July 10, 1945. The Platoon embarked on USAT“Santa Rosa”(built in 1932, operated by the War Shipping Administration from 1941 to 1946, she made several round-trips to Le Havre and Cherbourg, France, with return to Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation, Virginia, in 1945, and moving to Marsei...
Because our time in this world is so fleeting and SSG Stan Hampton Sr. sometimes so suddenly ended, the coming weeks should be even more special, and open doors that are sometimes closed. Some of us will be wav- ing flags at a Veterans Day Parade, or be seated around the dining room...