The family archive, in order. Tap any photo to see it full size.
1Russell Jacobson, Norwich Free Academy, Norwich, Connecticut2HM3 Russell Jacobson, U.S. Navy3Field Medical Service School, Camp Pendleton, California, 1966. Russell is seated cross legged, second to the right of the sign, holding a rifle. The sign reads November 1964; the family dates the photo to 1966.4Russell Jacobson in Vietnam5Russell with fellow servicemen in Vietnam6Marines of 2/9 move along a North Vietnamese trench, March 1967. U.S. Marine Corps photo7Russell Jacobson aboard the hospital ship USS Repose, Da Nang Harbor, March 19678"Sailor Survives Ambush," spring 19679Letter from LCpl Herbert Thompson, Ward 7A, Naval Hospital Portsmouth, Virginia, 196710"I got hit bad when I was carrying you to the Helo on Hill 861."11"Regardless of what you think, you and only you was the fact that they made it OK."12Letter from Lisa Lutolf, St. Ann School, Gloucester, Massachusetts, June 2, 196713Letters from St. Ann School, Gloucester, June 1967, still kept together by the family14Russell home from Vietnam, with his cane and schoolbooks15Russell and Peggy on their wedding day, as best man Earl "Chit" Chittenden gives his toast16Russell (center) with fellow veterans at a 2/9 reunion, April 30, 200717Russell and Peggy later in life18HM3 Russell Harold Jacobson Jr., U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman
Family photos courtesy of the Jacobson family. The 1967 trench photo is a U.S. Marine Corps photo. The Cape Cod Times front page story from September 17, 2026 is on the In the News page.
