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Wednesday, May 25, 2011

“Tours of Duty: Carroll County MD and the Vietnam War” By Gary D. Jestes and Jay A. Graybeal.

“Tours of Duty: Carroll County and the Vietnam War”

By Gary D. Jestes and Jay A. Graybeal.

The authors present the stories of Carroll County’s unsung heroes who served their country during the Vietnam War.  Includes biographical sketches, soldiers’ letters, a roster of servicemen, a bibliography of contemporary newspaper articles about the war.  $29



Historical Society of Carroll County
210 East Main Street, Westminster MD 21157
(410) 848-6494


About the book – and the authors, Jay Graybeal and Gary Jestes:

On Wednesday, November 12, 2008, Carroll County Times - http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/ - writer, Carrie Ann Knauer wrote:

Historian shares Carroll County Vietnam stories

In researching for a book on Carroll County’s Vietnam veterans, Jay Graybeal and Gary Jestes found a wealth of material in local newspaper archives and by collecting letters sent between soldiers and their loved ones.

They learned about Lt. Col. Charles I. Miller, who was one of the first Americans stationed in Vietnam, and was in fact part of the team to brief Gen. William Westmoreland, who in June 1964 was appointed the senior military commander of the United States’ armed forces in Vietnam, when he arrived in country.

They interviewed Sgt. Jerry Barnes, who told a story of hearing a scream from the cook one night in the camp and discovered a cobra in the kitchen ready to strike. Barnes, Carroll’s state’s attorney, said he pulled out his M16 without hesitation and shot the snake, refrigerator, stove and about everything else in the kitchen, except the cook, Graybeal said.

They read the stories in Carroll newspapers about the war and the reactions from residents on whether demonstrations were an appropriate way of showing dissatisfaction with American forces’ participation in the conflict.

Graybeal shared these stories Tuesday at the Historical Society of Carroll County’s Box Lunch Talk. Jestes, who was also scheduled to speak Tuesday, was unable to attend because of illness, Graybeal said.

Timmi Pierce, executive director of the Historical Society, said it was fitting to have a talk on the Vietnam veterans Tuesday because Veterans Day fell on the normally scheduled day for the lunch talk. Pierce used the opportunity to recognize the dozen or so veterans in attendance at the talk, including four Vietnam veterans.

“It’s fitting that we’re in this building [American Legion Post 31], which honors veterans seven days a week,” Graybeal said during his opening.

Graybeal is the chief curator of the Army Heritage and Education Center in Carlisle, Pa., where he has been working on the center’s Vietnam collection, which will be dedicated Friday, he said.

Jestes and Graybeal started the research for their book, “Tours of Duty: Carroll County and the Vietnam War,” when Graybeal was still at the Historical Society. They spent more than 10 years on the research and writing before it was published last year, he said.

“We joke it took longer for us to write the book than to fight the war,” Graybeal said.

Graybeal gave a general overview of the timeline of the Vietnam War, then listed some of the Carroll servicemen who are highlighted in the book, including Rick Will Sr., Sgt. Gary Hammett, Capt. Richard N. Dixon and Maj. Harold J. Robertson. Several heads in the audience nodded in recognition of the names and faces being broadcast on the projector screen.

“It’s wrenching to read, but it’s important to see the sacrifices that were made,” Graybeal said of the book.

There was so much dissension surrounding the Vietnam War, and a lot of myths were spun out of that dissension, Graybeal said. He read from a list of exposed myths about Vietnam veterans, which showed that Vietnam soldiers were not as young, uneducated, underprivileged or unwilling as people believed. For example, while the draft got so much attention during the Vietnam War, only one-third of the soldiers to serve in Vietnam were drafted, and two-thirds were voluntary recruits, Graybeal said. Those statistics are the opposite of World War II’s, he said.

Despite people’s personal views, no one can deny the way the war affected the nation and its future, Graybeal said.

“It forever changed our views as Americans of our role in the world,” he said.


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Related: Memorial Day: Honoring the sacrifice of Staff Sgt. James Norman Byers  By Kevin Dayhoff Wednesday, May 25, 2011 http://www.thetentacle.com/ShowArticle.cfm?mydocid=4418


“Tours of Duty: Carroll County MD and the Vietnam War” By Gary D. Jestes and Jay A. Graybeal.

“Tours of Duty: Carroll County MD and the Vietnam War” By Gary D. Jestes and Jay A. Graybeal.

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Tuesday, February 08, 2011

Keymar resident wins $2,500 grant for Agriculture Center

Keymar resident wins $2,500 grant for Agriculture Center
By Carrie Ann Knauer, Times Staff Writer
A representative from agricultural biotechnology company Monsanto will be at the Carroll County Agriculture Center annual meeting tonight to present a $2,500 grant to the board.
Barbara Watt, of Keymar, whose family operates a dairy farm, was chosen as the county's winner in the Monsanto Fund's America's Farmers Grow Communities program. In the contest, the Monsanto Fund chose one winner from each of 1,200 eligible counties and rewarded a $2,500 grant to the charity or organization of that winner's choice...
 http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/news/local/keymar-resident-wins-grant-for-agriculture-center/article_50cda186-3340-11e0-897c-001cc4c002e0.html

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Thursday, September 02, 2010

Recent stories by Carrie Knauer in the Carroll County Times

Recent stories by Carrie Knauer in the Carroll County Times

  1. http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/search/?q=Knauer&t=article&l=25&d=&date-selector=on&d1=1+year+ago&d2=&s=&sd=desc&sections=all&f=html

    Carrie Knauer

    Friday, January 8, 2010 12:00 am

    Enviroment and agriculture, West Carroll and food columnist


  2. Recycling manager to visit libraries

    Tuesday, August 10, 2010 11:53 am

    Carroll County Recycling Manager Maria Myers will be visiting the Finksburg branch of the Carroll County Public Library tonight to talk about single-stream recycling and answer questions about what can and cannot be recycled in Carroll.


  3. New Windsor offered town manager job, expects response this week

    Sunday, August 1, 2010 8:30 pm

    The New Windsor mayor and town council are hoping to be able to announce who will serve as the new town manager at Wednesday's council meeting.


  4. Envirothon team places in top five at national competition

    Tuesday, August 10, 2010 9:06 pm

    Carroll County Boy Scout Venturing Crew 202 placed fifth out of 54 teams in the 2010 Canon Envirothon.


  5. Union Bridge may raise late fees for parking tickets

    Sunday, August 22, 2010 11:30 pm

    The Union Bridge Town Council is having a public hearing tonight on an ordinance that would change the late fees for parking tickets in town.


  6. New Windsor names its new town manager, the Carroll County deputy director of public works

    Thursday, August 5, 2010 12:00 am

    NEW WINDSOR - Franklin Schaeffer, county deputy director of public works, has accepted a position as New Windsor town manager. He plans to begin Sept. 7.


  7. Trash bags being stolen from Union Bridge trash cans

    Monday, August 9, 2010 12:00 am

    John Witiak used to spend Thursday mornings walking up and down Main Street in Union Bridge, collecting trash bags with discarded waste from the public trash cans before the waste haulers came through.


  8. Animated clip on recycling airing on cable Channel 24

    Sunday, August 22, 2010 12:00 am

    The county government is hoping to encourage children and families to recycle with a new county-produced video now airing on cable Channel 24.


  9. Contest for youths to highlight local food

    Sunday, August 15, 2010 11:58 pm

    Maryland youths have a chance to win an Apple iPod Touch by creating a video on what local food means to them.


  10. New Windsor treatment plant construction ahead of schedule

    Wednesday, August 18, 2010 12:15 am

    NEW WINDSOR - Five months into construction, officials say the New Windsor wastewater treatment plant should be up and running by January.


  11. Nervousness surrounds first day at Taneytown Elementary

    Wednesday, September 1, 2010 12:15 am

    TANEYTOWN — Kindergartner Thomas McClintic was nervous about his first day of school, so fellow day-care students Brianna Naills and Savannah Stull walked with him to the front door Tuesday, one on each side.


  12. 17-year-old named Miss Carroll County Farm Bureau

    Sunday, August 1, 2010 10:49 pm

    Shelby Stevens, 17, of Westminster, was named 2010 Miss Carroll County Farm Bureau Sunday night at the Carroll County 4-H & FFA Fair.


  13. First Global Visions and The Hindman Foundation offer free services

    Friday, August 13, 2010 11:58 pm

    First Global Visions and The Hindman Foundation are offering 11 free technology-driven energy assessments and retrofits for Carroll County homeowners who make less than $72,675 annually per household and are interested in saving money on their energy bills.


  14. Union Bridge raises late fees for tickets

    Tuesday, August 24, 2010 12:00 am

    UNION BRIDGE - Those who don't pay their parking fines on time in Union Bridge will soon face higher late fees after the Union Bridge Town Council passed an ordinance raising the late fees at Monday night's council meeting.


  15. New Windsor officials hope for wastewater grant

    Wednesday, September 1, 2010 9:19 pm

    NEW WINDSOR - New Windsor officials are hoping to meet with the Bay Restoration Fund Advisory Committee in hopes of seeking a grant to go toward the expense of the new wastewater treatment plant.


  16. Carroll County park naturalists bring passion to their jobs

    Saturday, August 14, 2010 1:00 am

    Visitors at the county's two nature centers may notice new faces leading programs after the county has hired two new park naturalists.


  17. Former Westminster teacher to be honored by Historical Society

    Friday, August 20, 2010 12:00 am

    William Granville "Mike" Eaton wasn't the kind of teacher you would easily forget.


  18. Shakespeare comes to life at Westminster library

    Friday, August 27, 2010 12:15 am

    Some parents might have second thoughts before taking elementary and middle-school aged children to a two hour-long Shakespeare play, but Thursday's performance at the Westminster library was entertaining for both youths and adults.


  19. Recycling to be offered at Maryland Wine Festival

    Tuesday, August 31, 2010 12:00 am

    Wineries at The Maryland Wine Festival have recycled thousands of bottles used for pouring samples during the two-day festival held annually in Westminster, but this year, festival attendees will also have the opportunity to recycle their disposables.


  20. UNION BRIDGE: Man dies after being struck by tractor-trailer

    Tuesday, August 24, 2010 4:30 pm

    A pedestrian was pronounced dead at the scene Tuesday after being struck by a tractor-trailer on Md. 75 in Union Bridge.


  21. Veterinarians ease pet owners' hassles with house calls

    Friday, August 27, 2010 11:45 pm

    Some people can have a hard time fitting a doctor or dentist appointment into their busy schedules, and taking a pet, or multiple pets, to the veterinarian, can be even trickier.


  22. Ag preservation hot topic in county commissioner elections

    Sunday, August 22, 2010 12:00 am

    More than 20 years ago, Carroll County set a goal of preserving 100,000 acres of agricultural land under protective easements, and has spent millions of dollars toward achieving that goal.


  23. Fair Blog: Monday night=more destruction

    Monday, August 2, 2010 9:07 am

    So yesterday I talked about the Combine Demolition Derby and I posted the video of the combine parade on our website, and tonight I will be back out at the fair to film the Car Demolition Derby. I think people like the Combine Demolition Derby for the quirkiness, but the Car Demolition Derby for its pure destruction. It does sound kind of fun, playing bumper cars with life-sized cars, old beaters that are destined for the scrap yard anyway. You might want to bring earplugs - I heard it can get pretty loud!


  24. FAIR BLOG: Tuesday: Open their eyes to wonderment

    Tuesday, August 3, 2010 8:46 am

    I woke up this morning feeling like I hadn't slept at all, which is not a good thing when it's only Tuesday and we're just hitting the middle of fair week. I saw some kids napping in a chair, under a tent, curled up in a fleece blanket yesterday morning, which seemed kind of funny knowing that it was 73 degrees out, but after the heat we've seen this summer, I agree that 73 can feel a little chilly. Maybe I should pack a blanket in my backpack with me today.


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