Veterans Day Section 2017

A supplement to the Siuslaw News

Inside: 2017 Florence Veterans Parade Program

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Thank you Veterans!

Join us after the parade For a free meet and greet with our Veterans Food and refreshments will be available See our new veterans display!

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HONORING ALL WHO SERVED Salute to All Veterans & Veterans Day Parade Program

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onor the service and sacrifice of all active-duty and military veterans at the 11th annual Veterans Day Parade on Saturday, Nov. 11, at 2 p.m. in Historic Old Town Florence.

The parade assembles near the Florence Events Center on Quince Street and continues to Bay Street before ending at the Veteran’s Memorial Park.

This year’s parade Grand Marshals are Korean War Veterans, who are no longer forgotten. The Korean War is often referred to as “The Forgotten War.” The parade will take place rain or shine. Military vehicles, music from local bands, floats, marching groups,

elected officials and many others will pay tribute to all veterans during the parade.

Show your red, white and blue spirit by waving flags along the parade route. Families welcome.

Each year Nov. 11 is observed in America to acknowledge the sacrifices made by those currently serving and those who have served to keep this country free. This Veteran’s Day, the nation will again be reminded of the tremendous sacrifices endured to ensure America’s freedom.

Everyone is invited to attend the Veterans Day Parade in Florence and salute those who protect this country.

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VETERANS DAY PARADE • 2 P.M. • OLD TOWN 2017 Veterans Day Parade Route

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ike Bones, left, second sailor from the left, shared this photo of an old Portuguese fort in Muscat, the Capital of Oman. “My first duty station was out of Bahrain, Saudi Arabia. I was a radioman aboard the USS Valcour, which was the command ship for the Commander of the Middle East in the Indian Ocean. It was a great life experience being over there in the Middle East during the 1970s. The USS Valcour (AGF1) had a flat bottom and we could get into many ports in the Indian Ocean. It was a goodwill ship, painted white, and nicknamed, ‘The Great White Ghost of the Arabian Coast.’”

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HONORING OUR VETS A special tribute to Florence-area military veterans FRED ALLEN HM2, U.S. Navy, 1967-1969 Tours of Duty: Northern corps

MICHAEL ALLEN Lieutenant, U.S. Naval Reserves 1963-1967 Tours of Duty: Naval Reserve Training Centers in New Rochelle, NY, and Lansing, Mich. and the Mare Island Naval Shipyard in Vallejo, Calif.

When commissioned an ensign, was recruited

by Admiral Hyman Rickover to teach at the U.S. Naval Nuclear Power School in Vallejo, Calif.

TOM ARMSTRONG

DANIEL BALDRIDGE

CT2, U.S. Navy 1964-1968 Tours of Duty: Great Lakes, IL; Pensacola, FL, USNCS Sidi Yahia, Morocco.

TYSON ARRANT U.S. Army 2000-present Tours of Duty: Operation Enduring Freedom, Kuwait

U.S. Air Force 1953-1957 Ground crewman and crew chief on the B-47 bomber during the Cold War

QUINT BARNABY CW2, U.S. Army National Guard 2009-2010 Tours of Duty: Iraq Joined in 1985; still serving; picture is in front of one of Saddam’s Palaces

ROBERT C. ANSTEAD Sergeant, U.S. Air Force 1966-1970 Tours of Duty: Blytheville Aiir Force Base, Ark.

SHARON ARMSTRONG U.S. Coast Guard (Reserve) 1972 - Enlisted E-6 Storekeeper First Class 2003 - Retired O-6 Captain Ports Assigned: San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA; Philadelphia, PA; Washington, D.C.; Major Assignments: Port Security Team Leader, Training Officer, Administrative Officer; Executive Officer, Commanding Officer, Group Commander; Senior Reserve Command Advisor.

DENNIS BAKER E-U, U.S. Army 1968-1970 Tours of Duty: Vietnam Awards: Purple Heart, Army Commendation Medal, Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal with three Bronze Stars, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal with Device, Expert Badge with Rifle Bar

LLOYD E. BAKER A/IC, U.S. Air Force 1954-1958 Tours of Duty: New York, Mississippi, California, Japan

JOHN BARNES

JULIAN “CLAY” BAUMEISTER Petty Officer 3/C, U.S. Navy 1944-1946 Tours of Duty: Norfolk, Va.

WAYNE BAYLIFF First Lieutenant, U.S. Army 1966-1968 Tours of Duty: Field Command – Atomic Support Agency Sandia Base, NM

ROBERT L. BELK

Master Sergeant, U.S. Air Force 1970-1999 Tours of Duty: Fairchild AFB, Spokane, Wash.; Idaho Air National Guard, Boise, Idaho; Oregon Air National Guard, Portland, Ore. He retired with 22 years of service.

DONALD BARTLETT U.S. Navy 1951-1953 Tours of Duty: USS Polaris, USS Deliver

Airman 1st Class, U.S. Air Force 1952-1960 Tours of Duty: Labrador, Wichita, Kan.; 1-1/2 years in the Army National Guard

ANTHONY BELL Specialist, U.S. Army Reserve Tours of Duty: Kuwait 2003

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TOM S. BENEDICT

BYRON B. BLAKE

Master Sergeant, U.S. Air Force 1964-1991 Tours of Duty: Vietnam, Persian Gulf War and McChord AFB in Washington

RICHARD BENNETT A2C, U.S. Air Force 1954-1958 Tours of Duty: Ernest Harmon AFB, Newfoundland and Little Rock, Ark., AFB

DON BOURLAND

Tech Sergeant, U.S. Army 1945 Tours of Duty: South Pacific, Guadalcanal, American and British Samoa, Wallis Island, Iwo Jima and Okinawa

U.S. Navy 1964 Tours of Duty: Balboa Naval Hospital, Camp Pendleton, Vietnam, 1st Marine Division

HARRY BLAKE

FRED A. BOWER, M.D.

Seaman, U.S. Navy, 1942-1945 Tours of Duty: South Pacific

Sgt., U.S. Army, 1944-1946 Tours of Duty: European theater, as a radio operator at the net control station located in a Luftwaffe airfield in Germany

KERRY J. BOGGS Command Sgt. Major, U.S. Army 1981-Present Tours of Duty: Baghdad, Iraq, and Hurricane Katrina

LEO C. BERNHARDT E9 Chief, U.S. Navy 1942 for 25 years total.

Tours of Duty: Hawaii, Kodiak Alaska, Japan, Phillippines, California, Florida and Oklahoma

DAVID C. BRACKNEY Lt. Col., U.S. Air Force 1995-2015 Tours of Duty: Bosnia, Germany, Kuwait, Iraq, Afghanistan. 1991 Graduate Siuslaw High School, 1995 Graduate U.S. Air Force Academy

MITCHELL J. BOGGS PFC, U.S. Army July 2008-Present Tours of Duty: South Korea

LOUIS BERNHARDT Specialist, Oregon National Guard 2000-present Tours of Duty: Bahgdad, Iraq, Operation Iraqi Freedom

MIKE BONES DUANE BEST U.S. Air Force 1950-1954 Tours of Duty: Rapid City, SD; Upper Hayford, UK.

Radioman 1st Class, U.S. Navy 1970-1974 1974-1992, Reserve Tours of Duty: Saudi Arabia; Newport, Rhode Island

CHESTER “LON” BRADLEY Major, U.S. Air Force 1959-1979 Tours of Duty: Chandler, Minn., and Keflavik, Iceland, both part of the Dew Line Defense System. Tours with Fighter Squadrons at Castle AFB, Calif., and Minot AFB, N.D. Security Service at Yokota AFB, Japan, with operating locations in Vietnam, Korea, Okinawa, Thailand and Taiwan. Awarded Outstanding Unit Citation, Meritorious Service and Vietnam Service Medals

MAUD BRANET LYNN C. BONNEAU JEFFREY BEVERIDGE 3rd Class Petty Officer, U.S. Navy, 1992-1999 Tours of Duty: Served on the USS Abraham Lincoln CVN-72 during Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Restore Hope and Operation No Fly Zone

Sgt. 1st Class, U.S. Army & Air Force 1966-2002 Tours of Duty: Special Forces in Alaska, Massachusetts and Vietnam; HHC Nike Hercules Missile Base; U.S. Army Drill Instructor; U.S. Air Force Aircraft Loadmaster; U.S. Army Field Artillery Ammo Team Chief

MARCUS BOSKET SPEC-4, U.S. Army, 1965-1967 Tours of Duty: Vietnam Combat Photography

British Air Force Women Reserve WWII Tours of Duty: England

WALTER C. BROG U.S. Navy, 1942 Tours of Duty: USS Astabula, USS South Dakota and aircraft carrier Hornet

BOB BROWN Staff Sergeant, U.S. Air Force, 1966-1974 Tours of Duty: Mathey AFB, McClellan AFB, Okinawa, Guam, Vietnam, Cam Ranh Bay, Phu Cat, Tan Son Nhut

FRANK L. BROWN Security Officer, U.S. Air Force, 1st Lt. 815th Air Police Squadron/SAC 1953-1955, Seven years in the reserves Tours of Duty: Lackland AFB, Parks AFB/Air Base Defense School, Beale AFB/Air Base Defense School, 815th Wing/SAC, Forbes AFB/Topeka, Kansas/SAC

LAWRANCE BROWN U.S. Army Cavalry 1989-1992 Tours of Duty: Border Guard in Germany, Desert Storm Iraq, and reactionary force in Kuwait. He was a crew memer of a Bradley Fighting Vehicle, a combat lifesaver and did Bundeswehr Commando Training.

WILLIAM BROWN Bosuns Mate 1/C, U.S. Coast Guard 1941-1946 Tours of Duty: 12th Navy District during WWII, which is currently the 17th Coast Guard District (Alaska).

Submarine patrol; search and rescue’ transport special personnel such as U.S. military officers and FBI, U.S. Marshalls and prisoners of war; contraband search and seixure; and acting operations officer

PHIL BRUBAKER Lieutenant, U.S. Navy 1968-1973 Tours of Duty: USS Boyd (DD544), USS Cayuga (LST1186), Naval Advisory Group, Vietnam

JIMMY DARREL “BUCK” BUCKMASTER U.S. Army 1968 Tours of Duty: Vietnam Served as a medic

WAYNE L. BURCH Spec 5, U.S. Army 1963-1966 Tour of Duty: Dominican Republic

GENE J. BUREK Merchant Marine and Chief Cook, U.S. Coast Guard 1944-1946 Tours of Duty: Atlantic, World War II

SUSAN BURKHART PFC-E3, U.S. Army 1984-1985 Tours of Duty: Ft. Carson, Colo.

FRED BURNS

LESLIE W. BUSS

DONALD BUTCHART U.S. Navy Tours of Duty: Alamita Air Station

EVERETT BUTLER Radio/Radar/Gunner, U.S. Navy, 1944-1946 Tours of Duty: He was assigned to an F2C Torpedo Bomber in charge of the 2600lb. torpedo. He flew Atlantic Submarine Patrol from New York to South America. He was also assigned to Norfolk Naval Station, Virginia, as a machinist.

GARY D. CANNON SP3 U.S. Army 1953-1956 Tours of Duty: Korea and Fort Ord in Monterey Bay, Calif.

TONY CAVARNO

PFC, U.S. Army 103rd Infantry 1944-1946 Tour of Duty: Luzon, South Philippines

Sgt., U.S. Army 1968-1971 Airborne Infantry, Vietnam, LRRP Lone Ranger, Recon

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PETER CINQUEGRANI

1st Sgt., U.S. Marine Corps 1951-1970 Tours of Duty: Korea, Pakistan and Vietnam.

Received 16 personal and campaign medals or citations, including two Purple Hearts

CARL CHASTAIN Airman A.N., U.S. Navy, 1955-1959 Tours of Duty: Alameda, Calif., Air Transport Squadron 2 (VR2). He also served on two carriers: USS Midway and USS Lexington.

PFC, U.S. Army 1954-1957 Tours of Duty: Fort Lawton, Wash., Point Barrow, Alaska

ED CLAVEL Tech Sergeant, U.S. Air Force 1950-1953 Flight engineer on a Boeing C97 cargo plane

RALPH WILLIAM CHASTAIN Sergeant, U.S. Army 1950-1952 Tours of Duty: U.S. and Germany

MICHAEL COCCIOLO E5, U.S. Marine Corps 1967-1971 Tours of Duty: Vietnam

KEN CHIPPS YN3, U.S. Navy, 1958-1962 Tours of Duty: USS Los Angeles Heavy Cruiser (CA 135)

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EUGENE COCKERAM

Seaman First Class, U.S. Navy 1945-1946 Tours of Duty: Naval Air Station, San Diego, Calif.

BRIAN COLE RM2 (Radioman), 2nd Class Petty Officer, U.S. Navy, 1968-1972 Tours of Duty: Western Pacific Vietnam He was aboard U.S.S. Neches when it collided at sea with U.S.S. Orlicka. Escorted Tricia Nixon to Worlds Fair in Sasebo, Japan.

WILLET “SLIM” COLWELL U.S. Army 1945 Tours of Duty: Guam

STEPHANIE CONANT

NANCY B. COUGHLAN

Captain, U.S. Air Force 1974-1994 Tours of Duty: Travis AFB, South Pacific and Alaska; flight nurse

PH3, U.S. Navy 1958-1961 Tours of Duty: Naval Photograph Center, Washington, D.C.

RAYMOND CURRY E-4, U.S. Army 1957-1960 Tours of Duty: Korea

JOHN CONNALLY U.S. Navy 1967-1970 Tours of Duty: Naval Hospital Yokosuka, Japan, and then the 1st Marine Division, Fleet Marine Force where he became a Corpsman (combat medic) with Echo Company 2nd Battalion 5th Marine Regiment conducting search and destroy operations out of the fire base at An Hoa in Vietnam from 1968 to 1969.

E-5, U.S. Navy, 1983-1995 Tours of Duty: Middle East

SHANNON CURRY Sgt. E-S, U.S. Army 82nd Airborne Division, 1958-1964 Tours of Duty: Fort Bragg, N.C.; Fort Richardson, Alaska.

Advanced Airborne Medical Specialist

PAUL CULY

SEAN R. CONNOR

TERI COLT

TOM CRAIG

U.S. Coast Guard 1986-1991 E-6, U.S. Army 2003-2005; 2009-2010 Tours of Duty: USCG: Alaska and Florence; Army infantry: Baghdad and Al Asad, Iraq

Senior Airman Loadmaster Air Force 1980-1985 Tours of Duty: Japan and all over the world

EMILY “DEA” CUTTING Petty Officer, 2nd Class (Sonarman), U.S.N.R. 1942-1945 Tours of Duty: AsiaticPacific Area. 2-Campaigns, U.S.S. Charles R. Greer, D.E. 23, 2Task Forces, convoy duty

Sgt., U.S. Marine Corps 1951 Tours of Duty: Traveled across country from Oakland to Parris Island, stationed at Cherry Point, N.C.; Norfolk, Va.; San Francisco & San Diego

DONALD R. CONANT Quartermaster, E-5, U.S. Navy 1966-1969 Tours of Duty: Vietnam; re-fueler

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RICHARD P. CUTTING Lance Corporal, U.S. Marine Corps 2008-present Tour of Duty: Hawaii as a computer specialist

TIM CUTTING U.S. Marine Corps After serving in San Diego, he went to weatherman school in Oklahoma. After reenlisting, he served as a mailman.

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PAUL DIETZ

RUSSELL E. DOWNS

SPC, U.S. Army 2008-2014 Tours of Duty: 20092010 & 2013 in Afghanistan; was stationed in Fort Carson, Colo.; served two years with U.S. Navy Ceremonial Guard stationed in Washington, D.C.; currently serving in Michigan Army National Guard

TRACI L. DIETZ E2; U.S. Navy 2005-2006 Tours of Duty: U.S. Navy Ceremonial Guard, Washington, D.C.

JOHN DIGIORGIO

JACK DAILEY Y3C, U.S. Navy 1944-1946 Tours of Duty: Pacific Theater

CONSTANCE DEGRAY British Royal Navy (WREN) 1943-1945 Tours of Duty: England

MICHAEL A. DEMAID Sgt. E-5, U.S. Navy 1965-1968 Tours of Duty: Basic Training, Ft. Knox, KY; Vietnam, 1-1/2 years

GARY DIETZ E-4, U.S. Army 1981-1985 Tour of Duty: Ft. Sill, Okla., and Ludwigsberg, Germany

Corporal, U.S. Army 1943-1946 Tours of Duty: France, Belgium He earned the Good Conduct Medal and three European Battle Stars.

RUDOLPH (RUDY) DITTL Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps, Reserve 1942-1946 Tours of Duty: South Pacific, Solomon Islands; Guadalcanal on North to Bougainville Island; trained as a rifleman then was attached to a demolition unit

JACK DONAHUE Master Sgt., U.S. Air Force 1952-1973 Tours of Duty: Okinawa, Korea, Vietnam, Germany, Boston, Mass., Buffalo, N.Y. Served as a special agent, Office of Special Investigations.

ANGELA N. DOTSON Airman, 1st Class, U.S. Air Force 2002-present Tours of Duty: Mt. Home AFB, Baghdad, Iraq Member of the 366th Fighter Wing Administration, stationed at Saddam’s Palace

Sergeant, U.S. Marines 1942-1947 Tour of Duty: Norfolk, Va., Mediterranean, Cuba, Atlantic and Pacific

ARDELLA EDWARDS SP5, U.S. Army 1981-1987 Served at the Presidio of San Francisco

ED DOWTY Captain, U.S. Army Dental Corp 1956-1958 Tours of Duty: 1st Hospital Unit 45th Field Hospital Calambrone di Pisa, Italy, SETAF

BENJAMIN J. EASTWOOD AIC, U.S. Air Force 1951-1955 Tours of Duty: Lackland AFB, Westover AFB, Azores, McChord AFB, Geiger AFB He was a keypunch operator, clerk typist in special services/entertainment in the Azores Islands, projectionist accident investigation.

RAYMOND C. EASTWOOD Gunny sergeant, E-7, U.S. Marines 1981-2001 Tours of Duty: Desert Storm, SE Asia, SW Asia and stationed on USS Connie for six months; performed air craft maintenance

RAYMOND D. EBERT Major, U.S. Army 1963-1983 Tours of Duty: United States, France, Germany and Vietnam Received direct commission to 2nd Lt.; worked in tactical communications and electronics research and development

GRANT D. ECKROTH Chief Master Sgt., U.S. Air Force 1968-1972 (Active); 1982-2008 (Reserves) Tours of Duty: Ching Chung Kang Air Base, Taiwan; Ton Son Nhut AB, Cam Rahn AB, and Quin Non, Vietnam; Don Muang AB, Thailand; Dyess AFB, Texas

DONALD G. EGERMAN Pharmacist Mate-Second Class 2/L, U.S. Navy 1944-1946 Tours of Duty: Pacific

ROBERT A. EMERSHY S/Sgt., U.S. Army 1951-1954 Tours of Duty: Korea and National Guard, Combat Squad Leader w/ 9th Infantry Reg. 2nd Inf. Div. Awards: Korean War Service Medal, United Nation Service Medal, National Defense Medal, Combat Infantry Badge. He spent several weeks recovering from a sniper's bullet before returning to duty. He is a lifetime VFW member. In addition, he attended basic training at Fort Riley in Kansas for light and heavy weapons.

BILLY EMERSON SR. Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army 1975-1978 Tours of Duty: Ft. Lewis, Wash., Panama, Ft. Sill, Okla.

He received an Army Commendation Medal.

GWENDOLYN FARLEYCAMPBELL Information Systems Tech. Senior Chief, U.S. Navy 1988-2016 Tours of Duty: Ft. Meade, Md.; USS Hunley, Norfolk, Va.; WEPSTA, Concord, Calif.; Wahiawa, Hawaii; Theater Field Confinement Facility, Camp Arifjan, Kuwait and Afghanistan

RUBEN FAST Private 1st Class, U.S. Army 1952-1954 Tours of Duty: Madigan Hospital, Fort Lewis Letterman Hospital, San Francisco

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BRAD FINNELL

E-2, U.S. Air Force 2011-2012 Tours of Duty: Wichita Falls, Texas, Sheppard A.F. Base Medically retired

BRANDON FINNELL E-4, U.S. Army 2008-Present Tours of Duty: Ft. Lewis, one tour Iraq, two tours in Afghanistan Special Ops

ROBERT E. FISH Sgt. 1st Class, U.S. Navy 1946-1948 Attended U.S. Naval Air Base Jacksonville, Fla., air-sea training, rescue, parachute packing

DONNA FLEISHER Senior Airman, U.S. Air Force 1985-1988 Air National Guard 1988-1990 Active Duty: Weather observer at Elmendorf AFB, Anchorage,

Alaska. Guard: Services specialist at Kulis ANGB, Anchorage, Alaska, and at Portland ANG, Portland, Ore.

H. CHRIS FLEISHER Staff Sergeant, U.S. Air Force 1982-1991 Tour of Duty: Munitions specialist: Clark AFB, Philippines; Holloman AFB, Alamogordo, New Mexico; and Hill AFB, Roy, Utah

DON FOERSTER E-7, U.S. Navy, 10 years active, Navy/Coast Guard and National Guard Reserve 1951-1955, 1959-1963, 1965-1967, 1974-1987 Tours of Duty: Shore Duty (San Diego), USS Orion AS 18, USS Kittiwake ASR 13 (Norfolk, VA), USS Remora SS 487, USS Bugara SS 331, USS Greenfish SS 351, submarine qualified (San Diego), USS Barb SSN 596, Cold War (Pearl Harbor), Navy, Coast Guard Reserve (Portland, OR); retired from Oregon National Guard.

WALLACE B. FOREMAN QM1, USN, Ret., U.S. Navy 1960-1982 Tours of Duty: Com Nav for Japan (Yokosuka Japan), USS Robinson DDG 12 (San Diego), SS Bon Homme Richard CVA 31 (San Diego), Coastal Squadron 12, PCF 20 (Swift Boat), USS Fredrick LST 1184 (San Diego), USS Edson DD 946 (Long Beach) Naval Station Treasure Island (San Francisco), USS Reeves CG 24 (Pearl Harbor), USS Davidson FF 1045 (Pearl Harbor), USS Benjamin Stoddart DDG 22 (Pearl Harbor), Naval Communication Station Stockton, Calif.

LAURIE FOX Women’s Army Corps 1969-1970 Tours of Duty: Vietnam, noncombat

JOHN FRANKLIN Chief Warrant Officer 3, U.S. Army 1982-1990 Tours of Duty: Fort Rucker, Ala.; Fort Hood, Texas; Attack Helicopter Instructor Pilot AH-1 Cobra and AH-64 Apache

ROBERT FORSBERG S/Sgt., U.S. Army, 42nd Inf. Div. 1944-1946 Tours of Duty: Germany and Austria

GENE FREE Staff Sergeant E-5, U.S. Air Force 1954-1964 Tours of Duty: Japan, Korea, Turkey Repaired Teletype and Cryptocode machines

GARY FRESHOUR DON FORUM Chief Petty Officer, U.S. Navy, LSTs 1942-1945 Tours of Duty: North Africa, Mediterranean, Europe; participated in five invasions: Bizertte, Sicily, Salerno, Anzio and Normandy

SP4, U.S. Army 1969-1971 Tours of Duty: Redstone Arsenal Hospital in Huntsville, AL MEDDAC USAH

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MELINDA GOODRICH–DIETZ E-4, U.S. Army 1982-1985 Transportation Corp. and drove a 14-ton truck with a 40-foot trailer for 1-1/2 years and the last year as the company clerk

FARRELL L. GARDNER Sgt., 13th Field Artillery, U.S. Army 1952-1954 Tours of Duty: Korea, Japan

PAUL GARGIS CSM, U.S. Army 1957-1978 Tours of Duty: Vietnam

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AETM 2/c, U.S.N.R. 1942-1946 Tours of Duty: United States

Sgt., U.S. Marine Corps 1954-1962 Tours of Duty: Far East

STEPHEN E. HILL

MILTON GRAVELL

KEITH HALACKY

U.S. Air Force Corps 1943-1945 Tours of Duty: CBI India, China, Burma

Seaman 1st Class, U.S. Navy 1943-1946 Tours of Duty: Atlantic

BRETT GRIMMETT

DENNIS W. HAMILTON

U.S. Army 2004-2006 Tours of Duty: Iraq, combat medic and sniper. Calvary scout deployed from Fort Lewis, Wash., returned to Camp Roberts, Calif.

BEN GROESBECK Cpl., U.S. Army, Airborne 82nd and 11th Airborne 1946-1951 Tours of Duty: Japan, Hokkaido; Fayetteville, NC

CHUCK GETCHELL

Corporal, U.S. Marine Corps 1944-1946 Tours of Duty: Mechanic at Cherry Point, N.C.

BILL GROVER PSC, Private 1st Class, U.S. Army 1965-1967 Tours of Duty: United States; Vietnam, 12 months; Germany, 14 months

U.S. Air Force 1950-1954 Tours of Duty: Greenland, Korea Flew B-25s and was in the “Forgotten War” that was not recognized for 50 years

Pack Mule Mountain Div., U.S. Army 1940-1945 Tours of Duty: Germany, WWII In charge of 300 to 400 mules in WWII after Pearl Harbor was bombed, went into Fort Lewis. Drove in Red Ball Express.

PFC, U.S. Army 1969-1970 Tours of Duty: Vietnam Awarded Army Commendation Medal with “V” Device for heroism

JOHN M. HODGKINS Staff Sgt., U.S.M.C. 1948-1952 Tours of Duty: Headquarters Marine Corps; First Marine Division, Chosen Reservoir campaign; Marine Barracks, Camp Pendleton

1st Sergeant, U.S. Army 1964-1968 Active Duty, 25 years USAR Tours of Duty: Ft. Meade, Md.; Suslo Unit, Cheltenham, England, 2/274-2-84 DIV (TNG)

DELBERT R. HANKS PFC, U.S. Army 1943-1945 Tours of Duty: Asiatic Pacific Theater, a medic on the hospital ship USS Hope from New Guinea to Japan

WALT HODGKINS CO. A 346, Engr’s GS Regiment, 1st Bn 1st Army ETO, U.S. Army Tours of Duty: D-Day at Utah Beach, set up camp for Ike in France at Grandville

DON M. HARVEY 1st Lientenant, U.S. Air Force 1973-1983 Tours of Duty: Mount Home AFB, Idaho; Ellsworth AFB, SD; and Denver, Colo.Nuclear weapons assembly and loading bombers

BERNIE (BERNARD J.) HERR Corporal, U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force 1944 Tours of Duty: Philippines

HAROLD GROVER OWEN “PETE” GOODRICH

1st Sergeant, U.S. Army Retired, 1961-1964 Tours of Duty: 101st Airborne, 506th E. Co, Ft. Campbell, Ky.; 1972-2003: 40th Infantry, 184th Infantry, California Army

JAMES GUY

A2C, U.S. Air Force 1953-1957 Tours of Duty: Samson AFB, Cheyenne AFB, Korea K10

ELEANOR “JUDY” GLOVER

RAYMOND D. HILL

Boatswainmate of the USS Kansas City AOR-3, U.S. Navy Medals: National Defense Service, Vietnam Service, Vietnam Campaign, Meritorious Unit Commendation

RICHARD C. GORDON

JAMES GERTH

GMTC (E-7), U.S. Navy 1958-1979 Tours of Duty: Ships Canberra, Midway, Oriskany shore duty Philippines, England, stateside

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RAYMOND L. GUTIERREZ

JOSEPH B. HILL CW-4 Army, Chief Warrant Officer, U.S. Army 1991-present Tours of Duty: Somalia, Iraq

TANNER H.C. HOLTON IV Lance Cpl., U.S. Marine Corps 2009-2012; medically discharged for injury Tours of Duty: Afghanistan Awarded Navy Unit Citation, Afghanistan Medal, Mobilization Medal, NATO Medal, Meritorious Mast, Sea Service Deployment Ribbon, Navy Good Conduct, National Defense Medal

SID HOOVER U.S. Navy, 1962-1965 Tours of Duty: Japan & Philippines; Served aboard U.S.S. Oriskany

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HOWARD HUBBS

Aviation Electrician, AEAN, U.S. Navy 1965-1968 Tours of Duty: Mississippi, Florida, Calif., Barbars Point, Hawaii

GARY D. HUGHES Senior Petty Officer, U.S. Navy 1959-1982 Submarine Service

JOHN A. HYDER

U.S. Navy, Radioman 3rd Class 1946-1949 Tours of Duty: Fleet Weather Central-Guam, USS Curtiss AV-4 Flagship 1st Task Fleet Guam service was at Commander Marianas Base, headquarters for the Military Governor and War Crimes Trials

JOHN S. HYDER OS2, U.S. Navy 1975-1979 Tours of Duty: USS Towers, DDG-9, Guided Missile Destroyer; WESPAC Deployment, Philippines, Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand, Taiwan, Pakistan, Sri

H. HUGHES U.S. Army 101st Airborne, Paratroopers 1944 discharge after end of World War II in 1945 Lanka, Guam.

MONTY D. HUGHES Second Class Petty Officer, U.S. Navy 1964-1970 Submarine Service

JIM HURST HM3, U.S. Navy 1951-1954 Tours of Duty: San Diego, CA

GERALD W. JACKMAN U.S. Air Force 1956-1977 Awarded the Army Good Conduct medal, Air Force Good Conduct Medal, the Air Force Longevity Award, Organizational Excellence Award, Expeditionary Medal, Korean Defense Service Medal, Outstanding Unit Award and Air Force Commendation Medal

BOB JACKSON AOM 3/c, U.S. Navy 1942-1946 Tours of Duty: Aleutian Islands, South Pacific Transferred off USS Indianapolis eight months before it sunk; served rest of war as crew member on PBM Martin Mariner flying boats, South Pacific.

ARLAND JOHNSON

JIM JOHNSTON

PFC, U.S. Army 1958-1960

HAROLD E. JOHNSON

Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps 1956-1960 Tours of Duty: Stateside and Far East

LARRY JONES

Construction Engineer, U.S. Army 1965-1967 Tours of Duty: Spec 5, Unit 169th, Okinawa and Vietnam

KENN W. JOHNSON Col., U.S. Army 1967-2003 Tours of Duty: Akron, OH (Reserve Forces assignment), Fort Belvoir, VA; Fort Benning, GA; Bosnia; Fort Campbell, KY; Germany; Hungary; Kosovo; Fort Lee, VA; Fort Lewis, WA; Fort Monroe, VA; The Pentagon; Fort Sill, OK; Fort Stewart, GA; The University of Tennessee (ROTC assignment); Reserve Forces Duty: Georgia Amy National Guard, Mississippi Army National Guard

Master Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps 1974-2001 Retired Tours of Duty: Okinawa, Japan, Palms, Calif., Panama, San Diego, Calif.

JAMES (JIM) T. KAUL 1st Lieutenant, U.S. Army Air Corp 1943-1946 Tours of Duty: South Pacific, served with Air Transport command Received Air Medal

FRANK KEAVY Lt. Commander, Royal Australian Navy (Reserve) 1964-1986 Tours of Duty: Vietnam, Australia

ROBERT L. JOHNSON GM3, U.S. Navy 1943-1946 Tours of Duty: Reconned Korean War; served on rocket boat, amphibians, Okinawa, Kumashima, picket duty at Okinawa

MARY LEE KELLIS ETM 3/C, U.S. Coast Guard 1944-1946 Tours of Duty: Florida, Virginia, North Carolina, Philadelphia, C.G. Operations Base, Staten Island, New York

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RUTH KELLY

ANITA L. KIRBY

SK2, U.S. Navy 1943-1945 Tour of Duty: Treasure Island, Calif.

WARREN KELLY PFC, U.S. Marine Corps 1942-1945 Tours of Duty: Pacific Theater, wounded in battle for Tarawa

BEYONAVA KENDALL AC1, U.S. Navy Air Traffic Controller

KEITH KRAFT

Petty Officer TE2 U.S. Navy 1954-1958 Tours of Duty: Naval Air Technical Training Center, Jacksonville, Fla.

FRED KOLBECK Staff Sergeant, U.S. Air Force 1951-1954 Tours of Duty: 604th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, Early Warning Radar Unit, stationed on the Czechoslovakian and Austrian borders; Freising AF station and an Army unit in Regensburg, Germany

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Sergeant, U.S. Marines USN(R) Submarines 1952-1956 Tour of Duty: VMF(N) 513-K-6 Korea

RUDY KRAMER Machine Repairman 3, U.S. Navy 1962-1965 Tours of Duty: Vietnam

WARD A. KRUSE JR. PFC, U.S. Marines 2003-present Tours of Duty: Iraq

JERRY L. LECHIEN Sgt., U.S. Air Force, 1967-1970 Tours of Duty: Vietnam, 3rd Special Operations Gunner AC47 Gunships flying missions in VN. Spent 45 days in Thailand flying top secret missions into Laos

ART KONING THEODORE W. (BILL) KENNEDY Sgt. Major, U.S. Marine Corps 1954-1984 Tours of Duty: 1st, 2nd & 3rd Marine Division, FMF Camp Pendleton, Camp Lejune, Parris/Island, San Diego; Combat Tours: Korea, Vietnam.

KENNETH D. KETTELMAN Sgt., U.S. Air Force 1967-1971 Tours of Duty: Computer operations; ENT AFB, Colorado Springs, Colo.; 1st Aerospace Control Squadron (ADC); North American Air Defense Command

Cpl., U.S. Marine Corps 1945-1947 Tours of Duty: Camp Pendleton and China.

He enlisted at age 171/2 but found out the officers had more education than him, so he got a GED from Grants Pass HS while in China. He started college on the GI Bill at Vanport, which flooded in May 1948, then went to OSU, graduating in 1950.

CHARLES KORANDO U.S. Army 1971-1973 Reserves: 1973-1992 Tour of Duty: Vietnam

JOHN H. LANEY SP-4, U.S. Army 1959-1962 Tours of Duty: Europe

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DELERY LEE Specialist 5th Class, U.S. Army 1965-1967 Tours of Duty: Korea

M. LANGFORD JR. Master Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps 1959-1979 Tours of Duty: Japan, Vietnam, Dominican Republic, Quantico, Philippines Subic Bay Marine, part of operation Shufly; used G.I. bill to become an attorney

ANDREW LATOMME JR. Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Corps 1943-1945 Tours of Duty: Europe, Normandy Crow Chief-C47; dropped paratroopers on D-Day

CHRIS W. LEMONDS Hull Technician 3rd Class E-4 U.S. Navy 1984-1987 Tours of Duty: VPearl Harbor Naval Submarine Base and U.S. Brunswick

DEBRA A. LEMONDS Machinery Repairman 2nd Class E-5 U.S. Navy 1985-1989 Tours of Duty: Pearl Harbor Naval Submarine Base

JACK H. LENOX STS 2 (SS), U.S. Navy 1971-1977 Tours of Duty: U.S.S. Francis Hammond DE 1067, U.S.S. Flasher SSN 613, Tonkin Gulf Submarine Qualified, Ships Swimmer, Nuclear Weapons Handling Team, Submarine Sonar Tech, Surface Sonar Tech.

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VINCENT LEPIANE Aviation ordnance 2/C, U.S. Navy 1943-1946 Tours of Duty: South Pacific, Solomon Islands, Guadalcanal

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RICHARD LEWIS Sgt., U.S. Marine Corps 1964-1968 Tours of Duty: Vietnam Medals: Bronze Star with V, Vietnam Cross of Gallantry; participated in Operation Starlight and Operation Oregon

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Engineman, U.S. Navy 1960-1963 Tours of Duty: San Diego; Harbor Defense Unit, San Francisco; Hawaii Received the honor of transporting the first civilians to visit the USS Arizona Memorial, Pearl Harbor, May 1962; can never forget being discharged the same day that President John F. Kennedy was shot in Dallas, Texas

Staff Sergeant, U.S. Air Force, 1954-1958 Tours of Duty: San Antonio, Texas, Bermuda.

He served in the Honor Guard at the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Big Twoâ&#x20AC;? Conference between President Eisenhower and Prime Minister Macmillan.

Specialist 4th Class, U.S. Army 1970-1971 Tours of Duty: South Vietnam, Song-Be 6 Battalion/ 27th Artillery Radio operator who advised and directed all aircraft, military and commercial, of where, when and elevation artillery would be firing

DAVID A. LOCKWOOD A Company 1st Battalion, U.S. Army 1965-1967 Tours of Duty: Vietnam

SIMPSON JACK LONG 1st Sgt., Marine Corps, 1944-1946, 19511957, 1963-1969, Tours of Duty: World War II, Korea, Vietnam and China; Clema Long is his wife.

Electronic Warfare Technician 2nd Class, U.S. Navy, 1975-1981 Tours of Duty: Standing Naval Forces Atlantic; Persian Gulf (Iranian Hostage Crisis); served on the U.S.S. Miller, Received Naval

SP-5, U.S. Army 1966-1969 Tours of Duty: Vietnam

MMM 2nd Class, U.S. Navy Tours of Duty: During World War II, in the Pacific Theater, Martin served on a destroyer escort, the USS Swearer DE 186

JOHN O. MARTIN U.S. Navy, Marine Corps 1944-1946, 1947-1949 Tours of Duty: South Pacific, stateside

Expeditionary Medal

ALAN R. MACLEAD JR. Commander, U.S. Navy, 1938-1961 Tours of Duty: Battleship Mississippi, light cruiser Detroit, patrol squadron; flew surveillance for hydrogen bomb tests in South Pacific

PAUL F. MASON SP-4, E-4, U.S. Army 1961-1963 Tours of Duty: Chize, France; Aschattenberg, Germany; stationed in Germany when JFK went to Berlin to deliver his â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ich bin eine Berliner speechâ&#x20AC;?

GUY A. MAMAC Staff Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps, 2002Present Tours of Duty: Iraq, Afghanistan, stationed in North Carolina, Okinawa and Missouri Awards: Combat action ribbon, Navy Commendation Medal with combat distinguishing device

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Corporal, U.S. Marine Corps 2002-2012 Tours of Duty: Japan and Iraq; stationed in Cherry Point, N.C.

DAVE MASKO Master Sgt., U.S. Air Force, 1976-1999 Tours of Duty: Seymour Johnson AFB, N.C., McChord AFB, Wash., Air Force Orientation Group/Air Force Museum, WrightPatterson AFB, Ohio, Lajes Field, Azores, Pentagon, Washington, D.C., European Stars and Stripes UK bureau; Persian Gulf, including Operation Desert Storm; Bosnia.

Awards: Earned the Defense Meritorious Service Medal

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JERRY MATHENY Spec 4, U.S. Army, 1971-1973 Tours of Duty: Ford Ord, Calif.; Germany

JERRY M. MAY First Sergeant, U.S. Army 1961-1985 Tours of Duty: Vietnam, Texas, Washington, D.C., California, Alaska, Virginia, Maryland, New Mexico, Rhode Island

Cross with Palm, Vietnam Campaign Medal and Korea Defense Medal.

L.E. MCLELLAND SP4 E-4 U.S. Army 1959-1962 Tours of Duty: HQ. Co, 125th Sig BN, 25th Inf. Div. Schofield BK, Oahu, Hawai

CRAIG MCMICKEN Electronic Technician Mate 2nd Class, U.S. Navy 1944-1946 Tours of Duty: Aboard LSM 349 in China as ship’s clerk

JACK J. MAYWOOD 1st Sgt., U.S. Army Tours of Duty: Nike Missile sites, Calif., Ft. Bliss, El Paso, and W. Ft. Hood, Killeen; Ft. Wainwright, Fairbanks, Alaska, Vietnam, Greenland.

Awards: Earned Bronze Star with Oak Leaf cluster, Air Medal, Meritorious Service

GARY P. MENSER U.S. Marine Corps 1963-1966 Tours of Duty: Vietnam

Colonel, U.S. Air Force 1964-1989 Tours of Duty: Vietnam, Korea, Japan, three U.S. states and England F-4 pilot and SR-71 commander 113 combat missions in F-4s 2,200 mph+ during SR-71 reconnaissance missions worldwide

LEO MURPHY

JOHN MILLER Sergeant 1st Class, U.S. Army 1951-1959 Tours of Duty: Korean War and Germany

Corporal, Petty Officer 1st Class, U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, Seabees 1961-1964, 1968-1969, 1974-1993 Tours of Duty: Ft. Campbell, Ky., Tonkin Gulf, Vietnam

NED S. NAUGLE PFC, U.S. Army 1943-1946 Tours of Duty: Europe, Philippines

JOE MORRIS PFC U.S. Army 1945-1948 Tours of Duty: Okinawa

Sergeant, U.S. Army 1941-1945 Tours of Duty: E.T.O. (European Theater of Operations), France, Luxembourg, Belgium, Germany, and others

ROBERT ALAN NESBITT A/1C, U.S. Air Force 1955-1958

Captain, U.S. Army 2007-present Tours of Duty: National Ground Intelligence Center, Charlottesville, Va.; Korea; Iraq; Fort Lewis; ROTC-Hofstra University; Commander Pershing rifles northeastern states; striker tank commander; adjutant general; company commander; Western Armored Vehicle Specialist, assessing enemy capabilities

FRANK NEWLIN PFC, U.S. Army 1948-1950, 1953-1954 Tours of Duty: Camp Cook, Calif.; Trieste, Italy His 40th Div. was mobilized August 1949 at the beginning of the Korean War

JOHN NEWMER U.S. Air Corps Tours of Duty: Pacific/Timan Island

ALBERT S. “NIK” NIKODEMUS

DAVID J. MOCK TMC, U.S. Navy 1952-1976 Tours of Duty: Korea and Vietnam

LEO F. NENCINI

JASON TYLER NEWBY Combat Engineer, U.S. Army 1951-1952 Tours of Duty: Korea, 2nd Div.

CHARLES L. MYRICK

BUR-3, U.S. Navy, 1963-1965 Tours of Duty: Seabees, Midway Island and Chu Lai, Vietnam

Jan. 26, 1935 to Aug.7, 2017 BTCM (E-9). U.S. Navy Tours of Duty: seven ships in 17 years, two years shore duty, recruiting duty in Wichita, Kansas, and senior instructor of Steam Generating Inspector School at San Diego.

Two tours homeported in Japan, Sasebo and Yokosuka. Other ships homeported in Alameda, Long Beach and San Diego.

Awarded the Navy Achievement Medal with Combat “V,” Combat Action Ribbon, Navy Unit Citation, five Good Conduct medals, China Service Medal, two National Defense medals, two Armed Forces Expeditionary medals, seven Vietnam Service medals, RVN Gallantry

JUSTIN “JAY” MURPHY

Lcpl, U.S. Marines Tours of Duty: Iraq

WILL MCGREGOR

ROBERT V. MCGUIRE

Sgt., U.S. Marine Corps 1951-1954 Tours of Duty: Korea, Japan

DAVID G. MILLER JR.

W. BRUCE MCCALLUM Lt. Commander, U.S. Coast Guard 1953-1956 1956-1963, Reserves Tours of Duty: Alameda, Calif., Coast Guard Cutter Gresham patrolling the Pacific

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MERRITT C. MOSBY

Master Sgt., U.S. Air Force 1943-1967

GARY W. NEAL Staff Sergeant, Air National Guard 1955-1964 Tours of Duty: California in the 149th Combat Communications Squadron

GLENN NEKLASON E4, U.S. Air Force, 1955-1959 Tours of Duty: Stateside

CHARLOTTE D. NIKODEMUS Yeoman 3rd Class, U.S. Navy 1944-1946

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ELDEN NORDAHL ER, U.S. Army 1953-1954 Tours of Duty: Fort Riley, Kan.

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GERALD A. NORDAHL E4, U.S. Army Tours of Duty: Germany and Korea for a total of 10 years of military life

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STEVE C. OLIENYK Sgt. MP, U.S. Army Special Services Unit 1943 to 1948 Tours of Duty: Pacific Theater – Sugamo Prison, Tokyo, Japan Special information: Seargent of the Guard for Class A war crime prisoners awaiting trial at the Far East Military War Tribunal.

VERN OREMUS E.S. Machinist Mate, U.S. Navy 1957-1961 Tours of Duty: U.S.S. Whetstone, Western Pacific

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JERRY J. NORDIN 272nd Military Police Company, U.S. Army 1968-1969 and during the TeT Offensive Tours of Duty: Vietnam Awards: Certificate of Achievement for his service

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CHARLES K. PENNINGTON JR. CWO, U.S. Army 1966- 1970 Tours of Duty: Ft. Wolters, Texas; Ft. Rucker, Ala.; Ft. Sam, Houston, Texas.; in Vietnam he flew “Dustoff” (Medivac) and was credited with 1,187 injured GIs being evacuated to medical facilities; also Korea and Ft. Knox, Kentucky, where he was a medivac instructor pilot and aircraft maintenance officer

DARRYL PARSONS PFC, U.S. Army 1956-1958 1st Class Seaman, U.S. Navy 1958-1964 T. Sgt., U.S. Air Force 1977-1994 Tours of Duty: Treasure Island, S.F., Sabro Bay, USS Lexington, USS Ranger, Portland, Ft. Lewis, Camp Rilea, Vietnam

HAROLD NUSBAUM PFC, U.S. Air Force 1943-1945

MARY W. PENNINGTON

CPT, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 1965-1969 Tours of Duty: Germany, Vietnam

Lt., Army Nurse Corps 1967-1969 Tours of Duty: Ft. Sam, Houston, Texas; Ft. Gordon, Ga., where she worked with Vietnam returnees. In Ascom, Korea, she worked with the crew of the USS Pueblo when they were released in December 1968.

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National Guard 1956-1966 U.S. Army 1966-1985 Tours of Duty: Germany, Vietnam, Uruguay, Saudi Arabia, Zaire, Honduras

CASSIDY A. PENDERGRASS SPC, Combat Medic, U.S. Army Tours of Duty: South Korea and currently serving in Kaiserlautern, Germany Future goal is to be a surgeon

2nd class Petty Officer, U.S. Navy 1951-1955 Tours of Duty: Korea, 1952

RIK PERKINS

ADAM PLOURDE U.S. Marine Corps

Cpl., U.S. Marines Tours of Duty: Currently stationed in Okinawa, Japan

EMMA PLOURDE

DON PHILLIPS

U.S. Marines Tours of Duty: Currently stationed in Kaneohe, Hawaii

MM3, U.S. Navy 1956-1960 Tours of Duty: Pacific

DELBERT PIFER GMCM, U.S. Navy 1943-1966 Tours of Duty: USS American Legion, Mifflin, Toledo, Providence

AARON PLOURDE U.S. Army Tours of Duty: Currently stationed in Iraq

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JOHN M. POWER III

JACOB RAINWATER

Sgt., U.S. Marine Corps 1966-1970 Tours of Duty: Vietnam, USNH Guam, Marine Security Guard American Embassy Nepal

STEVEN PRICE

Police

Sgt., Army (Artillery) 1975-1981 Tours of Duty: Germany and Ft. Lewis, WA Custodial Agent (nuclear)

JOSEPH D. RAINWATER

WILLIAM A. PUNCHES Fire Team Leader Infantry, U.S. Marine Corps 1966-1969 Tours of Duty: Vietnam Medals: Three Purple Hearts

DONALD J. POLITO Lance Cpl., U.S. Marines 1952-1954 Tours of Duty: Jacksonville, Fla., Navy Olathe, Kan., Cherry Point, N.C.

E-4, U.S. Air Force 2005-2009 Tours of Duty: Boot Camp in San Antonio, Texas, stationed in Germany, deployed to Iraq and Kyrgyzstan; worked in Security Forces and Military

Seaman, U.S. Navy 1951-1955 Tours of Duty: Korea, USS St Paul 7th Fleet

MITCHELL S. RASH Master Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps 1993-2014 Tours of Duty: Hawaii, Okinawa, Afghanistan, Camp Pendleton

JOSEPH A. RAFFETTO 1st Lt., U.S. Army 1958-1962 Tours of Duty: 8th Logistical Command, Camp Darby, Pisa, Italy, Commission 2nd Lt., U.S. Army ROTC, Special Agent, U.S. Army Counter

NORMAN POWELL Specialist 4, U.S. Army 1971-1973 Tours of Duty: Vietnam Scout dog handler, infantry, First cav.

GORDON “DUSTY” RHODES Captain, U.S. Air Force 1951-1959 Tours of Duty: Korea, Air Defense Command, N.M.

Intelligence Corp

Thank you for your service.

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Lance Cpl., U.S. Marines 2008-Present Tours of Duty: Twentynine Palms, Calif.; Okinawa

LARRY W. ROBINSON SP-4, U.S. Army, 62nd MT BN-45th GP 1969-1971 Tours of Duty: Pleiku, Vietnam

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N. BEPO ROBINSON U.S. AAF 10th Fighter Wing, PFC 1942-1945 Tours of Duty: Normandy, northern France, Ardennes, Rhineland, Central Europe; served with the 70th Fighter Wing in the

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WILLIAM ROSE

E4, US Marine 1968-1970 Tours of Duty: 3rd Marine Division in Vietnam

Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army 1968-1969 Tours of Duty: Vietnam Awards: Purple Heart and Silver Star, Bronze Medal Valor

BEVERLEY ROZAIRE-BROWN Major, U.S. Army 1963-1978 Tours of Duty: Alabama, California, Indianapolis, Maryland, Munich, Germany Awards: Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal and National Defense Service Medal First woman to command an all-male training company and first woman to command a male and female training company

REX L. RUCK 3rd Class, U.S. Navy 1949-1956 Tours of Duty: Korea on USS Toledo

ROSANNE M. SAUNDERS Sgt., U.S. Army 1982-1985, 1987-1993 Tours of Duty: Ft. Dix NJ 2nd Infantry Division South Korea, reserves in Tampa, Fla.; served as a combat medic until obtaining LPN, then RN

WILLARD C. SCHADE 12th Calvary Radio Man, U.S. Army 1943-1945 Tours of Duty: CBI theater, MARS task force, helped build Burma Road

European Theater

ROBERT RODA Chief Machine Mate, U.S. Chief Engineer 1939-1946 Tours of Duty: North and South Pacific

CARL A. RONNING SR E-1, U.S. Navy 1965-1968 Tours of Duty: Vietnam on the aircraft carrier USS Oriskany (CVA34) Awards: Vietnam Service Medal, Bronze Star, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, National Defense Service Medal , Navy Unit Commendation Ribbon, Bronze Star

GARY W. ROSE Airman 1st Class, U.S. Air Force 1959-1963 Tours of Duty: Castle AFB

AROLF SALO Staff Sgt., U.S. Marine Corps 1943-1946 Tours of Duty: South Pacific, WWII

FRED SCHMALING Water Tender 3rd Class, U.S. Navy 1945-1946 Tours of Duty: Pacific

CHARLIE SALTS Gunner, U.S. Air Corps Tours of Duty: Pacific

MILDRED SAMPSON U.S. Army WAC 1943-1945 Tours of Duty: Pacific, Philippines One of first WACS overseas in Pacific

KEVIN SCOTT U.S. Army, 1995-2003 Tours of Duty: Kosovo; Operation Iraqi Freedom

RICHARD G. SEALES Corporal, U.S. Marines 1957-1961 Tours of Duty: Korea, Okinawa, Philippines, Alaska, 29 Palms, and Camp Pendleton, CA; Oregon National Guard, 1953-1957; Heavy Mortar Co., Coos Bay; Rifle Co. K, Springfield

WALLY SHOULTS Cpl., U.S. Marine Corps 1958-1965 Tours of Duty: Okinawa, Japan; Korea, Philippines, Thailand, Laos

DAVID M. SISSON Sgt., U.S. Army 1975-1978

WILLIAM SEARLE

SCOTT S. SMITH

Staff Sgt., U.S. Army, 2006Present Tours of Duty: Barstow, Calif., Ft. Campbell; two tours in Iraq; a crew chief on the black hawk helicopters

VERN SMITH

ROBERT W. SEVERY E-3, U.S. Navy 1966-1970 Tours of Duty: Long Beach, Calif.; Alaska; Gulf of Tomkin; Vietnam

WALTER (BUTCH) J. SHANKLIN Spec 4, U.S. Army, 1970-1971 Tours of Duty: Germany

JASON P. SHARPE U.S. Army 1993-1998 Tours of Duty: Operation Joint Endeavor, Bosnia

Sgt. E-5, U.S. Marine Corps, 1967-1969 Tours of Duty: Vietnam, Camp Pendleton Purple Heart; Hill 55 (Dodge City); Hill 10 and Hill 41 during Tet '68 outside Danang; drown proofing instructor

RONALD STANLEY Radar/Musician, U.S. Navy 1966-1968 Tours of Duty: Vietnam He sang National Anthem at dedication for local veterans wall.

DONALD R. STANTON

DICK SMITH 1st Lt., U.S. Army Corps 1942-1945 Tours of Duty: 8th Air Force European Theater; 25 combat missions; navigator on a B-17Awards: Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters

U.S. Navy 1951-1970 Tours of Duty: joined the Navy at the start of the Korean War in 1951 and retired in 1970; Atomic Bomb Veteran

JAMES W. SWANT T. Sgt. E-6, U.S. Air Force, 1955-1975 Tours of Duty: Mississippi, Turkey, North Carolina, Alaska, California, Japan, Okinawa, Maine, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines, Nevada

JASON L. SMITH DICK SHORES Electronic Tech., U.S. Navy, 1960-1963 Tours of Duty: San Diego; Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; South Pacific

RICHARD A. SHORES SSGT-E6, USMC 1983-1993 Tours of Duty: Camp Pendleton, Iwakuni Japan, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Texas

Sgt., U.S. Marine Corps 2002-Present Tours of Duty: MCRD San Diego, Calif.; School of Infantry Camp Pendleton; Twentynine Palms, Calif.; Iraq; Newport News, Vir.; Fort Hood, Texas Awards: Army Commendation Medal, Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal, Good Conduct Medal and Combat Action Ribbon

JOHN W. SMITH Deceased 1-9-2002 Corporal, U.S. Marine Corps 1954-1956 Tours of Duty: Camp Pendleton, Calif.

RAY TAYLOR

Captain, USAF and USN 1962-1982 Tours of Duty: Alabama, Idaho, Philippines, Vietnam, Hawaii, Colorado, California and Alaska; Bronze Star while serving at Danang Vietnam in 1966

GERALD THIES Radarman 1st Class, U.S. Navy 1943-1947, 1952-1953 Tours of Duty: Pacific; Korea; WWII USS Shasta; Dest. Escret D.D. Lewis

Seaman 1st, U.S. Coast Guard 1945-1946 Tours of Duty: Asiatic Pacific, USS Bangor, CG Mine Sweeper

RON SLOAN

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JAY TANK Staff Sergeant, U.S. Air Force 1964-1968 Tours of Duty: Vandenberg Air Force Base, Thule Air Base, Greenland, Eglin Air Force Base, Flo.

Lance Cpl., U.S. Marine Corps 1962-1968 Tours of Duty: Okinawa, Taiwan, Japan, Bay of Pigs; served six years honorably; received many medals

LEON C. TILTON Master Sgt., U.S. Air Force, 1955-1977 Tours of Duty: Fairchild AFB, Wash.; Nouasscur AFB, Casablanca, Morocco; Headquarters Strategic Air Command, Neb.; Lowry AFB, Colo.; Vandenburg AFB, Calif.; Pease AFB, N.H., Mountain Home AFB, Idaho; Anderson AFB, Guam; and Tagu AFB, Korea Awards: Meritorious Service Medal and citation for outstanding service, leadership, managerial abilities and dedication to 366th Tactical Fighter Wing and Tactical Air Command

JASON R. TINKER Sgt., U.S. Army 2008-Present Tours of Duty: Kuwait, Iraq

ALLEN TITMUS Corporal, U.S. Army, 1950-1952 Tours of Duty: Okinawa, Heavy remote control system repairman for 120mm anti-aircraft artillery guns

MICHAEL A. TITMUS Electrician PO3, U.S. Navy 1972-1975 Tours of Duty: two tours to Vietnam, on USS Brooke DEG 1 and USS Hancock CV19.

Awarded Bronze Star for action on USS Brooke; direct participation in evacuation of Saigon in 1975.

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DONALD P. VANDEHEY

JAMES WALKER

Cpl., U.S. Marines 1943-1946 Tours of Duty: Marshall Islands, Guam and Mariannas

MATTHEW VANDER-KAAY

GUY WALLER III

1st Class Aviation Pilot, U.S. Navy, 1943-1945 Tours of Duty: San Juan, P.C.; Norfolk,Va., to pick up airplanes in Baltimore. He flew to Natal, Brazil, to keep the shipping lanes open from the German subs.

Flew several missions that remain classified to this day

Specialist E-4, U.S. Army 2004-2006 Tours of Duty: Iraq Trained combat medic and sniper. Served as a cavalry scout deployed from Fort Lewis, Wash., and returned to Camp Roberts, Calif.

Earned Silver Star.

GUY H. VEACH WILLIAM TODD

E-5, U.S. Army 1961-1964 Tours of Duty: Korea

GARY T. TREVISAN

Seaman, 2nd class, U.S. Air Force 1950-1954 1955-1957, Reserves Tours of Duty: Tripoli, Libya

Staff Sgt., Security Police, Law Enforcement Specialist, Military Working Dog Handler U.S. Air Force, 1976-1981 Tours of Duty: Castle AFB, Calif.; Clark Air Base, Philippines, Mt. Home AFB, Idaho

REX J. UNDERWOOD, M.D. ETM 3/C, U.S. Navy 1944-1946 Tours of Duty: Stateside

Sergeant, U.S. Army 1967-1970 Tours of Duty: Special Agent 108th MI Group

GREGG WALBOM U.S. Army, 1969-1971 Tours of Duty: Germany, Vietnam.

GREG WALLING Sp. 5, U.S. Army 1968-1970 Tours of Duty: 9th Infantry Division, Dong Tam, South Vietnam8, 2017

JOSEPH E. WHITNEY Staff Sergeant USCG, Active Duty 1977-1981, Radioman Air National Guard, Active Duty 2004-present, Two tours to Iraq, 224 Engineers (Albany) Commander D.A.V., Chapter 23, Florence, Ore.

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Festival of Trees "Walking Through a Winter Wonderland" Saturday, 10am-4pm - FREE ADMISSION Shop for grab-and-go trees & wreaths!

Come see Santa!

Sunday, 5pm - Dinner and Auction Tickets available in advance at the museum gift shop.

Over 100 festively decorated trees, wreaths and stockings waiting for you!

TICKETS FOR DINNER & AUCTION ARE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE AT THESE LOCATIONS:

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Honoring the Best & the Bravest For their courage, hard work and dedication to their country, we salute the men and women of our Armed Forces past and present. It is because of their sacrifice that America remains the land of the free, and we thank them for protecting our citizens and our country.

Wishing all of our veterans and soldiers a very happy Veterans Day.

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