Meet The Team
Executive Board Member
Living Historians
IN MEMORY OF:
Susan Price’s (WTK Gold Star Mom) son
Gunnery Sgt, Aaron Michael Kenefick
AWARDS BY DATE OF ACTION:
Bronze Star
AWARDED FOR ACTIONS
DURING Global War on Terror
Service: Marine Corps
GENERAL ORDERS:
CITATION:
The President of the United States of America takes pride in presenting the Bronze Star Medal with Combat “V” (Posthumously) to Gunnery Sergeant Aaron M. Kenefick, United States Marine Corps, for heroic achievement in connection with combat operations against the enemy while serving as an Staff Noncommissioned Officer Advisor-Mentor, 1st Kandak, 2d Brigade, 201st Corps, Afghan National Army, Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM, on 8 September 2009. Gunnery Sergeant Kenefick was a member of a combined Marine and Afghan patrol that led the way into Ganjgal village to visit with village elders. As the patrol entered the village it was ambushed. Gunnery Sergeant Kenefick took cover near a retaining wall and returned fire. When the team leader directed his Marines and the Afghan soldiers to attack and seize the house from which they were receiving fire, Gunnery Sergeant Kenefick boldly led the Afghan soldiers forward under fire and cleared the house. The enemy then attempted to encircle the team’s position while subjecting the team to a hail of machine gun and rocket fire. Despite being pinned down, Gunnery Sergeant Kenefick returned fire and called in supporting artillery and mortar fire before falling mortally wounded. Gunnery Sergeant Kenefick fought with bravery and determination while demonstrating unwavering courage in the face of the enemy. By his zealous initiative, courageous actions and exceptional dedication to duty, Gunnery Sergeant Kenefick reflected great credit upon himself and the Marine Corps and upheld the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service. (Gunnery Sergeant Kenefick is authorized the Combat “V”.)
Marine Gunnery Sgt. Aaron M. Kenefick, USMC
Contributors
Author Lydia Nuttall, Forgotten American Stories!
William Federer, American Minute.
UShistory.org site contains thousands of individual pages covering all aspects of U.S. History.
Author David Bowman What Would The Founding Fathers Think?
Stan Ellsworth, History and the Highway.
WTK Teen Board Member
WE THE KIDS Teen Board member Ben Zheng, age 18. Event Photographer for We The Kids and also a student of Business at Indiana University South Bend. Likes producing music and tinkering with computers in his spare time. Becoming a club/radio DJ is one of his personal goals.
Honorary Public Relations
Michael J.B. Shaffer OH, Grandfather’s mothers family (Descendant of Alexander Hamilton) Grandfather (Ralph Hamilton) Sanders. Ralph’s mother was Thema Hamilton
WTK Writers
Author David Bowman, AZ
History, politics, government, they are not just for grown-ups anymore. Todays teens are about to be handed a collapsing nation and it will be their job to fix it. Enter David Bowman. With wit, humor, and the occasional serious note, he skillfully illustrates America’s biggest problems and presents an interactive guide to understanding them that is so much fun adults will want to read it too!
Author Marc Alan Urbach, FL
Holds a B.S. in Communications from the University of Florida
Marc Alan Urbach was a Republican candidate for Governor of Georgia. Urbach dropped out of the race on May 1, 2018, but still appeared on the primary ballot.
Shortly after earning his bachelor’s degree, Urbach went into photojournalism, working in New York and Los Angeles before moving to Austin, Texas, and beginning a youth sports photography business. In 1999, Urbach sold the business, moving to Atlanta the next year to pursue a career in teaching. Urbach joined the Gwinnett County schools as a history teacher, working there between 2001 and 2012. Between leaving his teaching job and beginning his campaign for governor, Urbach continued his research into American history and Constitutional law. In that time, Urbach published two books: Believe: Do We Need a Third Great Awakening? and Heal Our Nation, Save Our World.