This week’s Veteran is Ed Holesovsky, who served in the U.S. Army from 1967-1970. Holesovsky had already graduated college from Sam Houston and had taught one year as a school teacher when he was drafted in 1967. He had basic and advanced training at Fort Polk, Louisiana, and with his education and teaching experience, Ed was given rank quickly, and remained at Fort Polk as a personnel sergeant into 1968. In November ‘68 he was deployed to Vietnam, and was assigned to a Special Services Company in the 4th Infantry Division at Pleiku. During the day he would be flown out to passived villages to provide support and medical care to the villagers. After a few months he was attached on temporary duty to Cam Ranh Bay, where he was the Liaison for the 4th Infantry Division for the newly arrived replacements in-country. It was there, he met a basic training buddy, Paul Harp, who had gone onto OCS and trained to fly helicopters, and they have been friends ever since. Holesovsky returned to California, The Presidio of San Francisco, for the remainder of his time in service, where he was in charge of 6th Army ROTC Units. In the meantime, he had been accepted to Texas A&M for a Masters program in Education, with a start date of June 1970 for summer school. He made a phone call to his advisor in College Station, and after TAMU called Senator John Tower, Holesovsky was released from the Army and barely made it to classes on-time. Ed went on to teach for decades until he retired from Teaching and Coaching in 2002 from Calhoun High School in Port Lavaca. He met his wife Sonya in the city. Two of his students were former Denver Broncos Left Guard David Studdard, and famed Country singer George Strait. Holesovsky loved to officiate basketball games which he did for 35 years, from junior high to the college level. He is truly a gentle and kind hearted man, and loves spending time with his lovely wife, kids, and grandkids. He is also a member of the Lone Star Honor Flight Veterans Club, and is a faithful Wisecrack Warrior. Good Luck Ed, and Congratulations on being MCNs ‘Veteran of the Week’.
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