Inspiring Stories

“ I know that the money goes to the Sailors and Marines who need it.”

It was when he was walking along the street in a small farming town in rural Illinois at the height of the Great Depression that Glenn Ellis saw the Sailor in his white uniform.

How one gift speaks to the legacy of CAPT and Mrs. Charles Martin USN – and to the spirit of giving that lives on through their children.

Marvin had to make some decisions about the funeral and the burial. He was unsure which way to go, so he was glad to get some good advice from the Society representative. “I talked it over with her, and I really appreciated having her opinion,” Marvin says. 

Helen Maznio and Donna Clark lived across the street from each other in San Diego for nearly four decades. Helen, a retired Navy nurse, was a private person but she liked to garden, and Donna would often see her in the garden and stop by to chat.

He was on the USS California in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean when Commander Ron Ritter got word about the emergency back home. His youngest daughter had suffered a severe eye injury. Ron had to get home fast.