Thanksgiving Memories from D-Day Veteran Lester Trauth

Lester Trauth – WWII, D-Day Survivor Remembering Thanksgiving on the Front Lines During World War II In Southeast Texas, we all have special Thanksgiving memories.  Mine tend to revolve around food – smoking a duck at my parent’s home in Angelina National Forest, my mom’s cinammon rolls coming out of the oven, and my sister Amanda’s buttermilk pie. We profiled Lester Trauth for our “Last of the Greatest” series in the SETX Senior Resource... Read More

SETX Thanksgiving Memories – Lester Trauth WWII European Theater

Lester Trauth – WWII, D-Day Survivor Remembering Thanksgiving During the War In Southeast Texas, we all have special Thanksgiving memories.  Mine tend to revolve around food – smoking a duck at my parent’s home in Angelina National Forest, my mom’s cinammon rolls coming out of the oven, and my sister Amanda’s buttermilk pie. We profiled Lester Trauth for our “Last of the Greatest” series in the SETX Senior Resource Guide. He shared a... Read More

LST 218 Signal Man Ramond Devere Johnson Seeking Shipmates for a Reunion

Calling all World War II Veterans who served on the LST 218. Ramond Devere Johnson was a Signal Man on LST 218 in World War ll. He would like to arrange a reunion of his former shipmates. LST 218 was a Tank Landing Ship that saw action in the Pacific Theater during WWII.LST 218 LST 218 was part of: LST Flotilla 5 under Captain JR Clark LST Group Fourteen under Lieutenant Commander KL Deforest, USNR LST Division Twenty-Seven From our SETXSeniors.com research, highlights from... Read More