As you read this, say their names with pride and honor them for their valor.
BENJAMIN FISH - VERMONT, REVOLUTIONARY WAR
JAMES JORDAN - MAINE, REVOLUTIONARY WAR
ISAAC JORDAN - MASSACHUSETTS, INFANTRY - WAR OF 1812
ISAAC JORDAN JR. MAINE, UNION ARMY, CIVIL WAR - (TAKEN PRISONER AND STARVED IN ANDERSONVILLE PRISON)
JOHN JOHNSON, MAINE, UNION ARMY, CIVIL WAR
BENJAMIN JOHNSON, MAINE, UNION ARMY, CIVIL WAR
NOAH JOHNSON, MAINE, UNION ARMY, CIVIL WAR
JOSEPH DAVISON, MINNESOTA, UNION ARMY, CIVIL WAR
GEORGE HARRY DUNLAVEY, MINNESOTA, UNION ARMY, CIVIL WAR
JOSEPH B. LONG - MICHIGAN, CAVALRY, UNION ARMY, CIVIL WAR
SIMON PETER JOHNSON, WISCONSIN, UNION ARMY, CIVIL WAR
ERASTUS FISH, MINNESOTA, UNION ARMY CIVIL WAR
LE ROY WILSON - NEW YORK, UNITED STATES ARMY WORLD WAR 2
VIOLET KINDBERG - NEW YORK, NAVY WAVES, WORLD WAR 2
ARTHUR WIER, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES ARMY WORLD WAR 2
JACK ERWIN FISH, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES MARINES WORLD WAR 2
HOWARD FISH, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES MARINES WORLD WAR 2
DAN FISH, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES NAVY, WORLD WAR 2
SAMMY INZERRA, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES NAVY, WORLD WAR 2
Monday, May 26, 2008
Memorial Day...then conquer we must, when our cause it is just and this be our motto: "In God is our trust".
Today we honor those who have served our country protecting our Freedoms, and
especially to those who have passed to the other side. All six of the “Fish Boys” served in the military. Shown here L-R is Dan Fish, U.S. Navy, Howard Fish, U.S. Marines and Jerry Fish, U.S. Marines. All served in World War II. Dan served on a ship near the Island of Saipan. Howard served in Northern China. All saw action and all received medals. More is known about Jerry who came home to Eureka after the war. He received every medal there was to receive except the Congessional Medal of Honor. He was to receive that metal, but it required more witnesses than were available. Jerry was in the Marines, and was taken prisoner on Corregidor in the Philppines. From there he was taken to a death camp in Manilla for a little over a year. He was then shipped to Japan in an unmarked boat, the Japanese were hoping the US would sink it. Many Red Cross ships were sunk during the war, because they were not marked. It was so crowded on the ship that they had to stand and could not lie down. He was then taken to Northern Japan where he was imprisoned. He suffered from the extreme cold, hunger, and cruel treatment. He was forced to work in the copper mines where he experienced a cave in and had his arm broken. He had to set it himself and continued working. He was there 3 years until the end of WW II. He was 6 ft. tall and 180 lbs when he inlisted in the Marines, at discharge he was 5'8" and 87 lbs.
The younger brothers, Frank, Dick and Lynn all served in the Air Force.
especially to those who have passed to the other side. All six of the “Fish Boys” served in the military. Shown here L-R is Dan Fish, U.S. Navy, Howard Fish, U.S. Marines and Jerry Fish, U.S. Marines. All served in World War II. Dan served on a ship near the Island of Saipan. Howard served in Northern China. All saw action and all received medals. More is known about Jerry who came home to Eureka after the war. He received every medal there was to receive except the Congessional Medal of Honor. He was to receive that metal, but it required more witnesses than were available. Jerry was in the Marines, and was taken prisoner on Corregidor in the Philppines. From there he was taken to a death camp in Manilla for a little over a year. He was then shipped to Japan in an unmarked boat, the Japanese were hoping the US would sink it. Many Red Cross ships were sunk during the war, because they were not marked. It was so crowded on the ship that they had to stand and could not lie down. He was then taken to Northern Japan where he was imprisoned. He suffered from the extreme cold, hunger, and cruel treatment. He was forced to work in the copper mines where he experienced a cave in and had his arm broken. He had to set it himself and continued working. He was there 3 years until the end of WW II. He was 6 ft. tall and 180 lbs when he inlisted in the Marines, at discharge he was 5'8" and 87 lbs.
The younger brothers, Frank, Dick and Lynn all served in the Air Force.
Sunday, May 11, 2008
GLAD MOR'S Dag
GLAD MOR’S DAG!
It is nice that we have one day a year to honor our Mothers. As I contemplate the Mothers in my family, I feel blessed beyond measure. I honor the remembrance of my Mother and the blessing of having her so long at my side. I still find times that I want to ask her something or share with her the joys and trials of my day. I honor my Aunt Nea (Linnea) for the many times that she mothered me, for she was truly an important Mother in my life. I honor my Mother in law and give thanks to her for my companion and the father of our children, for instilling in him as a young boy the desire for truth and knowledge. Our family should always call her blessed for raising him up for us. I honor my grandmother Inga who was brave to leave her homeland and come to this country for a better life. We all owe the blessings of being in America to her. I treasure the memory of knowing she always read the scriptures. I honor Hildegard who never saw me, but gave me the treasure of a wonderful father who instilled in me a love of my heritage. To those of you who are Mothers and Grandmothers to our grandchildren and great grandchildren, I honor you and thank you for being “true to the faith that your parents/grandparents have cherished”.
Your influence of righteousness and goodness will be felt for generations to come.
For you Mothers in waiting, be patient, your time will come. Motherhood holds the choicest blessings, that of sharing with our creator Himself in the service and joy of the immortality of eternal spirits. Last, but not least, I honor the many, many Mothers of Sweden that I have come to know. From them I have learned the principal of unconditional love. I do not know what they looked like, the life they led, or the people they became, but I love them. I have come to know their husbands and their children and their parents. I have felt of their desires and their needs. I often feel their presence and have had their assistance in learning the joys and sorrows of their lives. I am thankful for the blessing and responsibility to be able to provide for them the blessings for which they have long awaited.
I would like to share with you the counsel to Mothers from Jeffrey R. Holland…..
“Rely on Him heavily, rely on Him forever and ‘press forward with a steadfastness in Christ, having a perfect brightness of hope’. You are doing God’s work and you are doing it wonderfully well! He is blessing you and he will bless you, even, no,
especially when your days and nights may be the most challenging. Like the woman who anonymously, meekly, perhaps even with hesitation and some embarrassment, fought the way through the crowd just to touch the hem of the Master’s garment, so Christ will say to the women who worry and wonder and sometimes weep over the responsibility as mothers,……’daughters, be of good comfort; thy faith has made thee whole’…………..and it well maybe, your children whole as well.”
Happy Mother’s Day!
It is nice that we have one day a year to honor our Mothers. As I contemplate the Mothers in my family, I feel blessed beyond measure. I honor the remembrance of my Mother and the blessing of having her so long at my side. I still find times that I want to ask her something or share with her the joys and trials of my day. I honor my Aunt Nea (Linnea) for the many times that she mothered me, for she was truly an important Mother in my life. I honor my Mother in law and give thanks to her for my companion and the father of our children, for instilling in him as a young boy the desire for truth and knowledge. Our family should always call her blessed for raising him up for us. I honor my grandmother Inga who was brave to leave her homeland and come to this country for a better life. We all owe the blessings of being in America to her. I treasure the memory of knowing she always read the scriptures. I honor Hildegard who never saw me, but gave me the treasure of a wonderful father who instilled in me a love of my heritage. To those of you who are Mothers and Grandmothers to our grandchildren and great grandchildren, I honor you and thank you for being “true to the faith that your parents/grandparents have cherished”.
Your influence of righteousness and goodness will be felt for generations to come.
For you Mothers in waiting, be patient, your time will come. Motherhood holds the choicest blessings, that of sharing with our creator Himself in the service and joy of the immortality of eternal spirits. Last, but not least, I honor the many, many Mothers of Sweden that I have come to know. From them I have learned the principal of unconditional love. I do not know what they looked like, the life they led, or the people they became, but I love them. I have come to know their husbands and their children and their parents. I have felt of their desires and their needs. I often feel their presence and have had their assistance in learning the joys and sorrows of their lives. I am thankful for the blessing and responsibility to be able to provide for them the blessings for which they have long awaited.
I would like to share with you the counsel to Mothers from Jeffrey R. Holland…..
“Rely on Him heavily, rely on Him forever and ‘press forward with a steadfastness in Christ, having a perfect brightness of hope’. You are doing God’s work and you are doing it wonderfully well! He is blessing you and he will bless you, even, no,
especially when your days and nights may be the most challenging. Like the woman who anonymously, meekly, perhaps even with hesitation and some embarrassment, fought the way through the crowd just to touch the hem of the Master’s garment, so Christ will say to the women who worry and wonder and sometimes weep over the responsibility as mothers,……’daughters, be of good comfort; thy faith has made thee whole’…………..and it well maybe, your children whole as well.”
Happy Mother’s Day!
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