Just a note here to let everyone know that the Dolphin’s schedule has changed for the month of November. Because of the difficulty of having a paper out on the day after Thanksgiving, there will be only one issue in November. The next issue of Dolphin Talk will be out on November 16. Hopefully, local […]

By the time many of you read this, “The Parade That Never Was” will have already occurred. (It is scheduled for 10:00 a.m., Saturday, October 13, downtown Victoria.) The parade begins at the library (Main and Commercial Sts.), goes past City Hall, turns right in front of St. Mary’s Catholic Church on Church St. and […]

Bill Brayshaw with his wife Karla, a Navy Veteran William D. Brayshaw graduated from High School and enlisted in the Coast Guard. He was medically discharged for a metal pin in his leg from a previous injury. When Vietnam started to heat up, he paid to have the pin removed, and after considerable hassle managed […]

I can still see with my mind’s eye a lot of fool things I did without thinking. Comes to mind sometime early into 1970 while serving with River Patrol Group SS, working off the YRBM 16 (Yard Repair Berthing and Messing) Barge; tethered out in the middle of the Mekong River, not far off was […]

November 29 through December 3 of 2001 were momentous days in Port O’Connor as the Traveling Vietnam Veterans Memorial was on display at King Fisher Beach and was visited by thousands. The following report, compiled by Joyce Rhyne and written by Margaret Jennings was published in the December 14, 2001 issue of Dolphin Talk. We […]