Veterans Day Salute 2020 by Hearst Midwest

A Supplement to River Valley Shopper, Pioneer East Shopper, Herald Review, Lake County Star, and The Pioneer

SALUTING OUR SOLDIERS ON VETERANS DAY H E A R S T

M I C H I G A N MEDIA GROUP

NOVEMBER 2020

SSG

Jason Abbott

L/CPL

CPL

Larry J. Adams

Lyle D. Adams

Vietnam

43rd Inf. Div. • Germany

U.S. Marine Corps

U.S. Army

SPC

Keith M. Allen

Eric Almy

SPEC 4

Korea • Iraq

2007 - 2015 • MPC Op. Enduring Freedom

2006 - 2010 Op. Enduring Freedom

Terry Anderson 1966-1968

Basil Andress

U.S. Army - Vietnam

Calvin Alverson 1977 - 1983

U.S. Army

Major

1943-1945 Reserves 1945-1948 • WWII

Kay Andrews, RN

U.S. Army

U.S. Air Force

1963-1974

E5 - SGT George R. Alverson Jr. 1976-1980 U.S. Army

SGT

Ray Aldrich

SPC

Darrell L. Aldrich

1963 - 1972 1976 - 1977 • Vietnam

U.S. Marine Corps

U.S. Army

SP5

Gary Anderson 1966-1968

Kenneth Anderson

Edward Baar

1952 - 1955 • Korea

Duane Anderson

1969 - 1972 • Vietnam

U.S. Army

U.S. Army - Vietnam

A/1C

SGT

Don Arndt

Selmar J. Arndt

George T. August

U.S. Army Air Force

U.S. Marine Corps

1950 - 1953 • Korea

U.S. Air Force

1941 - 1943 • WWII

1981 - 1983

Zach Alexander August 2008 Iraq

1945-1947 • Taiwan

U.S. Marine Corps

PFC 1942 - 1945 • WWII

U.S. Army

SGT

SGT E5

Larry Baar

Keith A. Bailey

MM2 SS/DV

FROGMAN

SGT

SSGT

Brian Baker

1952 - 1955 • Korea

Elvin J. Ball

U.S. Army

Proudly served his country 1943 - 1945

William D. Baker

U.S. Air Force

1987 - 1993

Charles Baker

U.S. Navy

U.S. Army

Ben Banfill

Dave Banfill Sr.

U.S. Army

U.S. Navy

Doug Banfill U.S.M.C. - Retired

1966 - 1970 • Vietnam

1971 - 1992

SP5 1970 - 1973 • Germany

Richard J. Adams A-1C U.S. Air Force 2017-Present

World War II

Lee Baker

10/66 - 10/69 • Vietnam

George M. Banfill 1863

Civil War

1941 - 1945

SP5

Steve Banfill

1964 - 1965 • Vietnam

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TSGT

Jeffery Beach

Richard Beach

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U.S. Air Force

SGT

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1955-58 • 10th Inf. Germany

U.S. Army

1975 - 1981

U.S. Navy

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Benedict

2004 - 2008

U.S. Marine Corps

Engineer

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U.S. Army

U.S. Marine Corps

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David W. Battle

U.S. Army Air Force

U.S. Army

U.S. Marines

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COL • Surgeon

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‘64-’71, ‘75-’97, ‘70-’71 Vietnam

U.S. Army

SPC

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U.S. Army

1965

Seaman 1st Class

Tim Bazzett

1962 - 1965 (ASA) 1976 - 1981 (DLIFLC)

U.S. Army

GUNNERS MATE E5

SSGT

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U.S. Air Force

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Vern Beemer

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U.S. Navy

U.S. Army

USS Latimer PA 152 • Korea

1984 - 1989

Motor Pool

1959 - 1962

SSGT

A1C

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U.S. Air Force

U.S. Army

U.S. Navy

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Richard Biller WWII

Amber Bishop

Aaron Blackburn

SMSGT

1988 - 1992 Desert Storm

2014 - Present

U.S. Marine Corps

2001 - 2008

Engineer-man 1994 - 2013

2010

U.S. Air Force

10th Mountain Div. 2014 - Present

U.S. Army

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Charles E. Boboltz 1943 - 1945 • WWII

Tyler Schuberg, cIc

U.S. Air Force

Jack Boden

1962 - 1965 Vietnam / Korea

U.S. Army

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U.S. Army

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FC2 (SW)

U.S. Navy

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2008

1942 - 1945 • WWII

U.S. Army

PFC

1944-1946 • W.W. II

U.S. Army

SGT

PVT

David H. Brickey 2 Years

Scott Bregg

1971 - 1972 • Vietnam

U.S. Navy

SP4

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Michael R. Bonnett

William L. Bonning

U.S. Army

198th Brigade • Vietnam 324 Signal Co • Vietnam

PETTY OFFICER 3RD CLASS

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SSGT

SrA

CMSGT

SSGT

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Mathias Brejcha

Bernard Brink

1986 - 1990 • Cold War

U.S. Air Force

SGT

SSGT

PVT

SGT

F. J. “Jack” Brickey

Frank E. Brickey

M. E. “Eddie” Brickey

Miles E. Brickey

U.S. Air Force

U.S. Army

2 Years

SFC

David Borst

4 Years

2 Years

5 Years

1950 - 1954 • Korea

U.S. Air Force

B. 1897 - D. 1987 WWI

U.S. Air Force

U.S. Army

A1C

S/SGT Joshua Britten April 2012 - Current Deployed OEF ‘11-’12

SGT

TEC 4

SSGT

SENIOR AIRMAN

Gerald Brooks

Jake Brown

Luke Brown

T.J. Bruens

1943 - 1945 • WWII

Franklin W. Brown

U.S. Army

U.S. Air Force

U.S. Navy

James C. Brink Korea

U.S. Air Force

WWII

U.S. Army

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PFC

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Brandon J. Buffin

CPL

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U.S. Marine Corps

2LT David L. Burwell

1st Cavalry Div. Infantry

1962-1966 • Nam 65-66

SPEC 4

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Shot down and killed over North Korea on 9-23-50, flying as an observation pilot with the 5th Air Force.

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U.S. Army

U.S. Marine Corps

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SGT

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U.S. Army

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U.S. Army

U.S. Navy

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Leo F. Cook

3rd Bn, 2nd Marine

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U.S. Navy

U.S. Marine Corps

Crew Chief OH-58 Helicopter

BM2 • USS Crockett

Daniel T. Crawford 1st of 7th Cavalry Division U.S. Army

Leonard A. Crystal

Charles B. Cushway 1949 - 1951

April 1944 - Jan. 1946

U.S. Air Force

U.S. Navy

Duane Deacon

Mike DeBlock 3rd/82nd Artillery 1970-1971 • Vietnam U.S. Army

Russell W. Cousineau

U.S. Air Force - Reserves

U.S. Air Force - Vietnam

U.S. Air Force

Patricia A. Culey

Ray R. Culey Sr.

Senior Master SGT

Air Traffic Controller

SPEC4 E4

Noreen Daniels-Zurek

283rd Army Band 34th Med Bn • Fort Benning, GA

W.W. II

Tailgunner B-17 WWII

E5 Gary Darling 2003-2014

SR AIRMAN

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U.S. Air Force

PFC

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1943 - 1945 • WWII

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A/2C

Weapons Mechanic & Tactical Fighter Wing

U.S. Navy

George Daggett

Joseph A. Cornell

Grant K. Cornell

1944 - 46 • WWII

Intelligence Specialist Pharmacists Mate 1st Class

LT COLONEL

Orris W., Corey Evart, MI U.S. Army WW II

U.S. Army

Ray Culey III

1983-2006 Retired Desert Storm

CPL Artillary Division

1956 - 1958

SPC 4

Richard G. Cramer Signal Corp. South Korean Conflict 1957-1959

Fay M. Culver

WWII • European Theater 4th Armored Division 1942-1945 U.S. Army

Larry D. Curtis

1968 - 1968 • Vietnam

Bob Davis

U.S. Army

SPC E4

Robert D. Davidson

1950 - 1953 U.S.S. Los Angeles

Robert Davis

U.S. Army

U.S. Navy

U.S. Army

Darrell Denslow

Darwin Denslow

Gale Denslow

U.S. Air Force

U.S. Army

1949-1952 • Korean Conflict

1992

1966

1962 - 1964

1969

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U.S. Marine Corps

Seaman 3rd Class

Ronald W. Dionne 4 yrs. 1962 - 1966

U.S. Navy

Nile Denslow U.S. Marines Corps

Corporal

Harry Dodge, Jr. 1944 - 1946 • WWII

Ronald L. Depew

MSGT

SPC

Joseph Derevage

8/10 to Present

Cameron A. DeWitt

U.S. Marines Corps

1998 - 2016

Trent DeVos

U.S. Air Force

Army N.G. - Afghanistan

Army Nat’l Guard

1968 - 1970 • Vietnam

Hydraulic Mechanic Supervisor

SP4 • Elite Strike Force

Skyler Dorman

P.A. Pete Douglass

S. R. Dombrowski

Chaplain Assistant

Jet Engine Mechanic

Fireman

Edward A. Dorman

Forrest J. Dorman

Mark A. Dorman

U.S. Army

Bronze Star - Purple Heart, Silver Star, and other Medals

U.S. Air Force

U.S. Navy

Amos Dyer

Larry Dyer

SPC3

SPC • 4th Inf. Div.

Jacob Drake

2006 - Present

1959-1962 • 4th Inf. Div.

U.S. Air Force

U.S. Army

Stnd. at Ft. Carson, CO. Oper. Atlantic Resolve

Lawrence Dyer

Neal Dyer

Austin Eaton 2011 - 2013

U.S. Army

SGT

Infantry - WWII

COL

1962 - 1968

William H. Dunn

U.S. Army

25 Years

Phillip Edison

3rd/ 82nd Artillery 1970-1971 • Vietnam

U.S. Army

2013 - Present

CPL

Jeffrey DuKavas

LCPL

PFC

Jonathan C. Elenich

Kevin J. Elenich

Larry Emig

U.S. Marine Corps

U.S. Army

U.S. Navy

Iraqi Freedom

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Korea • 1953 - 1955

U.S. Army

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1st Lieutenant

CPL (T)

SP3 • Co. Clerk • Infantry

Charles E. Emmons

CPL

SPC4

Aug. 51 - July 53 • Eng.

John F. Emmons

11/53-10/55 • Germany

Kyle Ensley

Chasity Lynn Falls

U.S. Army

5 Years

Richard Evoy

Rescue Medic • Vietnam

U.S. Marine Corps

U.S. Army

Detroit Unit - Army Guards

CPL

Robert S. Feltman

Wilbur Fetterley

J.C. Felber

Airborne 1989 - 2001

1977 - 1984 • Japan

U.S. Marine Corps

U.S. Army

Michael J. Fitzgerald Vietnam

9/61 - 9/65 • Texas German - Turkey

U.S. Navy

Bob Flagg

U.S. Air Force

WWII 1942 - 1945

T5 CORP

Chris Finkbeiner 1945 - 1947 • WWII

U.S. Army

SPC 4

Lt. Commander

Don Foos

Scott Foos

1957 - 1959 • Germany

1982 - 2002 Ret.

U.S. Army

U.S. Navy

Thanks Chas!

Doug Farnham

WWII • Korea 82nd & 84th Airborne & Reserve

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SPC4

CPT

Joel Dean Finney

2008 - 2013 • Present Reserve

U.S. Army

SGT

Dallas Ford

Joined 2010 • Afghanistan

U.S. Army

Donald D. Fitzgerald Mark F. Fitzgerald WWII

U.S. Navy

SSGT

Richard M. Ford Korea

1982 - 1992 • Desert Storm

U.S. Army

SSGT

Charles E. Franklin 1969 - 1973

U.S. Air Force

PFC Infantry - Crane Operator

William E. Frazier Jr.

SPC

U.S. Army

Donald Freise

Wendy Freise

U.S. Army

2016 - Present

William C. French

1944-1946 • WWII - Bronze Star (2), Good Conduct Medla, Victory Medal

U.S. Army

SGT

Lou Freybler

Jack Frizzell

1975 - 1978 • Europe

February 1969 - 1971

U.S. Army

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U.S. Army

PFC - Military Police

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1942 - 1960

Richard R. Fry

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U.S. Marine Corps

National Guard

U.S. Army

Forrest Fullerton

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U.S. Army

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U.S. Navy

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U.S. Air Force

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SP3

1966-1968

U.S. Navy

PVT

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4 Years • Korean War Time

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1961-1965

SGT

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CPL Paul R. Gangstad Base Camp, Mt. Fuji Japan 1957

U.S. Army - Armor

U.S. Army

U.S. Marine Corps

1954-1957

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1949-1953

Carl R. Geyer

SGT

PFC

Steve Gilbert

Alan G. Garner

Lloyd Gilmer

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U.S. Army

U.S. Marine Corps

U.S. Army

Army Nat’l Guard

E4 1967 - 1968

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U.S. Army

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PFC

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Served 4 Years

Jan. 9, 1943 New Guinea

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Paula Rae Goltz 1979 - 1985

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SSGT

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Vurl Gray

Iraq

John Gravelyn

1993 - 2007 • Kuwait

U.S. Army MP

U.S. Navy Seabees

U.S. Marine Corps

U.S. Army Reserves

Army Nat’l Guard

U.S. Army

Dennis G. Gritzinger, U.S. Army SP4 1957-1961

Army Ranger

Radioman 2nd Class

Roger Guiney

Binh Hoa, Vietnam

Steven Ray Gurk

Albert K. Hahn

Charles K. Hahn

U.S. Army

U.S. Navy

U.S. Army - Korea

LeRoy Hall

Norman G. Hamelink

1943 WWII • Deceased

U.S. Army

Neil Hand U.S. Air. Force

Nat’l Guard 1948 - 1950 U.S. Navy 1953 - 1956 Radio Operator RMSN

Leonard T. Hanline 80th Inf., 319 Reg. Battle of the Bulge

U.S. Army

1971 - 1975

Corporal

1951-1953

Corporal

1951-1953

1960 - 1964

Calvin Hall 1943 • WWII

U.S. Army

SFC

Senior Airman

Warrant Officer One

BT2

Darrell Hamelund 1991-2015 Retired U.S. Army

Joshua Hamelund

Nathan Hamelund

Ronald K. Hamelund

U.S. Air Force

U.S. Army

U.S. Navy

Keith Hanlon

Michael Hanlon

Richard T. Hanlon

U.S. Army

PFC

2013-2019

12/1977 - 12/1981

2008 • Iraq

2009 - Present

PFC 101st Airborne Inf. Korea 1952 - 1955

1960 - 1968 • Vietnam

Michael Hansen Korea & Iraq

U.S. Army

Michael Grider

David Hall U.S. Navy

Nile V. Hamp

U.S. Army 7/42-10/45 U.S.A.F. 11/50-10/61

LCPL

Kyle Hardy

2004 - 2010 • San Diego

U.S. Marine Corps

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Gilbert L. Hare

1942 - 1945 • WWII

U.S. Army

Lance Corporal

Staff Sergeant

Mark Hayes

Melvin Hayes

CT2

U.S. Marines

U.S. Air Force

1st SGT (E8)

Private

James Hayes 1917-1919

SSGT E6 1942 - 1945 • WWII

Ferrand L. Holt Jr.

Mar. 1948 - Dec. 1962

U.S. Navy

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U.S. Army

Ferrand L. Holt III 1984 - 1988 U.S. Army

Christopher Harris 1985 - 1989

U.S. Marine Corps

Builder 3 Seebees

Sergeant First Class

SSG

Timothy D. Hawley

Curtis Hayes

U.S. Army

20+ Years • Gulf War

Michelle Heinrich

1951-1972

SGT

Bob Hays

Gilbert Heilman

(Zagumny) • Eq. Op. 1st Class • 1998 - Present

Casey Helmboldt

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“The Dead Eyes”

Arlene R. Van Peeren William Van Peeren Harley Vanderhoof Michael J. Vanderhyde John Vander Meulen 1942 - 1945 • WWII 1943 - 1945 • WWII ‘44-’46 WWII • USS Siboney Nov. 2001 to Current U.S. Air Force SAC U.S. Marine Corps Res. U.S. Navy Waves U.S. Navy U.S. Air Force Thanks for your service Dad

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HHHH Mike Brueker 1968 - 1970 U.S. Army Thank You! HHHH Jacob Brown 2004-2011 U.S. Army HHHH James L. Brown 2004-2008 U.S. Air Force HHHH SSGT Caleb Costello U.S. Air Force Serving in Afghanistan Thank You! HHHH

HHHH SRA Nathan Costello U.S. Air Force Serving in South Korea Thank You! HHHH Sr. Airman Dylan Ducharme Barksdale AFB Bossier City, LA Thank You! HHHH Tom Doyle U.S. Army Thank You! HHHH Chris Finkbeiner 1945-1947 U.S. Army HHHH Major Angela Fleming 1992 - Present U.S. Air Force Love, Your Family HHHH

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HHHH HHHH Dan John R. “Jack” Hickman Matson Sr. 1966 - 1968 1945 WWII U.S. Marines U.S. Army Thank You! Thank You! HHHH HHHH Jack SGT McGowan Allen T. McMyler U.S. Navy 1966 - 1968 Thank You! Vietnam HHHH U.S. Marines Alfred Love, Your J. Kibble Family 8/1942 - 11/1945 HHHH U.S. Coast Guard Lon Morin With thanks 1969 - 1973 and love Dad. U.S. Coast Guard Your family Thank You! HHHH HHHH SPC4 Bill Nielsen Gerald Klose U.S. Marines 1967 - 1971 Thank You! U.S. Army HHHH Thank You! Bruce Nielsen HHHH U.S. Army Thank You! HHHH

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198th Brigade • Vietnam

U.S. Army

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Michael R. Bonnett

324 Signal Co • Vietnam

U.S. Army

BROTHERS IN VIETNAM – PFC James H. and SP4 Michael R. Bonnett, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Bonnett of Baldwin, are both serving with the United States Army in Vietnam. James 19, is with the 198th Brigade assigned to a heavy mortar company, and is stationed near Chu Lai. Michael, 22, is with the 324th Signal Compan, and is at Son Be at the present time. They are the grandsons of Mr. and Mrs. Barrett Sapp of Round Lake.

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Pictured on the left is Matt Nelson, US Army, 1983-86 SPC4. Pictured in the Middle is Dalton Nelson, Air Force Basic Training Program and pictured on the right, Theresa Nelson U.S. Army veteran Eugene Paulino, 89, being presented with various medals by U.S. Rep. John Moolenaar. Paulino served in the U.S. Army from 1944 - 1946. He was wounded during the Battle of the Bulge. Paulino received a Purple Heart, Bronze Star, EuropeanAfrican Middle Eastern Campaign medal with three bronze stars, the World War II Victory medal and the Army of Occupation medal with Germany clasp.

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1979 - 1985

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Associated Press Warphotos

Heavily bearded and with his uniform in tatters, SGT. Lloyd Gilmer, of Big Rapids, keeps his sub-machine gun ready as he smokes cigarette in a lull of New Guinea fight. Jan. 9, 1943

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Our Dad, served in world war 2. He served his country to the best he could give. Our God protected him. He was wounded trying to protect his fellow soldiers. Sargent George Lee Troyer led his platoon The Dead Eyes. Our Dad says war is worse then anyone could imagine.

Allen & Esther May Family Esther May (Mother)

Front row sitting: Allen May (Father) Alice

Sgt. US Army WWI Purple Heart

(Daughter)

John

SGT • WWII

George Lee Troyer

Thank you Dad for putting your life on the line for US.

“The Dead Eyes”

(not pictured, Alice’s Husband) WW II

From left to right standing:

Don May

Army Cpl. Korean War

Wayne May Vernon May Navy WW II

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Ted May Navy WW II

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