Commander Tracie Smith Yeoman USN (ret) of Bayville, presented a program on Congressional Medal of Honor recipients to more than 120 attendees of the Regency at Monroe Township’s Men’s Club recently.
Smith Yeoman retired from the Navy 14 years ago and in December, then retired from a second position as the senior Naval Science Instructor at MAST, the Marine Academy of Science and Technology at Sandy Hook.
While at MAST, the former Navy diver designed a course of study curriculum that included a class on the history of the Congressional Medal of Honor as well as biographies and backgrounds on some of the more than 3500 men who have received the nation’s highest honor for military personnel. As part of the high school program, Smith-Yeoman required each of the students to research and give an oral presentation on the Medal recipient of his choice.
In the presentation at Regency at Monroe, the speaker identified some of the more than 75 recipients who were from New Jersey, highlighting several from Monmouth County. She spoke of the one woman who had received the Medal of Honor, than had it rescinded, as well as the only President to have received the Medal of Honor and the two sons of Presidents who also were awarded the Medal for heroism and gallantry .
Men’s Club President Sheldon Piekny introduced the speaker and introduced her to other club officers vice presidents Michael Drobnis and Al Marandola.
A question and answer period followed the presentation together with a standing ovation for the speaker.
