelphia General Hospital. From June 1948 to December 1952, she served as an ensign in the U.S. Navy Nurse Corps. Her first military assignment was at St. Albans Naval Hospital in New York. Six months later, she was assigned to Oakland Navy Hospital in California. Promoted to junior grade, Robertson was due for overseas duty, but was given an option to study dietetics at George Washington University in DC., because of her father's terminal illness. After completing the program, she was reassigned to Oakland, working as a dietitian to educate enlisted men in weight control behaviors. Robertson reached the rank of Lieutenant Junior Grade (LTJG). She was married to a naval offer and released from military service with her first pregnancy. Once her children were school-aged, she went back to school to earn a B.A. in education and a M.S in medical-surgical nursing. She held various positions in nursing, teaching and consulting at organizations such as San Mateo County Hospital, Stanford University, California Department of Health, Santa Cruz Visiting Nurses Association and Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk. Since May 2015, Robertson has been living in Dominican Oaks, a retirement community in Santa Cruz.
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4/12/2016
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Santa Cruz (County)
2010s
1950s
Vernon J. Pesenti (1951/11/07)
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Nelson, Robert L.
Remembering our own: the Santa Cruz County military roll of honor 1861-2010. Santa Cruz, CA: The Museum of Art & History, c2010.
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Roy Taylor (1953/04/13)
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Remembering our own: the Santa Cruz County military roll of honor 1861-2010. Santa Cruz, CA: The Museum of Art & History, c2010.
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Robert L. Thorp (1950/12/07)
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Robert H. Searle (1950/08/10)
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Nelson, Robert L.
Remembering our own: the Santa Cruz County military roll of honor 1861-2010. Santa Cruz, CA: The Museum of Art & History, c2010.
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Robert Floeck (1950/09/23)
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Nelson, Robert L.
Remembering our own: the Santa Cruz County military roll of honor 1861-2010. Santa Cruz, CA: The Museum of Art & History, c2010.
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Richard R. Mancebo (1951/08/31)
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Nelson, Robert L.
Remembering our own: the Santa Cruz County military roll of honor 1861-2010. Santa Cruz, CA: The Museum of Art & History, c2010.
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