Betty Trimble - Mickey Strand - Veterans Series

Mickey Strand - Veterans Series

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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US Navy WAVES SN Korean War Betty Jo Trimble was born on August 15th, 1933, and grew up all over California. She graduated from high school in Newport Harbor, CA, and had started college but decided to enlist on 22 Jan 1952 in the US Navy Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES). She attended boot camp in Bainbridge, Maryland. Betty was shipped off to her first duty station. She had been tested as a fast typist at 95 words a minute and was assigned to serve as the rating Personnel-men at U.S. Naval Hospital Great Lakes Ill, Personal Support Department. She assisted with transfers and orders of Sailors and officers. She found the job boring and repetitive, so she volunteered to work in the Hobie Shop, Special Services Office. The hospital received a large group of wounded from Korea for rehabilitation and recovery. She discovered four sets of O-scale model trains in storage, and an idea was born. She searched the wards for ambulatory folks, and they built out the train leading to a whole community of buildings and rails. Members painted models and figures and laid out room after room with the track. The group eventually numbered over 40 men and a whole barracks wing. The base commander visited and joined the men in the rehab, opening the door for Betty to increase the size of her facility. Betty also ran a rehab painting class from paint by numbers to freestyle. One winter's day, Betty slipped on ice and damaged her ankle, which did not heal well, so after two and a half years, Betty, as a former Personnel-men, completed her paperwork for her honorable discharge.
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Betty Trimble - Mickey Strand - Veterans Series
US Navy WAVES SN Korean War Betty Jo Trimble was born on August 15th, 1933, and grew up all over California. She graduated from high school in Newport Harbor, CA, and had started college but decided to enlist on 22 Jan 1952 in the US Navy Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES). She attended boot camp in Bainbridge, Maryland. Betty was shipped off to her first duty station. She had been tested as a fast typist at 95 words a minute and was assigned to serve as the rating Personnel-men at U.S. Naval Hospital Great Lakes Ill, Personal Support Department. She assisted with transfers and orders of Sailors and officers. She found the job boring and repetitive, so she volunteered to work in the Hobie Shop, Special Services Office. The hospital received a large group of wounded from Korea for rehabilitation and recovery. She discovered four sets of O-scale model trains in storage, and an idea was born. She searched the wards for ambulatory folks, and they built out the train leading to a whole community of buildings and rails. Members painted models and figures and laid out room after room with the track. The group eventually numbered over 40 men and a whole barracks wing. The base commander visited and joined the men in the rehab, opening the door for Betty to increase the size of her facility. Betty also ran a rehab painting class from paint by numbers to freestyle. One winter's day, Betty slipped on ice and damaged her ankle, which did not heal well, so after two and a half years, Betty, as a former Personnel-men, completed her paperwork for her honorable discharge.