Serving on huge ships to tug boats, veteran Roger Barnett tells his story

New Kiowa resident served from Coast Guard to Merchant Seaman

 

November 22, 2017

t's amazing when you run into someone on the sidewalk of a small town and you start visiting what all you can learn. When this reporter struck up a conversation with Roger Barnett, I found out he was a veteran who served during the Vietnam War time in the Coast Guard and later became a merchant seaman and beyond.

Barnett has resided in Kiowa, Kansas, about one year. Born in Wichita, he lived in Seattle, Washington, and graduated from a Canon City, Colorado, high school in 1965 when he started his military service. Go forward decades and Barnett moved to Carmen as his daughter, Cory Williams...



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