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NOVEMBER 11, 2014

A Supplement to Sauk Valley Media November 10, 2014

SALUTE TOVETERANSCELEBRATE VETERANS DAY

Salute to Veterans Sauk Valley Media • November 10, 2014

SPC. Greg Adams1st Aviation Brigade

VietnamServed 1969-1971

Staff Sgt.Donald L. AllenU.S. Army - WWII

Served 1943 - 1946Passed Away 1/1/2002

Dave AppleU.S. Army

Served 2 Years

Chuck BabelU.S. Air Force

Served 1981 - 1984

Elmer L. Albus Jr.U.S. Army


Samuel J. AmesquitaU.S. Marines Sgt.

Served 1953-1957Passed Away 12-16-88

Walter Arthurs Jr.U.S. Army

Served 4 Years

Jay BabelU.S. Air Force

Served 1979 - 1982

Robert W. AgerU.S.M.C.

Served 3 YearsServed 14 Months in KoreaMarch 1952 - March 1955

Louis J. AmesquitaU.S. Army Cpl.Served 4 Years

Tony ArduiniArmy 754th Tank Bn.

Served 2 YearsPassed Away 3/4/2014

Donald BabelU.S. Army

Served 1946 - 1948

Ralph AldrichArmy Medic - Vietnam

Served 3 Years

Carl AndersonU.S. Air ForceKorean War

Served 14 Years

Leslie Arvola7th Inf. Division KoreaServed 1951 - 1953

Kenneth BabelU.S. Air Force

Served 1950 - 1954

SGT. E5 Frank G. AguilarU.S. Army

Served 1962 - 1965Germany

Richard J. AmesquitaU.S. Air Force

Served 1942 - 1945

Roger ArendU.S. Army - Vietnam

ARCON - MedalServed 1967-1969

Harley BabelU.S. Army - WWI

Passed away in 1961

Lt. David R. AllenU.S. Navy - VietnamServed 1963 - 1967

Robert E. AndersonArmy - 712 Tank BattalionServed 1941 - 1945Passed Away 12/5/2013

SSGT. Alva “Joe” AshU.S. Army (Infantry)Served 1945 - 1966

Passed away 11/01/04

Kevin BabelU.S. Air Force

Served 1977 - 1981Passed away in 1982

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Recognition for veterans set throughout Sauk ValleySTAFF REPORT

[email protected], ext. 5501

Veterans Day observances are planned across the Sauk Valley to honor those who have served their country. State and federal offices and banks will be closed Monday.

Q Ashton: Veterans Day will be observed starting at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Mills and Petrie Building, 704 N. First St. A guest speaker will talk at 10:30 a.m., followed by a rifle salute at 11.

Call Andrew Kida at 815-761-4240 for more information.

Q�Amboy: A program will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Amboy High School, 11 E. Hawley Ave. Students from all three Amboy schools will attend, and the pub-lic is welcome. A dinner for vet-erans will be at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Walton Tap, 906 Walton Road. Reservations are needed. To sign up, call the bar at 815-857-2381.

Q�Bureau Valley High School: Students and the public can

attend a program at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday at the high school gym, 9154 2125 N. Ave., Man-lius. Dale Maddy, an author, will be the speaker. The Bureau Valley Instrumental Ensemble will perform. Voice of Democ-racy participants will take part, and a multimedia program will be shown. A reception for vet-erans will take place after the program.

Q�Chadwick: A Veterans Day program will be at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at Chadwick Middle

School, 19 School St. The pub-lic can attend. For more details, call the school at 815-684-5191.

Q�Dixon: A ceremony will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Veter-ans Memorial Park, on West Palmyra Road. The public is welcome to attend. The Dixon Area Detachment Marine Corps League will have a color guard present. American Legion Post 12 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 540 mem-bers will attend. The speaker will be Maj. Gen. Kevin G.

O’Connell, who took com-mand earlier this year at the Rock Island Arsenal.

Legion Auxiliary members will have an open house at noon at the Legion hall, 1120 W. First St. The public can attend, and participants are asked to bring a dish to pass.

An open house will take place at noon at Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 540, 1560 Franklin Grove Road. Food will be avail-able for a donation.

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Raymond BabelU.S. Navy


Mike BarneyU.S. Navy

Served 1970-1993

S/SGT. Donald D. BartlettU.S. Army

Served 1953 - 1955

Sgt. Roger D. BerryU.S. Air Force

Served 1971 - 1974

Charles BallardU.S. Navy

Served 1950 - 1954

William BarneyU.S. Army - WWII

Passed Away in 1995

CorporalWayne A. Bauer

U.S. MarinesServed 1972 - 1976

Cpl. Larry BittingerU.S.M.C.

Served 1990 - 1994

James E. BaldwinU.S. Army

Served 2 YearsPassed Away in 1984

Pat McBride BarneyU.S. Army

Served 1970-1976

Jerry BartlettMarine Corps

Served 1960-1964

BM3 Robert E.Bertolozzi Jr.

U.S. NavyServed 1968 - 1974

Passed Away 2/27/02

Philip BallardU.S. Army

Served 1955 - 1956Passed Away in 1975

Bob BartelU.S. Army - VietnamServed 1968 & 1969

Dick BaumannArmy National GuardServed 1973 - 1979

Raymond BlackardArmy 82nd AirbornServed 1943 - 1946

Willard E. BaldwinU.S. Navy Seabee’s

Served 2 YearsPassed away in 1995

Ruth Rockel BarneyU.S. Navy - WWII

Passed Away 12/1999

Alisha BassA.F. (Airman 1st Class)

at Davis-Monthon BaseServed 1 Year

Ronald A. BirkeyU.S. Air Force


MGST Lee BardierU.S. Air Force

Served 1972-1993

SSGT. Justus S. BarteltU.S.M.C.

Served 9 YearsKIA 7-16-10 in Afganistan

Charles F. BerryU.S. Army

247th Combat EngineersServed 4/43 - 11/45

Passed Away 2/28/13

Russell BabelArmy - Air Force



Q Fulton: A Veterans Day observance will be Tuesday at Unity Chris-tian High School, 711 10th St. Refreshments will be available at 9:15 a.m., with a chapel pro-gram from 9:45 to 10:45 to honor veterans and grandparents. The band and choir will perform. The public can attend. For more information, call 815-589-3912.

Q�Lanark/Shannon: An honor breakfast for veterans and their spouses will be at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday at Eastland Elementary School, 601 S. Chestnut St., Shannon. Participants are asked to make reservations by calling 815-864-2300. A

Veterans Day observance will be at 8:30 a.m. at the school gymnasium. Elementary students and the sixth-grade beginner band will perform several selections. The public can attend.

Q�Milledgeville: A pro-gram will be at 12:15 p.m. Tuesday at Milledgeville High School gymnasium, 100 E. Eighth St. The public can attend. Brian Maloy, the school princi-pal, will discuss veterans’ history. A speaker will attend, and the school band or choir will per-form. Call the school at 815-225-7141 for more information.

Q�Morrison: A ceremo-ny will be at 10:45 a.m. Tuesday at Grove Hill Cemetery, at the corner of High and North Gene-

see streets. A firing squad will give a rifle salute at 11 a.m. Larry Greesy, Second Division Com-mander of the Whiteside County Legion Post, will be the speaker.

Q�Mount Morris: An assembly will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in the gym-nasium at David L. Rahn Junior High School, 105 W. Brayton Road. Staff Sgt. Brian Sawlsville will be the featured speaker. The junior high band and choir will perform. The public can attend.

During the day, junior high students will make holiday cards for hospi-talized veterans and take part in a boot camp run by Lt. Col. Jerry Newman.

Q�Oregon: A service will be at 10:15 a.m. Tuesday at Veterans of Foreign

Wars Post 8739, 1310 W. Washington St. The Ore-gon High School choir and members of the FFA, the Boy Scouts, American Legion, and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post, will take part. A 21-gun salute will take place, and “taps” will be performed. A potluck will take place after the program, with donations accepted. The public can attend both, and bring a dish to pass.

VFW members will visit veterans at Oregon Living and Rehabilitation Cen-ter. Call 815-732-4477 for more information.

Q�Polo: There will be a program at 10 a.m. Tues-day at Polo Elementary School, 308 S. Pleasant Ave. Details still are being completed. Call the school at 815-946-3811 for more information.

Q�Rock Falls: A pro-gram will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Memorial Park, at West Fifth Street and Galt Avenue. The public can attend. A soup and sandwich luncheon will take place after the ceremony at the Legion hall, 712 Fourth Ave. In the afternoon, Rock Falls Legion members will visit veterans at nursing homes in Sterling and Rock Falls.

Q�Savanna: A cer-emony will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Savanna Public Library, 326 Third St. Larry Melocs from the Army Corps of Engineers will speak. The Savanna American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars will recognize veterans. The public can attend. An honor guard will be present.

Q�Sterling: A Veterans Day presentation will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Centennial Auditorium, 1408 Fourth Ave. An address will be given by a speaker to be determined. The public can attend.

Q�Tampico: A program will be from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Tampico Elementary School, 304 E. Kimball St. Children will sing during the pre-sentation. Call the school at 815-438-2255 for more information.

Q�Walnut: A Veterans Day ceremony will be at 1:45 p.m. Tuesday at Bureau Valley North School, 323 S. Main St., Walnut. Each class of students will give a pre-sentation. Call the school at 815-379-2900 for more information.

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WeRemember America’s VeteransCorporal Fayette Richardson, U.S. Army

Sergeant James Braddish, U.S. ArmySeaman Jane Gillum, U.S. Navy

Corporal Robert Evers, U.S. ArmyCorporal John Zweifel, U.S. Army

1st Lieutenant Joe Henderson, U.S. ArmyPrivate Jacob Devries, U.S. Army

Infantryman Olaf Rikje, U.S. ArmyCorporal Dale Whar!eld, U.S. Army

Clyde Wentling, U.S. Army, National GuardPrivate Clarence Franks, U.S. Air ForceStaff Sergant Evan Reed, U.S. Air Force3rd Class Laverne Franks, U.S. Navy

SINCE 1974


Russell E. BlazeU.S. Navy - Aviation Tech

Served 1980-1984

Corporal MelburnRichard Bonnell

U.S. ArmyServed 9/8/42 - 10/26/45Passed away 5/6/84

Franklin L. BrightU.S. Army

Vietnam 101st AirborneServed 1964 - 1967

Merlyn E. BuhrowMarines -Wounded in Okinowa

Served 1944-1946Passed Away 1/11/2004

Leon F. BoehleU.S. Army

Served 1966-1968

Robert BordenHospital Corps

Served 1957 - 1961

Albert T. BrushaberAir Force - Airman 1st Class


Edward D. BurkardtU.S. Army

Served 1963 - 1965

John L. BlumU.S. Air Force


Raymond E. BonnellSP4 Combat Engineer

U.S. ArmyServed 5/21/71-5/18/73

Merton A. BrightU.S. Army

Passed Away in 1952

Coy BurgessU.S. Army

Served 1970 - 1977

Fredric E. BrammU.S. Army


Curtis BucherU.S. Army - WWIServed in 1919

Passed Away 2/19/1955

John A. BurkardtU.S. Army • 1967 - 1969Passed Away 08/31/09

Walter C. BlumU.S. Army


SPC. Gabriel BookU.S. Army

Served 2010 - Present

George W. BrooksU.S. Army

Served 1956-1958Germany

Daniel C. BurkardtU.S. Army • 1966 - 1968Passed Away 10/13/02

Edwin W. BrightU.S. Army


Elwyn K. BuhrowU.S. Army


KIA In Germany

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WWII

Steve BlackbournU.S. Navy

Served 1989 - 1995


United States Air Force aims highSTAFF REPORT


T he power of flight has been harnessed by the United States military

ever since the hot-air balloon was employed for spying and observation missions during the Civil War. Although bal-looning gave way to the “air machine” in the early 1900s, it was not until 1947 that the Air Force officially was born as its own branch of service.

On Aug. 1, 1907, the U.S. Army Signal Corps estab-lished the first aeronautical division, which was assigned to “take charge of all matters pertaining to military bal-looning, air machines and all kindred subjects,” according to the Air Force’s website,

www.af.mil.Just 10 years after the first

manned flight at Kitty Hawk, N.C., by the Wright brothers, the Army formed the First Air Squadron, in 1913, accord-ing to Lawrence Benson, Air Force historian.

The air service would earn its first significant duty in World War I, during which it grew to include 197,000 troops and 11,754 aircraft. The air service conducted 150 separate bombing attacks in which it dropped 138 tons of bombs, while losing 289 airplanes, according to www.af.mil.

The coming of age for the air service would be during World War II. In June 1941, the War Department cre-ated the Army Air Forces, as

a branch of the Army Ground Forces. After having shrunk to 26,000 troops and fewer than 2,000 planes after the first world war, the new AAF would swell to include 80,000 aircraft and 2.4 million troops by the end of World War II, Benson said. This would be

the largest air armada in his-tory.

In addition to flying over every theater of the war in Europe and Asia, it was the AAF that would deal the final blow to the Japanese war effort in August 1945, drop-ping the first two nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Having proven itself essen-tial to the Allied victory, the AAF became an independent entity and a full partner of the other branches of service on Sept. 18, 1947, when the United States Air Force was born.

New technology, such as the long-range B-36 bomber and the F-86 Saber jet fighter, became invaluable assets to those fighting on the ground

in Korea and Vietnam.American air power heav-

ily contributed to the end of the Cold War, Benson said. With the U.S. winning the arms race, while developing advancements such as the stealth bomber, the Soviets began to fall behind the Unit-ed States in military technol-ogy, especially in the air.

Today, the Air Force con-sists of 350,000 active-duty members and 193,500 reserv-ists. It has gone from being a small branch of the Army to an independent and instru-mental part of most military operations, either by flying missions, delivering supplies or gathering reconnaissance. The mission itself has evolved as well, according to www.af.mil.

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Roger E. BurkardtU.S. Air Force • 1960 - 1964

Guard •1980 - 1985

Arturo O. ChaconUSAF/ANG

Served 1963-1969,1980-2005

Sgt. Robert W. CheshierU.S. Army - Korean War

Served 1950 - 1952

Nelo ContrerasU.S. Army - WWII

Served 1941-1944Passed away 11/6/96

John W. CarlsonU.S. Army

Served 1943 - 1946Passed Away 4-29-66

Leo Chapinski Jr.U.S. Army

Served 4 YearsPassed Away 5-7-97

Jesse ContrerasU.S. Army

WWII

SRA John CraftU.S. Air Force

Served 1996 - 2002

SSG. Tom BushmanU.S. Army - Desert Storm

Served 1983-1997

Arturo V. Chacon Sr.U.S. Army Air Corp.Served 1941 - 1945

Passed Away in 2001

Corporal Tommy CiskettiU.S. Army - MIAServed 4 Years


Ralph ContrerasU.S. Marine Corps.

WWIIServed 4 years

John R. CarlsonU.S. Navy - KoreaServed 1950-1954

Robert ChapinskiU.S. Navy


Joseph “Chico”ContrerasU.S. Navy

Served 1958 - 1961

Daniel L. Cruse Jr.US Navy - Pacific Theatre

WWIIDeceased

Lloyd E. CardU.S. Army - WWII

Served 2 Years, 8 Months

Arthur Donald ChapinskiU.S. Army


F.O. Charles W. ClinkerArmy Air Force

1943-1945Passed Away 6/16/08

Alvin CoverU.S. Army

Vietnam 1968 - 1969Served 3 Years

George D. CastleSee Bees & NavyServed 6 Years

Passed Away 8/1/03

Arthur ChathamU.S. Army - WWII


Larry ContrerasU.S. Air Force

1951-1954 (Korean War)

Robert J. BurkardtU.S. Army • 1943 - 1944Passed Away 08/30/56


APU.S. Air Force Maj. Gena Fedoruk, a KC-135 Stratotanker pilot with the 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, checks her aircraft before taking off from a base in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility in support of a mission conducting airstrikes in Syria. U.S.-led coalition warplanes bombed oil installations and other facilities in territory controlled by Islamic State militants in eastern Syria on Sept. 26.

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Maurice “Pete” CruseU.S. Army • 2nd Div.1952-1954 • Korea

PVT. Perry CushingU.S. Army - Vietnam

Served 1 Year

Earl DelhotalU.S. Army - Infantry

WWII PacificServed 4 Years

David K. DevineU.S. Navy - “Retired”Served 1985-2009

Paul J. CunniffU.S. Army

1st Cav. DivisionServed 1970 - 1971

Edward DeetsU.S. Army

Served 1979 - 1982

PFC Christopher DenningArmy National GuardServed 2013 - Present

James R. DevineU.S. Navy

Served 1969 - 1971

Michael J. CruseU.S. Army - 8th Div.

GermanyServed 1986 - 1992

MAJ. Sam W. CushingU.S. Army

Spanish American WarPassed Away in 1937

Gene DeMayU.S. Army - Sig CorpServed 1951 - 1953

James “Jim” R. DevineU.S. Army - Korea


CPL. Edward CushingU.S. Army - Korea

Served 3 Years

Edgar F. DeetsU.S. Army


Walter Denning Jr.U.S. Army E-4Served 3 Years

P.F.C. MatthewDickinsonU.S. Army

Served 1 Year

Roger D. CruseU.S. Marines

Served 1953 - 1957

Eligio DeAnda Jr.U.S. Army - VietnamServed 1966-1969

Scott DempseyU.S. Army

Served 1984 - 1987

James E. DevineU.S. Army


SGT. Mike CushingU.S. Army - WWI

Passed Away in 1986

Merle DeetsUS Army Station in GermanyServed 1955 - 1958Passed Away 8/7/13

Walter W. Denning Sr.U.S. Army Spec E5

Served 3 Years

M.L. “Mick” CruseUS Army

WWIIDeceased


APArmy honor guards pass the folded American flag that draped the coffin con-taining the remains of U.S. Army Pfc. Bernand Gavrin, missing from World War II, during burial services at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, on Sept. 12. Gavrin, from Brooklyn, New York, was reported missing on July 7, 1944, while fighting on Saipan, in the Northern Mariana Islands, after his regiment came under attack from the Japanese and suffered heavy casualties. He was declared dead the following year.

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Harold B. Dodd, Jr.U.S. Army


Paul EbenezerU.S. Navy


Sgt. Marc L. ErismanU.S. National Guard

Served 7 Years

Hugh E. Flynn Sr.U.S. Army


Norman EakleU.S. Air Force

Served 1952 - 1956

Dr. Donald W. EdwardsUS Army - WWII

SGT. Wallace FeldmanU.S. Army - Infantry

2nd Division,9th Regiment


Arnold FrankU.S. Marines

Served 1951-1953

Michael A. DonnellyU.S. Army

Served 1942-1945Passed Away 5/1996

Tom EbenezerU.S. Air Force

Served 1958-1962

Jamie Ryan EspinozaU.S. Navy

Served 2007-Present

Edward J. ForderU.S. Air Force


Bill EbenezerU.S. Army


Dr. Howard M.Edwards Jr.

ServedWWII - Army

Ruth GanzEdwardsServed

WWII - Navy

Donald W. FinchU.S. Navy


Chief Petty OfficerMark Friday

U.S. Navy 1985-2011Retired

Joseph E. DvorakU.S. Air Force / WWIIServed 1943 - 1945


Dr.Howard M.Edwards Sr.

ServedWWI - Army

Raymond J. Espinoza Jr.U.S. Air Force

Served 1982 - 1992

Sgt. Avlon C. FosterU.S. Air Force

8th Air Force - 509th BomberServed 3 Years

GeorgeEbenezer7th Regiment

MissouriVolunteer Infantry

1861-1863

Passed Away December 1923

Charles M. EllerU.S. Army

5th RCT KoreaServed 1952-1953


Jeffrey FischbachU.S. Marines

Served 1975 - 1979

Bryant “Bud” DiehlU.S. Army



Army born to fight in the RevolutionSTAFF REPORT

[email protected] 800-798-4085, ext. 5501

From the Greens of Lex-ington, Massachusetts, to the deserts of Iraq, the

United States Army has been a part of shaping American his-tory for 230 years.

Born of necessity in June 1775, the Army has grown from a collection of militias fighting an invading British army to one of the elite forces in military history.

The current war on terror in Iraq and Afghanistan is the lat-est incarnation of the Army’s history of duty and service to the United States.

“I am proud to be a con-tributor and do my part. I feel it is necessary and my way to preserve the safety of my family and my country,” Sgt.

Maj. David Murray said on the Army’s website, www.army.mil.

The active-duty soldiers in the U.S. Army are today’s link to a long history of service in the oldest branch of the military.

The Army dates back to June 14, 1775, when it was created by the Continental Congress, before America even was a sov-ereign nation. The war would be an 8-year conflict, officially end-ing on April 11, 1783. The Army likely never totaled more than 30,000 men under Gen. George Washington, commander of the Continental Army.

The Army again would be asked to answer the call of duty briefly in the War of 1812, when for a second time America would have to go to war with an invading British army.

The first draft in military his-tory came during the Civil War.

The Union army consisted of between 2.5 million and 2.75 million soldiers, according to www.civilwarhome.com. Union soldiers who fought and died in battle numbered 110,070. About 94,000 more Confederate sol-diers died in war.

The Civil War proved to be the first “technological” war as

telegraphs, railroads, and rifle artillery first were extensively used by the Army.

The draft would become a defining factor in future Ameri-can wars as the Army again was called overseas in 1917, to help turn the tide in World War I. With congressional approval of the Selective Service Act, 2 mil-lion American soldiers would go overseas. This war would be one of attrition in trench war-fare. More than 53,000 Ameri-cans lost their lives in battle during the “Great War.”

The largest mobilization in U.S. Army history was during World War II. By 1945, 7.9 mil-lion soldiers were mobilized, with casualties for the army reaching 165,800 dead or miss-ing, according to www.wikipe-dia.org.

Following World War II, there

were two Asian conflicts, Korea and Vietnam. Korea never officially was declared a war in America, rather it was termed a police action, according to www.wikipedia.org. The con-flict lasted from 1950 to 1953.

The Vietnam War is the only conflict in which the United States failed to achieve its objective. During the pro-tracted conflict that lasted from 1960 to 1975, 58,226 soldiers died.

Today, the Army continues its duty to serve America. It is not serving only in Iraq or Afghani-stan, but 273,000 American soldiers also are serving in 120 countries. For all the changes, advances, and hardships the Army has endured over more than two centuries, success still comes down to the individual character of each soldier.

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John Furr Jr.U.S. Marines

Served 4 Years

John GallantUS Navy/US ArmyServed 24 Years

Sgt. Johnny GarrisonU.S. Army • WWII1st Cavalry ScoutServed 7 Years

Forrest (Frosty)GelsingerU.S. Navy


Stephen GallU.S. Army


Spc. 5 Jerome GehrtU.S. Army

2 Tours - VietnamServed 1966-1969

Francis GirtonU.S. Army


PFC John “Matt” FurrU.S. Army - WWIIServed 3 Years


Richard A. GebhardtU.S. Army


AM2 Fred GieseU.S. Navy

Served 1955 - 1959

Corpl. Walter GehrtU.S. Army - WWII

Served 1941-1945

John J. GirtonU.S. Marine Corps.

Served 1969 - 1971

Clyde C. FutrelleU.S. Army


E6 Cole Allan GehrtNational Guard


Staff Sgt. Victor GarlandIL. Army National GuardServed 2006 - Present

David R. GeilArmy E-5 1966-1969Vietnam 1967-1968

George E. GallantU.S. Navy

Served 15 Years

George J. GallantU. S. Navy

Served 4 Years

David Gail GardnerU.S. Army-Air Corps

WWII - 1942-1946Passed Away 6/15/1984

1st Lt. Joseph GarlandU.S. Air Force


Terry GarlandU.S. Army (Spec. 4)Served 1972-1974

James GalvinU.S. Army • Korea

Served 1951 - 1953

John L. GilbertUS Navy SeabeesServed 1971-1973

Louie FriebergU.S. Army - VietnamServed 1967 - 1969


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Coast Guard patrolling waves at homeSTAFF REPORT


T he U.S. Navy is not solely responsible for protect-ing America’s interests

on the waves. Since the 18th century, the U.S. Coast Guard and the various services that preceded it have patrolled the nation’s shoreline against ter-rorist threats, drug smugglers and illegal immigrants, while enforcing the nation’s tariff and trade laws and maintaining security.

In 1789, when Congress fed-eralized lighthouses built by the colonies to help with mari-time navigation, it created the Lighthouse Service, which was placed under the control of the Treasury Department.

In 1790, Congress created the Revenue Cutter Service by authorizing the construction of 10 vessels to enforce tariff and trade laws, prevent smuggling, and protect the collection of federal revenue.

During the 19th century, Con-gress created the Steamboat Inspection Service to provide for the security of passengers on board such vessels. Con-gress also created the U.S. Life-Saving Service and the Bureau of Navigation.

Before the turn of the 20th century, these assorted agen-cies were separately charged with enforcing laws against slavery, piracy and smuggling, protecting the environment and charting the nation’s coastlines. In 1915, Woodrow

Wilson signed the Act to Create the Coast Guard, which com-bined the Life-Saving Service and Revenue Cutter Service. The other services and bureaus eventually were folded into the Coast Guard, as well.

The Coast Guard was moved

from the Department of Trans-portation to the Department of Homeland Security in 2003, to provide security at the nation’s seaports.

In 1967, the Coast Guard joined the Department of Transportation.

The Coast Guard works as far south as the Florida Keys and as far north as the polar region.

Today, the Coast Guard’s 39,000 active duty personnel’s activities include intercepting illegal immigrants from Cuba and Haiti, rescuing people in distress at sea, patrolling for drug runners and breaking up ice in the northern polar regions for search-and-rescue operations.

The Coast Guard began hunt-ing drug runners in the 1920s,

when Congress tasked the service to curtail alcohol smug-gling. The first drug seizure in Coast Guard history was in 1973, when the USCGC Daunt-less boarded a 38-foot boat with more than a ton of mari-juana on board.

In 2005, the Coast Guard intercepted $9.7 billion worth of drugs, up from $7.7 billion the previous year.

In 1986, the Coast Guard added helicopter rescue teams that drop into any type of water and weather conditions in order to rescue people at sea.

The Coast Guard has 12 dis-tricts covering the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, the Gulf of Mexi-co and the Great Lakes.

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HONORING THOSEWHO HAVE SERVED


L. Harold GlessnerU.S. Army

1st Armored Div.1941-1945

Passed Away 6-26-05

Gary & JerryHall

U.S. ArmyServed 1968 - 1970

Wayne “Bud” HarshmanU.S. Air Force

Served 1952 - 1956

Jerry HeffelfingerUSAF - USN - USAServed 21 Years

Forrest L. GrobeU.S. Army

7th Arm’d DivisionServed 1941 - 1945


Everette D. HardinU.S. Navy


Ronald HartmanU.S. Army

Served 1953-1955

James Barry HendersonUSAF

Served 1958-1962Hydraulic Mechanic

B-47 Bomber / KC97 Aircraft

S/SGT. Kennard GreenAir Force

Served 1952 - 1956

Frederick L. HamburgU.S. Marine Corp.

1944-1946Passed Away 10/26/00

C.M. 2nd ClassClifton Hartman

U.S. NavyServed 1944-1945


Terry W. HeffelfingerU.S. Army

Served 1961-1964

Wallace HartmanU.S. Navy

Served 1950-1953Passed Away in 1999

S. Sgt. Lyle R. HendryxU.S. Army

Served 7/27/44 - 6/23/46Passed Away 11/30/2005

Spc. Kyle GridleyU.S. Army

Active Duty - 1/2010

KennethHamm

ArmyServed WWIIPassed Away

November2008

Gene HartmanU.S. Marine Corp.Served 1952-1960


Spc. 4 Jason HellerU.S. Army ReserveServed 1991-1997

Norma Lee HackneyU.S. Navy

Served 1978 - 2006

Robert W. HardinU.S. Army

Served 2006 - Present1 Year in Iraq

Currently SchofieldBarracks, Hawaii

3rd ClassTerry L. Heeren

U.S. Navy - VietnamServed 1966 - 1969

David GugertyU.S. Army1956-1958

Sr. Chief Randy D. HardinU.S. Navy

Served 1972-1992

Robert L. GlessnerU.S. Army

791AAA A/W BN.Served 1943-1946


The Coast Guard and its prede-cessors have served in the U.S. Civil War, the Spanish-American War, World War II, Vietnam and the Gulf War.

During the Spanish-American War, cutters fought in the Carib-bean Sea and provided guard against attack of the Spanish Fleet along the shoreline.

During the Civil War, Revenue Cutters patrolled the seas against commerce raiders and provided firing support for troops on shore.

The Coast Guard helped enforce U.N. sanctions during Operation Desert Shield, which was in place to protect Saudi Arabia, leading up to the Gulf War.

Notable guard members include actor Beau Bridges, comedian Sid Caesar, journalist Walter Cronkite, football player Otto Graham and author Alex Haley.

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Beau Bridges, Sid Caeser among notable members

APIn this Oct. 16 photo released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Coast Guard Health Technician Nathan Wallenmeyer (left) and CBP supervisor Sam Ko conduct prescreening measures on a passenger who has arrived from Sierra Leone at O’Hare International Airport’s Terminal 5 in Chicago.

We SaluteOur VeteransTo all of our veterans and active-dutymilitary, we thank you for your service.


Eugene G. HillU.S. Army Infantry

Served in 1946Passed Away 10/05/01

Benjamin HollowellArmy National Guard

2008 - Present

LeRoy E. JanssenU.S. Army - WWIIServed 6 Years

Passed Away 4/10/05

Ronald F. HoeflerArmy Air Corps SSGTServed 1941 - 1945

Passed Away 8/13/97

Corporal Frank J. Holmes6th Army

374 Military Police CompanyServed 1953-1955

Guillermo (Bill) HurchesArmy CPL Korea


Harold D. JohnsonU.S. Army

Served 5 Years

Staff SGT. John S. HillU.S. Air Force EOD

Served 20 YearsRetired

Bradley HollowellArmy National Guard

2009 - Present

Don HoseU.S. Army

Served 1952 - 1954

Leonard JerrellsU.S. Army - SP4Medic - Vietnam

Served 1963 - 1966

John JacobsU.S. Army

Served 1961-1964

Jason A. JohnsonArmy National Guard

1644 Transportation Co.Served 1999 - 2011

Roger HinrichsU.S. Army

Served 2 Yearsfrom 1966 -1968

Sgt. Brock HollowellArmy National Guard

2007- Present

Wesley R. HuizengaU.S. Navy

Electrician ChiefServed 2001 - Present

Melvin HohnU.S. Navy


Edward JanssenU.S. Army - WWII


William Ronald HoeflerUSN/FMF HM2


Robert Wayne HondleyU.S. Army


Clarence L. HopkinsU.S. Army

Served 1952-1953

Elmer L. HopkinsU.S. Army

Served 1945 - 1946Passed Away Feb. 1946

Keith V. JaquetU.S. Army


SSGT. Harold HigbyU.S. Army



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Marines proudly serve on land and seaSTAFF REPORT


S ix men worked together to hoist the makeshift flagpole consisting of

a battle flag and a long, heavy steel pipe. One steadied the bases while the other five shoved the heavy standard into place.

It was just a simple photo-graph taken by a battlefield correspondent on the island of Iwo Jima, and it has been re-created countless times, captured in bronze, appeared in American history books, and hailed in song.

It has become one of the most recognizable images of Ameri-ca’s fighting men and women. The raising of the flag marked the end of one of the bloodiest battles in Marine Corps his-tory. In 36 days of fighting on the tiny Pacific Island in 1945, during World War II, 25,851 Marines were killed or wound-ed, one-third of the invading force.

It would be one of the defin-ing moments in the 231-year history of the Corps – a his-tory that goes back to the very founding of the country itself.

On this day in 1775, the Sec-ond Continental Congress passed a resolution forming two battalions of Marines.

Though they would be count-ed among the Continental Army’s ranks, the edict made it clear this would be a force designed for fighting on land and sea:

“Particular care will be taken that no persons be appointed to office, or enlisted into said battalions, but such as good seamen, or so acquainted with maritime affairs as to be able to serve to advantage by sea when required.”

Although the new battalions were well accomplished in the revolution under the command of the first commandant, Maj. Samuel Nichols, the first incar-nation of the Corps soon would be disbanded.

With the end of the war, both

the Navy and the Marines were decommissioned, and the gov-ernment sold off all the Navy’s ships.

On July 11, 1798, President John Quincy Adams would sign the Corps back into existence.

From then on, Marines would play a significant role in every American conflict large and small. They fought alongside Gen. Andrew Jack-son during the Battle of New Orleans and helped defend the Capitol in the War of 1812.

During the Mexican War, Marines famously fought their way from the sea to the “Halls of Montezuma,” which was memorialized in the open-ing lyric of the Marine Corps Hymn.

During the Civil War, Marines mostly fought along-side the Navy, particularly aiding in the Union blockade of Confederate ports. Follow-ing campaigns at the end of the 19th century in Cuba, the Philippines and Guam, the Marines came into their own in the 20th century.

In 1912, the Corps added flight to its land and sea capa-bilities.

In 1918, during World War I, they earned their nickname “Devil Dogs” for their fight in Belleau Wood, where nearly 12,000 Marines were killed or wounded in less than 2 years of fighting.

World War II marked the great modernization of the Corps.

During WWII, participa-

tion in the Marines peaked at 485,113 troops comprising six divisions and five airborne units.

During the Korean War, 424,000 Marines served. Of those, more than 4,500 gave their lives for their country, and 26,000 more were wound-ed.

Vietnam proved to be the Marines’ longest and most taxing engagement. More than 13,000 Marines would die in Vietnam, with 88,000 wounded.

Marines activities rounded out the 20th century with involvement in several smaller campaigns. In the early 1990s the Marines took a leading role in the first Gulf War, mobilizing 92,000 troops in Kuwait.

Keeping true to their recruit-ing slogan, “The few, the proud,” Marines today make up the smallest of the U.S. Armed Forces. There are 180,000 active duty Marines and 40,000 reserves.

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Floyd H. ThomasU.S. Army

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service in OperationIraqi Freedom

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Clifford J. LewisU.S. Army - WWII


Dennis C. Lewis Sr.U.S. Navy - Vietnam

Served 1965 - 1969

Sgt. Christoper LongU.S. Marines


Sgt. Ray MartinezU.S. Army

Served 1941 - 1945Passed Away 1989

Joseph E. MagnaficiU.S. Navy


Roger McCaffreyU.S. Army


Dennis C. Lewis Jr.U.S. Air Force - Desert Storm

Served 1985 - 1989

Scott Wayne LewisU.S. Navy - Desert Storm


Alexander MavesSr. Army Medic

2007 - 2012Now at Fort Drum

New York

Gene McCaffreyU.S. Army

Served 1961 - 1964

Roger McBrideU.S. Army

World War IIPassed Away in 1990

HT2 James R. McClintockU.S. Navy 1980 - 1993U.S. Army 1957 - 1959

SPC4 Larry R. LudewigArmy - Medic Vietnam


S/Sgt. Theodore R. MavesArmy

Served 1952-1954Passed Away March 2006

Jackie Marvin LintonU.S. Army

Served 1951-1953Passed Away April 3, 2009

Tim MartinU.S. Marines • Vietnam

Operation EssexServed 1966 - 1968

William McBrideU.S. Merchant Marine

WWII & KoreaPassed Away 2005

Randy J. LillyU.S. Air ForceServed 3 Years

Greg MalburgU.S Army, VietnamServed1968-1970

Dean McCaffreyU.S. Marines


Patrick McCaffreyU.S. Marines

Served 1954 - 1957

Alfred S. LopezU.S. Navy

Served 1945-1947

Wilbur MavesArmy

1952 - 1954

Brian Lewis Jr.U.S. Navy

2009 - 2013


Robert W. JohnsonU.S. Army

WWII

Michael Gunther KatzU.S. Navy

Served 14 1/2 yearsPassed Away 9/4/98

Kenneth W. KnoxU.S. Army

Served 1984-1986

William C. KesselU.S. Army

Served 1952 - 1954

Corporal James KulasU.S. Army

Korea GasolineSupply Unit

Served 1953 - 1954

John W. LeonardU.S. Army

Served 3 years1953 - 1956

William A. JohnsonT/Sgt. Army Air ForceServed 3 yrs & 2 monthsPassed Away 4/26/2000

Capt. Tom KavanaughArmy Aviation

Kiowa PilotServed 2005 - Present

CPL. NicholasTodd Kohl

U.S. Army - O.I.F.Served 2005 - 2006

Ronald Joseph LattaAir Force - Flight Fueler

Served 1989 - 1992

Corporal Raymond J. KulasU.S. Army

90th Infantry Div.“Tough Hombres”

Served 1942 - 1945

Spec. 5 Dale W. LetcherU.S. Army - Vietnam War

Served 1968 -1972

Nicholas O. KellenU.S. Air ForceServed 4 years

Passed Away 5/13/99

Glen R. KuhlemierU.S. Marine Corps.Served 1953-1955

Dr. Irving A. KatzU.S. Army - Med Corps


Bruce KnippleU.S. National GuardServed 1948-1951

Cory L. LanceU.S. Air Force

Served 1993-1997

Charles W. Josephsen1st Inf. of Red Star 6th Div.


Sgt. Charles W.(Jake) Kness

U.S. Army • WWIIPassed Away 4/30/12

Sgt. Stephanie Jones & Sgt. Rob SevenbergIL Army National GuardServed 2007 - Present

Leslie E. “Pete” LansfordU.S. Air Force


Sylvan J. LeffelmanU.S. Army

Served 2 years1951-1953

Raymond E. JohnsonU.S. Marine Corps



Clifford J. LewisU.S. Army - WWII


Dennis C. Lewis Sr.U.S. Navy - Vietnam

Served 1965 - 1969

Sgt. Christoper LongU.S. Marines


Sgt. Ray MartinezU.S. Army


Joseph E. MagnaficiU.S. Navy


Roger McCaffreyU.S. Army


Dennis C. Lewis Jr.U.S. Air Force - Desert Storm

Served 1985 - 1989

Scott Wayne LewisU.S. Navy - Desert Storm


Alexander MavesSr. Army Medic

2007 - 2012Now at Fort Drum

New York

Gene McCaffreyU.S. Army

Served 1961 - 1964

Roger McBrideU.S. Army

World War IIPassed Away in 1990

HT2 James R. McClintockU.S. Navy 1980 - 1993U.S. Army 1957 - 1959

SPC4 Larry R. LudewigArmy - Medic Vietnam


S/Sgt. Theodore R. MavesArmy

Served 1952-1954Passed Away March 2006

Jackie Marvin LintonU.S. Army

Served 1951-1953Passed Away April 3, 2009

Tim MartinU.S. Marines • Vietnam

Operation EssexServed 1966 - 1968

William McBrideU.S. Merchant Marine

WWII & KoreaPassed Away 2005

Randy J. LillyU.S. Air ForceServed 3 Years

Greg MalburgU.S Army, VietnamServed1968-1970

Dean McCaffreyU.S. Marines


Patrick McCaffreyU.S. Marines

Served 1954 - 1957

Alfred S. LopezU.S. Navy

Served 1945-1947

Wilbur MavesArmy

1952 - 1954

Brian Lewis Jr.U.S. Navy

2009 - 2013


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Steven C. McCrystalU.S. Army

Served in GermanyJune 1966 - May 1969Passed Away Oct. 6, 2010

Terry J. McDonnellU.S. Army

Served 1963-1965

Dave MickleyU.S. Army


Michael Keith MercerU.S. Air Force (E4)

Served 1976 - 1980

Leo J. MillerU.S. Air Force

Served 1942 - 1945

Bud MohrU.S. Navy - Yeoman 2nd Class

Served 1949 - 1953Korea 25 Months Sea

Duty

PFC James“Peanuts” McDaniel

U.S. ArmyServed 1944-1945

Passed Away 1/2/88

James McKennaU.S. Army

Served 1956 - 1959

Major Arthur MercerU.S. Army - WWIAir Force -WWII

Chaplain 1944-1948

SethMikl

U.S. ArmyServed 6 Years

Myrle MoellerU.S. Army - VietnamServed 1965 - 1968

Tyler MillerU.S. Army


Richard C. MontavonU.S. Army1955 - 1957

Ronnie L. MilesArmy - Paratrooper

82nd Airborne1960 - 1963

Master Gunnery Sgt.Robert J. Mena, Jr.

U.S. MarinesServed 24 Yearsand still serving

PFC. Arlo MillicanU.S. Army - WWII


CPL. John McPhersonU.S. Army


Robert MercerU.S. Navy


Raymond MoellerU.S. Army

Served Dec. 1943 - Oct. 1945Passed Away 6/13/70

T. F. SergeantAnthony E. Mercer

U.S. Air ForceServed 8 years

Sgt. 1st ClassIsaac M. MercerArmy - 2 Years1Year in Korea

6 Years Reserves2 Years Active Duty

Stephen L. MercerU.S. Marine Corps.

2 Years Active4 Years Inactive

Billy K. MillsU.S. Army • Vietnam

1966-1968

Pfc. John R. McClintockU.S. Army

Served 1957 - 1959


Dale MooreU.S. Army - PVT E2


Frank E.MuhlebackU.S. Navy

Served 1944 - 1946

Andrew L. NearU.S. Air Force


Arlyn NormanU.S. Air Force

Served 25+ Years

Carl H. NelsonU.S. Navy

Served 1945-1946

Sgt. Marvin J. NuttU.S. Army

Served 1966 -1969

Kenneth OllerU.S. Navy - WWII

Served 2 1/2 Years

Dennis P. MorathU.S. Army - Spec. 4Served 1957 - 1960

Capt. Edward S.Murphy MD

U.S. Army - 1941-1946Passed away 09/1987

Douglas A. NearU.S. Marines Corps. & Navy

Served 23 1/2 Years

Leonard NormanU.S. Army

Served 5 Years

Rev. Edwin Burdell O’NeilU.S. Army • Purple Heart

Served 1942 -1946Passed Away Sept. 8, 2009

ETR3 Robert Lee NuttU.S. Navy

Served 1958 -1962Cuban Conflict

Passed Away 2-26-62

Daniel Lee OltmannsNavy

Served 1977-1981

Joshua Near1644 IL ArmyNational Guard

Served 9 YearsOperation Enduring Freedom

Calvin R. NuttPetty Officer E-4

U.S. NavyServed 1973 -1977

Jeffrey L. NagyU.S. Coast Guard

Served 1984 - 1989

Gregory L. O’BrienU.S. Army

U.S. Army Guard - IraqServed 2007- 2013

Louis K. NagyU.S. Navy


Murray E. NewcomerArmy - Europea Theater


Ronald J. O’BrienU.S. Army - Military Police

Served 1964-1967

Jack E. OhareArmy Airborne - WWII

Served 1942-1946

Cpt. Charles E. NoffsingerU.S. Army - Korean War

Served 1943 -1946Passed Away Nov. 2, 1997

James MontavonU.S. Army

Served 2 Years


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Anthony B. ParksUS Navy

Vietnam WarServed 1966 - 1969

Sarah Eileen PeacockU.S. Navy

Served 6 Years

Robert E. PeughU.S. Air Force

Served 10 Years

Lee G. PrewU.S. Marines

Served 1952 to 1953Purple Heart

Passed away 06/25/1995

Sgt. Kyle PletschArmy

2000 - 2004

Master Sgt.Kim Razo

U.S. Air ForceServed 20 Years

Lyle R. ReapUS Army

1967-1969Vietnam

Pvt. David ParrottU.S. Army

Served 1965 -1967Passed Away 9/24/2009

Richard L.PercycoeU.S. Navy

Served 1963-1967

Anthony D. PizarroU.S. Air Force


Manuel M. Ramirez, Sr.U.S. Marine Corps.Served 1953-1956

Passed Away 3/6/91

SGT. Ryan RazoAir Force

Served 9 Years

MichaelRazo

Aviation PneudraulicSME

United States ArmyServed 8 Years

Allen D. ReeceU.S. Army • VietnamServed 1969-1970

Henry Pizarro Jr.U.S. Navy


Ben RayU.S. Army


Charles PeughU.S. Marines


Terry PowellArmy-2nd Surveillance &

Observation BattalionGermany 2 years

Rod RazoMaster Sargeant

Air ForceServed 20 Years

Robert E. PersonetteU.S. Marine Corps.

Korean WarServed 1952-1954

1st Lieutenant John PowellArmy Air Corp. • Pilot B-17 91st Bomb Group

1941-1945Passed Away 2-15-05

Master Sgt.Roxanne

Razo

U.S. ArmyServed 20 Years

Tom RazoTech Sargeant

Air ForceServed 23 Years

Loren A. OltmannsArmy Engineers

Served 1952-1954


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W ith water making up more than 70 per-cent of the Earth’s

surface, the United States Navy has a lot of territory to cover. For more than 230 years, its fleets have defend-ed the nation in locations throughout the world.

The U.S. Navy is the branch of the armed forces responsi-ble for conducting naval oper-ations. Its mission is “to main-tain, train and equip combat-ready naval forces capable of winning wars, deterring aggression and maintaining freedom of the seas,” accord-ing to www.navy.mil.

The U.S. Navy traces its ori-gins to the Continental Navy. The Continental Congress established the Continental

Navy on Oct. 13, 1775, by authorizing two ships to abate those supplying the British Army during the Revolution-ary War. Today, Oct. 13 is cel-ebrated as the birthday of the U.S. Navy.

Early on, naval power played a significant role in the nation’s defense, from the War of 1812 to the Civil War, where the Union had a dis-tinct advantage over the Con-federacy on the seas.

In 1907, several of the Navy’s ships, dubbed the Great White Fleet, were showcased in a 14-month tour of the world to demonstrate the Navy’s abil-ity to fight on a global stage.

The Navy might have seen little action during World War I, but it grew strong in the years before World War II.

The U.S. fleet suffered a devastating loss of men and

ships at the hands of Japanese pilots when they attacked the fleet in dock on Dec. 7, 1941, in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

Five of eight battleships at Pearl Harbor were sunk or sinking, the rest of the fleet damaged. Three light cruis-ers, three destroyers and three smaller vessels were lost along with 188 aircraft.

Nearly 2,400 Americans were killed, including 68 civilians, and 1,178 were wounded.

Dubbed a date that will “live in infamy” by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the attack propelled America into WWII.

The U.S. Navy grew tre-mendously, faced with a two-front war on the seas in both Europe and in the Pacific, where the U.S. Navy achieved acclaim during the Allies’ “island-hopping” campaign.

The Navy continued to play major roles in later conflicts. It served to blockade Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis, and was active in Korea, Vietnam and the Gulf War.

Today, the U.S. Navy main-tains a sizable presence in the world, deploying in such areas

as East Asia, Southern Europe, and the Middle East with the ongoing war on terrorism. There are nearly 500,000 men and women on active duty or in the Navy Reserve. The Navy operates 282 ships in active service and more than 4,000 aircraft.

Many sailors who served in the U.S. Navy have gone on to fame, including U.S. Presidents John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter and George H.W. Bush, comedians Jack Benny and Bill Cosby, rap artist Stan-ley “MC Hammer” Burrell, jazz saxophonist John Col-trane, astronaut Alan Shepa-rd, Jr., actors Tony Curtis, Kirk Douglas and Henry Fonda, and professional wrestler and former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura.

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Dennis G. ReglinU.S. Army - VietnamServed 1969-1970

Steven G. ReglinU.S. Marine Corp.

Serving 2003-Present

Timothy RickettsU.S. Navy - USS Wasp


SRA Caleb J. RodriguezU.S. Air Force

Served 2009 - 2013

Timothy RienstraU.S. Army

Served 1984 - 1987

SGT. Matthew D. RodriguezU.S. Marine Corps.

Currently Serving

John RoushU.S. Navy

Served 1975 - 1995

Kenneth L. ReglinU.S. Army - WW IIServed 1940-1946

Passed Away 5/8/2011Ambrose ReuterMerchant Marine

Served 1945-1946

Vincent G. RidenhourU.S. Army

Served10/22/41 - 10/3/45Passed Away 9/2/1993

SGT. Eliseo RodriguezU.S. Marine Corps.

1976 - 1979U.S. Air Force

1982 - 2007 (Retired)

PFC Jericho RomeroArmy National GuardServed 2013 - Present

Santos RodriguezUSMC

Served 3 YearsPassed Away 1945

Spec. 4 Jerry Lee SandersU.S. Army


Leo RienstraU.S. Army

Served 1960 - 1962

Guadalupe RodriguezU.S. Army

Served 3 Years

Jason RickettsU.S. Air Force - Served in Saudi

Military Police/IntelligenceNuclear Weapons

Served 1993-1997

EM 3 Alex RiosU.S. Navy

Served 1959 - 1963

Sgt. Tom RodriquezU.S. Marine Corps

Served 1980 - 1984

Theodore ReuterU.S. Army - WWII

Passed Away 1994

John RinehartU.S. Navy - Metal Smith

Served 1952 - 1955

Lt. Col. James E. RogersU.S. Air Force - Retired

1951-1988

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John E. SchefflerU.S. Army

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1944 -1946Passed away - 3/15/06

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Served 11 Years

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Served 2 Years

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Serving 1999 - Present

Elmer “Pete” SensenigU.S. Navy

Served WWI & IIPassed Away 12/24/80

Sedrick SandersMarines & ArmyServed 4 Years

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25th Division Station/Japan


John ShoemakerU.S. Air Force

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James SimerU.S. Navy - WWII

Passed Away 5/5/91

Nelva H. “Dutch” SmithU.S. Air Force • A2C

Served 4 yearsPassed Away 2-27-08

Delmar “Hughie” SitterU.S. Navy


Terry StephenitchArmy

Served 1966-1968

Major Ivan L. TaylorU.S. Army

Served 1941 - 1945Passed Away 3/1945

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Gary L. Sinderman Sr.U.S. Army

Served 1972 - 1975

Willard Gail SmothersU.S. Navy Air Corp.Served 1954-1957

Douglas StrehlowMarine Corps

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Charles J. SternArmy - WWII

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WWII • KoreaPassed 07/03/2011

Leo P. SindermanU.S. Army

Served 1942-1945Passed Away 1995

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Kenneth W. UfkinU.S. Air ForceServed 2 years

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Sauk Valley portraits part of traveling exhibit STAFF REPORT


SPRINGFIELD – An unusual and touching memorial to Illinois mili-tary members lost to the war on terrorism is avail-able for groups to request to exhibit, or for viewing online.

“Portrait of a Soldier” is an exhibit of hand-drawn portraits of Illinois military personnel who have been killed since Sept. 11, 2001, in the global war on terror.

The portraits are copies of the original, which has been given to the fallen soldiers’ next of kin.

The exhibit, which trav-els throughout the state, includes portraits of six of Sauk Valley’s fallen.

The project began in August 2004, when art-ist Cameron Schilling of Mattoon, then a student at Eastern Illinois Uni-versity, drew a portrait of Army Spc. Charles Neeley, a Mattoon native who was killed in Iraq.

Schilling gave the sketch to Neeley’s parents, to convey his sympathy. In October 2005, he decided to draw a portrait of every Illinoisan who has fallen in the war against terror.

Local service men and women represented in the exhibit include:

• Army Pfc. Scott Tyr-rell, 21, of Sterling, died Nov. 20, 2003, of wounds received 6 days earlier in Tikrit, Iraq.

• Marine Lance Cpl. Andrew G. Patten, 19,

of Byron, killed Dec. 1, 2005, by a roadside bomb in Fallujah, Iraq.

• Army Sgt. Jessica M. Housby, 23, of Milan, assigned to the Army National Guard 1644th Transportation Company in Rock Falls, killed Feb. 9, 2009, by a roadside bomb in Route Golden, Iraq.

• Army Pfc. Norman L. Cain III, 22, of Mount Morris, killed March 15, 2009, by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan.

• Marine Staff Sgt. Justus

S. Bartelt, of Polo, killed in combat in Afghanistan on July 16, 2010.

• Marine Lance Cpl. Alec E. Catherwood, of Byron, killed during a combat mission Oct. 14, 2010, in Afghanistan.

Organizations are invit-ed to request the exhibit for display. Call the Illinois Department or Veterans Affairs at 217-782-0244 or go to tinyurl.com/PortraitOfASoldier to view the portraits or for more information.


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Together Strong Using avatars and apps to help troubled vetsBY TODD SOUTHMCT News Service

H ector hasn’t left his house in weeks, and he’s been drinking

alone. Hector is a veteran who needs help.

Hector also is an avatar, a vir-tual character, featured in one of the scenarios presented in a new online and mobile applica-tion called Together Strong.

The app is an interactive game designed to aid those who are close to a veteran – to sharpen skills to notice warn-ing signs and guide troubled vets to seek help. It allows users to role-play situations involv-ing troubled military veterans with virtual characters, and to choose responses that might help them.

People who have had trau-matic experiences or fall into substance abuse may avoid seeking help as a rule, but vet-erans are especially vulnerable, worrying that they may be seen as weak if they seek help or tell others their problems, experts said.

The app – developed by Kogni-to, a Manhattan-based company that creates virtual situations to help improve health care, in partnership with the U.S. Depart-

ment of Veterans Affairs – helps the player navigate each scenario, offering tips and information. It awards gold stars when the player makes a good decision.

The app was developed over 7 months with teams of VA staff, military service members and veteran volunteers, said Ann Feder, manager of the VA’s New York/New Jersey mental health programs. While available to any-one free until the end of the year, the app was developed for the mental health system’s veterans.

Kognito CEO Ron Goldman said the company is offering the appli-cation to other veteran-focused organizations to use with their clients after the deadline, but it will not be available for individual purchase or download outside of the New York/New Jersey VA net-work after Dec. 31.

The VA estimates there are more than 720,00 veterans liv-ing in New York and New Jersey area covered by the network, and about 300,000 are enrolled. About

80,000 vets visit VA facilities each year.

VA staff and Kognito wanted the app to have as real a feel as pos-sible, so they adjusted the pro-gram based on feedback during several rounds of tests. They got notes about specific issues, such as how a despondent veteran might speak to others, dress, or take care of himself or herself.

Inside Hector’s apartment, for example, there’s a dead houseplant, multiple six-packs of beer atop the refrigerator and clothing scattered about. Hector looks tired, there are bags under his eyes and he slumps into the couch. The main character – acti-vated by the player – knows this is not Hector’s usual demeanor.

A common thread in each sce-nario is the way in which veter-ans downplay their problems or avoid asking for help.

This is common to many people who have had traumatic experi-ences, said Sam Spinelli, chief of the Substance Use Disorder Ser-

vices at the VA Medical Center in East Orange.

Spinelli worked in the VA devel-opment team to give feedback on the behaviors he’s seen in his nearly 25 years of working with veterans.

“What are they going to listen to? What are they not going to lis-ten to?” Spinelli said, noting that those concerns always are the focus of building the conversa-tions in developing the applica-tion.

This is the second app produced by Kognito with the New York/New Jersey system. The first, Family of Heroes, was released in 2011, to help families of veterans learn how to talk with their vet-eran about potential problems and how to seek help.

Since its release, it has been used by more than 62,000 people, Feder said.

It cost $200,000 to produce. The Together Strong program was made at a cost of $215,000.

In 2011, the New York/New

Jersey VA network looked at non-traditional ways to reach veter-ans, Feder said.

“How do you find that veteran that isn’t knocking on the door?” she said. Two ways are through the family and through fellow vet-erans, she said.

The VA in the last 3 years has built a peer network of 800 vet-erans working in VA facilities to assist other veterans. Feder said a way to expand the peer initiative was by giving anyone the tools to approach a fellow veteran, and Together Strong was enlisted to advance that mission.

Over its 10 years in operation, the 45-employee company has worked mostly with educational software, serving more than 450 clients, including Rutgers Uni-versity, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the U.S. Air Force Space Command, Goldman said.

Goldman said that the expecta-tions of learners, especially the generations familiar with the Internet and video games, require education to be interactive.

“You are active in it, making decisions, navigating the experi-ence, you are in control learning through practice,” he said. “If we don’t give that to them, they’ll just ignore what we’re doing.”

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