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 […]

Originally published in Dolphin Talk, May 14, 2004 As you all know, Matagorda Island was once an Air Force Base. What you may not know is that many men who were stationed on the Island came back to live in Port O’Connor. W.C. “Dixie” Howell is one of those men. W.C. “Dixie” Howell of Port […]