Tommy Chandler with Lt. Gen. Goodman, at the 65th Anniversary of Pearl Harbor.
Tommy spent six years in a Light Armored Reconnaissance unit as a Recon Scout, and Vehicle Crewman. Tommy deployed to the Gulf with the 13th MEU and served a combat tour in Somalia. Tommy is the forth generation in a row to serve in the US armed forces and his leadership is intuitive and combat proven. Tommy is a member of the Marine Corps League and the Sons and Daughters of Pearl Harbor Survivors organizations. Tommy now works in the construction industry.
Leo McSweeney with Lt. Gen. Krulak, in 1995 aboard the USS Essex.
Leo is a current reserve duty Marine with 4th LAR Bn at Camp Pendleton. Leo has been to the Gulf, Somalia, and Iraq. He and Chandler were in the same company together and deployed aboard the USS Essex to the Persian Gulf and Somalia. Leo went on to be a Drill Instructor in 1997 and was in a FOX television reality show called "Bootcamp", where he was a Drill Instructor. Leo has been on numerous television and radio shows. Leo left the Marines for a little while and did construction and other jobs. He became a police officer with the City of Bell in East Los Angeles. After 18 months on the force, he had already received 5 meritorious citations and one meritorious service medal.
Marc Stockwell-Moniz lives history, specifically the American Revolution. A literal Son of the American Revolution born in Cambridge Massachusetts where George Washington first took command of the fledgling army, Marc can trace his lineage back to English and French kings. His family has been in America since 1650, fully 126 years before the creation of the United States. For him, reading about history is not an academic subject; it’s his family album. When Marc writes about the Revolutionary War, he does not describe historical figures. He describes real people who are his family and friends. Marc graduated from San Diego State University in 1978 with a degree in Journalism, and now lives in Southern California with his wife, Teresa, and their young daughter, Danielle. When he is not writing, he delights in talking to audiences of children and adults about the Revolutionary War and early American history.
Danielle Moniz
The American History Moment with Danielle
Danielle Moniz is a ten-year-old fifth-grade student and President of The Children of the American Revolution Presidio Hill Society of San Diego County. Her patriotic duties include: the support of our troops and our retired military; participating in events such as the naturalization ceremonies at the Civic Center, presenting the colors at Padre games, marching in parades and other important patriotic events. She is a direct descendant of Sergeant Major Daniel Stockwell Jr. who was General Washington's sergeant during the siege of Boston in 1775-1776. She loves history, reading, writing, animals and of course loves to play with her friends.
