In their Honor A Memorial Day Tribute

We remember the men and women who have so honorably served this country throughout history. We remember their courage, their selflessness and their dedi- cation. We remember the hardship, the suffering and the sacrifice they endured. On Memorial Day and every day, we remember with respect those who have have fought to defend our democratic ideals and secure our freedoms.

With deep gratitude, we salute our country’s brave and honorable veterans.

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Brent A. Abernathy David A. “Bubba” Freddie Abshier Curtis Abshire COLEY Adams Marangely Adams US Army -PFC Abernathy US Army -1945- 1947 US Navy - 1st Class Petty USMC-CPL US Navy -PO3 Military Intel US Air Force -SSGT Korea Officer - U.S.S. McCall Desert Storm 2001-2005 Desert Storm SAC AEMS Sq. Vietnam South Pacific 1940 – 1946

Tate Adams George Albritton Gilmore Albritton Oather Albritton Judd Anderson Ricky D. Anderson US Marine Lance Corp. E-5 Sgt. US Army - Sgt. Staff Sgt. US Army -PVT USMC -PVT 1989 -1993 1966-1968 WW II 1966-1969 Current 2011- Present

Wayne Arnett Harold Glenn Baird Joseph Brittan Baird Weldon Lafate Baird Newton Barnhart Nicholas Barrett US Naval Reserve US Navy US Army - Staff SGT USMC - Corporal US Army USMC-LCPL WW II -South Pacific WWII - Pacific Theatre 11 years served WWII – Pacific Theatre 1950-1952 2001-2004 1940 – 1946 2 tours Iraq Guandal Canal 2 tours Afghanstan

Richard Barrett Frank Barringer Gerald Barrios Sterling Barrow John Charles Barton Larry Beal USMC-SGT US Army Air Corps US Army Air Corps -SGT USAF - LT. US Army US Marines 2001-2006 WW II WWII WW II WWII

Ben Beaoui Neil Bennett E.E. “Ben” Jesse Bertrand Mickey Bertrand J.B. Blair US Army -MAJ US Army - Sergeant Benningfield U.S. Navy -Machinist Mate US Army - SPC 5 US Army -1-SGT 1973-1996 1987-1989 US Navy - SN 1st Class 1968-1970 WWII & Korea WWII 1941-1946

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David Boutin J. Russell “Uncle Enrix “Foots” Branch Robert Brandon Sid Brookshire George E. Brown, Jr. US Navy - SN Russell” Boutte US Army – Pvt Air Corps TSGT 1CL US Army - Major US Air Force - PFC 1974-1976 USMC – Corporal WWI WWII 1988 - 2007 1961 - 1963 1966- 1968 -Vietnam

Sebie Buster Brown Richard Brumley Bill Bryant Thomas Calhoon ( III) Tom Calhoon, Jr Alford Ray Callahan US Army - WW II US Army -SSGT US Navy -QM3 US Navy US Navy US Navy 1948-1954 - Korea 1965-1971 WW II WW I Korean war

Roy Glen Callahan Calvin Carrington Clarence Carrington, Jr Corye J. Carrington Elton Carrington Estie Boyd Carrington Gunners Mate U.S. Army - SP4 US Army -Captain US Army - SP4 WW-II 1964 –1966 1997 - present 1967-1968

Forrest “Peanut” Barney Chambliss Adrian Chavez Bill Childress Fernando Chavez Christy Felice- Chisholm Casey US Army WW II US Army US Navy - IT2 US Army -1LT US Army 2012 – 2015 2000 - 2004 1998 - 2004 WW II / Korea Afghanistan

Patricia Bean Clark Gerald Clemmons Samuel Doyle Colley Joseph Bernille Comeaux Walter Cooley Curtis Ray Cooper US Marine Corps Army Air Corps - SSGT US Navy US Marine Corps -CPL 8085th Army Unit - Korea US Army - PFC 1978 1944-1946 WW II Vietnam -K.I.A 1952 1953-1955 1964 -1967

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Daniel E. Cossey Bobby L. Daugherty Jr. David L. Daviss, Jr Elza M. Daviss David L. Daviss, Sr Elza M. Daviss Jr. US Army - E5 U.S. Army U.S. Air Force - AIC U.S. Air Force - SM Sgt U.S. Air Force - Sgt. U.S. Air Force - Sr. Airman 1968 – 1970 Desert Storm 1994 - 2000 1975 - 2000 1975 - 1981 1992 - 2002 Vietnam

Richard Dawson Wayne Dearman Joey DeHoyas Albert Dequeant Allen Dequeant Charles Dequeant US Navy - CPO US Army AirCorps-Corporal US Army US Army - DLC US Navy-TM3-SS/DV US Army 1954-1969 1943 -1946 WWII Desert Storm WWII 1984-1990 WWI

Zachary Dequeant Joe Derise Joseph C. Desormeaux Rollin Desormeaux Jesse Diaz John T. Dockens US Army PFC US Army - SPC 4 U.S. Navy – MOMM3 Army Airforce - Staff Sgt USMC-LCPL US Army-SP4 Present 1960-1962 1946 - 1947 1941-1945 1965-1967 1953 - 1955 Korea

Mary E. Donohoe Robert Louis “RL” Stephen Ducote Marvin Dunman Dalton Edmonds W.M. (Butsy) Edmonds US Army Nurse 1st Lt. Douglas USAF - SSGT 101st Airborne Infantry US Navy CB U.S Navy WW II US Army – Sgt 1967-1971 Vietnam WW II WW II WWII - 1943 – 1947 Pacific Theatre Okinawa

Respect Honor Remember Respect Honor Remember

To those who lost their lives serving the country they loved. To those who Remember ing ou r left behind wives, hus- bands, children, mothers, Honoring Our fathers and friends. Fallen Her oes

To those who bravely Nation’s Heroes battled with everything they had. To those who understood better than on Memorial Day anyone the importance of freedom and justice for all.

To our honored dead, go our undying gratitude and utmost respect.

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Leslie Evans Wesley Evans Ernest “Sonny” Ezer John Ezer Lloyd Fahring Jim Felice US Army - E-4 Specialist US Army - Specialist US Army - SGT US Navy - EM2C US Army Medical Corps US Army - Sgt. E-5 1988-1992 1989-1992 1951-1954 1942-1945 WW II 1967-1970 Desert Storm Desert Storm Vietnam

Roy Fergerson Danny Fisher II Morris Fleischman Margaret Flockhart Jackie Fontenot Hugh Forrest US Marine Corps US Army -Staff Sergeant Army Air Corps US Army - SPC 4 US Army - SPC5 US Army - SSGT WW II 2004 to Present 1942 -1945 1967-1969 1966-1968 1942-1946 Father

Randy Forrest Sterling C. Fountain Jim Henry Franklin James W. Frascone J.E. Frederick Howard N. Fulbright US Army - SGT US Navy - PO AW2 NAC US Navy - SM CL1 US Navy -NAS Pensacola US Navy - Petty Officer US Navy - TMI -Retired 1969-1971 2001-2006 1944-1945 Aviation Technician 3rd Class 1959-1978 Son 1969 - 1973 WWII

Charles Fuson Beth Geisendorff Lyle Geisendorff W.O. Gibson Jr. Leroy Gibson Ronald Gibson US Navy - F1C EM WWAC US Army Air Corps-SGT US 8th Air Force US Navy - US Army - SGT 1944 - 1946 WWII 1940 -1945 WWII ST. SGT. Lieutenant - LST 563 Berlin Sister Brother Guam & Phillipines South Pacific

Kenneth Gilbert David Glass Jr Eddie Glass Sam Glass Theodore Goodsell Jason Gordon, Jr. US Air Force - SGT US Navy – Fireman US Army – Sgt. Army - Buck Sergeant E-5156 US Army Air Force - SSGT US Army Vietnam Second Class V-6 Korea HEM Co. Evac. (Outlaws) WW II Afganistan WWII 1969-1970 Vietnam

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Jason Gordon, Sr. James Gordon Larry Gordon Richard Gordon US Navy US Army US Navy - Hospital Corpsman US Army Europe Persian Gulf Iraq HM3 1962-1966 -Vietnam 1943 Veteran Fleet Marine Force 1966

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US Army - Clarence PFC - William Corporal 1951 - 1953 Korean War 933rd AntiCraft Battalion

John Goss Ted Green Tom Griffin Raybourne R. Gupton US Army E-5 Retired Army CW 4 US Army - CSM US Air Force - Airman 3CL 1969-1974 1964-1995 26 Years Service 1966-1967 Vietnam

Erric Hahn Guery Hahn Bennie Hairston Gary Hairston Kenneth C. Hale Jimmy Hall USMC-SGT a USMC-SGT Army Res. Corp. Sgt SGT US Army Reserve - E5 1990s 1949-1954 1960-1968 1973-1978 1953-1955 1968-1974 Korea Korean War

Jimmy G. Hampton Bill Hand Broughton Hand Franklin L. Hand Lawson Hand,JR Richard “Clay” Hanf US Army - E4 Artillery Army Air Corps US Army - PFC US Navy Army Air Corps USMC-PFC 1963-1966 WWII 1943-1945 WWII WWII Current

David Hardy Richard D. Hargraves, II Donald W. Harmon Jeffery S. Harper John “Steve” Hart Daniel Lee Haskin U.S. Army - Lt. Col. U.S. Army - Infantry Corporal U.S. ARMY – PFC US Navy -Nuclear USMC-SGT US Army-SGT 1990-Present 1986-1989 1957-1959 Technician 1974-1977 1966-1970 Vietnam War

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Edward Hawthorne Wilton “Jack” Hayes Carston Haynes Clarence Haynes Harvey Lee Haynes Joe L. Haynes U.S. Army - Spec 4 US Navy - CB US Army US Navy US Navy - Seabees US Army – PFC Schuyler WWII WWII WWII 1917 – 1919 1972-1974 WWI

Michael Head Frederick W. Heinicken Thomas Frank Henry Tyrone “Earl” Henry Tyrone “Earl” Henry, Jr. Russell Herman US Army - SPC Navy 2 Class En. US Army SP4 US ARMY US ARMY – E-5 Specialist US Army - PFC 2004-Present 1946 – 1950 1959 – 1961 1967-1973 1941-1945 Vietnam Son Vietnam - Korean Father

Jaime Hernandez Cpt. Jaime Hernandez Rafael Hernandez Raphael Hernandez Charles Hill Sam Hill US Army - 1ST LT Cpt.- HHC, 56 IBCT, 36ID 1 LT. - 72 IBCT, 36ID US Army -2ND LT - USCG USMC CURRENT CURRENT 1960-1966 1969-1973

Hometown Hero - Herman Williams

Herman Williams had finished two The only injury that Herman got was years in college and was working in a during supper. “We were eating chow. shoe repair shop in Bryan, Texas when We didn’t have any building to have it the Army called him up for the Korean in, so we were having it out on the War. During basic at Camp Robinson, ground. We were behind our line a little California, he was assigned to a Cavalry piece. A round came in and it hit the Unit, but soon changed over to the 25th side of the mountain up above where Division, 27th Regiment. The 27th we were. It knocked some rocks loose Regiment, had earned the nickname, the and one of them came down and hit me Wolfhounds, during WW I when the sol- on the leg. It was a pretty good sized diers relentlessly attacked the retreating rock. But it wasn’t enough to stop me communists across Siberia, like a Russian from eating. I stopped temporarily, but Janet Hood Eddie Hopkins, Sr. wolfhound wears down a wolf. Herman I finished my supper and went back in US Navy - LCDR US Army – PVT spent some time training on Hokido Island on the the trench to the bunker. I was real lucky over 2011 - Present Vietnam northern part of Japan, where he was there.” close enough to see Russia. The war ended while Herman was in By the time Herman reached Korea, Korea. When the fighting stopped he was the heavy mobile battles were near an reassigned to KMAG, the Korean end. Truce negotiations were beginning Military Advisory Group. As part of this at Kaesong. Using World War I tactics, group, Herman was teaching military men were stationed in heavily fortified tactics to the South Koreans. “We would positions and limited offensives were teach them different phases of what a run, usually when negotiations bogged soldier is supposed to be. It wasn’t all down. Mostly, combat patrols were shooting. We’d teach sanitation, eating in sent into the “No Man’s Land’ between the field, whatever. But most of it was the lines to capture prisoners, get infor- teaching them how to pull a patrol, how mation, and maintain contact with the to take care of themselves, and things enemy.” like that.” As a sniper, Herman was placed on Herman still remembers with a smile the front line at the 38th parallel near the what it was like to set foot back on Satae-ri Valley. “You would harass people. You’d American soil. He rode a train as far as Dallas and Phylaris Hopkins Rayon Hopkins shoot at them if you could see them. We had two then got on a bus headed for Bryan, since that’s where US Army -E-4 Specialist – US Navy - PVT Seaman defense lines set up and there was a neutral zone in he signed up. But his parent’s home in Benchley, Reserves 2012 – Present between those defense lines. And when I went up at Texas, was on the way from Dallas to Bryan. So when 2011 - Present Virginia Beach night, that’s where I was positioned.” the bus got to Benchley, he pulled the emergency cord “They had trenches dug and when you moved and asked the driver to let him out. It was only a two around, you had to stay in that trench, if you didn’t mile walk to his house. He hadn’t gone 20 feet and a want to get shot at. From the other side, the Chinese neighbor picked him up and took him home. His par- and North Koreans, they’d shoot at you. That was my ents didn’t know he was coming and they were sure job, as a sniper, to shoot at them, if I saw them. We surprised. “We hugged. That was one of the happiest had some fighting positions where we’d bunker on moments in my life, put my foot back on my birth- the line. That’s where we had to sleep and stay. We’d place, home. I was happy, happy. It was cotton chop- pull guard so many hours of the night and then ping time. We had some property down in the bottom. somebody’d relieve you. You had to stay on duty to They were all going to the field, you know. I went keep them from slipping up on you.” At times Herman right on in there and got in there and grabbed up that would have to pull patrol in the neutral zone. hoe. I was so glad to get in there and chop some cot- Sometimes there would be fire fights when two ton.” groups would meet. But generally they were “just keeping tab of where everybody was located. So they Herman Williams graduated from Prairie View wouldn’t pull any surprises on you.” A&M, got married, and began teaching in Anahuac, During the day, he’d stay down in the bunker or all in 1957. He was principal at G. W. Carver School trenches. “Course we had to come out to go some- and taught 29 years before retiring. Herman has been where to eat. Our mess zone, was behind, not too far active in his church, Boy Scouts, the community and back. We would go and eat, and come back. If you the American Legion. “I’ve always been appreciative Stanley Hracek LH Buck Hughes wanted to walk around, you’d better stay down in that to the Lord that he brought me back. I realize that he US Army US Navy - Signalman 3rd Class trench, if you didn’t want to get shot.” brought me back for a purpose. I’ve been trying to do 1943 - 1946 right and trying to help folk.” WWII memorial day The Progress Special Edition Wednesday • May 22, 2019 8B

Tyler Hulsey Charles E. Humphrey Clarence E. Humphrey Hardy Humphrey, Jr Isaac Humphrey Leroy Humphrey, Jr US Navy - E3 FN US Marines CPL C CO, Airborne Paratrooper US ARMY US Army 14th Artillery-2nd 2012 - Present 1st BN, 9th Marines, WWII Division -Retired 3rd MARDIV, III MAF WWII served 25 years 1966- 1967 1944 - 1969 Vietman Purple Heart KIA

Richard Humphrey Theo Humphrey, SR Charles Hutchinson Chris Hutchinson Jack Hutchinson Jack Roy Hutchinson US Army – Sgt US Army – Marksman US Navy - SN US Navy Yeoman 3rd USMC USMC- CPL WW II Sharp shooter 1927 VIETNAM WII 1962 -1968 Son - Father

Jerry Hutchinson Jim Hutchinson Maurice Hutchinson Robert Hutchinson Danny Irby Taylor Irby US Navy - SN US Navy -GMG3 US Navy - SN US Aircorps - PFC US Air Force - Sgt US Navy - HN Hosp. E3 WWII 1968-1972 WWII 1942-1945 Vietnam 2012 - Present

Wendell Irish Guy C. Jackson III Artenus J. Jackson Hugh E. Jackson Quinten L. Jackson Roscoe Jackson US Army – PFC US Army -LT COL. US Army -1753rd US Army US Army - PVT1C US Army 1956 – 1958 1953-1976 Engineers WWI Korea Korea Kaisesslantern, Germany Technician 5th Class (T/S) March 18, 1957 1942 – 1945 - World War II

JW James Clement Jannise Hazel (Mayes) Jason Bennett Meigs Jenkins Lawrence Johnson Reece Kahla Jan. 1944 – Nov. 1946 US Air Force -Corporal US Army - WAC Army Air Force US Army US Navy -ABE2 AW South Pacific 1943 - 1945 WWII WW II 1967-1969 1999-2004 WWII Vietnam

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Richard Karr William Keith Kathan Paul Keating Kevin D. Kelley Marvin E. “Kilowatt” George W. Kellogg Jr. Airborne - Battle of the Bulge USAF - SSgt US Naval Air Corps US Navy - GSM3 Kelley US Marines - LCpl 517th PRCT 1931-2002 Naval Air Cadet V5 2002 - 2006 US Army Air Force – SGT Afghanistan WWII Korea 1944-1946 1943-1945 - WWII WWII

George W. Kellogg Sr. J.E. “Jigger” Kindel James Ed Kindel Juanita Kindel Cortez E. King J.B. King US Navy - E-4 US Army - SSGT - 1942- US Army - MAJ US Army - 1ST LT 1943- Army Air Corp US Army -SGT 1985 to 1993. 1945 1972-992 1945 1942-1945 1959 - 1962 Father Son Mother

Matt Kinser Nicolas C. Kirkwood Wilton Knox Marvin Kruger Melvin Kruger Jacob Kubik U.S. Navy US Marines - PFC US Navy US Army Counter Intelligence Corps US Army - RVS-SGT 1990-1993 2013 - Present WW II 1956-1959 CURRENT Persian Gulf War

Carl Land, Jr. James P. Land A.H. Langford Daniel R. Langford Maurice (Mike) Rheis LeBlanc US Army - SGT USCG U.S. Army -Corporal US Navy - Petty Officer 2nd Latiolais USMC 1942 WWII Class – Gunners Mate U. S. Navy – Seaman Desert Storm 2nd Class Pacific Theater-Okinawa, Iwo Jima, Leyte, & Nagasaki

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Kenneth Leda Clayborn Lewis Elvie Lewis Harold E. Lewis Horace Lewis Jewel Lewis US Army US Army – PFC US Army –PVT US Army US Army US Army – PVT 1973 - 1985 1967 - 1969 Vietnam WWI 1961 - 1963 1952 - 1954 WWII

William G. Lewis Seferino “Sandy” Licon Ed Lieck Jaime Linares Crespin Lopez Daniel Lucas US Army - PFC US Navy - SeeBee USMC – Sgt. US Army - PVT US Army - PVT 1CL USAF - SR A Korea Korea 1971-1974 2005-2008 1943-1946 2004-2008

James P. Maggio Edmond Manuel E.J. Manuel William L. Marsh James H. Martin, Jr. JH “Chuck” Martin U.S. Army Intelligence US Army US Army - E4 US CG - Merchant Marine US Navy - BM2C US Army - E5 E-4/SPC WWII 1963-1965 1941 - 1945 WWII Vietnam 1990 -1993 Pacific War - Phiippine War

Hometown Hero - Clarence Metcalf larence Metcalf was 17 years old when The Portland was at Okinawa from March 21 to the 17 he enlisted in the US Navy in March of of June as their last big operation. “We did different 1943. “I volunteered as soon as basket- things, like coming in close to shore and bombarding ball season ended.” After boot camp in with the 40 mm to pockets of resistance to soften them CGreat Lakes Naval Training Station in up. We did that a bunch of times.” Illinois and gunnery school, he was assigned to a heavy “There were three of us there in the cruiser division, cruiser named the USS Portland. the Minneapolis, the Indianapolis and us. The Indianapolis The Portland was about 610 feet long and 66 feet wide left. We thought she’d gone back home to get repairs. and held a complement of 876 officers What she’d done was gone back to get the and men. Her job was to provide support atomic bomb. They were supposed to for carriers and provide cover and sup- relieve us. Delay, delay, they never did port for marine landings. When Clarence show up. We found out finally that she was William L. Martin, Sr. Dustan Mathews US Navy - SN 1C US Army-SPC boarded her, the Portland had come to sunk.” The Indianapolis had been torpe- WII 1996-1999 Mare Island at San Francisco for repairs. doed in the Philippine Sea after delivering At that time she had earned seven battle the Hiroshima Bomb to Tinian. stars for meritorious participation in “During the time we were at Okinawa, military campaigns during WW II. we had a little excitement. Everything was During his time on the Portland, the ship calm and all of a sudden, there was a sub. would receive eight more. When you go into Buckner Bay in Okinawa Clarence’s job was to help load the 40 they had submarine screens. To go in there, mm anti aircraft guns. His work was they had to open them up. The ship would below deck. “I would get the ammuni- go in, and they’d close them. While some tion out of the storage room. I’d give it ship was going in there, a little Japanese to guys on ladders and they’d get it on up two man sub came in there and slipped on to the ones who were getting low. Then it was their through. And nobody detected it. All of a sudden that job.” submarine surfaced and fired a torpedo at the Minneapolis. The Portland was part of MacArthur’s 7th Fleet which Well, the Minneapolis was making a turn. When she was composed of battleships, heavy cruisers, light cruis- did, she swung and that torpedo just went right on by and ers, and destroyers. Clarence saw action in the Gilbert out to sea. It came down alongside of our ship. All of a Islands, the Marshall Islands, Palu, Tanamerah Bay, sudden, there it was, the flag of the rising sun right there Eniwetok Atoll, Truk, Leyte, Luzon, Corregidor, Okinawa in front of us. And our (gun) mounts hit it! A destroyer Bill Matthews W.M. Billy Matthews Gunto, and many other Pacific islands. During 20 went down there and double checked, but there was an USAF-SGT US Navy- Store Keeper months from November of 1943 to June of 1945, oil slick. We got the credit for sinking that two man 1966-1969 1943-1943 Clarence participated in over 225 days of battles and sub!” bombardments in the Pacific. “Then we stayed there long through the summer and “When you go into battle, everything closes down. were there VJ day (Victory over Japan) on August 16, the Everybody topside, stays topside. We had to go without day before my birthday.” The Portland went to the food two days during the Leyte landing.” At Luzon, they Carolina Islands for the surrender ceremonies with were fighting the Japanese Air Force. “Their airplanes Japan. Documents were signed at the same hour as those were getting desperate. One day, it was us and the Army on the battleship Missouri, on the decks of the Portland Air Force together. We knocked down about 270 some in Truk Lagoon. “We had to get our white dress uniforms odd planes that day. That’s when they had those kami- on and stand at parade rest. We stood there about four kaze planes.” hours before they ever got over there. When they came After the landings at Mindoro in December of 1944, on, we were on the deck above the quarter deck. We there was a lull in the fighting and for Christmas they could look right down on the ceremony that was taking had turkey dinner. “The turkey was stored on the ship in place. 1936 when she was commissioned. They got it out and The little Japanese General was the commander of the cooked it. It wasn’t turkey anymore. There was no taste Japanese Fourth Imperial Army and he had brought three in it whatsoever. It was all freezer burnt. What a mess. Japanese Navy officers. One of them went to school here No way to eat it.” in the United States at naval school. But that little Army In February of 1945 the Portland sailed to Corregidor. General, he couldn’t speak English at all.” “We couldn’t land troops in Corregidor cause there was Clarence Metcalf was discharged from the Navy in Adolphus Mayes Hillary R. Mayes, Sr. just a little opening to get up into there. So what they did February of 1946. After the war, Clarence married Floy US Army US Army – PFC-Corporal. is send paratroopers over. They came down like snow. So Suttle and moved to Monroe City in 1947 to work for the WWII 1940 - 1945 New Guinea - No. we’d bombard them and they sent the paratroopers into Humble Oil Company. He retired from Humble/Exxon Solomons Corregidor to secure it.” in 1986. Mr. Metcalf passed away on April 11, 2010. The Progress memoria day 11B Wednesday • May 22, 2019 Special Edition

Hiram E. Mayes Ishmael A. Mayes, Sr. Oscar G. Mayes Robert C. Mayes US Army - PVT US Marines - PFC US Army - PVT US Army - SFC Korea WW! 1954 - 1974 Vietnam

Pete Mayes (right) US Army -Entertainment division 1961-1963 Robert Richard Mayes Willard B. Mayes Pvt. 1st Class – Army US Army - PFC World War II Billy McClung Robert C. McCulley US Navy PHMT US Army -PFC 1942-1945 1943 - 1945 The Italian Campaign WW II

Elizabeth McGovney Loyde Mcillwain, Jr. VR McManus Roy McPike Lamont Meaux Robert A. “Bob”Meeler US Army - Captain USMC-CPL US Marines PFC US Army - SP-4 US Army -199 Light Infantry US Army - Barracks SGT Current 1985-1991 1941 - 1943 1966 – 1968 Division 1945-1946 VietNam

Edwin Meeler Noe Mejia Clarence Metcalf G. H. Miles, Jr. Brandon Millican Ulrich Shelby Mitchell US Army - VT. 2 OS2 Afganistan & Iraq US Navy - SM 1 US Army US Army - 1st SGT US Coast Guard - CBM 2009 - Current 2000-2005 WWII WW II Current WW II

Charles E. Moore, Sr Erika N. Moore Brandy Morris-Moralez Everett E Morgan James Morgan Boyce Morris US Army - 101 Airborne US Air Force US Army - COL US Army - TEC5 US Army US Army 1st & 23rd Spec –E4 -2 Purple Hearts 2003 -2007 2003 - Current WWII Infantry Korea 1966-1969 1967-1968 Vietnam

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Leon Moulton Sr. Ben H. Nelson Edward E. Nelson Cole Newton James D. Norman Newton Norman US Army- SGT US Navy – DC3 US Marines CPL US Coast Guard – US Army US Army - PFC 1968-1970 1958-1962 1957 – 1961 Petty Officer 3rd Class 1944-1946 2010 – Present

Roger Norman Russell Norman Terry Norman Wesley Jay Nelson Cash Newton Thomas J. Norton US Navy US Army -WO US Navy - RD2 US Navy -GM2 (SW) US Marine Corps – LCPL US Navy -MM2 SW 1971-1993 1966-1970 1998-2002 2010 – Present 2000-2009 Enduring Freedom - Iraqi Freedom

Floyd Oliver Rick Otter Arthur Lee Parker Charles Marion Parker James Lee Parker James V. Pate, Jr. 1st Air Cav Am Inf.- SGT US Navy - AO3 Army Air Corps US Army – Specialist E-4 US Navy - USS Saratoga US Army Vietnam 1968-1972 WW II 1964 – 1966 CV-60 -E-5 1967-1969 Vietnam 1986 – 1990

Scott R. Peal Les Peeler Bobby Pelham III Curtis S. Penick L.A. “Buster” Penick Curtis Pennington U.S. Army – E-4 Specialist US Army - E-5 9th ASA USMC - Corporal 448 Engineers Naval Air Corps US Army 1991-1994 1956 - 1959 2006-2010 WW II & Korea WWII 1950 -1953 Korean War Iraq Tour 2007

Robert Pennington Robert L. Perry Joe A. Pesina Charles D. Plummer Clifford A.Plummer Roger D. Plummer US Navy Quarter Master III US Army USMC -Corporal / Unit: US Army USCG US Army - SPC E4 1952-1956 1966-1968 CBIRF -Chemical Biological WWII 1943-1945 1969 - 1971 Korea Incident Response Force - 2006- 2010

T. L. Poland Doil Pounds Orrie J. Prejean, SR Douglas W. Presley Douglas Ragsdale Frank Ragsdale US Army US Army - PFC US Army - TEC 5 USMC-LCPL US Navy -BT3 US Army - SGT WWII 1946 -1947 1942 - 1946 2005-2009 1967-1970 1968-1971 WWII - Burma The Progress memorial day 13B Wednesday • May 22, 2019 Special Edition

George Ragsdale George Ragsdale, Jr. Walter S. Ragsdale Gabriel Lucio Rangel Juana Parker Rangel Richard W. Reeves US Army WSA-WO US Navy - MM3 USMC - Staff Sergeant US Air Force - Airman First US Army - Sgt. WWII 1969-1970 1961-1964 1997 – Present Class 1970 -1971 Operation Iraqi Freedom-2 1994 - 1996 tours; Operation Enduring Freedom

Aubrey Rhame Lawrence J. Rice Stuart Rice Seth Richard Theodore R. Ricks Wesley R. Riggs US Army – SP4 US Army -Staff SGT US Navy - E4 US Navy US Army - PVT 1960 – 1962 1985 - 1991 2009 – Present WWII & Korea 2004 -2005 Cuban Crisis Desert Storm Operation Inherent Resolve

Jermaine M. Riggs J.W. “Jim” Riley F.C. Rinehart Terry Rinehart Manuel “Tanzy” Rivers, Lloyd Rivers US Marines - Corporal Texas ANG 1949- 1951 US Navy (with mom) Jr USMC- CPL 2013-Present USAF 1952 - 1954 WWII US Army US Army 1956-1962 Vietnam WWII - North Africa

Edwin Rivon Timothy J. Rivon Larry Rivon Willis Rivon Francis Roy Donald H. Salyers USMC -Lt US Army - Spec 4 US Army – SP4 US Air Force US Army - SGT 1CL - USMC - SGT 1974 – 1979 1975 -1978 1975-1978 1969 - 1974 Korea 1953-1961 Vietnam

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Day is done, gone the sun, From the lake, from the hills, from the sky; All is well, safely rest, God is nigh. Fading light, dims the sight, And a star gems the sky, gleaming bright. From afar, drawing nigh, falls the night. Thanks and praise, for our days, ‘Neath the sun, ‘neath the stars, neath the sky; As we go, James Sandlin Keith Sandlin USAF US Navy this we know, God is nigh. 1950-1954 Sun has set, shadows come, Time has fl ed, scouts must go to their beds Always true to the promise that they made. While the light fades from sight, And the stars gleaming rays softly send, To Thy hands we our souls, Lord, commend.

Danny Savage Ralph Sayers US Army - SGT US Army -2nd Armored 1969-1971 Div. Korea memorial day The Progress Special Edition Wednesday • May 22, 2019 14B

Walter D. Scherer, Jr. Rudy Earl Sevin Scott Shaver Bowen Shaw Bruce D. Shaw Milton Shaw US Navy - AG3 US Air Force - Master US Army - SPC US Navy -RIVAH-II Recon US Army - Specialist 4 USMC - PFC 1961-1965 Sergeant 2004 -Current Vietnam 1972 - 1974 WWII 1954 - 1972

Earl Sheffield Elder F. Sherman Woodrow Simms, Sr. Donald Smith James A. Smith Tommie Lee Smith US Navy Army Air Corp. US Army - SGT Gunner US Army - AF RSV US Air Force - Lt. Col. US Air Force – Airman-E2 1961-1965 WWII WWII 1955-1962 1955 - 1979

Wesley Smith Lewis Sorley Richard N. Sparks Freeman Spath Cheyenne R. St. Andre Alva Standley Army – E-1 US Army - Col. US Coast Guard - Petty US Army Desert Storm USMC - 3rd Present 1887 - 1931 Officer 1st Class WW I Korea 1966 - 1971

Asa Standley Dennis H. Standley James A. Standley John Standley Morris Standley Ronald M. Standley US Army - 1st Calvary Div. US Coast Guard USMC-LCPL US Army US Army -PFC US Army WW II WWII 1973-1977 2005 - 2006 WWII Vietnam Philippines Iraq -Kuwait Burma

William J. (Bill) Standley Walter Stephens George Louis Walter A. Stephenson Paul Stines William E. Stokes U.S. Navy US Navy - SM Stephenson US Army US Army - SGT 1CL USCG - FM 1CL WWII 1907-1910 US Army WWII 1971-1993 WWII 1953-1956 Phillipines

Here’s how you can actively remember and honor the brave men and women who have died defending our nation:

• Decorate the graves of sol- diers with flowers or flags. • Visit or learn about some of our country’s war memorials.

• Fly the American flag at half-staff until noon. • Support a charity serving veterans and their families. • Discuss the meaning of Memorial Day with your chil- dren. Larry “Doc” Strange US Army - SP4 • Take time to reflect on the 1970-1972 sacrifices made by our fallen heroes. The Progress memorial day 15B Wednesday • May 22, 2019 Special Edition

Nelson Stuckey Mitch Sutterfield Frank Suttle Wallace Suttle C. Dick Swope John Syer, Jr. 82nd Airbourne US Army - PVT US Army - PVT ABN 10th Special Forces Army Air Corps 2006- 2010 WW I WW I SGT WWII 1952 - 1955

Jack Taylor Noah Terrell Louis Thames Brandon J. Thomas Tommy Thompson Danny Thompson US Army -CPL USAF -Master SGT US Army - SGT US Navy - E4 ABH US Navy - PO US Navy - PO 1CL 1951-1954 1952-1975 1944-1946 2005-2009 1964 1961-1965 Vietnam Brothers

Wayde T. Thompson Garrett Threadgill Bill Tinnerman Thaddeus Trahan, Jr. Roy Turner Vernon D. Turner USMC - CPL US Army - E-2 US Army US Army - LTC US Army US Army - T/5 1988 - 1992 2013 - Present 1969-1972 Served 25 years WWII 1944-1946 Gulf War Purple Heart

Blake Underwood Elia Valdespino Clifton M. Vargas George Venable Jerry G. Walker Nugent Otto Walker Jr. US Marine - SGT US Army - 2LT US Army & National Guard US Navy - BK3 PVT-1CL US Coast Guard 2000- 2005 Current 2004 - Current WWII 1942 - 1946 Signalman 2nd Class Iraq WWII USS Hunter Liggett 1942-1946 South Pacific

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David Wallace George A. Watson Albert “Chappy” Watts Clinton Weimar T.A. “Shorty” Weimar Thomas Wetherill US Army US Army - 82 Airbourne 330th US Eng. Regiment - US Navy - BMS US Army - SGT US Army - CPL WW I 1953 - 1955 Tech 4 - SGT 1959 - 1965 WWII 1959 - 1961 WWII

Scott Wheat Furl H. White Bert Whittington, Sr Bert Whittington III Bill Wilkins Gerald A. Willcox US Army US Army – PVT Corporal USMC - MSGT US Navy – AMH 3 US Army -PFC Desert Storm WWII 1942 - 1945 1988 - 2012 1963-1967 WWII

Jesse Carroll “Goonie” Gerald “Pat” Willcox J.R. “Bob” Williams Herman Williams Stephen Wilson Othar W. Witherspoon Willcox, Jr. US Air Force Pilot-LTC SA-E5 US Army - SGT US CG - ET-2 US Army Air Corps. Vetnam Vietnam WWII 1958 - 1962 1941 - 1942 LAST MINUTE ENTRY

James A. (Jim) Bryan US ARMY – SGM Jessica F. Wright Karim Wrights Robert Wyskup Hannah F. (Prague) Bob Zilch 1986 – 2010 US Airforce - Nurse E5 Sgt. US Army - SP4 Zarsky EM 2CL Operation Enduring 2003 - Current 1991 - 1995 1966- 1968 2d Lt, USAF USS Fanshaw Bay Freedom (2 Tours) Vietnam May 2015 - Present WWII Operation Iraqi Freedom (1 Tour)

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