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Korean War

Click on Veteran's photo to see their service story. These Warriors served during the Korean War

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Where can I donate?

I have created a way to accept donations to grow the project, use the WWII Veterans Portrait Series Go Fund Me.

Where are you located?

I live in the San Diego area but have traveled to many locations to interview and photograph Veterans.


How Long is an Appointment?

Appointments usually last an hour. But please free up time for Mickey to set up lights and cameras, hold the interview, and take some still photographers for in the project.

Do you accept reservations?

Yes is the simple answer to the question. Each appointment is set up as an individual session. Group sessions have been set up when I visited a senior living facility or many of the California Veterans Homes.

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Moselio “Elio” Schaechter was born on April 26th, 1928, and was drafted into the US Army as an enlisted man in Aug 1954 and served for two years until 1956. Elio was able to receive a deferment from enlistment while he was studying microbiology at the University of Pennsylvania. But when he graduated with his Ph.D., his deferment ended, and he was drafted two weeks later. He shipped off to Bootcamp at Camp Ft. Gordon, Georgia, the home of the signal corps. He told his company commander he was a shoe salesman when asked what he did before being drafted, not wanting to give away that he had a Ph.D. Basic training was eight weeks, and he was supposed to be requisitioned to work at the Walter Reed Institute research center, but the Army posted him after Bootcamp at Fort Sam Houston Army Base in San Antonio, Texas. He was there for about a week and was sent to see the Colonel. He was asked about knowing the professors at the university as he was assigned to study a not-so-nice area of study in Poop. The next day, he received a new set of orders back to work at Walter Reed. Working at Walter Reed Institute of Research, Eloi was put right to work in the lab and was very excited about the area of research. He got a chance to work hard in his field, even as a GI renewing his interest. He published three papers as a G.I. in the area of Rickettsia. Rickettsia Disease is a Bacteria Including Spotted Fever and Typhus Fever Rickettsioses, Scrub Typhus, Anaplasmosis, and Ehrlichioses. He discovered it was a bacteria and not a virus. Elio stated, “I am forever grateful to the Army. It put me back together.” After the service, he and his wife, Barbara, moved to Copenhagen, Denmark, while he worked for the Statens Serum Institut (the CDC of Denmark). He then received a fellowship with the American cancer society and did the research still cited today. Elio has worked in his field at many prestigious institutes to contribute to the sciences.
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Moselio Elio Schaechter - Mickey Strand - Veterans Series
Moselio “Elio” Schaechter was born on April 26th, 1928, and was drafted into the US Army as an enlisted man in Aug 1954 and served for two years until 1956. Elio was able to receive a deferment from enlistment while he was studying microbiology at the University of Pennsylvania. But when he graduated with his Ph.D., his deferment ended, and he was drafted two weeks later. He shipped off to Bootcamp at Camp Ft. Gordon, Georgia, the home of the signal corps. He told his company commander he was a shoe salesman when asked what he did before being drafted, not wanting to give away that he had a Ph.D. Basic training was eight weeks, and he was supposed to be requisitioned to work at the Walter Reed Institute research center, but the Army posted him after Bootcamp at Fort Sam Houston Army Base in San Antonio, Texas. He was there for about a week and was sent to see the Colonel. He was asked about knowing the professors at the university as he was assigned to study a not-so-nice area of study in Poop. The next day, he received a new set of orders back to work at Walter Reed. Working at Walter Reed Institute of Research, Eloi was put right to work in the lab and was very excited about the area of research. He got a chance to work hard in his field, even as a GI renewing his interest. He published three papers as a G.I. in the area of Rickettsia. Rickettsia Disease is a Bacteria Including Spotted Fever and Typhus Fever Rickettsioses, Scrub Typhus, Anaplasmosis, and Ehrlichioses. He discovered it was a bacteria and not a virus. Elio stated, “I am forever grateful to the Army. It put me back together.” After the service, he and his wife, Barbara, moved to Copenhagen, Denmark, while he worked for the Statens Serum Institut (the CDC of Denmark). He then received a fellowship with the American cancer society and did the research still cited today. Elio has worked in his field at many prestigious institutes to contribute to the sciences.