This November, the Dorchester Heritage Center invites you to honor our local veterans like Edsel T. Taylor who, in addition to his duties as a Prison Warden in South Carolina, serves on the Board of Trustees of the Dorchester Heritage Center.
Last month, Summerville resident Elizabeth F. Orser celebrated a century of life—100 years filled with patriotic missions, caring for the sick, teaching youth, building a family and encouraging her neighbors to exercise their right to vote.
This Veteran’s Day, the Dorchester Heritage Center honors local veteran Edward “Ed” Carter who, in addition to all his accomplishments, serves on the Board of Trustees of the Dorchester Heritage Center.
On one unforgettable day in 1969, George McDaniel and his comrades in the 1st Infantry Division, 18th Regiment, were preparing to be air-lifted out of an ambush site in a jungle near Lai Khe, Vietnam.
Neglected and forgotten, the headstone for a local World War II veteran sat propped against the walls of a funeral home in Summerville until it was discovered by a group of veterans.
If Josh Swindle could pause a particular moment, just to soak it in, it would be the moment when the sun begins to rise over a fairway spilling the fresh light of a new day onto well-manicured paths winding through a golf course.
Retired Marine served air, ground, and sea
There’s no such thing as a “former marine.” Just ask Don Barton, a Marine Corps Veteran living in Goose Creek.
To the roughly 40,000 people who visit the Lowcountry’s treasured Angel Oak tree each year, Frank deLoach is an approachable artist, sitting beneath the tree’s canopy, hands trained on a large canvas and eyes focused on a centuries-old Southern icon.
To the roughly 40,000 people who visit the Lowcountry’s treasured Angel Oak tree each year, Frank deLoach is an approachable artist, sitting beneath the tree’s canopy, hands trained on a large canvas, eyes focused on a centuries-old southern icon.
{child_kicker}Tales of Valor{/child_kicker}
The year was 1942, and Lenny Singer—just a teen—sensed the draft was coming for him. The world was at war, and Uncle Sam had already forced many of the Springfield, Illinois native’s high school friends to suit up as Army infantrymen.
It was the Hollywood screen and America’s favorite gun-slinging actor of the 1940s that first ingrained a love for the Marines into young Clifton Jones. Watching battles on the big screen intrigued him.
Larry Kinard always knew the military would be his future and couldn’t join soon enough. In 1951, at age 17, he ran away from his Maple Street home in Charleston and fled to Columbia to try to enlist.
When Diane Thomas entered the United States Navy right out of high school, she was in search of exploring the world beyond the boundaries of her Louisiana hometown.
For decades, Ed Burns, a retired colonel with the United States Air Force, flew around the globe completing covert operations and other perilous assignments, but never once did he sweat the danger involved—or cease to enjoy the moment.
Edwin McKinney rarely leaves home without covering his head with a ball cap identifying him as a World War II veteran. He has three different military hats—each one often attracting strangers to the 89-year-old. They thank him, shake his hand and buy him lunch, according to his daughter Tam Wright.
Isolated in darkness, surrounded by ocean, and no guarantee of making it home alive. Such were the conditions Rick Wise grew used to during his 24 years of service in the United States Navy.
Isolated in darkness, surrounded by ocean, and no guarantee of making it home alive. Such were the conditions Rick Wise grew used to during his 24 years of service in the United States Navy.
The Ashley River Historic District has been named a National Treasure by the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
His body has aged, he now walks with a cane, but he can recall every date and detail of the three years he served as an Army Ranger during World War II.
Matthew Shelton can’t forget freshman year at his Georgia high school watching the news coverage of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. While he had always planned to serve his country through the military, the historic moment only motivated him more.
Marine vet copes with PTSD, meets Trump through Wounded Warrior Project
Ted Tufts gave two decades of service to his country, and now he’s helping veterans in need of health assistance, government benefits or simple camaraderie in their post-military careers.
Two-time purple heart recipient soared Vietnam skies
Mark Phillips’ father almost engaged in battle.
Walton Jones never imagined that he would join the armed forces.
Walton Jones never imagined that he would join the armed forces.
Wearing an eye patch and missing an arm, retired 1st Lt. Patrick Cleburne ‘Clebe’ McClary III, USMC, looks as if he is chiseled and forged out of someone’s imagination; a combat hero personified.
When Dr. Kate Hendricks Thomas left the military, she faced a challenge unlike any other—perhaps one more difficult than the service itself.
When Dr. Kate Hendricks Thomas left the military, she faced a challenge unlike any other—perhaps one more difficult than the service itself.
For most of his childhood, surgeon Dr. Michael Michel put off the idea of following the military path his father had forged. But despite the unique travel opportunities of the service, it was a responsibility he had no interest in tackling.
For most of his childhood, surgeon Dr. Michael Michel put off the idea of following the military path his father had forged. But despite the unique travel opportunities of the service, it was a responsibility he had no interest in tackling.
James Sutherland served in United States Navy for 11 years during peacetime and wartime. Medical issues brought him back to civilian life but his faith in America and his patriotism is as strong as ever, even as a resurgence of social and political issues hit home, he is forever, ready and w…
Arthur Ellis vividly recalls his days as a runner in the United States Army during World War II where he traveled by foot, Jeep and horse, delivering confidential messages enclosed in an envelope between war officials. More than seventy years later in his Summerville home, Ellis still has pl…
Glenn Birdwhistell joined the armed forces as soon as he could, but his initial intentions weren’t to stay.
As flames ripped through a residential boarding home in Summerville this month, all but one of eight residents escaped to the front lawn. One disoriented man in his 40s, unaware at the time that his life hung in the balance, lingered in a back bedroom.
