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HONOR,
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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,
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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. I could not be doing this
without my faith and the faith
of those surrounding us and
lifting us up in prayer.”
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