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The Rocky Mount Telegram is proud to celebrate our local veterans in this commemorative special section. We hope you will enjoy the stories and photographs that have been collected to honor our local heroes.
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101-year-old veteran had a hand in moon landing BY JOHN H. WALKER Rocky Mount Teleg ram
Nov. 11 is the day on which Americans honor the men and women who have served the county in the military. One such person is Gordon Campbell of Tarboro. At 101 years and seven months, he’s lived a little more than 24 years longer than the average male in the United States. Campbell was born on April 3, 1920. And at his age, he may well be the oldest veteran in Edgecombe County and North Carolina. According to Andréa Allard, she only knows of one other North Carolina veteran who is 101 — and his 101st birthday was six months after Campbell’s. Allard is the executive assistant to Martin D. Falls, chief of staff at the state Department of Military and Veteran Affairs. Campbell, who has lived at The Fountains at the Albemarle since 1998, is a modest man who thinks others should get recognition. As such, he is very tight-lipped about his military service. “He began his service in the Merchant Marines,” his daughter, Patricia LaPera, of New Bern said. “They sent him to navigation school, where he took a class to learn to navigate by the stars. “After that, they asked him to fly ‘flying boats’ in the Navy and he wound up taking another course working with different ways to navigate.” She said one of those was the new LORAN — which stood for longrange navigation system. LORAN was a hyperbolic radio navigation system developed during
World War II. It operated at lower frequencies than other systems to provide an improved range up to 1,500 miles with an accuracy of tens of miles. As a Navy navigator, Campbell said in a previously published article that he saw no battle action. “I got pretty good at crossing the Atlantic,” he said with a wry smile. As it turns out, he successfully navigated his crews across the Atlantic more than 25 times. LaPera said that after World War II, her father went to work for American Airlines as a navigator, but it was his next job, in the flight testing department with Grumman Aircraft in Bethpage, N.Y., where he helped change American history. It was while at Grumman that he worked on what is now called the Lunar Module. According to a NASA history document, the lunar module was called the “lunar excursion module (LEM)” until 1966, when it became known as the Lunar Module (LM). And Campbell had a hand in getting Commander Neil A. Armstrong and LM pilot Edwin E. “Buzz” Aldrin Jr. to the moon on July 20, 1969. Campbell and his late wife came to Tarboro in 1998 at the urging of LaPera, who had signed an elementary school teaching contract in Rocky Mount. In a 2019 interview, Campbell said, “She was really scouting (for a place for her parents) and found the Albemarle.” LaPera recalls that she played a lot of tennis with several different people, one of whom was Sandy
Bell, who was the marketer for The Albemarle at the time. “She and I talked, and she said to bring my parents over and let them look,” she said. Steve, one of Campbell’s three sons, lives in Richmond and LaPera said she told her parents at the time that it “was only a couple of hours (away)”. Another son, Rob, is in Hawaii while Guy lives in San Francisco. Campbell previously said he saw no need to relocate, but that his wife asked him if he wanted to keep shoveling snow every winter in Long Island.
They moved. “My mother really loved it,” LaPera said. Previously, Gordon acknowledged that his wife was very happy with the move but that while it took time to grow on him, it is now home. Campbell is a voracious “reader” of recorded books and is an avid painter, having completed more than 100 pieces. “He went to his dentist one time and told him that his office was pretty bland before giving him a painting to hang,” LaPera said. “Here, this should help,” she said he told him.
“I got pretty
good at crossing the Atlantic.” AS IT TURNS OUT, HE SUCCESSFULLY NAVIGATED HIS CREWS ACROSS THE ATLANTIC MORE THAN 25 TIMES.
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Army 2 Years of Service
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Army Staff Sergeant 14 Years of Service
Air Force Tsgt 23 Years of Service
Army Army Private 1942-1945 WWII Veteran (Purple Heart)
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Army Sgt. 2 Years of Service
Army 20 Years of Service
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Navy Master Chief Petty Officer 1940-1969
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Marine Corps GySgt 1982-2002
Marines Corporal 2 Years of Service
Air Force Sgt. 6 Years of Service
Army E4 3 Years of Service
Army Sgt. 1st Class (E7) 3 Years Active Duty 24 Years Reserve
Navy SK 2 4 Year of Service
Army Sgt. 2 Years of Service
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Army E3 101/2 Years of Service
Army 1969-1971
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ANTHONY SR Malton R.
ASHLEY Margo Whitaker
AVENT, M.D. John T.
AVENT, JR. Willie Leader
AVENT Madylin Hinton
BASS Samuel Manin
BATTLE Camryn A.
BATTLE Crait M.
BATTLE JR. Claude
BATTLE II Frank Gorham
BATTLE, JR. Rayvon
BATTLE SR. Samuel K.
BEDGOOD Eddie Lee
BETHUNE Richard F.
BLACKMON William B.
BRASWELL James H.
BRASWELL Lonnie
BRASWELL Thomas
BRIDGERS JR Luther Ernest
Army Artillery 1st Lieutenant 1961-1963 - Cuban Missile Crisis
Marine Corps Sgt. 1968-1972
BODDIE Sam Leon
BROUGHTON Wm. Earl “Bill”
BROWN JR. Earnest L.
BROWN JR. Thurman Lee
BRYANT William A.
BULLUCK Howard
BULLUCK Johnnie Lee
BULLUCK Willie J.
BUNN JR. Benjamin
BURTON Doris
CALHOUN Raymond Cecil
CAMERON Talmond
CARPENTER Bobby
CHERRY David
COKER, JR. Theodore
COOPER Reginald Carlton
COOPER Roy Rogers
DAVIS Bobby Ray
DAVIS Donald Ray
DEATON John
DEMPSEY William H.
DICKENS, JR. Felton
DICKENS Odell
ESTELLE Chalonda J. “CJ”
ESTELLE Davon E.
EVERETT Donald T.
EZZELL Charles
FARLOW Jesse Quinton “Buck”
FREER JR Arthur
Army E4 1954-1961
Navy E-3 2 Years of Service
Army PFC 3 ½ Years of Service
Army Sgt 2 Years of Service (KIA)
Marines 2 Years of Service
Marines PFC 1 ½ Years of Service (KIA)
Army 6 Years of Service
Army E-5 5 Years of Service
Marines PFC 1959-1963
Air Force E4 Sergeant 4 Years of Service
Air Force E8 26 ½ Years of Service
Army PFC 1949-1952
Army & National Guard Staff Sgt 7 Years of Service
Air Force Sgt 4 Years of Service
Army 4 Years of Service
Army Captain 8 Years of Service
Army E5 1977-180
Air Force Colonel 30 Years of Service
Army Captain 9 Years of Service
Air Force Major 1968-1975
Army PFC 1945-1947
Army Private E2 1969 (Vietnam Veteran)
Army Staff Sgt. 24 Years of Service
Army Administrative NCO 1944-1946
Air Force Airman 1st Class 1965-1969
Army / Army National Guard Lt. Colonal / Commander 1965-1968 (Vietnam Veteran)
Army SFC Quartermaster Corps 20 Years of Service
Army Staff Sgt. 2005-2012
Navy 1940-1944
Army Master Sergeant 26 Years of Service
Marines Cpl Vietnam Veteran
Army E-5 2 Years of Service
Army SFC 1956-1977
Army LTC Nurse Corps 16 Years of Service
Army E-8 24 Years of Service
Army 1940-1944
Air Force Staff Sergeant 24 Years of Service
Army PFC 1961-1964
Army E2 1950-1953
Navy Petty Officer 1941-1982
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Army 1st Lieutenant 3 Years of Service
Army Sergeant 10 Years of Service
Army Cpl. 3 Years of Service
Army Cpl 1975-1980
Army Sergeant 2 Years of Service
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FREER James R.
GAGLIANO Charles
GONZALEZ Silas
GORDON-BRAY Arnold N.
GREGORY, JR. Dolphus L.
HAMMOND James A.
HARGROVE Ronald
HARPER Boice
HARRIS Harvey Lee
HART Benjamin
HART William K.
HAWKINS Linda Powell
HEDGEPETH Keith L.
HENDRIX Kenneth R.
HINTON, JR Jesse J.
HOBBS William L.
HOWARD, JR. Joe Louis
HUNTER Julius
JEFFERSON, JR. George
JOHNSON Bryson
JOHNSON Leenae
JOHNSON Reginald
JONES Dennis
JONES J.B.
JOYNER Alton F.
JOYNER SR Harold C.
JOYNER JR Harold C.
JOYNER Zy’Keith M.
KENNEDY Andrew Jackson
KENNEDY JR. Andrew (Jack)
KENNEDY James Henry
KENNEDY Robert Dean (Bobby)
KENNEDY Theodore
KING John
KING Kenneth Albert
LAMM James Ray
LAMM John T.
LEE Eugene
LEGGETTE L. Nelson
Air Force/Army Col. 24 Year of Service
LEWIS, JR. Antonio D.
Army (Airborne) Private E2 March 2019 - Active Duty at Fort Bragg
LEWIS Clarence H.
LEWIS Levern N.
LEWIS Micheal E.
LONG SR. William L.
LONG JR. William L.
LUCAS Brandon
Navy Lieutenant 6 Years of Service
LUCAS Brandy
Navy Lieutenant 8 Years of Service
LUCAS Raymond
MANN Calvin Q.
MANN Reginald A.
MANZEL Charles H.
MATTHEWS James W.
MITCHELL, JR. Kester
MITCHELL Roy
MITCHELL Warren
Air Force Sgt. 2 Years of Service
Army SP-4 1986-1992
Army Colonel 1964-1988
Air Force AIC 4 Years of Service
Army 14 G Air Defense 2015-Currently Serving
Army Corporal 1953-1955 - German Occupation Forces
Army Sgt. 2 Years of Service
Navy E6 1979-1983
Air Force Sgt. 4 Years of Service
Navy GM3 4 Years of Service
Infantry/Airborne/Special Forces 23 Years of Service
Army National Guard SGT (Ret) 1976-1996
Army World War I 1918-1919
Air Force Sgt. 8 Years of Service
Army/Air Force Sgt E7 20 Years of Service
Navy E6 1980-1985
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Air Force 22 Years of Service
Army E4 2 Years of Service/Vietnam
Army Reserve 1980-1985
Army CPL 3 Years of Service
Air Force July 2018-Currently Serving
Army Sgt 3 Years of Service
Marines & National Guard PFC 1988-1993
Army Staff Sergeant 20 Years of Service
Army Corporal 1944-1946
Army Army Private, Company L, 38th In- 1940-1944 fantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division , 1942-1944 (KIA)
Army PFC 1941-1945
Navy HTC 20 Years of Service
Army Sgt E5 1966-1968
Army Sgt 221 Aviation Company 1 ½ Years of Service Vietnam Veteran
Army BG 34 Years of Service
Navy 1940-1970
Air Force 30 Years of Service
Marine Corps 2 Years of Service
Air Force Airman 1st Class 1951-1955
Army E3 1944-1946
Army E-6, SSGT 20 ½ Years of Service
Army Reserve SFC 1980-2000
Army SFC (Ret) 23 Years of Service
Army Spec 4 1966-1968
Air Core PFC 1942-1945
Army 1942-1945
Air Force E6 1959-1979
Air Force Lt. Col. 21 Years of Service
Navy Petty Officer 4 Years of Service
Air Force Senior Airman 1996-2000
Army 1954-1961
Navy 1 Year of Service
Army Sgt 2 Years of Service
Army Tuskegee Airmen WWII Veteran
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MOORE Ronald L.
NEAL Harold
NICHOLSON George Thomas Army MP 4 Years of Service
NOEL Reginald
Marines E6 1981-1991
NORFLEET Brian
NORFLEET Norris
OWENS Cecil R.
PANARESE Adam F.
PARKER Alton
PARKER Darrell
PARKER JR. Harry
PARKER Jimmy
PEELE Leon
PERSON Arthur Lee
PINCKNEY Carl
PITTMAN Storkey T.
POWELL Clarence G. Army Cpl 1944-1949
POWELL John G.
Navy 1950-1954
POWELL Otis C.
POWELL Walter B.
POWELL Willie
PURVIS Elbert
PURVIS Michael
PURVIS Tina
QUIGLEY Thomas
RHODES Bobby D.
ROBERSON Ronald
ROBINSON William M.
ROSE James C.
SEARS Earl O.
SESSOMS Isaac Solomon Army PVT 2 Years of Service
SESSOMS, JR. Isaac Solomon
PFC 1 Year of Service (WWII Veteran)
SHARPE Jackson T.
SHARPE Milton A.
SHAW Ellis Mack
SHERROD Charlie J.
SHERROD Daniel Willie
SHRAGO Harry I.
SHRAGO William
SILVER Mark
SILVER Melvin
SMITH, JR. Earl
SMITH James L.
SMITH William Thomas
SPIVEY Derrick
TAYLOR Edward L.
THOMPSON Ronald
THORPE Joseph
THORPE Russell
TILLMAN Herbert B.
TILLMAN, JR. Willie C.
UNGER Peter E.
WALLACE Lawrence “Larry”
WARD JR. Willie H.
WATFORD Heyward W.
Army Staff Sgt 4 Years of Service
Army Cpl WWII Veteran
Army SSG (Retired) 1976-1999
Army 1950-1955
Army Sgt 1968-1970
Army Sgt. 2 Years of Service
Marines Private 4 years of Service
Navy 2 Years of Service
Marines Lance Corporal 4 Years of Service
Navy CDR 30 Years of Service
Army 1969-1971
Army SP-4 1969-1971
Army PFC 1944-1945 WW II
Army/ Marines Communication 6 Years of Service
Army Specialist First Class 1951-1952
Army Sgt E5 (Air Borne) 1963-1966
Army E2 1969-1971
Air Force MSGT 1955-1978
Army Sgt. 2 Years of Service
Army PFC 2010-2014
Army Cpl 2 Years of Service - Korean War
Air Force PFC Military Police 6 Years of Service
Coast Guard/Army TTC 23 Years of Service
Army PFC 1963-1966
Army Staff Sgt. 1990-2008
Army SP1 2000-Currently Serving
US Army WW I
Marines Sgt. 1991-1997
Navy 1967-1972
Army Sgt. E5 4 Years of Service
Marines Sgt. 8 Years of Service
Air Force 1st Lieutenant 1950-1953
Army SFC 1952-1953
Air Force Staff Sgt 1956-1960
Marines Lance Corporal 1986-1990
Air Force E3 1970-1974
Army Spec 5 1970-1971
Army Cpl. 1949-1952
Air Force AIC 1957-1965
Air Force 21 Years of Service
Army Command Sergeant Major 1969-1999
Army SFC 20+ Years of Service
Army E5 1950-1953
Army Spec 4 E4 3 Years Active/3 Years Reserve
Marines 1969-1972
Army Sergeant 9 Years of Service
Air Force E4 4 Years of Service
Air Force 21 Years of Service
Army 2 Years of Service
Army Specialist E4 1966-1970
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WATSON Audrey L.
WATSON McKinley C.
WATSON Milton
WEAVER Lester Eugene
WEST Alvin T.
WHITAKER James
WHITE Edith
WHITEHEAD Dan A.
WHITEHEAD Elbert S.
WHITEHEAD JR George
WHITEHEAD Selesta
WHITEHEAD, JR. Selesta
WHITEHURST Allen Kyle
WHITEHURST James Allen
Army Reserve 1993-1999
Air Force Master Sgt 22 Years of Service
Navy Army CS3 Sgt. 1st Class 1967-1999 (Vietnam Veteran) 22 Years of Service
Army Sergeant 1985-1989
Air Force SMSGT 28 Years of Service
Army Sgt. Major 43 Years of Service
Army SPC 3 1944-1946
Army SP-4 3 Years of Service
Army SP 4 2 Years of Service
Army Staff Sergeant E6 26 Years of Service
Navy IT2 7 Years of Service
Army E8 Master Sgt. 1977-1997
Army Spec4 4 Years of Service
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WHITEHURST James Cecil Air Force Tec/Sgt 20 Years of Service
WILLIAMS W.T.
Army E3 2 Years of Service
WILLIAMSBEASLEY Robert
Army Lieutenant General 15 Years of Service
Hedgepeth_ Jeremiah
Army PFC 3 Years of Service
Hill Sr._Archadle Alston_Robert L. Air Force Sgt 27 Years of Service
Anthony_Malton Ray Army Sgt 4 Years of Service
Arrington_Kenneth Army SP4 2 Years of Service
Arrington_Russell Army SP4 3 Years of Service
Avent_Bronis
Army SP4 2 Years of Service
Battle_Anothy Marines Sgt 8 Years of Service
Battle_Garfield Army E5 2 Years of Service
Battle_Willie G. Army 3 Years of Service WW II Veteran
Beaufort_Clarence
Army SP/5 3 Years of Service
Navy 4 Years of Service
Army Sgt 3 Years of Service
Hines_Michael A.
Crews_Otto M.
Gray_Richard E. Army Sgt 2 Years of Service
Cooper, Jr._James E. Gray_Courney
Navy
Daniels_Clarence Air Force Master Sgt. 24 Years of Service
Gray_Rodney
Daniels_Waverly
Gray_William Eddie
Army 1st Sgt Master Sgt. 24 Years of Service
Dancy_Larry
Army Sgt 3 Years of Service
Davis_Petronee Air Force Sgt 4 Years of Service
Dickens_Bobby E. Army Sgt 2 Years of Service
Dickens_Harry
Army SSG 3 Years of Service (Vietnam Veteran) Purple Heart
Dickens_Kary
Army Sgt
Army 1st Sgt. 24 Years of Service
Boone_Horace
Draughn_Kendra T.
Air Force Sgt 3 Years of Service
Brown_Joseph
Army Sgt 13 Years of Service
Evans_David W.
Army Sgt 3 Years of Service
Marines Sgt. E9 30 Years of Service
Bryant_James E.
Fox_Johnnie
Army SP4 6 Years of Service
Army Sgt 8 Years of Service
Bunn_James
Fox_Lorenzo
Air Force
Coley_John
Army SP4 1 Year of Service (KIA)
Army Sgt 2 Years of Service
Fuller_Joseph F.
Coley_Thomas
Grant Jr._Claude
Air Force
Army Sgt 2 Years of Service
Army Sgt 2 Years of Service
Cooper_David
Gray_Chester T.
Navy Sgt 25 Years of Service
Navy E5 3 Years of Service
Navy 4 Years of Service
Army PFC 4 Years of Service
Hagwood_L.B. Navy MoMM2 1943-1945
Hagwood_Lawrence M. Marines 1st Lieutenant 1976-1980
Hagwood_Nathan B. Marines CPL 2005-2009
Harper_Weldon Ray Army SP4 2 Years of Service
Harris_Jerome Marines Sergeant 2 Years of Service
Harris Sr._Marice B. Army 2 Years of Service
Harris Jr._Marice B. Air Force 2 Years of Service
Harris_Nathan Navy 2 Years of Service
Harris_Odessa Bryant
Army Sgt 20 Years of Service
Harrison_Donald A. Air Force Master Sgt. 18 Years of Service
Harrison_Robert M. Army E4 2 Years of Service
Navy / Army E4 / Sgt E5 4 Years of Service / 5 Years of Service
Hines_Thurman L. Army - 101st Airborne Sgt E5 3 Years of Service (Vietnam Veteran)
Hines, II_Thurman L. Army Spec 4 6 Years of Service
Horne_Larry
Army SP4 2 Years of Service
Hunter_Julius
Air Force Master Sgt 30 Years of Service
Johnson_Elvin U.
Lewis Sr._Robert B. Pullen_Phillip Marines Sergeant 8 Years of Service
Lynch_Glandus
Air Force S.M. Sgt. 22 ½ Years of Service
Lynch_Thomas Air Force Sgt. 4 Years of Service
Mann Sr._Calvin Navy Sgt 4 Years of Service
Mercer_Debra
Air Force Sgt 20 Years of Service
Mercer_William Air Force Sgt 10 Years of Service
Milbourne_Rodney Army Sgt 3 Years of Service
Modlin_Ray A. Army Sgt 11 Years of Service
Moody_Willie Army Sgt 1966-1968
Army Sergeant 20 Years of Service
Moore_Malachi
Jones_Lorenzo
Morgan Sr._Leodus
Army SP4 2 Years of Service
Jones_Percy Army
2 Years of Service
Jordan_Curtis Marines 4 Years of Service
King_Charlie
Army Sgt 3 Years of Service
Knight_Ernest Air Force Sgt 4 Years of Service
Knight_Joe A. Marines Sgt 4 Years of Service
Knight_William Marines E5 5 Years of Service
League_Bob
Air Force 4 Years of Service
League_Will
Marine Corps 8 Years of Service
Army 2 Years of Service Army
Noel_Richard
Army Sgt 2 Years of Service
Norwood_Edward Army 82nd Airborne Paratrooper 20 Years of Service
Parker_Debra Army E4 3 Years of Service
Army Served in the Battle of the Bulge 1945-1946 (WWII Veteran)
Randolph_Dennis Earl Air Force Sgt 25 Years of Service
Randolph_Edgar Ray Army Sgt 3 Years of Service
Randolph_ Raymond
Army Sgt 25 Years of Service
Richardson_Charles Army Mst. Sgt. 30 Years of Service
Tucker_Alvin Army
4 Years of Service (KIA)
Washington_Coley
Marines 2 Years of Service (KIA)
Whitaker_Alvin Army Sgt 3 Years of Service
Whitaker_Anthony Army Sgt 3Years of Service
Whitakers_Garvin Army Sgt 4 Years of Service
Whitakers Sr._ Walter
Air Force Master Sgt 20 Years of Service
Whitehead_ Richardson_Woodrow Alexander Army Army Mst. Sgt. 25 Years of Service
Sgt 2 Years of Service
Royster_Alton
Whitehead_Donald
Air Force Master Sgt 12 Years of Service
Sessoms_Carmillus Air Force Sgt 22 Years of Service
Silver_Floyd
Army Sgt 3 Years of Service
Spaton_Donald Army/Air Force Sgt 19 Years of Service
Speight_James E. Army Sgt 20 Years of Service
Stevenson_Bruce Army SP4 3 Years of Service
Stokes_Elton
Air Force/Army Sergeant Parker_Donald Ray 20 Years Air Force Airman 2nd Class Taylor Sr_Melvin 1957-1961 Air Force Sgt Parker_Harold 8 Years of Service Army Sgt Taylor Jr._Melvin 3 Years of Service Air Force Sgt Phillips_Colbert 4 Years of Service Army Sgt Thorne Sr._Robert 2 Years of Service Air Force Sgt Phillips_Milton 4 Years of Service Air Force Sgt Thorpe_Hugh 4 Years of Service Army Sergeant 2 Years of Service
Army Sgt 20 Years of Service
Whitehead_Donald Navy Sgt 25 Years of Service
Whitehead_Frank D. Army Sgt 3 Years of Service
Whitehead_James D. Army Sgt 3 Years of Service
Whitehead_Marcus Army Sgt 10 Years of Service
William_Albert Air Force Sgt 15 Years of Service
William_Daryl
Army E6 20 Years of Service
William_David Army Sgt
William_Otis T. Army Sgt 7 Years of Service
William_Robert Air Force Sgt 4 Years of Service
William_William H. Army Sgt E7 23 Years of Service
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ANDREWS Teddy L.
BARRETT John
BRASWELL Elmas
BROOKS Robin
BULLUCK Alan Jerome
BULLUCK Garland
Major WWII Veteran
Army
BRASWELL James A.
CARTER Mark
DAVIS Jerry M.
Air Force Major 20 Years of Service
DEANS JR Alfred
Army SP4 6 Years of Service
DEMPSEY Anthony
DEMPSEY Windsor Dolph
EDWARDS Harvey L.
EDWARDS James W.
FARMER Donald Ray
GALLOWAY Luther D.
GIRONA Kerry Lawrence
Army WWII
Navy Private 2nd Class 1992-1998
GUNTER Levy
HALL Leaster
HARRIS Tony
HARRIS Uylsses
HINSON Robert Brice
HOPKINS JR Tyrone
HOWARD Bernard
HOWARD Milliard
JONES Duan T.
JONES Larry P.
JOYNER Frederick Marshall
Army SP4 2 Years of Service
Army Sgt. 20 Years of Service (Retired)
Air Force Captain B52 Bomber Pilot
Army/Marines Corporal 1949-1954
JOYNER Ray
Navy 3 Years of Service
MODLIN Steve
Marines Lance Corporal 1976-1982
Army Specialist 4 Years of Service
Navy RD2 1965-1969
Air Force E-4 Senior Airman 4 Years of Service
Army Sgt. 274th MP Company
Army/Marines E4 Army 3 Years /Marines 6 Years
Air Force Major 20 Years of Service
Army 6 Years of Service
Army Sgt. First Class 20 Years of Service
Army 1942-1946
Army SP4 2 Years of Service
Army Sgt. 17 Years of Service
Army Corporal WWII
Army SP4 4 Years of Service
Navy E5 Petty Officer
Army
MODLIN Ray
KEMP JR Edward A.
LYNCH Ricardo L.
MANLEY Jordan Montelle
MODLIN Leroy
NEAL Donald
PARKER Horace
POWELL Anthony G.
POWELL Henry
REYNOLDS, SR. Alton L.
RICHARDSON Stephen
VICKERS Cordell
VICKERS Eugene
VINES Joe Clyde
VINES Leroy
Marines Retired
Army E4 Specialist Vietnam Veteran
Army PFC Died in Battle of the Bulge
Army
Army Staff Sgt. 28 Years of Service
Air Force E-7 MSGT 20 Years of Service
Army Staff SGT 11 Years of Service
Army 1940-1944
STATON James H.
STATON Tommie Lee
STATON William Henry
STEWARD James
VICKERS Frank
VICKERS Harold
VICKERS Jimmy
VICKERS John
VICKERS Joseph
National Guard SSGT 1955-1964
Army 1940-1944
Air Force T-Sgt. 1952-1971
JOYNER Tony
ROLLINS Joseph S.
Air Force TSGT 22 Years of Service
Army 2 1/2 Years of Service
Army SP3 1954-1957
NC National Guard S.F.C 1963-1969
Army PFC 2 Years of Service
Army SPC-5 1965-1967
Army PFC 4 Years of Service-WWII
Air Force MSGT 1968-1992
Army SP5 Sgt. 1968-1970
Marines Corporal 1960-1964
Army WWII
Army E-8 First Sgt. 23 Years of Service
Air Force Sgt 1964-1968
Navy SN Seaman 4 Years of Service
Army Sgt. 1976-1986
Army CPL 2 Years of Service
Marines MGYSGT 1951-1979
Army SPC Specialist 4 Years of Service
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Army Sgt 25 1/2 Years of Service
WILLIAMS Corey D. Navy SP4 1997-1999
WILLIAMS Darnell Army SP4 1973-1975
WILLIAMS SR Emanuel Army 1945-1947 WWII
WILLIAMS Emanuel
Air Force Retired Chief 28 Years of Service
WILLIAMS Linwood
Navy 4 Years of Service
WILLIAMS Ted Air Force Staff Sgt. Retired
A day to honor all veterans The month of November is a special time for the nation’s veterans. While Memorial Day honors fallen soldiers and service people, Veterans Day, which takes place each November, is an opportunity to commemorate the efforts of all who have been in the armed forces, with a special emphasis on living veterans. While people are encouraged to thank veterans throughout the year, Veterans Day is a particularly poignant time to show your appreciation for the men and women of the military. Veterans Day takes place on November 11 and marks an important moment in history. On November 11, 1918, World War I, known at the time as “The Great War,” unofficially ended when an armistice, or temporary cessation of hostilities, took place between Germany and the Allied nations on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. World War
I ended on paper when the Treaty of Versailles was signed on June 28, 1919. In November 1919, President Wo o d r o w Wilson proclaimed November 11 as the first commemoration of Armistice Day, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Armistice Day became a federal holiday in the United States in 1938. However, after subsequent wars, including World War II and the Korean War, veterans’ service organi-
zations lobbied for Armistice Day to be revised so it would be more inclusive of all veterans. On June 1, 1954, President Dwight D . Eisenhower signed legislation to strike the word “Armistice” from the holiday’s name in favor of “Veterans.” Since then, November 11 has been known as “ Ve t e r a n s Day” and has honored veterans of all wars. Veterans Day was moved to the fourth Monday in October for roughly seven years under the Uniform Mon-
day Holiday Act, which sought to ensure three-day weekends for federal employees by celebrating certain national holidays on Mondays. But since November 11 bore such significance, many states disapproved and continued to observe the holiday on November 11. In 1975, President Gerald Ford signed legislation to return the observation of Veterans Day to November 11 beginning in 1978. Should the day fall on a Saturday or Sunday, the federal government observes the holiday on the previous Friday or following Monday, respectively, according to History. com. The United States isn’t the only country to celebrate its veterans. Canada, Great Britain, Australia, and France also commemorate the veterans of World War I and II on or near November 11 as Remembrance Day or Remembrance Sunday.
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For 112-year-old veteran’s daughter, care is a labor of love LEAH WILLINGHAM AP/Report for America
Vanessa Brooks was gentle as she held the face of her 112-year-old father in her hands. She patted the shaving cream carefully on his cheeks and along his jaw before sliding the razor across his face to make a clean strip. Lawrence Brooks sat quietly in his big armchair in their double shotgun house, a New Orleans Saints blanket draped over the back. The oldest living U.S. veteran’s arms were clasped together in his lap and his eyes were closed. Around him were banners from the National World War II Museum and the Veterans Affairs hospital celebrating past birthdays. A portrait of him in his Army uniform, three-quarters of a century old, sat on the dresser. “I want him to be comfortable, happy and himself,” Vanessa, 61, had said the day before, lying on the couch for a break in between feeding him and giving him therapy for his swelling legs. “If I can keep him in his right state of mind until God calls him home, that’s my intent.” For the past 13 years, she has been her father’s primary caregiver, providing round-the-clock attention. It’s a full-time job, one she’s tried to balance with her work as a neighborhood security patrol officer — the job that pays the bills. But as her father has aged, that balancing act has become trickier. The centenarian Brooks is still mentally sharp — he can tell decades-old stories of his childhood in Louisiana and rural Mississippi, of being drafted to join WWII. But his body is weak. Brooks’ hearing is becoming more limited, he has lost his sight in one eye, and his vision is fading in the other. Several hospitalizations in the past year have been taxing physically and emotionally. Each day, Vanessa starts early, bringing him medications, cleaning him and his space, loading his wheelchair onto the electric lift when he has doctor’s appointments. “Taking care of him, it’s sun up to sundown,” she said. Brooks recently qualified for a program that will al-
low a VA home-health care aide come to their house during the day to help Vanessa. But she said there are a lot of personal care needs that he only feels comfortable with her attending to, keeping most of the responsibility on her. In late September, Vanessa took indefinite leave from her job of nine years. Too young to begin collecting Social Security, she knows the loss of income will take a toll. But she considers caring for her father the most important job in the world. “I don’t work; I don’t get paid — bottom line,” she said. “Basically, I just made that sacrifice. I just stepped out on faith and decided to do what I felt in my heart that I need to do, and that’s stay here and take care of my dad.” A concerned friend set up a GoFundMe page to help support Vanessa and her dad while she cares for him at home. The Brooks family isn’t alone in trying to juggle priorities. One in five fulltime workers in the U.S. is a caregiver, according to a Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregivers survey released last month. About 45% of family caregivers who are employed full time said they had to go part time at some point and roughly two in 10 said they had to quit their jobs altogether. “It’s a very common story, and the people who are affected the most are those
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people who are in low wage, hourly wage jobs,” said Howard Gleckman, a retirement policy expert with the Urban Institute think tank. A year ago, Vanessa shifted to part time. She had been working patrol shifts from 3 to 11 p.m. and contracted with an agency for an aide to care for the elder Brooks while she worked. But with a shortage of health care workers during the pandemic, the help was inconsistent. She found herself increasingly exhausted and having to take more and more time off work to meet her dad’s needs. “When I’m driving, I can’t really go out tired and exhausted, either, because I can injure myself or someone else,” she said. “I felt like I was in a tug of war.” Even with an aide from the VA coming to help care for her father, she doesn’t think she can go back to work anytime soon. A VA stipend program covers caregivers only for veterans who are suffering from service-related injuries. Lawrence Brooks, who was in the mostly-Black 91st Engineer General Service Regiment, never had a combat job, a legacy of racist policies that relegated many Black soldiers to service-oriented jobs in the then-segregated U.S. Army. Brooks was a caretaker for three white officers in Australia and was discharged in August 1945 as a private
first class. When he left the service, he worked as a forklift driver before retiring in his 60s. In May of this year, he had surgery, which required Vanessa to take time off to stay with him in the
hospital. Then, two and a half months ago, her father had a fall. A doctor said he was suffering from a kidney infection. She spent the past week caring for him after he was transferred to the VA hos-
pital intensive care unit. The doctors said fluid had built up in his lungs, and his kidneys were again at risk. When she’s tried to go back to work recently, her father became depressed and started regressing. He did not want to eat or drink water, she said. He is in his best health when she is able to stay home with him. “That’s what makes him happy, and that’s what keeps him living,” she said. “It’s like, I am his lifeline. When I’m not around, he’s sad, he’s depressed, he falls into delirium.” She said she and her father enjoy going out for chocolate frozen yogurt, watching television — especially sports, like wrestling and football — and playing solitaire. He loves sitting on their porch directly in the sun. People from the neighborhood, who all know him by name, will wave and leave little treats for him. “I just want him to have a good life,”Vanessa said.“He worked hard. He took care of our family. Now, I take care of him.”
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