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A tribute from a grateful Manteca B y DENN IS WYA TT T h e Bu lletin

The wall of Manteca Bedquarters is graced with the Manteca community’s genuine gratitude for the sacrifices of the men and women who have secured and defended our freedoms. It wasn’t by accident that the Manteca Mural Society selected the east facing wall where five murals honoring those who served in America’s major wars during the past 100 years — World War I, World War Ii, the Korean War, the Vietnam War and the Global War on Terror — were placed. This is where during the darkest days of the 20th century community erected a giant billboard where the names of Mantecans serving in World War II were listed to remind people of the sacrifice they were making on their behalf. Altogether, 972 Manteca residents served in World War II. The wall — on what is the oldest commercial building in Manteca having been built in 1913 as the International Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF) Hall — is also the largest and most prominent “canvas” for murals in downtown. It is for those reasons the Manteca Mural Society chose the Manteca Bedquarters for its largest endeavor and most heartfelt undertaking — the Veterans Wall. The murals are less than a stone’s throw away from the geographical

ON THE COVER On the front are segments that are part of the five murals on the Veterans Wall in downtown Manteca — clockwise from bottom left, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, World War I, World War II, and the Global War on Terror. and cultural heart of the city — Yosemite Avenue and Main Street. It was “the” intersection 100 years ago when World War I was raging and it is “the” intersection still today as Manteca marks its 100th anniversary of cityhood fittingly on May 28, 2018 that is also Memorial Day. The six-year, $125,000 undertaking dedicated this month upon the completion of the fifth and final mural dubbed “Zero Hour” in reference to World War I is representative of what the Manteca Mural Society set out to do 15 years ago when their first mural was completed. They wanted their murals to reflect culture, history, and evoke emotion and community pride. It may not be the Mona Lisa but for the men and women who know the steep price that went into the wars those murals represent they are Manteca’s most priceless works of art. To contact Dennis Wyatt, email dwyatt@mantecabulletin.com

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‘They loved America very much’ In 1971, Memorial Day was declared a national holiday. The United States celebrates this holiday the last Monday of May. President Ronald Reagan is credited with reviving the practice of honoring Memorial Day and its meaning. One of his more famous speeches was given at Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day in 1986. “Today is the day we put aside to remember fallen heroes and to pray that no heroes will ever have to die for us again. It’s a day of thanks for the valor of others, a day to remember the splendor of America and those of her children who rest in this cemetery and others. It’s a day to be with the family and remember.

“I was thinking this morning that across the country children and their parents will be going to the town parade and the young ones will sit on the sidewalks and wave their flags as the band goes by. Later, maybe, they’ll have a cookout or a day at the beach. And that’s good, because today is a day to be with the family and to remember. “Arlington, this place of so many memories, is a fitting place for some remembering. So many wonderful men and women rest here, men and women who led colorful, vivid, and passionate lives. There are the greats of the military: Bull Halsey and the Admirals Leahy, father and son; Black Jack Pershing; and the GI’s

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general, Omar Bradley. Great men all, military men. But there are others here known for other things. “Here in Arlington rests a sharecropper’s son who became a hero to a lonely people. Joe Louis came from nowhere, but he knew how to fight. And he galvanized a nation in the days after Pearl Harbor when he put on the uniform of his country and said, ‘I know we’ll win because we’re on God’s side.’ Audie Murphy is here, Audie Murphy of the wild, wild courage. For what else would you call it when a man bounds to the top of a disabled tank, stops an enemy advance, saves lives, and rallies his men, and all of it single-handedly. When he radioed for artillery support and was asked how close the enemy was to his position, he said, ‘Wait a minute and I’ll let you speak to them.’ [Laughter] “Michael Smith is here, and Dick Scobee, both of the space shuttle Challenger. Their courage wasn’t wild, but thoughtful, the mature and measured courage of career professionals who took prudent risks for great reward— in their case, to advance the sum total of knowledge in the world. They’re only the latest to rest here; they join other great explorers with names like Grissom and Chaffee. “Oliver Wendell Holmes is here, the great jurist and fighter for the right. A poet searching for an image of true majesty could not rest until

he seized on ‘Holmes dissenting in a sordid age.’ Young Holmes served in the Civil War. He might have been thinking of the crosses and stars of Arlington when he wrote: ‘At the grave of a hero we end, not with sorrow at the inevitable loss, but with the contagion of his courage; and with a kind of desperate joy we go back to the fight.’ “All of these men were different, but they shared this in common: They loved America very much. There was nothing they wouldn’t do for her. And they loved with the sureness of the young. It’s hard not to think of the young in a place like this, for it’s the young who do the fighting and dying when a peace fails and a war begins. Not far from here is the statue of the three servicemen—the three fighting boys of Vietnam. It, too, has majesty and more. Perhaps you’ve seen it— three rough boys walking together, looking ahead with a steady gaze. There’s something wounded about them, a kind of resigned toughness. But there’s an unexpected tenderness, too. At first you don’t really notice, but then you see it. The three are touching each other, as if they’re supporting each other, helping each other on. “I know that many veterans of Vietnam will gather today, some of them perhaps by the wall. And they’re still helping each other on. They were SEE MEMORIAL, PAGE 5

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quite a group, the boys of Vietnam— boys who fought a terrible and vicious war without enough support from home, boys who were dodging bullets while we debated the efficacy of the battle. It was often our poor who fought in that war; it was the unpampered boys of the working class who picked up the rifles and went on the march. They learned not to rely on us; they learned to rely on each other. And they were special in another way: They chose to be faithful. They chose to reject the fashionable skepticism of their time. They chose to believe and answer the call of duty. They had the wild, wild courage of youth. They seized certainty from the heart of an ambivalent age; they stood for something. “And we owe them something, those boys. We owe them first a promise: That just as they did not forget their missing comrades, neither, ever, will we. And there are other promises. We must always remember that peace is a fragile thing that needs constant vigilance. We owe them a promise to look at the world with a steady gaze and, perhaps, a resigned toughness, knowing that we have adversaries in the world and challenges and the only way to meet them and maintain the peace is by staying strong. “That, of course, is the lesson of this century, a lesson learned in the Sudetenland, in Poland, in Hungary, in Czechoslovakia, in Cambodia. If we really care about peace, we must stay strong. If we really care about peace,

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we must, through our strength, demonstrate our unwillingness to accept an ending of the peace. We must be strong enough to create peace where it does not exist and strong enough to protect it where it does. That’s the lesson of this century and, I think, of this day. And that’s all I wanted to say. The rest of my contribution is to leave this great place to its peace, a peace it has earned. “Thank all of you, and God bless you, and have a day full of memories.”

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The significance of Red Poppies By C ASSANDRA CROS B Y

My office is filled with art work depicting poppies. When I first started working here I thought how appropriate it was, remembering as a child when I would go with my grandfather to sell poppies for people to wear on Memorial Day and raise money for the local chapter of the American Legion. Some of the younger people I know, however, didn’t realize the significance of the poppy and what it means for Veterans around the world. Since this event was always so important to me, selling poppies with my grandfather, and I hate to see traditions get lost, I wanted to do a blog on the significance of the poppy to our Veterans. After World War I, a day of remem-

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began creating military cemeteries for the Union dead. This practice evolved into the Memorial Day we celebrate today and was merged with the wearing of poppies in the 1915 after the publication of the poem, In Flander’s Field, by Lt. Colonel John McCrae, , following the second battle of Ypres. A copy of the poem can be found at the end of this blog. The poppy, in Europe and the United States, quickly became a symbol of the fallen military after the publication of In Flander’s Field. The opening line refers directly to the sight Lt. Col. McCrae witnessed as he, a physician, walked among the crosses laid out to mark the site of so many who died for their counties. While the poppies grew among the graves, they are also a resilient flower. The poppy is able to lay dormant for many years in the soil only to reappear in great numbers, covering fields which had lay bare for many years previously. This also held significance for Lt. Col. McCrae as he wrote of the heroes who appeared in great numbers to come to the aid of others against oppression and tyranny during this Great War, and who would lie dormant until their call was heard again. In 1918, Moina Michael wrote another poem that was a tribute to Lt. Col. McCrae’s accounting of the death on Flander’s field. Her poem, together with her promotion of using the poppy as the official symbol for the remembrance of the fallen, created what is now an iconic symbol of history that many do not know the story behind. Poppies, due to her

brance was set aside by the Commonwealth of Nations member states to memorialize the fallen from all the countries that had fought in what was then known as The Great War. Remembrance Day or Armistice Day is held on November 11, memorializing the end of hostilities, “on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month.” This is a familiar date to all of us in the United States. While it is still called Remembrance Day in Great Britain, it is now known as Veteran’s Day in the United States. However, in the United States, we have our own Memorial Day. After the Civil War, women’s and religious organizations started the formal practice of decorating the graves of the fallen soldiers and in 1865; the federal government

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glow., Loved, and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders fields Take up our quarrel with the foe To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields

“We Shall Keep the Faith” By Moin a Mich ae l Oh! You who sleep in Flanders fields, Sleep sweet – to rise anew! We caught the torch you threw And holding high, we keep the Faith With All who died We cherish, too, the poppy red That grows on fields where valor led; It seems to signal to the skies That blood of heroes never dies,

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The lesson Sammy Davis gave us in black & white Editor’s note: This is a shorter version of a column that first appeared in 1993.

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The truth — and what makes a man — is often found in the most horrific situations. Sammy Davis understands that. And so do countless other men and women who have served under this country’s flag defending the fragile concepts encompassed in two words that most Americans take for granted – “liberty” and “freedom”. True honor is born in acts of courage. Davis made that clear on March 19, 1993 during Moving Wall ceremonies at Manteca High. As 5,000 teary-eyed people watched, Davis dressed in his Army best embraced Gwyndell Holloway who was wearing his old Army fatigues. Applause drowned out what words the two were exchanging. The two hadn’t seen each other for 26 years. Then — regaining his composure — Davis turned toward the bleachers where Manteca High students sat. “What you have to understand,” Davis started in a clear even voice, “Is all this bull---- about prejudice

and racism is just what I said — bull---.” As tears of joy streamed down the two men’s faces, the applause took on a thunderous surge. Teens were wiping tears from their eyes. Marines in their best dress blues were blinking uncontrollably. A World War II veteran who had seen the worst that Hitler’s armies had to offer was smiling broadly with a tear streaming down his left cheek. Adults and children alike were unashamedly teary-eyes as the two men embraced. “We became brothers in Vietnam,” Davis added, as strong applause continued to provide the music for the emotion-choked moment. It didn’t matter that one was white and the other black. All that mattered was the fact they were both human beings caught in the most trying of circumstances. Twenty-six years earlier when the severely wounded Holloway hollered out for help from across a deep Vietnam river as 1,500 enemy troops were advancing on 90 Americans; Davis didn’t worry about the color of Holloway’s skin. Nor did he worry about SEE DAVIS, PAGE 9

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the fact he couldn’t swim or that heavy incoming fire threatened to end his life at any second. David helped fire rounds back at the enemy located some 25 meters away when mortars hit American artillery positions and gravely injured his comrades. Between valiant efforts to keep the enemy from advancing, Davis grabbed an air mattress and struck out across the river to rescue his wounded comrades one by one. Each time he reached the far shore; Davis stood up and opened fire on the enemy to prevent them from advancing and finishing off the three soldiers. His heroics continued after he pulled the last man back across the river. Davis and Holloway learned a basic lesson that day that we all tend to forget — our differences aren’t what count. What matters are the things that unite us. They both probably knew that deep down before being sent to Vietnam as 19 year olds. But it took the horror of war to drive the point home. Days later in a military hospital, Holloway had the chance to return the favor. Davis’ body temperature was at 106 degrees. His blood was curdling. The Army hospital was low on blood. The doctors were about to give up on Davis and were going to wheel him into a corridor for what they thought was an inevitable fate. But Holloway would hear nothing of it. He demanded that the doctors give Davis a direct transfusion from his veins. As the fever threatened to

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tighten its grip on Davis, the precious gift of life flowed from Holloway to the former Manteca resident. They never saw each other again until 26 years later when another incredible man — retired Manteca High teacher and fellow veteran Harry Nagy — brought them together for that inspiring spring afternoon on the same field where Davis once played football for the Buffaloes. Davis has dedicated his life to one clear and poignant message — the freedoms we cherish, yet take for granted, in this land exist only because of the men and women who have been willing to spill their blood for them over the past 240 years. Freedom isn’t something you get for free, nor is it automatic, and it certainly isn’t a forever thing unless someone is willing to stand up against the forces that threatened to take it away from not just us but all of America’s brothers and sisters around the globe. The forces of evil may ebb but they never vanish. All it takes is for good men to stand idly by for evil to extinguish the flickering flames of liberty and freedom. Those two concepts are an aberration in the history of civilization. Evil, left unchecked, will snuff out those flames. When the final tally is taken, all that really matters is that we’re in this together. And that’s the truth — in black and white. To contact Dennis Wyatt, e-mail dwyatt@mamntecabulletin.com

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for a laugh — the ship’s comedian. But he wasn’t laughing the last time you saw him, was he? Remember when that torpedo plane hit and its gas tank blew up? You looked up quick to secondary aft when you felt the heat. He was swaying back and forth on the gun platform, his mouth working like he as trying to talk. He still had his phones on, didn’t he? But no clothes. They were burned off and his flesh hung from his body in strips. He was dead when you got up there, wasn’t he? Somewhere in Korea is a guy just like Terlizzi. Maybe he burned up in tank, a jeep, or an airplane. It doesn’t matter where or how — but he got burned up. Maybe he was just number 31,467 on some casualty list but to some people he was a nice guy with a sense of humor and had a name like Terlizzi. And Boats Powell. You remember him. A quiet guy with a crooked smile, but one of the best little gunners in the business. That torpedo plane got him, too, didn’t it Murph? And you took a chipping iron and scraped him away from his 20-millimeter gun where his flesh had fused with the metal. A lot of guys in Korea have been scraped up by their buddies, and you might remember that once in awhile. And what about Smooge Scroeder? Used to be a wrestler in a carnival and just as tough as they come. But he was always good fort a laugh when

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the going got rough, wasn’t he? Take both legs at the knees. But somehow down on the table you didn’t feel that night when you guys on the fantail he crawled out of the tub, dragged very funny, did you? the doc cut your heard your first big shell scream over himself across the deck in front of pants away and you could see the your heads. Smooge shouted: “I’m a you, crawled down the ladder into bones sticking through the flesh. You lover, nit a fighter”, and your nerves chief’s quarters, and backed into a turned away and saw Sig Hanna on felt better after a good laugh at his corner where he died. the table next to you. Yeah, Murph, joke. And when that shell hit, Murph, And when they carried you down to you both the chief’s it was Hanna, that little redheaded went down q u a r t e r s , coxswain. He was half propped up together. the first against a stanchion and you could see Rememthing you his guts oozing through holes in his ber? Only saw in the shirt. Remember how he leaned over Schroeder dim light a little an said to you: How ya doing, didn’t get was Jack. Gunner, isn’t this a helluva a way to up. He was And you make a living?” And in 20 minutes he cut in two felt a lit- was dead. by a big tle sick to And Korea is full off guys — just chunk of — the late George Murphy Jr. your stomgood old American guys that can still hot metal. ach, didn’t And you crack a smile 20nminuts before they you? thought you were a dead pigeon die. Wonder how many guys in Korea because you didn’t know that most And you’re worried about the price are going to feel the same way — if of the blood and bits of flesh on you of eggs. Quit worrying. Forget it. You they haven’t already. were Schroeder’s and not yours. And when they set your stretcher never had it so good. That’s the night it first dawned on you that war is a bloody mess. You used to think people got killed with neat little bullet holes. They don’t, though, do they? They usually get smashed up and there have been over 45,000 smashed up already in Korea. And they claim this is just the start of the war. And there are probably a few guys in Korea like Jack McBride. You remember Jack, don’t you Murph? You never liked him too well — a kind of a wise guy. But when the No build too small, No cart too big chips were down he always came through, didn’t he? You’ve always 333 South Main St., Manteca, CA 95337 wondered what made Jack do what he HOURS: MONDAY THRU FRIDAY 9 AM TO 5 PM did the night the shell hit your gun. PHONE: 209.665.6258 • FAX: 209.823.0800 • valleycustomcarts.com He was up in the director tub and lost

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Given its association with the triumph of the Union, it is no surprise that most people in the South ignored the new holiday, holding their own memorials for the Confederate war dead at different times of the year. However, there were signs of change. A national survey of Decoration Day events that appeared in a North Dakota newspaper in 1884 noted that in Wheeling, West Virginia, both Union and Confederate veterans took part in the commemoration that year (although each group held its own separate ceremony). The same article noted that in nearby Maryland, another border state, former adversaries actually came together on May 30 for a joint celebration. With the inevitable passing of the Civil War generation, other aspects of the holiday began to change. In 1909, the Omaha Sunday Bee reported, for example, that many of that city’s Decoration Day ceremonies had been moved indoors, “because of the advanced years of the old veterans who cannot stand the fatigue of the parade or the prolonged exercises at the parks.” Moreover, the general cessation of business activities on May 30 caused Decoration Day to take on the features of a general holiday. Newspaper reports from the 1890s, for instance, underscore the popularity of recreational activities on that day, such as bicycle races in Pittsburgh and public dances in Akron. Furthermore, with the onset of spring citizens used the opportunity to participate in outdoor activities. The Wheeling Daily Intelligencer commented in 1899 that Decoration Day had become an occasion for “picnics, outings,

and other amusements,” despite the best efforts of what it called the “Grand Army boys” to uphold its original purpose. As memories of the Civil War began to fade, so too did the sharp regional divisions that helped to inspire the formation of the holiday. The great outpouring of patriotic sentiment following the outbreak of the Spanish-American War in 1898 did much to overcome sectional animosities. In 1902, a small Louisiana newspaper published a report of Decoration Day activities held across the United States. That year, President Theodore Roosevelt presided over the festivities in Gettysburg, paying homage to the men from the North and South alike who fought and died in the great battle 39 years earlier. The same newspaper reported that citizens in Chicago honored their former adversaries by decorating the graves of Confederates who died in a prisoner-of-war camp. With the mass mobilization accompanying America’s entry into the World War I, Decoration Day shed once and for all its distinct association with the Civil War. Now celebrated in every part of the country, the holiday honors the contributions of all veterans, past and present. Of course, the venerable custom of “decorating” graves persists to this day, although the name of the holiday has been changed. The term “Memorial Day” had been in use as early as the 1880s and became increasingly popular after the Second World War. In 1967, an act of Congress made the new name official. A final break with the old tradition of Decoration Day followed a few years later, when Memorial Day was moved from May 30 to the last Monday in May.

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