Veterans Day 2016

Nov. 9, 2016
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VETERAN PROFILES

Hal Anway Richard S. Loren Robert D. Craig A. John A. Berlette

Branch Army
Years 3
Stationed Philippines,
Japan
Of note Earned Pacific
Campaign with 2 stars as
part of Philippine Libera-
tion
Atkins II
Branch Army Airborne
Hometown Laurie
Stationed Vietnam
Of note Earned Silver Star,
Bronze Star, Army Com-
mendation Medal
Beaumont
Branch Army Air Force
Years 1943-1946
Of note Made 48 trips to
Europe while on duty
Bebermeyer Berlette
Branch Navy Branch Air Force
Of note Was aboard USS Years 1984-present
New Jersey when the Stationed San Antonio,
Spruce Goose completed Texas
its sole flight in 1947 Of note Is an active duty
colonel
Branch Air Force
Years 1954-1976
Hometown Laurie
Of note Was a pilot mem-
ber of Strategic Air Com-
mand

Thomas N. Edgar F. Blanton William C. Paul J. Blatner Edward M. Richard Boczek

Blancett Branch Navy Blanton Branch Navy Bobier Branch Navy
Years 1942-1946 Years 1947-1949 Branch Navy Years 1965-1969
Branch Army Of note Served as a Branch Navy Of note Hometown of Au- Hometown Lake Ozark
Years 1967-1969 Years 1969-1971 Years 2
Stationed Vietnam gunnersmate roroa, Ill. Hometown Osage Beach Of note Served aboard the
Of note Served in Special USS Enterprise
Of note Awarded Combat Stationed Japan area
Infantry Badge, Air Medal, Services
Bronze Star for valor

John C. Bohnert Theron
Branch Army Bradford
Years 1969-1970
Stationed Dong Hoi, Viet-
nam
Of note Received Bronze
Star and Army Commen-
dation
Branch Army Air Force
Years 1942-1946
Stationed Guam
Of note Awarded two
Bronze Stars
Eugene Gene Howard Carr Lester M. Clark Hal Coleman
Branch Branch Navy Branch Army Branch Navy/Naval Re-
Years 4 Years 1951-1953 serve
Branch Navy Hometown St. Stationed Korea Years1943-1963
Years 1943-1946 Louis/Rocky Mount Of note Awarded the Pur- Stationed South Pacific,
Of note Served as a Motor Of note Oldest member of ple Heart Asiatic Pacific
Machinist Mate, First Class Amvets Post 108 in Rocky Of noteAboard LST 654
SV-6

John Conley
Branch Army
Years 1955-1958
Stationed Okinawa
Of note Army Intelligence
officer with the Army Secu-
rity Agency
Zach Davis
Branch Navy
Hometown Versailles
Of note Worked in the mili-
tary police in anti-terror-
ism force protection
Louis DeVries
Branch Army
Years 1952-1954
Hometown Linn Creek
Of note Worked on map-
ping depot reconnaissance
planes in Japan, awarded
National Serivce Medal
Clay Emry James Fiers Timothy L.
Branch Army Branch Army Air Force Fletcher
Years 3 Years 1944-1946
Stationed Of note Transported pa- Branch Army
Germany/France pers from the Empire State Years 1966-1969
Of note Awarded Purple Building to the United Na- Of note Served in Tan Sun
Heart, Three Bronze Stars tions Nhut, Vietnam as part of
the Military Assistance

Jack Anthony
Garcia
Branch Army Air Force
Years 1941-1944
Of note Enlisted after at-
tack on Pearl Harbor with
two brothers
Rick Goedde
Branch Navy
Years 1969-1972
Stationed Long Beach, Ca.
Pearl Harbor, Vietnam
Of note In memory of
brother Robert, killed in
Vietnam
John Hagen
Branch Army
Years 1969-1971
Of note Served as a para-
chute rigger at Fort Camp-
bell as training exercises
for the Vietnam War
Terry Haller Wayne Hanks Don Hasch
Branch Army Branch Navy Branch Marines
Years 1987-1995 Years 1950-1954 Years 1943-1952
Stationed Saudi Arabia, Stationed Philippine Sea Hometown Omaha, Neb.
Kuwait, Asia Of note Earned National Of note Served as a con-
Of note - Bronze Star and Defense, Good Conduct, trol tower operator, re-
numerous other medals KPUC, and Korean Service mained in the reserves for
and ribbons awards five years

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