Brig. Gen. Cardenas Honored at Unveiling of Statue at Veterans Museum and Memorial Center, Balboa Park

Air Force Brig. Gen. Robert Cardenas, shown at right, was honored June 6, 2015, at the unveiling and dedication of a statue of his likeness at the Veterans Museum and Memorial Center in Balboa Park. Cardenas is chairman emeritus of the Miramar National Cemetery Support Foundation.

Dennis Schoville, Foundation President & CEO, was master of ceremonies at the event, which was attended by some 100 veterans, members of the public, and members of the Cardenas family.

Artist Richard Becker sculpted the bust, which depicts …

More than 100 attended the 40th Anniversary commemoration ceremony of the fall of Saigon, April 26, hosted by the local Vietnamese American community.

Held at the Flying Leatherneck Museum, the event included remarks by community leader Nguyen Giao, selections by a choral group, soloists, and a moment of silence to remember those who gave their lives defending their homeland during the Vietnam War.

In his remarks, Dennis A. Schoville, a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War and president and CEO of the Miramar National Cemetery Support Foundation, praised Vietnamese Americans who began new lives, raised families and established successful businesses …

(Dec. 16, 2014, Dayton, Ohio) Brig. Gen. Robert L. Cardenas, USAF (Ret.), Chairman Emeritus of the Miramar National Cemetery Support Foundation, has been elected to the National Aviation Hall of Fame. He will be inducted Oct. 15, along with three other nominees in the Class of 2015.

Cardenas will join a roster of 225 men and women air, and space pioneers who have been inducted by the NAHF since its founding in 1962. Other aviation luminaries enshrined in the Hall of Fame include the Wright Brothers, Charles Lindbergh, Amelia Earhart, John Glenn and Neil Armstrong.

“This is a great honor …

Dec. 3, 2014 – Victoria A. Nenner, a U.S. Air Force veteran and owner of Nenner Enterprises, a firm that provides continuing education to nurses and other medical staff, has joined the Board of Directors of the Miramar National Cemetery Support Foundation.

During the Vietnam War, Nenner served four years as a staff and charge nurse in an Air Force hospital at Tachikawa AFB, Japan, where she treated soldiers wounded in battle. She met her late husband, Paul, while serving in Japan. She left active duty as a captain, and continued in the reserves until 1977.

Nenner is a member …

May 6, 2014 — On a blustery day that had flags whipping around their poles, four teams of Navy volunteers, organized by the Armed Forces YMCA of San Diego, hoisted new flags into place on the Miramar National Cemetery Avenue of Flags.

The Miramar National Cemetery Support Foundation, which sponsors the unique 50-flag display, provides new flags every six months. Used flags are presented to veterans’ groups, patriotic, and civic organizations. Individuals who donate $200 to the Foundation also receive a flag in a wooden presentation case.

Equipment Operator Second Class William Nickeo, a SeaBee attached to Seal Team 5, …

March 8, 2014 –Dennis A. Schoville, a San Diego attorney and highly decorated Army helicopter flight section commander during Vietnam, has been named President and CEO of the Miramar National Cemetery Support Foundation.  He joined the Board in November 2012.

Schoville succeeds Dr. Gary Parks, who died Feb. 4, 2014, after a short illness.  He was 70.  Dr. Parks had led the Foundation since 2008.

A native of Richland Center, Wis., Schoville joined the Army after graduating from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and trained as a helicopter pilot. While serving in Vietnam, he was awarded two Silver Stars, the …

Japanese-American Unit Compiled Heroic Record in Battle

Nov. 14, 2013 – The old man wearing a bright white shirt and veterans’ cap stood stiffly at attention, saluting as four soldiers in dress uniforms briskly hoisted colors into the blue sky above Miramar National Cemetery.

Sixty-nine years earlier – October 1944 – he had been in the Vosges Mountains of northeastern France, a young Japanese American wearing a helmet, dirty fatigues and muddy combat boots, and carrying a rifle. His unit, the famous 442nd/100th Regimental Combat Team was engaged in a battle to liberate the French villages of Bruyères, Belmont and …

Nov. 1, 2013 – In a colorful Friday afternoon event, some 20 Navy active duty sailors and members of Veterans 360 replaced all 50 of the worn Stars ‘n Stripes on Miramar National Cemetery’s Avenue of Flags.

Working in teams of two, they lowered the collection of National Ensigns that had flown over the cemetery for the past six months, and hoisted the new flags into place atop poles lining the cemetery’s main thoroughfare.

Coordinating the evolution was Wayne Louth of World Memorial, an organization founded to preserve the memory of those who died on 9/11. Veterans 360 is a …

Four San Diego Veterans’ Groups Unveil Memorial Walkway’s First Monuments

Aug. 3, 2013 — The first U.S. soldier to be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in Vietnam asked those gathered, Aug. 3, 2013, for the dedication of Miramar National Cemetery’s new Memorial Walkway to “remember those who served their country with their strength, with their courage, and with their lives.”

The centerpiece of the dedication ceremony, held under bright blue skies, was the unveiling of monuments by members of four San Diego veterans’ groups – the Jewish War Veterans, Special Forces Association, Navy Nurse Corps Association, and the Chosin …

May 26, 2013 – Today’s active duty men and women value the service and sacrifices of the World War II generation and veterans of more recent conflicts honored during…