#081 David Cole Lang
David Cole Lang's mother talks about her son's life, his struggles with a TBI and PTSD, and his death.
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Camp Hamilton is a Veterans Memorial Park in Kern County, California. Veterans who served during war and peacetime are honored here. This podcast includes the histories of 306+ men and women...
David Cole Lang's mother talks about her son's life, his struggles with a TBI and PTSD, and his death.
On a rainy December Day, Glenn Denton tells stories about veterans he knew whose friends and families planted trees in their names after the...
Master Sergeant “Penny” Pennybaker served with the Marines in World War II, Korea and Vietnam. He was a much loved member of the Bodfish Cha...
Sgt Earby Ray Edwards served with the Marines in Korea. Decades later, he learned about Camp Hamilton, attended many functions, and voluntee...
Patricia Marie Oldham, also known as Rocky, graduated from Garces and joined the Marine Corps. She was a communicator.
MGySgt (ret) Glenn Denton introduces fellow 1st Marine Division Association Bodfisher Gunny Ben Holiboich, who is honored at Camp Hamilton V...
Carol Van Pelt shares the story of her first husband, Budd Ray, who served in Vietnam. The American Legion Riders Chapter 26 maintains his a...
Lucky Cooper served with the Marine Corps in World War II and later became a "Bodfisher" with 1st Marine Division Association. MGySgt (ret)...
Henry Borgardt served with the Marine Corps in World War II. Henry helped Glenn dedicate trees to veterans at Camp Hamilton. When the World...
This story was recorded in November 2019. Sadly, Tim Hill died by the following January. His death had a profound effect on Camp Hamilton me...
Lance Corporal Hayward Kimo Hamili Peleiholani was born in Pahoa, Hawaii on June 14, 1950. He started his tour in Vietnam on April 13, 1969...
Private First Class Gerald Allen Smith was born on January 8, 1951 in Ogden, Utah. The 18-year-old Marine started his tour in Vietnam on Aug...
In this episode, MGySgt Glenn Denton (Ret) explains what Camp Hamilton is to the Bakersfield Naval Sea Cadets. Glenn is Camp Hamilton's foun...
Corporal David D.L. Young served with Golf Company 2/7 in Vietnam with MGySgt Glenn Denton (ret), founder of Camp Hamilton. D.L. was the lea...
Staff Sergeant Oliver Clifton Stamps was born in Baltimore, Maryland on 27 January 1938. The 31-year-old Marine started his tour in Vietnam...
Private First Class Stephen Earl Cunningham was born 5 February 1947 in Cleveland, Ohio. The 22-year-old's tour in Vietnam began on 4 August...
The Culp Family tree was planted by one brother for his three brothers. The entire family served in the military. CPO Awain B. "John" Culp s...
SSGT Barney Cadena saw heavy action in Vietnam and, as a result, suffered many problems that he fought through. He was a very good many. One...
Eugene Cox was Cheparnie Cox’s son. He served in the Army during World War II and later was heavily involved with the VFW. Cheparnie’s daugh...
Howard Gin was quite a character. He was a Marine Corps veteran who served in Korea. When he left the service, Howard entered politics in th...
Leon Llewellyn was a Navy recruiter in the 1970s in Bakersfield. He was affectionately called Lee-lee by his friends. Leon served in Vietnam...
SPC Pierce was known as Kevin to his family and Ivan to his friends. Kevin was given the name Ivan by Charlie Duncan, another member of Camp...
Hal Cowan was a World War II Marine and a friend of Camp Hamilton. He came out to the camp almost everyday to do projects. He originally lan...
Chief Hospital Corpsman Lon Chaney was an educator and a historian. In fact, he was the Camp Hamilton Veterans Memorial Park historian until...
Don Taylor, our resident bagpiper, tells this story of SSgt Fidel Hernandez, a Marine who served in World War II. Glenn Denton then adds to...
The stories about Vernon Valenzuela from Kern County veterans could fill a book. Vernon Valenzuela served in the Army during Vietnam. He had...
Camp Hamilton is named after Leonard Hamilton. Leonard was an "Old China" Marine before World War II. He landed in Shanghai, China in 1936 w...
Leland Crawford was the 9th Sgt Major of the Marine Corps. He served from 1951 to 1983. MGySgt Denton and Sgt Major Crawford were re-acquain...
Chief Arend "Tack" Tanis retired from the United States Navy. MGySgt Glenn Denton met him in the 1970s. Tack and his wife Toni owned a littl...
Arthur D. Denton was a Marine in Vietnam. He was Glenn Denton Jr.'s little brother. The military would not send Arthur to Vietnam while Glen...
D. K. Feickert served in the U.S. Marine Corps. He is one of two Feickerts in the Park by their brother Paul Feickert was very active in the...
Captain Randolph A. Guzman was killed in the Oklahoma Bombing on April 19, 1995. He was on active duty working at the federal building weari...
Joseph LaGrand Smithson had two Marine sons named Mike and Sid who were very active at Camp Hamilton and the 1st Marine Division. The eldest...
Cheparnie Cox, who was from Oklahoma, served in the Army during World War I. He was born in 1897 and died in 1971. When the Bakersfield Nati...
Glenn E. Denton was MGySgt Glenn Denton Jr.'s father. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II. Denton Sr.'s tree memorial has been re...
Next to Bob and King the USMC Scout dog is a bush that we turned into a tree. The "tree" has purple blossoms. Its plaque reads "Dedicated to...
Sgt Bob Davis served as a Marine Corps Dog Handler. After the military, Bob worked in Kern County for several years. He was a Commander of V...
Billy B. Duncan served in the U.S. Army during World War II. His son, Charlie Duncan, who is a dear friend of the camp and Glenn, purchased...
Lt. F. Ross Doll was an Iwo Jima survivor. He lived to be a ripe old age and would come to Camp Hamilton for every function or just to sit i...
Lt. Christoph Ludwig Schneider was U.S. Army 1st Calvary Division. He was killed in action on November 5, 1951, in Korea. The Schneider fami...
Ruben B. Rohrbach served during World War II. He was very active in the 1st Marine Division. Once he passed away, the chapter Ruben Robrbach...
George Chegay, of the United States Marine Corps, was killed in action on July 27, 1953, while serving with Hotel Company, 3rd Battalion, 1s...
This is a family tree was dedicated by David Lopez, a retired Army 1st Sgt. He originally dedicated the tree to his father, Thomas Lopez, wh...
Pvt Edward Lee Senn was killed in action during World War II in Italy. His family dedicated this tree in his memory. The current tree is a r...
Tom Blackmon, Jr. was killed in action in Korea on August 7, 1950. His two brothers came out to Camp Hamilton a lot during the early years....
Edmund Miles Keefe Jr. retired from the Marine Corps as a Lieutenant colonel. His tree was planted by his son Ed around 2012. His son, Ed, i...
Warning: This episode includes a graphic description of Carl Adams' body. Sgt Carl Adams served with MGySgt Glenn Denton in Golf Company 2/7...
Daniel Louie was part of the 1st Marine Division Association. His family came out to a ceremony and decided that they wanted a tree. Many of...
PFC Joseph Pinto, USMC, was part of Golf Company 2/7 in Vietnam. Pinto was killed the day after Richard Shelton. On August 26, Denton and hi...
Warning. This episode includes graphic detail. PFC Richard Shelton's death made a huge impact on MGySgt Glenn Denton's life. He is the reaso...