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A DAY TO HONOR ALL VETERANS

(MS) - The month of November is a special time for the nation’s veterans. While Memorial Day honors fallen soldiers and service people, Veteran’s Day, which takes place each November, is an opportunity to commemorate the efforts of all who have been in the armed forces, with a special emphasis on living veterans. While people are encouraged to thank veterans throughout the year, Veteran’s Day is a particularly poignant time to show your appreciation for the men and women of the military.

Veteran’s Day takes place on November 11 and marks an important moment in history. On November 11, 1918, World War I, known at the time as “The Great War,” unofficially ended when an armistice, or temporary cessation of hostilities, took place between Germany and the Allied nations on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. World War I ended on paper when the Treaty of Versailles was signed on June 28, 1919. In November 1919, President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed November 11 as the first commemoration of Armistice Day, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

Armistice Day became a federal holiday in the United States in 1938. However, after subsequent wars, including World War II and the Korean War, veterans’ service organizations lobbied for Armistice Day to be revised so it would be more inclusive of all veterans. On June 1, 1954, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed legislation to strike the word “Armistice” from the holiday’s name in favor of “Veterans.” Since then, November 11 has been known as “Veterans Day” and has honored veterans of all wars.

Veterans Day was moved to the fourth Monday in October for roughly seven years under the Uniform Monday Holiday Act, which sought to ensure three-day weekends for federal employees by celebrating certain national holidays on

Mondays. But since November 11 bore such significance, many states disapproved and continued to observe the holiday on November 11. In 1975, President Gerald Ford signed legislation to return the observation of Veterans Day to November 11 beginning in 1978. Should the day fall on a Saturday or Sunday, the federal government observes the holiday on the previous Friday or following Monday, respectively, according to History.com.

The United States isn’t the only country to celebrate its veterans. Canada, Great Britain, Australia, and France also commemorate the veterans of World War I and II on or near November 11 as Remembrance Day or Remembrance Sunday.

HONORING OUR NATION’S HEROES

P.F.C.

Robert “Bob”

HONORING OUR NATION’S HEROES

Fred

Sylvester

Don Farmer

Debra Murray

Jack

Arnold

Norman

Joseph

William

Clifford

John

HONORING OUR NATION’S HEROES

Martin R. Hawley

Joe

HONORING OUR NATION’S HEROES

Norman Arwood

Zachary Hughes

Kenneth Wayne Boaz

Theodore R. Wilson U.S. Navy - WWII

Taft Hughes

Brian Davis

Howard Breeden

Deryl Wilson U.S. Navy

Donald Davis

Ronald Wilson U.S. Navy

Vernon D. Wilson U.S. Navy

John Wilson

HONORING OUR NATION’S HEROES

Alec Catherwood

Gordy Parks

Robert Schinz

Steven Krieter

Garry L. Peters U.S.M.C. - Korea

Dale Peters Sr.

Somalia

Daryle Peters

U.S.M.C. - Korea, Grenada, Lebanon, Persian Gulf

Kennith Mayne

Michael Gladd

Dale Peters Jr.

Joe Navarro

Roger Reynold

Johnathan Oberholz

Army - S.F.C. Serving our Country in 2020 the Country of Jordan National Guard Army

Robert (Bob)

John

Robert

HONORING OUR NATION’S HEROES

John C. Henry U.S. Army - Korean War

John A. Burash U.S. Navy - Baker 3C World War II

Donald Pouk U.S. Army - Korea

Joseph A. Wargo

Army

World War II

Michael (Mickey)

John Sweet

Art Turnquist U.S. Marine Corps 1956 - 1959

Dieci DeBernardi U.S. Army / Private - WWII 1943 - 1945

Rick DeBernardi

Jerome DeBernardi

Eldon J. Werth U.S. Air Force - Captain Veteran of Vietnam War

Russell (Swede) Carlson

Navy - WWII

Eugene Renkosik

Air Force Korean War

Michael Fox

Wayne Haar U.S. Navy - USS Forrestal swept overboard - lost at sea

Ricky Rosales U.S. Navy - Desert Storm

Lawrence R. Cokley U.S. Marine Corps World War II

Robert J. Cokley

Corps

Andrew R. Cokley

HONORING OUR NATION’S HEROES

Anton Boetto

Elmer Monroe

Ernest E. Janssen

(Bill)

James

Richard

Melissa Horsley

James Russell Horsley

HONORING OUR NATION’S HEROES

Andy Barla

Navy, 1942-1945 Died 1994

Rob Barla U.S. Navy 1992-1996

Louis Barla

Marines 1956-1959

Jerry Barla

Brian Barla

Navy 1985-1989

Robert S. Brown Vietnam War Sea bee’s

Charles Rice

Air Force, Staff Seargent Vietnam Era Born 1947 - Died 2014

Dale W. Kember U.S. Army, Combat Engineer Korean War, 1951-1956

John Chorak U.S. Army - WWII

Billy J. Arnold U.S. Army Korean War

Sgt. Paul R. Missel U.S. Army Korean War, 1951-1953

Keith D. Gayan U.S. Army Stationed in Germany, 2022

Jerome A. Einhaus

Army - Vietnam Artillery 1969-1970

TSGT Dawson White U.S. Air Force, Active Duty Military training instructor for the Air and Space Force

Left to Right:

(Jack)

Paul Wayne Swisshelm

Army, Korean Conflict 1948-1956

Eugene (Gene) Potter U.S. Army Vietnam War

Kenneth Allan Holcomb

Army, Germany Artillery Specialist - 1965-1967

Leo W. Schunke Sr.

War Calvin

Lt. Col. Fred W. Tress

Army from 1951 served in Korean War then Illinois National Guard retiring in 1977.

Duane E. Kapp

Donald Bruck

Franz Richters

Gerald W. McCormick

Joseph W. Hoffman

Mario Capra

S. Army WWII

Bruno Capra

S. Army WWII - Iwo Jima

Marco Bastai

Michael Sutfin

HONORING OUR NATION’S HEROES

Harold E. Lewis Captain,

Robert A Thrush Sr.

S. Army Korean War

Eldon W. Goldman

Chris Hoxie

Gary Cody

James O’Kelly

Russell E. Thompson

S. Army - WWII Sergeant Pacific Theater

Dwight Arneson

S. Marines

Jack Seaborn

Julius P. Berta

Bennett Thomas Sr.

S. Air Force April 1955 - February 1959

Robert (Bob) Kuhn

James E. Cordial

Lauren H. Moe

James F. McDonald

S. Army - Vietnam

Alvaro Perez Jr.

S. Army 1974-1977

Ennis Mooneyham

James E. Mooneyham

For your courage, your commitment, your service,we salute you.

U.S.

U.S. Army & National Guard Served in the Pentagon in WWII, served as a judge advocate during the Korean War, retired from the guard in 1968 as a full colonel.