PAGE A6, KEIZERTIMES, JULY 3, 2015 HONOR, continued from Page A1 munications in the 73rd Wing on a B-29 bomber fl ying on 35 missions during his tour of duty. “There’s some nightmares in those missions,” Bietshek said, not elaborating. “The winds over Japan were 100 miles per hour. If you tried to bomb into the wind and you ran out of gas, running with the wind, you were going too fast for the bombardier to hit the target. We lost more planes to running out of gas than we did getting shot THANKS, continued from Page A1 Kathy also thanked MHS staff and students who de- signed T-shirts that were sold on Austin’s behalf and various companies that have stepped up. She also thanked person- nel from Keizer Fire District for their fast response. “We wish to thank the Keizer, Salem and surround- ing area for those of you who endured the long wait and who dug deep and gave gen- erously,” Kathy said. “We wish down.” Bowerly had just fi nished dental school and was on a ship bound for Pearl Harbor when a senior offi cer let him know he qualifi ed for discharge because of his degree. He spent three months in Hawaii as a dental corpsman. “All they had was a suitcase that had all the dental equip- ment in it, including the chair,” Bowerly said. Bowerly returned to the Keizer area and set up his own practice, but Uncle Sam came calling again a few years later. “They said I never complet- ed the original tour and they sent me to the Marine base in Ft. Pendleton, Calif. I spent the next 18 months there taking care of the boys coming and go- ing during the Korean confl ict,” Bowerly said. He attained the rank of cap- tain before returning home and resuming his dental practice. Morgan had turned 18 in August 1943 and got his draft notice the following month along with eight other players on the Enumclaw High School football team in Washington. The school’s head football coach and principal went to the draft board in person and requested a deferment until the end of the football season and it was granted. “At the time, I don’t think anyone realized the head coach and principal had that kind of power,” Morgan joked. Morgan ended up a signal- man aboard a troop ship built in Astoria. His role involved helping coordinate ship move- ments using fl ags while posted in the ship’s crow’s nest. Radios were too likely to give away location. Morgan traveled with the boat through getting sup- plies in California, picking up troops in Honolulu and then went straight to the front lines at Iwo Jima. “We sat off the coast for nine days watching the fi ghting and I saw the fl ag go up on Mt. Suri- bachi through a pair of binocu- lars,” Morgan said. The raising of that particular fl ag became an iconic image in American war history and a sculpture in its honor was one of the sites the trio visited on their Honor Flight trip. In addition to the veterans themselves, each former ser- viceman took along a guardian. Judy Luse served as guardian to Bowerly, her father. Her hus- band Walt served as guardian to a Roseburg veteran. “The guys were opening up about things that they’d bottled up for 70 years. One of them teared up as he told me a story, and the guy I was with landed in Nagasaki two months after they dropped the bomb,” Walt said. “What they did doesn’t hap- pen anymore,” added Judy. “As a country, they came together around a big goal, went and did what they had to do and then came home and got back to work.” For more information about Honor Flight of Oregon, in- cluding how to register for a fl ight, visit www.honorfl ighto- foregon.org. to thank all those who have been sending up prayers on behalf of Austin Verboort and our family. We have been in awe at the outpouring of sup- port and feeling totally em- braced and loved by our com- munity during such a diffi cult time in our lives. “We could not be doing this without the emotional, spiritual, fi nancial and physi- cal help from all of you,” she added. “Austin was born and raised in Keizer and I feel proud to be a part of this community and am touched deeply to be the recipients of such selfl ess generosity.” Hayley Cole, one of the Dutch Bros. employees, loved seeing so many people sup- porting the family on June 3. “It was wonderful,” Cole said. Kathy has been by her son’s side on a regular basis and has seen the improvements. “He is quickly progress- ing,” she said. “He’s saying my name. He said ‘mom’ on Tues- day (June 23) and he said, ‘I love you’ today. He amazes us with his tenacious spirit. He gives his all every day. He’s a fi ghter.” Each day Kathy is stunned by Keizerites. “We’ve been in awe of the community support,” Kathy said. “We’ve been embraced by the community. People have been digging deep. We’ve been amazed by the outpour- ing. People we don’t even know are reaching out. Austin has a long journey ahead of him, but it’s great to know we have such amazing support.” Kathy also gave thanks to a higher authority. “It’s totally by the grace of God that Austin’s with us today,” she said. “His Jeep col- lapsed around him. I give all glory to God and His amazing grace. He’s touching so many lives through Austin. I am to- tally trusting in God’s plan for Austin and know our God is a God of healing and miracles. We are witnessing a miracle each and every day with Aus- tin. 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