SALUTE TO VETERANS SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2018 • DAILY COURIER, Grants Pass, Oregon — 9 D

Scotty Whiteaker Herbert E. Waud Jr. Lonnie Johnson DeLos O. ‘Sonny’ Ness Robert Curtis Stevens Louis Ray “Bill” Brandt U.S. Army U.S. Air Force U.S. Navy U.S. Army U.S. Army Air Corps U.S. Marine Corps Highest rank achieved: Highest rank achieved: Highest rank achieved: Highest rank achieved: Highest rank achieved: Highest rank achieved: E-4 Staff Sergeant Fire Control Technician (Surface Staff Sergeant Lieutenant Colonel Sergeant Years of service: Years of service: Missile) Petty Officer 2nd Class Years of service: Years of service: Years of service: Three 1968-1972 Years of service: 1943-1946 1943-1946, 1946-1972 (Air 1944-1950 Where served: Vietnam Where served: Korea; 1964-1972 Force Reserve) Where served: California; Okinawa, ; Texas; Where served: USS Gridley; Where served: Missouri; South South Pacific; Okinawa, Japan; California USS King; USS Reeves; Dakota; Burma; India; China; China Vietnam Washington; Pennsylvania

David M. Denlis David Pahle U.S. Air Force U.S. Army Highest rank achieved: Highest rank achieved: David W. Chase Master Sergeant Matthew G. Brandt Specialist 4 U.S. Army Arthur F. Reel Years of service: Adele B. Shimanoff U.S. Navy Years of service: Highest rank achieved: U.S. Air Force 1987-2007 U.S. Marine Corps Highest rank achieved: 1966-1970 Private 1st Class Highest rank achieved: Where served: Saudi Arabia; Highest rank achieved: Chief Gunner’s Mate Where served: Germany; Years of service: Staff Sergeant ; Qatar Sergeant Years of service: Vietnam 2.5 Years of service: Years of service: 1982-1992 Where served: ; 1951-1955 1945-1946 Where served: California; ; the Netherlands Where served: Texas; Where served: Served as Washington, D.C. (U.S. Navy Colorado; Japan; California; a woman Marine for Ceremonial Guard) Washington, D.C. the campaign to “free a Marine to fight”

Laura Denlis Jerry M. Brown U.S. Air Force U.S. Navy Highest rank achieved: Highest rank achieved: Ronald Ryther Staff Sergeant Aviation Technician Radar 3rd U.S. Air Force Years of service: William “Bill” Davidson Class Highest rank achieved: Drury W. Wood 1987-1999 U.S. Navy Years of service: E-4 U.S. Marine Corps Where served: Base hospitals Bob Bruton Highest rank achieved: 1958-1962 Years of service: Highest rank achieved: and clinics U.S. Army Chief Boatswain’s Mate Where served: California 2002-2008 Major Highest rank achieved: Years of service: World War II Where served: Not submitted Years of service: Specialist 5th Class Where served: Rhode Island; 1942-1955 (active); 27 years Years of service: total including reserve 1968-1970 Where served: Fighter pilot Where served: Vietnam aboard USS Bennington (Pacific Theater); Japan; North Carolina; California; Korea; Maryland

Michael Denlis Virgil L. Witcher U.S. Marine Corps; U.S. Army James Rex Staggers Sr. Air National Guard Highest rank achieved: U.S. Army Highest rank achieved: Michael Walsh Specialist 5th Class Highest rank achieved: Corporal; Technical Sergeant U.S. Air Force Years of service: Staff Sergeant Years of service: Four Gilbert Peacock Highest rank achieved: Not submitted Years of service: Where served: Two tours in U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant Where served: Vietnam (1970) 1942-1945 Afghanistan Highest rank achieved: Years of service: 1964-1968 Where served: Northern “Pug” Hoover Sergeant Where served: Vietnam; Korea France; Rhineland; Washington; U.S. Air Force Years of service: Kentucky Highest rank achieved: 1966-1972 Lieutenant Colonel Where served: Vietnam Years of service: 1956-1978 Where served: Vietnam; Korea; Idaho; Arizona; various U.S. air bases

Nancy E. Fritch Leroy Rice U.S. Air Force U.S. Navy Fred Borngasser Highest rank achieved: Highest rank achieved: U.S. Air Force Major Gordon Hoefer Hospital Corpsman Highest rank achieved: Years of service: U.S. Navy Where served: USS Trathen; Diane Hoover Colonel 1968-1989 Highest rank achieved: California U.S. Navy Years of service: 26 Where served: Vietnam; Electronic Technician Mate 3rd Highest rank achieved: Germany; Oklahoma; Maryland; Class Captain Washington; California Years of service: Years of service: 1944-1946 James Sweeney 26; retired 2010 Theodore E. Peterson Where served: USS ATR-16 U.S. Navy Where served: Medical (no photo submitted) rescue tug (Pacific Theater) Highest rank achieved: department commands across U.S. Air Force the country Highest rank achieved: Marcia Betz Years of service: Master Sergeant (no photo submitted) 1981-1995 John Yosten Years of service: U.S. Navy Where served: Florida; USS (no photo submitted) 1955-1974 Highest rank achieved: Independence; USS Forrestal; U.S. Army Where served: Philippines; Petty Officer 2nd Class California; USS Constellation Frank H. Ault Highest rank achieved: Edward H. Sanders Alaska; Colorado; Tennessee; Years of service: (Western Pacific and Persian U.S. Army Private U.S. Army Washington; Oregon Five Gulf); Washington, D.C.; USS Highest rank achieved: Years of service: Highest rank achieved: Where served: Washington, John F. Kennedy (Persian Gulf); Captain Two Corporal D.C. Virginia Years of service: Where served: Monterey Bay, Years of service: Three 1966-1969 California Where served: China; Burma; Where served: West Germany India

TThank Thank You! You We give tribute to all the men From the Revolutionary War and women who have served or are serving this nation. to the present day, Thank you for defending our nation has survived and thrived America’s freedom. Southern Oregon thanks to our veterans. Sanitation Inc. Redwood Terrace Assisted Living We honor their service & dedication. 541-479-5335 541-471-9543 • 3111 Canal Avenue, Grants Pass • www.redwoodterracealf.org THANK YOU, VETERANS From the employees of the Grants Pass Daily Courier and Courier Publishing Co.