Salute to Veterans 2010

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A SALUTE TO

eterans

& Active Duty Military

An advertising publication of the St. Joseph News-Press • November 11, 2010

GEORGE ABERNATHY ARMY

SERVED

IN

WWII ‘44-’46

SGT. ROGER ABERNATHY ARMY

CURRENTLY

AT

FT. BRAGG

WILLIAM ADAMS AIR FORCE

CLARENCE L. ALBERT ARMY AIR CORPS

DON G. ALLEN ARMY

SERVED 1940-1971

SERVED 1942-1945

SERVED 1948-1955

SCOTT ARCHDEKIN ARMY

J. LEE ATKINS ARMY

BOYD R. BAKER ARMY

SERVED 1952-1954

SERVED 1945-1947

STEVEN E. ALLEN AIR FORCE

LARRY E. ANTHONY, SR. NAVY

SERVED 1967-1989

SERVED 1965-1967

CLAYTON BAKER ARMY

LCPL BRADLEY A. BALAK MARINES

BILLY BALES MARINES

JOHN H. BARNES NAVY

RAYMOND BARNTHSON ARMY

SERVED 2001-2006

SERVED 1949-1951

SERVED 1943-1945

SERVED 1943-1966

JIM L. BARTLOW ARMY

LEON BASCUE ARMY

CURRENTLY

IN

AFGHANISTAN

JERRY BARTLETT AIR FORCE

SERVED 1966-1970 2 Salute To Veterans November 11, 2010

SERVED

IN

VIETNAM ‘66-’68

CURRENTLY

IN IRAQ

SERVED 1984-2000

In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned.

When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot. ~Mark Twain, Notebook, 1935

HARRY C. BAUMAN AIR FORCE

ROY L. BEERS SFC ARMY

EARL G. BELL, JR. ARMY AIR CORPS

SERVED 1960-1964

SERVED 1968-1991

SERVED 1942-1946

MELVIN LEE BIRT ARMY

GEORGE M. BLAKELY ARMY

JOSHUA A. BLANCHARD AIR FORCE

SERVED 1942-1945

SERVED 1956-1960

AIRMAN KLAYTON BOOK NAVY

DENNIS F. BOTTORFF ARMY

SGT. JOSEPH BENEZETTE MARINES

CURRENTLY

IN

S SGT. RACHEAL BENEZETTE MARINES

NORTH CAROLINA

CURRENTLY IN NORTH CAROLINA

GILBERT E. BOMAR ARMY

SGT. ERIC E. BOOK MARINES

SERVED 1953-1955

SERVED 1997-2005

DONALD BOTTORFF NAVY

HAROLD BOTTORFF ARMY

JERRY BOTTORFF ARMY

SERVED 1965-1971

SERVED 1966-1969

SERVED 1942-1945

SERVED 1969-1975

LOWELL E. BOWLAND ARMY

EMANUEL BOYD NAVY

RONALD BRADLEY NAVY

LEON R. BRINON ARMY

CPL HALLIE BROOKS ARMY

SERVED 1945-1947

SERVED 1956-1960

SERVED 1964-1970

SERVED 1962-1966

SERVED 1951-1954

CURRENTLY

ON

U.S.S. NIMITZ

CURRENTLY

AT

FORT BRAGG, NC

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JON DEAN BROWN AIR FORCE

KENNETH L. BRYSON NAVY

RAYMOND E. BUIS AIR NATIONAL GUARD

ALFRED C. “DOC” BURGESS ARMY

SGT. HAROLD G. BURGESS ARMY

SERVED 1966-1970

SERVED 1971-1973

SERVED ‘43-’46, ‘48-’82

SERVED 1966-1967

SERVED 1959-1967

JIM BUSBY ARMY

PETER CAGG ARMY

KENNETH L. CALEY ARMY

SPC. JOSEPH N. CALLAWAY ARMY

CHRISTOPHER CAMPBELL NAVY

SERVED 1968-1970

SERVED 1964-1968

SERVED 1965-1967

CURRENTLY SERVING

SERVED 1996-2000

We salute our veterans and active duty military for serving and protecting our country.

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SGT. ETHAN H. CAMPBELL ARMY

MANUEL CARRILLO AIR FORCE

WARREN CARTER NAVY

EVERETT R. CHAPMAN ARMY

GARY CHESSER ARMY

SERVED 1941-1945

SERVED 1960-1967

SERVED 1941-1946

SERVED 1955-1961

SERVED 1968-1970

JAMES JAY CHRISTIANSEN ARMY

MIKE CLINE NAVY

JIMMIE R. COBB MERCHANT MARINE

CARL COFFEY ARMY

JILL COFFEY NAVY

SERVED 1992-1996

SERVED ‘81-’85, ‘89-’93

SERVED 1941-1943

SERVED 1954-1956

SERVED 1977-1981

BRYAN COGDILL ARMY

WAYNE COGDILL ARMY

CHARLES V. COLLINGS ARMY

VIRGIL F. COLLINGS ARMY

VICTOR M. CORTEZ NAVY

SERVED 1987-CURRENT

SERVED 1986-2006

SERVED 1943-1946

SERVED 1943-1946

SERVED 1980-1984

BENJAMIN CORWIN ARMY

BUD (H.D.) CROCKETT NAVY

CHARLES VAN CROCKETT NAVY

CHARLES VAN CROCKETT II AIR FORCE

GEORGE CROCKETT ARMY

SERVED 1941-1944

SERVED 1943-1946

SERVED 1972-1975

SERVED 1972-PRESENT

SERVED 1951-1953 St. Joseph News-PPress November 11, 2010 5

JOHN O. CROCKETT ARMY

ARTHUR L. CULVER ARMY

SERVED 1943-1951

SERVED 1943-1945

CARL D. DICKENS ARMY

CARLWYN R. DIVELBISS AIR FORCE

PAUL J. DAY MARINES

RICHARD ASHLEY DESHON ARMY

SERVED 1966-1970

SERVED 1968-1970

JAMES E. DODD AIR FORCE

RYAN DONOVAN ARMY

HENRY HANK DRENNEN MARINES

SERVED 1951-1962

SERVED 1951-1955

SERVED 2000-2006

SERVED 1944-1946

CHARLES H. EAST JR. NAVY

CHARLES H. EAST NAVY

JOHN EASTWOOD NAVY

DON EBLING SR. AIR FORCE

SERVED 1984-2007

SERVED 1964-1968

SERVED 1970-1981

SERVED 1951-1954

DONALD EBLING JR. MARINES / AIR FORCE

RANDY EBLING AIR FORCE

PHILIP JOHN EIBERGER MARINES

BARAT F. ELLIS ARMY

BENJAMIN A. ELLIS AIR FORCE

SERVED ‘76-’79, ‘82-’84, ‘86-’94

SERVED 1978-1982

SERVED 1987-1995

SERVED 1942-1945

SERVED 1942-1945

SERVED

IN

KOREAN WAR

JEROME DUFF ARMY

SERVED

IN

WWII

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CHARLES DANBERRY ARMY

SERVED

IN

KOREAN WAR

FRANKLIN C. ELLIS ARMY

SERVED 1966-1968

JONATHON LEE ESPESETH ARMY

CURRENTLY

IN

JAPAN

KYLE ELLIS AIR FORCE

CURRENTLY

AT

MCCONNELL A.F BASE

ARTHUR EWING ARMY

SERVED

IN

WWI

THOMAS EMBERRY ARMY

OTHA “BILL” EMBREY ARMY

JACK L. ENOCHS MARINES

SERVED 1949-1951

SERVED 1948-1952

SERVED 1968-1972

RUSSEL EWING ARMY

VERNON EWING MARINES

RICHARD D. FASCHING ARMY

SERVED 1942-1946

SERVED 1960-1964

LLOYD LEO FOSTER NAVY / MARINES

HAROLD J. FOX ARMY

HAROLD FRANKLIN NAVY/AIR FORCE

ELTON E. FULLER JR. NAVY

SERVED 1943-1946

SERVED ‘42-’46, ‘50-’51

SERVED 1959-1969

SERVED 1956-1977

CECIL J. GARNER NAVY

JAMES GARNER ARMY/AIR FORCE

JOHN C. GAY SR. ARMY

DAVID E. GEBHART NAVY

PAUL L. GEIGER SR. MARINES

SERVED 1950-1954

SERVED 1940S-1950S

SERVED 1942-1945

SERVED 1936-1966

SERVED 1952-1955

DUSTIN GARDNER NAVY

CURRENTLY

IN

WASHINGTON

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BRUCE R. GEORGE MARINES

FRED GERBER ARMY

CLAYTON GILBERTSON ARMY

EDWARD GILPIN NAVY

DELBERT (BERT) GOBEN LT. NAVY/AIR FORCE

SERVED 1967-1971

SERVED 1941-1945

SERVED 1953-1973

SERVED 1943-1945

SERVED 1965-1965; 1970-1974

JAMES R. GOLDEN NAVY

CAPTAIN WM. H. GONDRING NAVY

CHARLES W. GOSSETT NAVY

MERLE K. GREEN AIR FORCE

CLIFFORD R. GRENIER MARINES

SERVED 1961-1978

SERVED 1960-1997

SERVED 1941-1963

SERVED 1942-1966

SERVED 1956-1962

GEORGE E. GRIFFIN ARMY

GEORGE GRIFFIN JR. NAVY

VINCIL GRIFFITH ARMY

CARLYLE GRINSTEAD ARMY

RAY GURWELL ARMY

SERVED 1940-1945

SERVED 1964-1968

SERVED 1946-1948

SERVED 1945-1952

SERVED 1952-1954

WILBUR HAINLINE NAVY

GERALD F. HALDA NAVY

DUSTON HANSEN ARMY NATIONAL GUARD

ELMER HANSEN AIR FORCE

MICHAEL HANSEN AIR NATIONAL GUARD

SERVED 1942-1945

SERVED 1966-1972

SERVED 1990-2007

SERVED 1951-1955

SERVED 1984-2007

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F

FREEDOM FRE FREE REEEDOM IS IS NOT NOT

By: Kelly Strong

I watched the flag pass by one day.

It fluttered in the breeze.

A young Marine saluted it, and then he stood at ease.

I looked at him in uniform So young, so tall, so proud, He’d stand out in any crowd.

I thought how many men like him Had fallen through the years.

How many died on foreign soil?

How many mothers’ tears?

How many pilots’ planes shot down?

How many died at sea?

How many foxholes were soldiers’ graves?

No, freedom isn’t free.

I heard the sound of TAPS one night, When everything was still I listened to the bugler play And felt a sudden chill.

I wondered just how many times That TAPS had meant “Amen,” When a flag had draped a coffin Of a brother or a friend.

I thought of all the children, Of the mothers and the wives, Of fathers, sons and husbands With interrupted lives.

I thought about a graveyard At the bottom of the sea Of unmarked graves in Arlington.

No, freedom isn’t free.

With our deep gratitude, CBIZ honors those Americans called in service to our country to guard our security, protect our freedoms, and represent us to the world.

May God protect those actively at duty, and bless the souls of the fallen.

It is our honor to recognize our local CBIZ employees who have served Jason Anderson, Sergeant USMC Andy Burnham, Corporal USMC 1371 Combat Engineer Larry Huddleston, Specialist 5th Class US Army, Viet Nam Jim Morgan, Sergeant USMC

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JERRY B. HARDIN NAVY

SERVED 1959-1965

KENNETH H. HARGIS ARMY

SERVED

IN

WWII

KENNETH J. HARGIS AIR FORCE

RETIRED

CORTNEY HARRIS ARMY

CURRENTLY

IN

AFGHANISTAN

ROBERT HARRIS AIR FORCE

SERVED 1964-1969

JOHN HART ARMY

GEORGE W. HAYWARD ARMY

DEWEY R. HEATH ARMY

LARRY L. HENDRICKS AIR FORCE

KENNETH L. HENDRICKS ARMY

SERVED 1967-1969

SERVED 1950-1971

SERVED 1917-1919

SERVED 1964-1986

SERVED 1942-1946

SGT. LAWRENCE HERNANDEZ MARINES

HARRY MELVIN HICKMAN ARMY

GENE R. HILL NAVY

WILLIAM F. HILL ARMY

DONALD HOCHSTETLER ARMY-AIR CORPS

SERVED 1966-1970

SERVED 1945-1947

SERVED 1943-1946

SERVED 1953-1956

SERVED 1940-1945

This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave. ~Elmer Davis

JAMES HOLLAND ARMY

JASON B. HOLT AIR FORCE/AIR NTL. GUARD

RAYMOND LLOYD HORSMAN ARMY

FARRELL D. HOWARD NAVY

SERVED 1955-1957

SERVED 2003-2010

SERVED 1944-1945

SERVED 1955-1959

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BILL HUBER ARMY AIR CORPS

J.D. HUFFMAN NAVY

DALE L. HUFFT NAVY

CLIFFORD HUGHES MARINES

SERVED 1942-1945

SERVED 1949-1953

SERVED 1944-1945

SERVED 1951-1953

How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes! ~Maya Angelou

JOHN HUGHES ARMY

OLIVER “HAPPY” HUGHES ARMY

RENEE M. HUGHES AIR FORCE

GEORGE HUMBERT ARMY

SERVED 2000-CURRENT

SERVED 1941-1944

DENNIS HUGHES MARINES

SERVED 1972-1974

SERVED

IN

WWII

SERVED

IN

WWII

JOHN HUMBERT ARMY

JERRY HUNTSMAN AIR FORCE

CRAIG HURST MARINES

THOMAS I. HURST NAVY SEABEES

WILBUR HURT JR. ARMY

SERVED 1968-1969

SERVED 1947-1948

SERVED 1994-1998

SERVED 1963-1967

SERVED 1980-1986

MARVIN E. HUTTON ARMY/AIR FORCE

GLENN E. HYDER ARMY

HARRY L. JACKSON ARMY/AIRBORNE

KENNETH D. JACKSON ARMY

JAMES V. JACKSON ARMY

SERVED 1951-1955

SERVED 1951-1953

SERVED 1952-1953

SERVED 1945-1946

SERVED

IN

WWII

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JOHN W. (BILL) JACKSON ARMY

DANTE JEFFRIES MARINES

LEWIS RICHARD JEFFRIES JR. MARINES

LEWIS RICHARD JEFFRIES SR. NAVY

MERLE LEE JEFFRIES MARINES

SERVED 1951-1952

SERVED 1995-1999

SERVED 1965-1969

SERVED 1944-1945

SERVED 1968-1970

HARRY E. JOHNSON ARMY

JASE AARON JONES AIR FORCE

JIM JONES AIR FORCE

RAY F. JONES ARMY

HUBERT JORDAN ARMY

SERVED 1951-1953

SERVED 2001-CURRENT

SERVED 1953-1960

SERVED 1942-1945

SERVED 1943-1944

JOHN B. KANE JR. ARMY

LESTER C. KIESER MARINES

WENDELL E. KOERNER, JR. NAVY

BERND U. KURTZ AIR FORCE

PETRA C. KURTZ AIR FORCE

SERVED 1953-1954

SERVED 1951-1953

SERVED 1960-1965

SERVED 1981-2001

SERVED 1986-1994

WILLIAM J. KURTZ AIR FORCE

1ST LT JONATHAN P LACKAMP ARMY

1ST LT ROBERT D. LACKAMP ARMY

RAY V. LANDRUM ARMY MEDIC

ELDEN LANGEMACH ARMY

SERVED 1943-1946

SERVED 1943-1946

SERVED 1960-1986 12 Salute To Veterans November 11, 2010

CURRENTLY

IN

UGANDA, AFRICA

SERVED

IN

WWII 1942-1945

FRED LANKFORD ARMY

DARWIN LAUCK ARMY

CHARLES WM. LEFFLER, SR. ARMY

JOHN J. LEFFLER MARINES

MARVIN L. LEFFLER MARINES

SERVED KOREAN WAR

SERVED 1952-1954

SERVED 1941-1943

SERVED 1964-1966

SERVED 1964-1965

WILLIAM LEPPERT NAVY

WILTON F. LEWIS NAVY

SGT. MATTHEW R. LIECHTI MARINES

ROGER LINDER MARINES

RETOY LOUIS ARMY

SERVED 1965-1969

SERVED 1942-1945

SERVED 1964-1967

SERVED KOREAN WAR

KENNETH LUEDKE AIR FORCE

LOUIS J. LUKE ARMY

MICHEAL J. MACE ARMY

THOMAS K. MACKEY ARMY

DANIEL C. MADINGER ARMY

SERVED 1943-1945

SERVED 1954-1956

SERVED 1988-1995

SERVED 1968-1970

SERVED 1999-2007

RONALD W. MAGERS NAVY

EDWARD A. MAKAWSKI ARMY

EDWARD MAKOS ARMY

KENNETH I. MARSHALL ARMY

HENRY ANDREW MATTICE JR. NAVY

SERVED 1957-1961

SERVED 1941-1945

SERVED 1941-1945

SERVED 1957-1960

SERVED 1972-1975

CURRENTLY

IN

LEBANON, MO.

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RALPH STOKE MATTICE ARMY

TONY MAZUR ARMY

JOSEPH MCCAN ARMY

ARMY AIR CORP/AIR NTL. GUARD

SERVED WWI

SERVED 1967-1969

SERVED 1943-1946

SERVED 1942-46/49-78

ROSCOE MCDONALD NAVY

VERNON E. MCDOWELL ARMY

WILLIAM “BILL” MCGAUGHEY MARINES

JIM MCINTOSH ARMY

TIM MCINTOSH AIR FORCE

SERVED 1960S

SERVED 1944

SERVED 1967-1969

SERVED 1994-1997

ROBERT MCKINNIS SR. ARMY

WILLIAM A. MCNEELY JR. ARMY

GEORGE C. MILLER ARMY

DARWIN D. MINNIS MARINES

BOBBY D. MOORE ARMY

SERVED 1957-1959

SERVED 1943-1946

SERVED 1942-1945

SERVED 1951-1977

SERVED 1951-1953

CPL. ALPHA L. MORRIS ARMY

ROBERT (BOBBY) MOSIMAN ARMY

ROBERT M. (BOB) MOSIMAN NAVY

EDWARD J. (JERRY) NASH ARMY

VICTOR NEIDERHAUSER MARINES

SERVED 1950-1951

SERVED 1966-1970

SERVED 1941-1945

SERVED 1943-1946

SERVED 1990-1991

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SERVED

IN

VIETNAM

HUGH MCCULLOUGH, SR.

DELBERT MCDONALD NAVY

SERVED

IN

WWII

HERBERT NICHOLSON ARMY

TED M. NOVAK ARMY

SERVED 1943-1945

SERVED 1943-1946

LELAND E. ORTH ARMY

T.W. OSBORN ARMY

SERVED 1958-1979

C.E. “JO” OLSON, JR. ARMY

ROBERT ORR ARMY

SERVED WWII

SERVED 1954-1956

JAMES K. PANKAU AIR FORCE

HARVEY L. PARKER AIR GUARD / AIR FORCE

JOHN G. PARKER NAVY

SERVED 1952-1955

SERVED 1965-1991

SERVED 1950-1955

SERVED 1943-1946

MILTON W. PARKER NAVY

MOA B. PARKER NAVY

DONALD L. PATTON ARMY

CARL ALLEN PAXTON ARMY

JOSEF PAXTON MARINES

SERVED 1943-1945

SERVED 1942-1945

SERVED 1951-1953

SERVED 1949-1969

SERVED 1967-1975

FORREST E. PEDEN ARMY

K. ROGER PENNEL NAVY

DANIEL L. PETITT ARMY

FLOYD L. PETTIJOHN ARMY

JESSICA HOWARD PHILLIPS ARMY

SERVED 1969-1971

SERVED 1961-1964

CURRENTLY SERVING

SERVED 1943-1945 KIA

SERVED

IN

1944-1946

JOSHUA D. OBERMIER MARINES

CURRENTLY

IN

AFGHANISTAN

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DONALD R. PLANALP AIR FORCE

JOHN PLANALP ARMY

From the Country to Serving His Country Agency man finds career surprise in the skies.

Written by Alice McVicker

SERVED 1979-2001

SERVED 1862-1863

LOWELL PLANALP ARMY

EUGENE A. POYNTER S/SGT. ARMY

SERVED 1944-1946

SERVED 1944-1946

HOWARD PREDMORE ARMY

KEN PUCKETT ARMY

SERVED 1914-1917

SERVED 1943-1973

PFC RICHARD W. PUETT MARINES

RICHARD L. RAINEZ SR. ARMY

CURRENTLY SERVING

SERVED 1959-1966

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Joining the military was the farthest thing from his mind when he was growing up on a farm at Agency, Mo. Today at age 45, Air Force Master Sgt. retired David Mark Kelsey looks back on it as one of the best moves he ever made.

A 1983 graduate of East Buchanan High School, Gower, Mo., he says after graduation he enrolled in a technical school and toyed with the idea of becoming an electronics technician.

“But that was too expensive, so I quit and went to work. Then I met my wife (Helen) and we got married in 1985. I was working at a country club, and my wife says, ‘ You need to do something different.’ So, I signed up with the Air Force in December of 1987.”

He points out that he never had any strong leaning toward joining the military and no family ties. His parents, David and Sherrill still Master Sgt. retired David Mark Kelsey reside in Agency.

“When I was growing up you farmed and that’s what we did, and alot of friends did too. And some friends went off to college to get an education, but I wanted to do something different.

“I felt like I needed to do it at the time because I was young and needed a job, and it (the military) had good benefits and training.”

“Once I got into it,” he continues. “I knew it was something I wanted to do. I really enjoyed the time I’ve spent in the military, especially the nice places I got to visit.”

He adds, “I was stationed out of Italy and Venice is my favorite city. It really is beautiful.”

The father of three children and two grandchildren notes that residing abroad was a good learning experience for his then young children, daughter Josline; and sons, Joshua and Jordan.

“My boys played sports at the military schools with kids from such places as the Netherlands and Belgium. They really had a good time.”

His son, Joshua, who attends a university in Las Vegas, Nev., plans to follow in his father’s footsteps and join the Air Force after graduation.

During Mr. Kelsey’s 23 years of serving his country, the airman had a tour of duty in the Balkans (Kosovo), Kuwait and Iraq, but was mainly stationed in the States. His aircraft duties included handling logistics problems, maintenance practice improvements and design improvements of the defensive avionics system.

Although he was never involved in the fighting and was never wounded, he did experience the affects of war.

“While in the places where there was fighting, it was very unnerving. You tried to sleep, but you couldn’t sleep for the daily mortar and rockets, and sirens going off.”

But he says the hardest aspect of military life for him was “being away from my family.”

“I tried to keep in touch to let them know I was alright. But my wife had to be mommy and daddy, and that’s tough on a family.”

“I give my wife alot of credit for taking over,” he adds.

During his career, he was honored with several awards, including the Airman Medal for heroism in 1996. The incident took place in Glendale, Ariz., during a fierce storm with 100 miles per hour winds when he rescued a woman who was trapped in her car when an electrical line still energized with 12,000 volts fell on it. Minutes later the car burst into flames and was destroyed. Although this wasn’t military related, the Air Force felt he displayed exceptional courage in saving a life.

All these years of military life came to a close on Oct. 8 in a retirement ceremony at Ellsworth Air Force Base in Rapid City, S.D. His official retirement date is Jan. 1, 2011.

But Mr. Kelsey will still have ties to the military through his new position as senior intergraded logistics specialist with ITT Corp. in Warner Robins, Ga., which specializes in military and civilian projects.

His area of expertise will be in the defense end. He will be calling Perry, Ga., home.

Landing this civilian job had alot to do with his training and experience in the military he points out.

He says he would highly recommend joining the military.

“I think, especially the way some kids are today, it would give them discipline and structure, and instill patriotism in them for their country.

“It’s a hard thing to hear and see people who don’t like the military,” he continues, “and they protest and say ugly things. We’re over there fighting for them to have the freedom to say what they want. They take that freedom for granted. The guys are just trying to do their jobs and spending time away from their families, and serving in places that are not very nice, just so they can have that freedom.”

NORMAN D. RANDALL MARINES

DAVID A. REECE SR. MARINES

JERRY REENTS NAVY

DAVID W. RICH MARINES / ARMY

JEFFREY RICH AIR FORCE/MO AIR GUARD

SERVED 1951-1954

SERVED 1942-1945

SERVED 1953-1957

SERVED 1977-1990

SERVED 1969-2001

SGT. ED RICHEY MARINES

ROY E. ROARK ARMY

ROBERT D. ROBERTS MARINES

MILES ROBERTS NAVY

CHARLES ROBINSON AIR FORCE

SERVED 1950-1953

SERVED 1942-1946

SERVED 1952-1955

SERVED 1942-1944

SERVED 1950-1954

LOLO RODRIGUEZ ARMY

STEVE RUCKER NAVY

ROBERT L. RUSSELL, SR. AIR FORCE

LAURA SAMPSEL ARMY RESERVE

E. CARLETON SCHIRMER ARMY AIR CORPS

SERVED 1943-1945

SERVED VIETNAM

SERVED 1947-1952

IVAN E. SCHOTTEL ARMY/NAVY

HARVEY F. SCHOTTEL ARMY

PAUL SCHULTZ JR. MARINES

DEAN P. SCOTT ARMY

SERVED 1943-1946

SERVED 1943-1946

SERVED 1942-1946

SERVED 1987-2007

CURRENTLY

IN

MASSACHUSETTS

SERVED 1943-1945

JOSEPH SHELBY ARMY

SERVED

IN

WWI (1914)

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EVERETT E. SHELTON ARMY

HENRY SHELTON ARMY AIR CORP

SERVED 1942-1945

SERVED 1942-1945

MATTHEW SHUTE MARINES

DONALD SIDWELL ARMY

BILLY E. SIMON ARMY

DANNY SIMON NAVY

JERRY SIMON ARMY NATIONAL GUARD

SERVED 1967-1969

SERVED 1943-1945

SERVED 1968-1970

SERVED 1970-1977

GARY G. SMITH NAVY

DAVID A. SMITH MO ARMY NATIONAL GUARD

E. EUGENE SMITH ARMY

EZRA E. SMITH ARMY

GERALD SMITH ARMY AIR FORCES

SERVED 1954-1958

SERVED 1964-1969

SERVED 1964-1969

SERVED 1943-1945

SERVED WWII

RUSSELL LAVERN SMITH ARMY

SKYLER SMITH NAVY

STEPHEN E. SMITH ARMY

HARVEY SPILLMAN ARMY AIR FORCE

CLARENCE E. SPITZ MARINES

SERVED 2000-PRESENT

SERVED 1966-1968

SERVED 1942-1945

SERVED WWII & KOREA

CURRENTLY

IN

SERVED

AFGHANISTAN

IN

WWII

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LCPL NICHOLAS M SHELTON MARINE

CURRENTLY

AT

CAMP PENDLETON

ROBERT SHIMER ARMY

SERVED 1952-1954

MICHAEL ANDREW SHUMAKE MARINES

CURRENTLY

IN

N. CAROLINA

LLOYD H. SPITZ ARMY

GLENN A. SPITZER NAVY/COAST GUARD AUX.

CARL V. STEIDEL MARINES

L.G. STEVENSON ARMY

HAROLD STEWART NAVY

SERVED 1943-1944

SERVED 1979-1985

SERVED 1944-1951

SERVED 1953-1955

SERVED 1961-1963

CHARLES STONE MARINES

EUGENE STONE ARMY

GEORGE E. STONE NAVY

LESTER STONE MARINES

MICHELE R. STONE ARMY/AIR FORCE

SERVED 1959-1962

SERVED

IN

WWII

SERVED

It was the Soldier, not the reporter, who has given us freedom of the press.

It is the Soldier, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech.

It is the Soldier, not the campus organizer, who has given us the freedom to demonstrate.

It's the Soldier, not the lawyer, who has given us the right to a fair trial.

It is the Soldier who salutes the flag, serves under the flag and whose coffin is draped by the flag, who gives the protester the right to burn the flag.

IN

WWII

SERVED 1959-1989

CURRENTLY

IN

KOREA

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KENNETH STUBBLEFIELD NAVY

RICHARD STUBBLEFIELD ARMY

EDWARD SUMMERS ARMY

DARREN SWINDLER NAVY

SERVED 1940-1943

SERVED 1965-1967

SERVED WWII

SERVED 1985-1990

S. SCOTT SZCZEPANIK ARMY

LEROY C. TERRY NAVY

HAROLD D. TESTERMAN MARINES

ROY THOMAS ARMY

SERVED 1981-1984

SERVED 1948-1952

SERVED 1953-1975

ARTHUR B. THORNTON ARMY

MARION L. THORNTON ARMY

KENNETH THURN MARINES

SERVED 1946-1947

SERVED 1944-1946

SERVED 1951-1953

GEORGIA E. TIVIS ARMY

ERIC TOBIN MARINES

DON TROUT NAVY

WILLIAM RAY TURNER ARMY

SERVED 1944-1946

SERVED WWI

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CURRENTLY

IN

N. CAROLINA

SERVED

IN

LT. TIMOTHY SYBERT ARMY

CURRENTLY

SERVED WWII

BART TILLMAN NAVY

PVT. E2 TYLER TIETZ ARMY

IN

FORT KNOX

FT. LEONARD WOOD

RAY THOMSON ARMY AIR CORPS

KOREA 1949-51

CURRENTLY

AT

SERVED 1981-1984

BOBBY C. TURNER ARMY

SERVED

IN

KOREA 1951-1953

FRANCIS E. TURNER ARMY

HAROLD LEE WAGNER ARMY

SEBASTIAN A. WAGNER ARMY

HAROLD WALKER NAVY

ROY WALKER NAVY

SERVED 1945-1947

SERVED 1943-1952

SERVED 1943-1946

SERVED 1948-1952

SERVED 1952-1956

ROBERT WALTER ARMY

HOWARD L. WALTERS AIR FORCE

MERLE K. WALTERS ARMY

CARL W. WARD ARMY

ART L. WARNER NAVY

SERVED 1944-1946

SERVED 1941- MIA

SERVED 1942-1945

SERVED 1942-1945

SERVED 1940-1960

ART R. WARNER AIR FORCE

SPANN WATSON AIR FORCE

BOBBY J. WATTS NAVY

MARVIN WEBB ARMY / AIR FORCE

MELVIN C. WEBB ARMY

SERVED 1966-1970

WWII - TUSKEGEE AIRMAN

SERVED 1952-1956

SERVED 1943-1946

SERVED 1944-1946

WILLIAM DALE WENNIHAN ARMY

JAMES E. WHEELER ARMY

STEVEN WHIPPLE ARMY

FRANK D. WHITE JR. MARINES

LLOYD L. WHITE ARMY

SERVED 1942-1945

SERVED 1957-1960

SERVED 1969-1971

SERVED 1987-1993

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MARVIN WHITE NAVY

SERVED 1945-1947

FENTON WILLIAMS ARMY

SERVED

IN

VIETNAM

JAMES WIRTZ U.S.A.A.F

CLINTON L. WISDOM ARMY NATIONAL GUARD

CLINTON L. WOLF, JR. MARINES

SERVED 1943-1947

SERVED 1982-2004

SERVED 1989-1997

JAMES WRIGHT NAVY

DAVID YOCAM ARMY

SAMUEL JOHN ZEBELEAN MARINES

THEODORE ZEBELEAN ARMY

SERVED 1955-1959

SERVED 1953-1955

SERVED 1950-1952

SERVED 1941-1963

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We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude. ~Cynthia Ozick

World War I 1917-1918 • Total Service members

World War II 1941-1945 • Total Service members

(Worldwide) ........................4,734,991

(Worldwide) ...................... 16,112,566

• Battle Deaths ...........................53,402

• Battle Deaths ......................... 291,557

• Other Deaths in Service

• Other Deaths in Service

(Non-Theater) ..........................63,114

(Non-Theater) ........................ 113,842

• Non-mortal Woundings .........204,002

• Non-mortal Woundings ......... 670,846

• Living Veterans. ...............................1

• Living Veterans .................. 2,079,000

Korean War 1950-1953 • Total Service members (Worldwide) ........................ 5,720,000 • Battle Deaths ............................ 33,739 • Other Deaths (in Theater) .......... 2,835 • Other Deaths in Service (Non-Theater) ........................... 17,672 • Non-mortal Woundings .......... 103,284 • Living Veterans ................... 2,507,000

AMERICA’S WARS

Vietnam War 1964-1975

Gulf War 1990-1991

Global War on Terror 2001-

• Total Service members (Worldide) ...........................8,744,000 • Battle Deaths ...........................47,434 • Other Deaths (in Theater) .......10,786 • Other Deaths in Service (Non-Theater) ..........................32,000 • Non-mortal Woundings .........153,303 • Living Veterans ..................7,569,000

• Total Service members (Worldwide) ........................ 2,322,000 • Battle Deaths ................................. 148 • Other Deaths (in Theater) ............. 235 • Other Deaths in Service (Non-Theater) ............................. 1,565 • Non-mortal Woundings ................. 467 • Living Veterans ................... 2,254,000

The Global War on Terror (GWOT), including Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) are ongoing conflicts. For the most current GWOT statistics, visit the following Department of Defense Web site: http://siadapp.dmdc.osd.mil/personnel/ CASUALTY/gwot_component.pdf Information from www.va.gov

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