WWII Veterans Tribute

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2014 Kittitas County’s Living World War II Veterans

A Special Publication of the Daily Record

To all Veterans...

Thank You for your service to our country.

Lest we forget.

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We Are Forever Grateful.

Thank You World War II Veterans. We will never forget.

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About this book: s County’s living veterans? I can’t say Why did I start this Tribute to Kittita military come to mind. I didn’t come from a with certainty, but a couple of events le who was uncle in the infantry and a great unc family but my husband Skip had an look during WWII. Our oldest son tried to ater The ific Pac the in al mir Ad r a Rea were but found his records were sealed. We up the military history of the Admiral part of his life as he had no children this w kno not uld wo we find to d disappointe away. and he and his wife had both passed ing up one morning with the idea of talk About a year and a half ago, I woke e to honor the living WWII veterans her ok pbo scra a g kin ma and , ing ord to, rec II culminated in this book. When the WW in Kittitas County. And that, ultimately II . in 2004, it was estimated 1,000 WW Memorial was built in Washington D.C se tho ords also showed that 26,681 of veterans were dying each day. The rec veterans State. I have discovered 53 of these veterans were located in Washington living right here in Kittitas County. veterans know what an impact talking to the When we started this project I didn’t story to Each and every WWII veteran has a would have on me and my husband. on a bat, they weren’t all in the infantry or tell. They might not all have seen com t they effort to win the war. They stated tha warship, but they all contributed to the to do referred to in that way. They had a job be to t wan n’t did and os, her not e wer lives as e they tried to continue on with their — they did it and when they came hom l tell you have honored their wishes, but I wil they were before they went to war. I today they are all Heroes in my eyes. ir and women who honorably served the This book is dedicated to all the men ecially, those of Kittitas County. country during World War II, and esp , this list of 15 veterans. Upon its completion When we first began, we compiled a sed in Kittitas County. Sadly, two have pas list grew to 53 known living veterans nity ortu opp entary. We would like to take this away during the making of this docum ke this eran for their service and helping ma to personally thank each and every vet book a reality.

Jan Lebo

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Thank You Veterans We give thanks that we live in a free nation and honor those who have and are helping to achieve this blessing.

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Ernest H. Altice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 4 Elvin “Al” M. Baasch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Harrison C. Benjamin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 James Brooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Howard Burke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 James Franklin Carmody . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Robert A. Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Colin Condit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Otis Wesley Corman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 James Everett Cummings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Robert Diefenbach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Orville L. Dihel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Wallace D. “Wally” Dillon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Stan Arthur Dudley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Frank Peter Duma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Dee R. Eberhart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Richard “Dick” Fischer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Robert L. Fraser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Frank Green . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 John E. Griffin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Orwin “Doc” Hageman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Charles Ray Haight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Clarence Lloyd Helgeson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Ben F. Hicks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Ernest “Jim” Conrad Hinckle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 William R. Hooper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Delvin Leroy Householder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Lester Wayne Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Robert Johnston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Richard R. Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Darwin Kanyer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Leslie S. Knudsen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Louis A. Kollmeyer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

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Chuck Lathrop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Harold “Hal” Lindstrom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Clarence “Jerry” G. Mason . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Arthur “Art” William McFarland . . . . . . . . . . 44 Lois Virginia Hubbell Nickel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Richard W. Owens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Joe Panattoni . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Raymond E. Poulsen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Jack Earl Powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 William W. “Mickey” Rogers Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Vincent Lawrence Romeo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 George L. Roundsley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Barbara Arrowsmith Schober. . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Clem A. Staloch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Robert Stringham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Sam E. Talerico . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Richard “Dick” Wilson Tureman . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Carl C. Vrtner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 George R. “Dick” Watts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 John R. Webb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

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Ernest H. Altice Name: Ernest H. Altice Rank: Radio Technician First Class Enlisted: October 24,1942 Branch: Navy Age upon entry: 19 Basic Training: NRS, Seattle, WA Medals: American Campaign, Asian Pacific Campaign w/5 Stars, Philippine Liberation w/2 Stars, Navy Good Conduct, WWII Victory, Navy Occupation, Presidential Unit Citation, Philippine Presidential Unit Citation Tour of Duty: USS Chincoteague, USS Suwannee Married: After service Where Discharged: Jan, 18, 1946, Bremerton, WA

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Elvin “Al” M. Baasch

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Name: Elvin “Al” M. Baasch Rank: First Class Seaman Enlisted: 1944 Branch: Navy Age upon entry: 17 Basic Training: Farragut, ID Weapons Used: 40mm Shipped Out: 1944 Married: After service Combat: USS Goshen, Asia Pacific Campaign Tour of Duty: Kwajalein, Marshall Islands, Mindamao, Philippines, Iwo Jima, Okinawa Years Served: 2 yrs.

Where Discharged: St. Paul, MN

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Harrison C. Benjamin Name: Harrison C. Benjamin Rank: Machinist’s Mate Second Class Enlisted: September 29, 1942 Branch: Navy Age upon entry: 20 Basic Training: New Port, RI Shipped out U.S.: USS Cuyama Married: After service Combat: Aleutian Islands, South Pacific Years Served: 4 yrs. (WWII) Reserve time: 2 yrs. (Korea) Where discharged: Bremerton, WA (WWII)

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James Brooks

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Name: James Brooks Rank: Aviation Machinists Mate Third Class Enlisted: October 8, 1943 Branch: Navy Age upon entry: Two days before turning 18 Basic Training: Farragut, Idaho – aviation machinist Combat Training: Gunnery school Weapon Training: Machine guns, martin turret (on top of plane), boot camp Tour of Duty: Patrol Atlantic from Key West, FL to Brunswick, MA Combat: Constantly on patrol investigating freighters, submarine patrol Married: After service

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Howard Burke Name: Howard Burke Rank: Seaman First Class Branch: Navy Age upon entry: 17 (3 days before age 18) Basic Training: Farragut, ID Weapons Training: Gunnery school in San Diego (2 weeks) Weapons Used: .45 cal. (trained on board ship) Shipped Out: San Diego, CA, USS Sangamon Medals: Asia Pacific Campaign, 6 Silver Stars, 9 Major Battles Married: During service Combat: 90% of time Discharged: December 1945

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James Franklin Carmody

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Name: James Franklin Carmody Rank: Private First Class Enlisted: 1943 Branch: Army, 70th Division, 41st Division, Regiment 162 Age upon entry: 19 Basic Training: Camp Adair, OR Combat Training: Camp Adair, OR Weapons Training: Machine gun, rifle, .45, trench knife Medals: Good Conduct Married: After service Tour of duty: Holland, Finchaven, Biak Years Served: 3 yrs.

Where discharged: Fort Lewis, WA, 1946

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Robert A. Case Name: Robert A. Case Rank: Lieutenant Junior Grade Enlisted: 1942 Branch: Navy Age upon entry: 23 Basic Training: Seattle, WA Married: Before service Years Served: 4-1/2 yrs.

Where Discharged: New York

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Colin Condit

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Name: Colin Condit Rank: First Lieutenant Enlisted: October 19, 1941 Branch: Marine Corps Age upon entry: 23 Basic Training: San Diego, CA Shipped out U.S.: On USS President Monroe Medals: Presidential Unit Citation Combat: Guadalcanal, New Georgia Tour of Duty: 1941-46 Years Served: 4 yrs. 3 mos.

Reserve Time: 14 yrs.

Where discharged: Bremerton, WA January 1946

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Otis Wesley Corman Name: Otis Wesley “Wes” Corman Rank: Colonel Enlisted: September 5, 1942 Branch: Marine Corps Age upon entry: 19 Basic Training: Pre-flight school, Iowa City, IA; Primary flight training, NAS, Glenview, IL; Intermediate flight training, NAS, Corpus Christi, TX Medals: Silver Star, Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal w/4 Stars, Presidential Unit Citation w/1 Star, Navy Unit Commendation, Army Distinguished Unit Citation, American Campaign, Asiatic Pacific Campaign w/2 Stars, WWII Victory Years Served: 27 yrs.

Where discharged: Norfolk, VA, July 31, 1969

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James Everett Cummings

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Name: James Everett Cummings Rank: Corporal (WWII), Sergeant (Korea) Enlisted: September 12, 1945 Branch: Marine Corps Age upon entry: 17 (mother had to sign) Basic Training: San Diego, CA Combat Training: Camp Del Mar (amphibious tractor) Weapon Training: Expert M1 Garand, sharpshooter pistol M.O.S.: Pilot, co-pilot and crewman on Landing Vehicle Track 3 (LTV-3) Shipped out U.S.: USS Randall Married: After service Tour of Duty: Hawaii & Guam – guard in Navy prison on Terminal Island off Los Angeles Where Discharged: Naval operating base, CA

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Robert Diefenbach Name: Robert Diefenbach Rank: Lieutenant Enlisted: 1943 Branch: Navy Age upon entry: 17 Basic Training: Whitman College Torpedo School, San Diego, Key West Weapon Training: 20mm & 40mm torpedo Shipped out U.S.: USS Saratoga Combat: Korea Tour of Duty: 1943-46, 1950-53 Married: After service Years Served: 6 yrs.

Reserve Time: 4 yrs.

Where Discharged: Seattle, WA

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Orville L. Dihel

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Name: Orville L. Dihel Rank: Corporal Enlisted: March, 1943 Branch: Army Air Force Age upon entry: 18 Basic Training: Fort Douglas, UT Weapon Training: Expert carbine Shipped out U.S.: Adak, Alaska May 2, 1944 – March 9, 1946 Medals: Good Conduct, American Campaign, WWII Victory, Asiatic Pacific Campaign Married: After service Years Served: 3 yrs.

Where discharged: Fort Lewis, WA March 17, 1946

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Wallace D. “Wally” Dillon Name: Wallace D. “Wally” Dillon Rank: Torpedoman Third Class Enlisted: January 1944 Branch: Navy Reserves Age upon entry: 17 Basic Training: Farragut, ID M.O.S.: San Diego, CA torpedo school Weapons Training: 5" guns, passed shells Shipped out U.S.: USS Copahee to Manus Island, to Philippines, to USS Charles Ausbure destroyer Medals: Philippines Campaign w/1 Star, Asia Pacific Campaign w/1 Star, Good Conduct Combat: Okinawa, Philippines, Guadalcanal Tour of Duty: South Pacific Married: After service Years Served: 7-1/2 yrs. (including Korea) Where Discharged: Long Island, NY, May 4, 1946

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Stan Arthur Dudley

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Name: Stan Arthur Dudley Rank: Chief Radioman Enlisted: May 14, 1941 Branch: Navy Age upon entry: 23 Basic Training: New Port, RI M.O.S.: Troop ship converted to hospital ship to Pearl Harbor, January 4, 1941 Combat Training: New Hebrides, Munda Island Medals: Asiatic Pacific, American Campaign, Good Conduct, Expert Rifleman, WWII Victory Married: During service Combat: Guadalcanal – no heavy fighting Tour of Duty: Guadalcanal & Solomon Islands Years Served: 6 yrs.

Reserve Time: 2 yrs., 2 days Where Discharged: San Francisco, CA

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Frank Peter Duma Name: Frank Peter Duma Rank: Seaman 1st Class Enlisted: December 14, 1941 Branch: Navy Age upon entry: 25 Basic Training: San Diego, CA M.O.S.: Battleship USS Tennessee, deck hand Weapon Training: Gunner Combat: Guadalcanal, Leyte, Iwo Jima Medals: American Campaign, WWII Victory, Philippine Liberation w/1 Star, Good Conduct, Asia Pacific Campaign w/Silver Star & 2 Bronze Stars Tour of Duty: South Pacific Married: After service, 1950

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Dee R. Eberhart

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Name: Dee R. Eberhart Rank: Sergeant Enlisted: May 26, 1943 Branch: Army, Infantry Age upon entry: 18 Basic Training: Camp Roberts, CA Infantry Replacement Training Center Combat Training: Camp Roberts & Camp Gruber Weapons Training: M1 Garand rifle, 81mm mortars and machine guns, Colt 45 pistol Shipped out U.S.: General Black troop transport Medals: C.I.B, Bronze, Star, European (3 campaigns) Married: After service Combat: Ardenne/Alsace, Rhineland, Central Europe Tour of duty: Europe (France, Germany, Austria) Years Served: 3 yrs.

Where discharged: Fort Lewis, WA

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Richard “Dick” Fischer Name: Richard “Dick” Fischer Rank: Seaman Drafted: 1944 Branch: Navy Reserves Age upon entry: 18 Shipped out U.S.: USS Nashville (after WWII the USS Nashville was the first American ship in 7 years to sail up the Yangtze River) Medals: Good Conduct Married: After service Where Discharged: Philadelphia, 1945

“One time during an ice storm, we had to beat ice of the ship so that it wouldn’t sink.”

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Robert L. Fraser

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Name: Robert L. Fraser Rank: Private First Class Enlisted: 1943 Branch: Army, Military Police Age upon entry: 18 Weapons Training: M1 Carbine rifle, pistol Medals: American Campaign, European/ African, Middle Eastern Service, Purple Heart, WWII Victory, Good Conduct Married: After service Combat: Northern France, Ardenne, Rhineland, Central Europe Tour of duty: Europe (France, Germany, Austria) Years Served: 2 yrs. 11 mos. & 1 day Where discharged: Fort Lewis, WA, Jan. 13, 1946

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Frank Green Name: Frank Green Rank: Private Enlisted: August 5, 1943 Branch: Army Air Force Age upon entry: 17 Basic Training: Sheppard Field, TX; Omaha, NE Medals: American Campaign, Good Conduct, WWII Victory Married: After service Years Served: 3 yrs.

Where discharged: Fort Lewis, WA

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John E. Griffin

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Name: John E. Griffin Rank: Staff Sergeant Technician Third Grade Enlisted: 1945 Branch: Army Age upon entry: 18 Basic Training: 4-5 wks. in Camp Roberts, CA Combat Training: Camp Roberts, CA Weapons Training: M1 Carbine/Garand, BAR Shipped out U.S.: USS Carol Lombard troop ship to Okinawa Medals: Asiatic Pacific Campaign, Good Conduct, Army Occupation (Japan), WWII Victory Married: After service Tour of duty: January 5, 1945 – May 12, 1946 Years Served: 1 yrs. 9 mos.

Where discharged: Fort Lewis, WA

LST from Ok inawa to Japan took 17 days – got caught in Typhoon – John

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Orwin “Doc” Hageman Name: Orwin “Doc” Hageman Rank: Tech Sergeant Grade 4 Drafted: 1942 (Working for Boeing when war started) Branch: Army Age upon entry: 18 Basic Training: Ft. Lewis, WA; Ft. Lawton, WA; Ft. Richardson, AK Training: Assigned to medics “Pill Pushers” Medals: Good Conduct, Asiatic Pacific Campaign Married: After service Tour of duty: 10 mos. in Aleutians, Adak 2nd Battalion, 4th Division Int., Shemya Island Years Served: 2 yrs.

Where discharged: Fort Benning, GA, 1943

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Charles Ray Haight

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Name: Charles Ray Haight Rank: Private Enlisted: May 12, 1944 Branch: Army Age upon entry: 16 Basic Training: Camp Roberts, CA M.O.S.: Camp Adair, OR, basic cook and baker Weapons Training: Camp Roberts, CA Medals: WWII Victory, American Campaign Married: After service Tour of duty: Presidio of Monterey, served as a cook in five kitchens Years Served: 2 yrs. 9 mos.

Where discharged: November 1945, Fort Ord, Monterey, CA

“I joined the Army Sp ecialized Training Program and wa s assigned to the University of Ut ah to study civil engineering. I left th at program and moved to Camp Robe rts in California for basic training an d on to Oregon for cooks and bakers sch ool and then on to Monterey, Califo rnia where I worked in a cluster of five me ss halls as a salad cook until the end of the war.�

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Clarence Lloyd Helgeson Name: Clarence Lloyd Helgeson Rank: Pharmacist’s Mate 3rd Class Drafted: 1944 Branch: Navy Age upon entry: 25 Basic Training: Farragut, ID Medals: American Campaign, WWII Victory Tour of Duty: Farragut Married: Before service Years Served: 18 mos.

Discharged: Bremerton, WA

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Ben F. Hicks

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Name: Ben F. Hicks Rank: Lieutenant Colonel Enlisted: 1943 Branch: Army Air Corps Age upon entry: 18 Basic Training: Sheppard Field, TX Combat Training: Biggs AAB, TX, B-29, Aerial Navigator Weapon Training: Machine guns Medals: Air medal Combat: Korea & Vietnam Married: After service Years Served: 28 yrs.

Discharged: September 1, 1972

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ckle Ernest “Jim” Conrad Hin Name: Ernest “Jim” Conrad Hinckle Rank: Private First Class Enlisted: February 19, 1943 Branch: Army, Quarter Master Truck Co. Age upon entry: 20 Basic Training: Biloxi, MS M.O.S.: Ft. Warren, WY to St. Louis to ship out Combat Training: No, but ran like hell Weapon Training: M1 Garand, 45 cal.

Shipped out U.S.: New York City Medals: Asiatic Pacific Campaign, Philippine Liberation with two Bronze Service Stars, Good Conduct, WWII Victory Tour of duty: Southern Philippines, BismarkArchipelago, New Guinea, Northern Solomons, Luzon Married: After service Years Served: 2 yrs. 10 mos.

Where discharged: Fort Lewis, WA

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William R. Hooper

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Name: William R. Hooper Rank: Captain Enlisted: 1942 Branch: Army Ordinance Age upon entry: 19 Basic Training: Aberdeen, MD Tour of Duty: Commanding Officer Ordnance Detachment, Greenland; Commanding Officer Ordnance Company, Leyte, Philippines Weapons Training: Rifle, pistol Shipped out U.S.: Troop ship Married: After service Years Served: 3-1/2 yrs.

Reserve Time: 1/2 yr.

Where discharged: Fort Lewis, WA

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Delvin Leroy Householder Name: Delvin Leroy Householder Rank: Private First Class Enlisted: 1943 Branch: Army 96th Infantry Division Age upon entry: 20 Basic Training: Camp Roberts, CA Weapons Training: All weapons, 03A3 machine gun, .45 1911, small arms; marksman, sharpshooter & 1st class gunner 30 cal.

Shipped out U.S.: LST landing craft Medals: CIB, Good Conduct, Victory, Asia Pacific Campaign, Philippines Liberation, 2 Bronze Stars, Purple Heart & Cluster, 2 Battle Stars Okinawa & Philippines Married: Before service Combat: Okinawa, Leyte, Philippines, Ryukyus Years Served: 2 yrs.

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Lester Wayne Johnson

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Name: Lester Wayne Johnson Rank: Major Enlisted: February, 1942 (called up Feb. 1943) Branch: Army Air Corps Age upon entry: 19 Basic Training: Buckley Field, CO; Logan, UT; Cadet Training, Santa Ana, CA M.O.S.: Pilot Weapons Training: Sub-machine guns, .45 Shipped out U.S.: Flew to Alaska Medals: Asia Pacific Campaign, American Campaign, WWII Victory Tour of Duty: Ladd Field, Fairbanks, AK Married: After service Years Served: 3 yrs.

Reserve Time: 4-1/2 yrs.

Discharged: 1945, Boise, ID

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Robert J. Johnston Name: Robert J. Johnston Rank: Sergeant Major Branch: Marine Corps Age upon entry: 22 Basic Training: San Diego, CA Weapons Training: Camp Mathews, San Diego, CA Medals: American Defense, American Campaign, Asiatic Pacific Campaign w/3 Stars, Presidential Unit Citation w/1 Star, WWII Victory, Good Conduct, Navy Unit Citation Combat: Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, Western Caroline Islands Tour of Duty: 1942-74 Years Served: 32 yrs.

Reserve Time: 20 yrs.

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Richard R. Jones

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Name: Richard R. Jones Rank: Sergeant Drafted: February 13, 1943 Branch: Army Medical Corps, Quartermaster (with 8th, 9th Air Force) Basic Training: Biloxi, MS M.O.S.: Medical Supply Combat Training: Fort Douglas & Hillfield Air Force Base Weapon Training: Sharpshooter carbine Shipped out U.S.: November or December 1943 from New Jersey on Queen Mary to England Combat: Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Central Europe Married: After service Years Served: 2 yrs.

Reserve Time: 5 yrs., 10 mos., 8 days Where Discharged: Ft. Douglas, UT

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Darwin Kanyer Name: Darwin Kanyer Rank: Sergeant Enlisted: March 10, 1943 Branch: Army Air Force Age upon entry: 18 Basic Training: Sheppard Field, TX Mechanic air crew Combat Training: Sheppard Field, TX Weapon Training: M1 carbine, 45 cal.

Shipped out U.S.: August, 1944 Tour of duty: Assigned to Air Transport Command C-47 air crew in South America & North Africa Married: After service Years Served: 3 yrs.

Where discharged: Ft. Leonard Wood, MO

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Leslie S. Knudsen

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Name: Leslie S. Knudsen Rank: Aviation Machinists Mate Third Class Enlisted: 1945 Branch: Navy Age upon entry: 17 Basic Training: Memphis, TN; Aviation Machinists Mates School, Norma, OK Combat Training: Jacksonville, FL Weapon Training: Hutchinson, KS, ship machine guns, sidearm Shipped out U.S.: San Diego, CA by ship Married: After service Years Served: 2 yrs.

Where Discharged: Great Lakes, MI

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Louis A. Kollmeyer Name: Louis A. Kollmeyer Rank: Lieutenant Enlisted: 1942 Branch: Navy Age upon entry: 26 Basic Training: Midshipman’s School, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL Commissioned April 2, 1943, served on USS Card, CVE-11, aircraft carrier Shipped out U.S.: May 14, 1943 to EuropeanAfrican area on anti-submarine duty Medals: European African Middle East Campaign, WWII Am. Defense, Victory in Europe, D-Day Commemorative, Victory in Europe, National Defense, Asiatic Pacific Campaign, Presidential Unit Citation Married: Before service Combat: USS Card & Task Group (sank 18 German submarines) Years Served: 4 yrs.

Reserve time: Jan. 1946 – Jan. 1, 1966

1st Division U.S.S. Card May, 1944

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Charles Lathrop

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Name: Charles Lathrop Rank: Major Enlisted: 1942 Branch: Army Engineers Age upon entry: 23 Basic Training: R.O.T.C. M.O.S.: Operations officer Weapons Training: All Shipped out U.S.: Sea Combat: European Theater, Germany Tour of Duty: Ft. Leonardwood, Austin, TX, England, Germany, Philippines Medals: European Campaign, Asia Pacific Campaign Married: Before service Years Served: 4 yrs.

Where Discharged: San Francisco Marysville, CA

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Harold “Hal” Lindstrom Name: Harold “Hal” Lindstrom Rank: Corporal Enlisted: 1943 (still a high school junior) Branch: Army Air Force Age upon entry: 17 Basic Training: Keesler Field, MS Weapon Training: Keesler Field, MS M.O.S.: Aircraft & engine mechanic/ electrician in Guam Weapon Training: M1 carbine, 45 cal.

Shipped out U.S.: By air from Hamilton Air Force Base d in Mississippi scrub “We were bivouacke in weapons and Married: After service ng ini pine forest for tra a buddy were in a Years Served: 2 yrs. field exercises. I and g the wee hours, rin du , en 2-man tent wh of screaming, Where discharged: Ft. Lewis, WA ion pt eru an s there wa next

from the large tent cursing and yelling at was collapsed th to us with four guys oving bodies with trapped wildly-m the first to emerge s underneath. A pig wa g across the ares. We rin running out and tea t wild pigs and not ou had been warned ab tents. The warning our to have any food in ignored.” had apparently been

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Name: Clarence “Jerry” G. Mason Rank: First Lieutenant Enlisted: December 1, 1942 Branch: Army Air Force Age upon entry: 18 Basic Training: Lincoln, NB Combat Training: Arizona, Oregon & California Shipped out U.S.: B-24 Transport to New Guinea Medals: 8 Air medals Combat: New Guinea, South Philippines, Luzon Tour of Duty: Dec. 1944 to Dec. 1945 Married: During service Years Served: 7 yrs.

Where discharged: Fort Lewis, WA, 1946

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arland Arthur “Art” William McF Name: Arthur “Art” William McFarland Rank: Gunner’s Mate First Class (T) Enlisted: August 15, 1942 Branch: Navy Age upon entry: 17 Basic Training: San Diego, CA M.O.S.: Gunner NTS Lake Union, Seattle, WA Shipped out U.S.: Bainbridge, WA Medals: WWII Victory, Asia Pacific Campaign 3 Star, Good Conduct, American Campaign, Philippine Liberation 1 Star Tour of Duty: Pacific Married: During service Years Served: 3 yrs.

Where Discharged: Bremerton, WA

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Name: Lois Virginia Hubbell Nickel Rank: Captain WAC Enlisted: September 1, 1942 Branch: Army WAACN WAC Age upon entry: 25 Married: After service Tour of duty: United States Years Served: 3 yrs.

Where discharged: December 28, 1945, Camp Beale, CA

“ I read in the news papers that wo men may be given a chance to join the war effor t.

The Wo men’s Army Auxi liary Corp will be activated, with Oveta Culp Ho bby at it head. I de cide not to renew my teaching co ntract, take Civil Service exams and go for an initial WAAC interv iew and physical examinat io n in Seattle.

Later I was notified of my selectio n for the 2nd class of officer ca ndidates. My decis io n was made and I have ne ver regretted that decisio n.”

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Richard W. Owens Name: Richard W. Owens Rank: First Class Petty Officer Enlisted: 1943 Branch: Navy Seabees Age upon entry: 17 Basic Training: Farragut, ID Combat Training: Gulf Port, MS Medals: Good Conduct Married: After service Years Served: 3 yrs.

Where discharged: Bremerton, WA

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Name: Joe Panattoni Rank: Lieutenant J.G. Enlisted: May 15, 1945 Branch: Navy Age upon entry: 17 Basic Training: San Diego, CA Combat Training: At sea Weapon Training: Boot camp and at sea Shipped out U.S.: Battleship USS Weber to Pearl Harbor & Coviti Navy Base in Manila Medals: American Campaign, Asia Pacific Campaign, Good Conduct Married: After service, 1953 Tour of Duty: Pacific, Philippines and China Years Served: 15 mos.

Reserve Time: 6 yrs.

Discharged: February 25, 1951 in Seattle, WA

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Raymond E. Poulsen Name: Raymond E. Poulsen Rank: Lieutenant J.G. Enlisted: 1942 Branch: Navy Reserves Age upon entry: 18-1/2 Basic Training: Iowa, Colorado, Texas, Arizona M.O.S.: Pre-flight and flight school, New Orleans; Training Command, Lake Pontchartrain Weapon Training: Gunnery Training Married: During service (became an officer and a gentleman) Tour of Duty: Grand Prairie, TX; NAS Corpus Christi, TX Years Served: 5 yrs.

Reserve Time: Until 1956 Discharged: 1944, Corpus Christi, TX; NAS north of UW on lake, WA

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Name: Jack Earl Powers Rank: Lieutenant Colonel Drafted: 1942 Branch: Army Air Force Age upon entry: 19 Basic Training: Infantry base at South Carolina (did not want to be in infantry) Medals: WWII Victory, American Campaign, Distinguished Flying Cross Married: After service Years Served: 30 yrs.

Discharged: 1972

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s Jr. William W. “Mickey” Roger Name: William W. “Mickey” Rogers Jr. Rank: Colonel “Full Bird” Enlisted: October 6, 1941 Branch: Marines Age upon entry: 21 Basic/Combat Training: Sandpoint Naval Air Weapons Training: Sandpoint Naval Air, rifles and handguns Medals: Distinguished Flying Cross, American Campaign, Asiatic Pacific Campaign, WWII Victory, Navy Occupation Service, Asian Korean Service, United Nations Service Combat: WWII, Korea Tour of Duty: Hawaiian Islands, Guadalcanal, South Pacific, Australia, Japan Married: During service Years Served: 29+ yrs.

Reserve Time: 1945-1952, 1953-1970 Where discharged: Seattle, WA, April 3, 1947 WWII

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Vincent Lawrence Romeo Name: Vincent Lawrence Romeo Rank: 1st Lieutenant Drafted: 1943 Branch: Army Calvary Age upon entry: 20 Basic Training: Georgia and Fort Dix, NJ Combat Training: 16th Calvary Regiment Weapons Training: M1 rifle, 45 cal. pistol, 30 cal. & 50 cal. machine guns, 37mm cannon Shipped out U.S.: Via ship to Europe and later to Yokohama, Japan Medals: Conspicuous Service Cross, 2 Bronze Stars, Purple Heart, NY State Distinguished Service Medal, Combat Infantry Badge, European-Africa-Middle East Campaign, Asian Pacific Campaign, American Campaign, WWII Victory Combat: France, Germany and Korea Tour of Duty: 1943 – 1954 Shipped out U.S.: Queen Elizabeth troop ship Married: After service Years Served: 12 yrs.

Reserve Time: Between WWII & Korea Where discharged: New York

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George L. Roundsley Name: George L. Roundsley Rank: Technical Sergeant Enlisted: October 27, 1942 Branch: Army Air Corps Age upon entry: 20 Basic Training: Long Beach, CA Medals: European African Middle Eastern Campaign, Good Conduct, WWII Victory, American Campaign Married: Before service Years Served: 3-1/2 yrs.

Where discharged: Camp Beale, CA

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Name: Barbara Arrowsmith Schober Rank: Sergeant Enlisted: October 7, 1944 Branch: Marine Corp Women Reserve Age upon entry: 20 Basic Training: Camp LeJune, NC Medals: American Campaign, Good Conduct, Honorable Service Medal Married: After service Years Served: Almost 2 yrs.

Where discharged: Arlington, Virginia Henderson Hall Tour of duty: Arlington, VA

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Clem A. Staloch Name: Clem A. Staloch Rank: Staff Sergeant Enlisted: September 1942 Branch: Army Age upon entry: 21 Basic Training: Jefferson Barracks, Lemay, MO M.O.S.: Scott File Married: After service Tour of Duty: September 1942 – March, 1945 Years Served: 3-1/2 yrs.

Reserve Time: 1 yr.

Where Discharged: Camp Beale, CA

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Name: Robert Stringham Rank: Electrician’s Mate Second Class Enlisted: 1943 Branch: Navy Age upon entry: 17 Basic Training: Farragut, Idaho M.O.S.: Electrician Medals: Asiatic Pacific, American Campaign Married: Yes Years Served: 3 yrs.

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Sam E. Talerico Name: Sam E. Talerico Rank: Private First Class Drafted: August 7, 1943 Branch: Army, Infantry Age upon entry: 18 Basic Training: Camp Adair, OR; Camp San Luis Obispo, CA; Camp Beale, CA; Maui Hawaii Combat Training: Camp San Luis Obispo, CA; Camp Beale, Maui, HI; amphibious training Weapons Training: 745 Rifleman Shipped out U.S.: July 3, 1944, San Francisco Medals: C.I.B, Bronze Star, Good Conduct, Asia Pacific Campaign, Philippine Liberation, Japan Occupation, WWII Victory Married: After service Combat: Western Carolines (Pelelio), Leyte Tour of duty: Asiatic Pacific Theater Years Served: 30 mos.

Where discharged: Feb. 17, 1946, Fort Lewis, WA

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Name: Richard Wilson Tureman Rank: Seaman First Class Enlisted: September 17, 1944 Branch: Navy Age upon entry: 18 Basic Training: Farragut 5 weeks to USS California Shipped out U.S.: Bremerton to San Diego and Hawaii Weapon Training: Marksman, rifle & 40mm Married: After service Combat: Philippines, South Pacific and Leyte Years Served: 22 mos.

Where discharged: Bremerton

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Carl C. Vrtnar Name: Carl C. Vrtnar Rank: Technician Third Grade Drafted: July 7, 1943 Branch: Army Corps of Engineers, 1150th Combat Group Age upon entry: 19 Basic Training: Camp Abbot, OR; Ft. Lewis, WA; Indian Gap, PA Tour of Duty: European Theater of Operations, March 25, 1945 – April, 16, 1946 Weapons Training: Camp Abbott, OR; rifle, pistol, machine gun Shipped out U.S.: March 25, 1945 Medals: Sharp Shooter, WWII Victory, Good Conduct Married: After service Years Served: 33 mos.

Where Discharged: Ft. Lewis, WA, April 25, 1946

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Name: George R. “Dick” Watts Rank: Seaman First Class (Corporal) Enlisted: January 14, 1943 Branch: Navy Reserve Age upon entry: 16 Basic Training: Farragut, ID Weapons Training: Gun turret – passed ammunition, “hot shellman” Shipped out U.S.: Treasure Island, New Caledonia, Guadalcanal Tour of Duty: South Pacific, USS Honolulu light cruiser “Blue Goose” Combat: Marshall Islands, Leyte Gulf, Battle of Peleliu Married: During service Years Served: 2-1/2 yrs.

Where Discharged: Bremerton, WA, May 4, 1946

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John R. Webb Name: John R. Webb Rank: Lieutenant Colonel Enlisted: 1942 Branch: Marine Corps Age upon entry: 20 Basic Training: Flight School – Ellensburg, Sunnyside & Pasco, WA; St. Mary’s College, CA; Corpus Christi – El Toro Marine Station, CA Combat Training: Dropping bombs, night flying, Mojave, CA Shipped out U.S.: Carrier USS Bunker Hill out of San Francisco 1945 to Hawaii Medals: Distinguished Flying Cross w/Gold Star, Air Medal w/2 Gold Stars Married: During service Combat: Pacific Islands and Okinawa Tour of Duty: South Pacific Years Served: 22-1/2 yrs.

Reserve Time: 14 yrs.

Where discharged: Seattle, WA 1965

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TO THE DEDICATED MEN AND WOMEN WHO SACRIFICED SO MUCH TO PROTECT THE FREEDOMS THAT WE TAKE FOR GRANTED EVERYDAY… YOUR COUNTRY THANKS YOU

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Fallen Heroes These courageous men and women from Kittitas County made the ultimate sacrifice in the service of their country during World War II. Clifton Alford, 2nd Lt. Jack Anderson, Q 3/c W. B. Anderson, Marine Engineer Willis T. Bailes, Pfc. Bernard Baugh, Lt. Vernon F. Becker, Pvt. Norman C. Blevins, S 2/c Keith Boedcher, Pvt. Robert K. Bowers, Esnsign Robert H. Brooks, U.S. Navy E. K. Brown Jr., Cpl. Commodore Burnett, Lt., j.g.

Glen Cameron, Gunner’s Mate 2/c Cortland L. Carmody, 1st Lt. William J. Carter, S 1/c Frank Cheha, Pvt. John Cheha, Staff Sgt. Lennie Christensen, Pvt. Richard Colville, Sgt. Woodrow Conway, Pvt. Hiatt Cowen, AR 2/c Dave Crosetti, Coxwain Leo DeShazer, Staff Sgt. Robert Dixon, Pvt. Herbert H. Dugan, Watertender 1/c Leon Ellsworth, 2nd Lt. William F. Flynn, Sgt. James French, Sgt.

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Robert C. Futrell, MM 2/c Robert L. Gilmour, Pfc. Glenn Goodrich, 2nd Lt. Boyd E. Growcock, Apprentice Seaman David S. Hall, 1st Lt. Ernest J. Hanlon, 2nd Lt. Milton Hansberry, Lt. Herbert C. Helland, Sgt. Keith S. Hickey, Pfc. Adam Hill, MM 1/c, Seabees Albert Hoffman, Pilot Officer George K. Hogan Ferdinand Holmberg, Lt. Charles H. Isham, 1st Lt. David A. Jensen, Sgt. Jack Kelleher, Pfc. Jack Kern, Pfc. Byron Knoll, S 2/c Tom Knudson, Cpl. Alvin Koester, Pvt. George Krouskop, Civil Employee Harold Krueger, Pfc. Abe L. Lemley, Pvt. Kenneth Lowe, 1st Lt. John Massouras, Pvt. Earl A. Miller, Sgt. Douglas Munro, Signalman 1/c Robert J. Neher, S 2/c

Wayne Newman, Pfc. Carl E. Oppen, Pvt. Joe T. Palmiero, Pvt. Fred P. Pasquan, T/5 Joe Pasquan, Pvt. Elmer Peal, Pvt. John F. Pookett, Pvt. John V. Porter, Cpl. Mike Prokopovich, Pfc. Steve Prokopovich, Pfc. Joseph Protz, Pvt. Francis Raison, Ensign Charles L. Randall, Sgt. Rudy Randall, Paratrooper Carl Rasmussen, Cpl. Phillip Retherford, Pfc. William A. Rice, S 2/c Arthur J. Rikansrud, Cpl. Charles Roess, Pvt. Robert E. Self, Fireman 1/c Joseph E. Seth, Sgt. Klaas Smit, Eng. 3/c, U.S.M.M. Charles Smith, Pvt. Harvey G. Thacker, AC Donald Thompson, S 1/c Don Webb, Pfc. Jack Webber, Pvt. Mary L. Webster, Wasps

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