Meeting Chuck I first met Chuck in 2013 at KHTS Hometown Station when we were invited by Dr. Gene Dorio to discuss a newly released book, “The Boy’s of ‘67”, about my Charlie Company’s exploits in Vietnam. Chuck was there to discuss his new noble mission spearheading the Vietnam Memorial Traveling Wall event at the Valencia Town Center. Chuck and ...

4th/47thBattalion Connection John Gerbing is another local veteran who served in the same 9th Infantry Division unit that I served with at Fort Riley, Kansas and Vietnam. I didn’t know John back then, but upon visiting my friend Jerry Danielsen years ago I discovered that John was his next door neighbor. He and I stayed in touch and finally met at ...

The Santa Clarita Elks Lodge held a roast of Bill Reynolds, a local veteran and Director of Veterans Affairs at KHTS, raising thousands of dollars for both local veterans and children with disabilities. Reynolds was the roastee for Saturday’s event, which is the first roast held by the Santa Clarita Elks Lodge since 2014, according to Cheryl Laymon, Charity Roast ...

One Veteran Tipping Off Another Once again, a veteran led me to my next interview and in this case it was last week’s featured veteran, Gary Simpson, who introduced me to Ken Asam. The introduction led to an enjoyable three-hour chat at his kitchen table. I found his story as delightful as he was. Vietnam Veteran Bill Reynolds is our KHTS Director ...

Santa Clarita funeral services for World War II veteran Tom Tucker were announced Friday. Vietnam Veteran Bill Reynolds is our KHTS Director of Veteran’s Affairs. If you know a local veteran, please email us at [email protected]. Tucker died on Jan. 28, 2019 at the age of 93 at his board and care home in the San Fernando Valley. Tucker will be interred at ...

The Santa Clarita Elks Lodge is set to hold a roast of veteran Bill Reynolds Saturday to raise money for two charities, officials said. The Elks California-Hawaii Elks Major Project, Inc. is raising funds for the Local Veterans Services in the Santa Clarita Valley and Children with Disabilities in California. “The idea for the roast first came up by Bob ...

Meeting Gary Simpson Once again my Navy Veteran pal Roy Hermann tipped me off to another fine veteran, so I immediately contacted U.S. Army Veteran Gary Simpson, which led us to meeting at Friendly Valley’s office facility several weeks ago. Now, you can meet Gary. Vietnam Veteran Bill Reynolds is our KHTS Director of Veteran’s Affairs. If you know a local veteran, ...

Fellow Veteran Connection Thanks to my fellow veteran and good friend, Roy Hermann, who tipped me off about Gary’s service, I recently met him at George Thomas’ purely excellent Route 66 Restaurant to begin crafting Gary’s veteran page.  Thank you Roy! Vietnam Veteran Bill Reynolds is our KHTS Director of Veteran’s Affairs. If you know a local veteran, please email us at [email protected]. ...

Remembering a Great American It was two years ago that my veteran buddy Jim Lentini tipped me off about Rex, and soon I met him and his wonderful wife Rachel at their Friendly Valley home. Sadly, I must report that on Jan. 2, 2019, Rex passed away at Henry Mayo Hospital from bronchial complications as he approached 98 years young. ...

Sojka Connection Thanks to my neighbors Doug and Teri Sojka, I was introduced to Steve Widdison and it didn’t take long before we met at Valencia’s Corner Bakery for two and a half hours as we swapped war stories. Steve and I both served with the 9th Infantry Division in Vietnam’s perilous Mekong Delta. Vietnam Veteran Bill Reynolds is our KHTS Director of ...