MUSKEGON, Mich. -- An Army veteran in Muskegon County who spent the last few years restoring a Vietnam War-era PBR boat is finally unveiling all of his hard work to the public. FOX 17 first met Robert ...
MUSKEGON, MI - It was 2005 and Robert Bowyer had just finished serving his first of two tours in Afghanistan. The young U.S. Army man, who would eventual advance to the rank of sergeant, stepped off a ...
MUSKEGON, Mich.-- An Army Reservist in West Michigan has made it his mission to take care of a group of veterans he calls the 'black sheep'. Robert Bowyer started Operation Black Sheep to honor ...
MUSKEGON, Mich. - Only around 36 PBR (Patrol Boat River) boats from the Vietnam War can be found in the United States. Of those, only around six are capable of going out on the water. The latest is ...
Ralph Fries choked up as the small boat pulled into the Hampton River. It was the kind of boat he fixed in Vietnam so “the kids” could ride out again and risk their lives. They called him “Pops” back ...
Lee Wahler saw a wrapped boat at the Washington Navy Yard that he thought he recognized. Wahler, an employee of the Navy's Military Sealift Command, headquartered on the yard, approached the owner of ...