Ghosts of Bad Tölz
K R Parish Biography
Kermit was a stepfather of two young boys, a mentor to many, and a Green Beret SGT serving on Flint Kaserne in 1983. He later became a Captain in the Army after returning to the States and attending OSS Training in Olympia, Washington. After being re-inducted back into Special Forces, he was awarded his own Special Operations Team at the rank of Captain.
He stood only 5 feet, 5 inches but was highly revered among other military SF Team and Army service members. He was regarded as "intelligent," and staunchly presentable in strength, possessing good communication skills. He spoke at least two other languages, and learned a third, "Czech" while on a historic German base and former SS-Academy that he was assigned.
Kermit's story can be read in the Bio 'Ghosts of Bad Tölz' Stepfather to the Author T. R. McGhee, in which Kermit and his wife Helen Iris were later joined by her two sons in Bad Tölz, Germany, and "Reunited". On the military front, General Patton renamed and conquered the Flint Kaserne [former SS-Junkerschule], whereas Kermit served as a Green Beret during the Cold War.
His beloved wife passed in 2002, well after Kermit’s 13-year career ended in the Army. He returned to electrical work with major companies. Before joining the Air Force, he worked as an Electrical Journeyman in his hometown of Mobile, Alabama. Kermit also studied pharmaceuticals in college and left the Air Force to join the Army's 82nd Airborne. He knew he would be asked to qualify the Green Berets and earned his Beret at Fort Bragg after training phases around 1981. At this time, he married Helen Iris McGhee at a beautiful home wedding at the corner of Chilhowie Drive and Ashville Highway. In the upper-scale neighborhood beginning the Dogwood trails in Knoxville, Tennessee, only a few Green Berets attended with her two sons from her previous marriage to Terrence C. McGhee, which mostly raised the rambunctious boys.
He is buried with his wife at the Lyons View—East Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery. After passing only 4 years after Helen's death, she succumbed to failed cancer treatments and medicine after twelve years. Kermit & Helen loved each other greatly. Both shared big visions for their futures after he left the Army. They focused on ‘Dream Builders’ Networking Business Group and began to help others. He became a Christian at the Redemption Center off of Western Avenue, which has an origin history for the stepson’s family.
Only a few IBEW Electrical Journeyman attended his funeral with his beloved stepsons Terry and Barry; Bill Richards a Marine and Vietnam Veteran serving with Westmorland on the first day in Vietnam; Terry's uncle Bobby Jones also serving in Vietnam and cousin; Kermit’s brother and his son. He received Military gun salute, Terry was presented stepfather’s flag. Kermit attempted to recruit Terry into the Army in attempt to become a Green Beret.
That winter was especially brutally cold, and it was a hard day for Terry as his stepfather and mentor had departed this earth and was put to rest. It caused Terry to publish the Biography mentioned, which led to the uncovering of Terry's grandfather's missions over Nazi Germany 39 years prior.
Kermit was a stepfather of two young boys, a mentor to many, and a Green Beret SGT serving on Flint Kaserne in 1983. He later became a Captain in the Army after returning to the States and attending OSS Training in Olympia, Washington. After being re-inducted back into Special Forces, he was awarded his own Special Operations Team at the rank of Captain.
He stood only 5 feet, 5 inches but was highly revered among other military SF Team and Army service members. He was regarded as "intelligent," and staunchly presentable in strength, possessing good communication skills. He spoke at least two other languages, and learned a third, "Czech" while on a historic German base and former SS-Academy that he was assigned.
Kermit's story can be read in the Bio 'Ghosts of Bad Tölz' Stepfather to the Author T. R. McGhee, in which Kermit and his wife Helen Iris were later joined by her two sons in Bad Tölz, Germany, and "Reunited". On the military front, General Patton renamed and conquered the Flint Kaserne [former SS-Junkerschule], whereas Kermit served as a Green Beret during the Cold War.
His beloved wife passed in 2002, well after Kermit’s 13-year career ended in the Army. He returned to electrical work with major companies. Before joining the Air Force, he worked as an Electrical Journeyman in his hometown of Mobile, Alabama. Kermit also studied pharmaceuticals in college and left the Air Force to join the Army's 82nd Airborne. He knew he would be asked to qualify the Green Berets and earned his Beret at Fort Bragg after training phases around 1981. At this time, he married Helen Iris McGhee at a beautiful home wedding at the corner of Chilhowie Drive and Ashville Highway. In the upper-scale neighborhood beginning the Dogwood trails in Knoxville, Tennessee, only a few Green Berets attended with her two sons from her previous marriage to Terrence C. McGhee, which mostly raised the rambunctious boys.
He is buried with his wife at the Lyons View—East Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery. After passing only 4 years after Helen's death, she succumbed to failed cancer treatments and medicine after twelve years. Kermit & Helen loved each other greatly. Both shared big visions for their futures after he left the Army. They focused on ‘Dream Builders’ Networking Business Group and began to help others. He became a Christian at the Redemption Center off of Western Avenue, which has an origin history for the stepson’s family.
Only a few IBEW Electrical Journeyman attended his funeral with his beloved stepsons Terry and Barry; Bill Richards a Marine and Vietnam Veteran serving with Westmorland on the first day in Vietnam; Terry's uncle Bobby Jones also serving in Vietnam and cousin; Kermit’s brother and his son. He received Military gun salute, Terry was presented stepfather’s flag. Kermit attempted to recruit Terry into the Army in attempt to become a Green Beret.
That winter was especially brutally cold, and it was a hard day for Terry as his stepfather and mentor had departed this earth and was put to rest. It caused Terry to publish the Biography mentioned, which led to the uncovering of Terry's grandfather's missions over Nazi Germany 39 years prior.
