About Harris Himes

Harris Himes is the host of Veritas. As a Marine officer he commanded a tank platoon on the DMZ in Vietnam in 1967 and 1968, through the Tet Offensive and Khe Sanh, and was awarded the Bronze Star with the combat V and two Purple Hearts. He became a trial attorney in Southern California, and was admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court of the United States in 2003. He has studied Greek since 1992; he graduated from the Calvary Chapel of Costa Mesa School of Ministry in 1994 and taught Greek and some Hebrew there. He was ordained in 1997 and has lived in Hamilton, Montana, since 1997.

Young Harris Himes in combat fatigues beside an M48 tank, his hand on the gun mantlet — Khe Sanh, 1968.

As a Combat Marine, I had a tank platoon on the DMZ in Vietnam for over 10 1/2 months from 1967 1968. The Tet Offensive – Khe Sanh.
Harris Himes, Episode 1

At a glance

Marine Corps: Officer. Tank platoon commander on the DMZ in Vietnam, 1967–68: the Tet Offensive and Khe Sanh.
Decorations: The Bronze Star Medal with the combat V, for heroic achievement on 19 May 1968. Two Purple Hearts.
Greek and ministry training: Studying Greek since 1992. Graduated from the Calvary Chapel of Costa Mesa School of Ministry on 11 June 1994, and taught Greek and some Hebrew there.
Ordained: 9 July 1997, by Calvary Chapel of Costa Mesa, California.
Home: Hamilton, since 1997.
Law: Trial attorney in Southern California. Admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court of the United States on 4 August 2003.

My Marines

And I'd like to talk about my Marines and the wonderful people they were and the other military people I know. And this would be new information for the young people, and it would be something for us older people to reminisce about.
Harris Himes, Episode 0

Three cased medals on oxblood leather: the Bronze Star with its V device, and two Purple Hearts — The Bronze Star and two Purple Hearts.

Black-and-white photograph: Lieutenant Himes, at attention in khaki service uniform, shakes hands with a senior Marine officer at an outdoor award ceremony, other Marines in line beside him — Receiving the Bronze Star, 1968.

Bronze Star Medal certificate awarded to First Lieutenant Harris D. Himes, United States Marine Corps Reserve, for heroic achievement on 19 May 1968, given 21 November 1968 — The Bronze Star certificate: "for heroic achievement on 19 May 1968".

Why Greek

I was tired of hearing things like, well, it's this guy's interpretation or that guy's interpretation, and I wanted to endeavor to learn it myself so it would be my interpretation.
Harris Himes, Episode 0

Framed diploma of the Calvary Chapel of Costa Mesa School of Ministry granted to Harris Day Himes, June 1994 — School of Ministry diploma, 1994.

Calvary Chapel Certificate of Ordination for Harris D. Himes, dated 9 July 1997 — Certificate of ordination, 9 July 1997.

The push-up challenge

At an Air Force band concert. 27 seconds. Open the clip on its own.

[The colonel in charge of the Air Force band] semi-challenged any old geezer Marines in the audience to do push-ups, because he referred to someone in the past who had done so. So I was happy to take up that challenge. I am happy that the Lord has given me health and I work out regularly, and that's what happened. And it was a lot of fun.
Harris Himes

Veterans Day

Harris Himes in Marine Corps dress greens and garrison cap, smiling and saluting beside a restored military jeep — Corvallis, Montana, 2024.

Good Bereans

Honest, diligent, and objective scholarship and investigation must be my/our rule. I/We must be good Bereans.
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These were more fair-minded than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness, and searched the Scriptures daily to find out whether these things were so.
Acts 17:11 (NKJV)

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