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November 7, 2015 • VETERANS DAY TRIBUTE • Siuslaw News • 5 HONORING OUR VETS A special tribute to local military veterans who currently are Florence-area residents or have connections to the area. L LOYD E. B AKER F RED A LLEN HM2, U.S. Navy 1967-1969 Tours of Duty: Northern corps S HARON A RMSTRONG U.S. Coast Guard (Reserve) 1972 - Enlisted E-5 Storekeeper First Class 2003 - Retired O-6 Captain Ports Assigned: San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA; Philadelphia, PA; Washington, D.C.; Major Assignments: Port Security Team Leader, Training Officer, Administrative Officer; Executive Officer, Commanding Officer, Group Commander; Senior Reserve Command Advisor. T OM A RMSTRONG CT2, U.S. Navy 1964-1968 Tours of Duty: Great Lakes, IL; Pensacola, FL, USNCS Sidi Yahia, Morocco. A/IC, U.S. Air Force 1954-1958 Tours of Duty: New York, Mississippi, California, Japan D ANIEL B ALDRIDGE U.S. Air Force 1953-1957 Ground crewman and crew chief on the B-47 bomber during the Cold War Q UINT B ARNABY CW2, U.S. Army National Guard 2009-2010 Tours of Duty: Iraq Joined in 1985; still serving; picture is in front of one of Saddam’s Palaces R OBERT L. B ELK D UANE B EST Airman 1st Class, U.S. Air Force 1952-1960 Tours of Duty: Labrador, Wichita, Kan.; 1-1/2 years in the Army National Guard A NTHONY B ELL U.S. Air Force 1950-1954 Tours of Duty: Rapid City, SD; Upper Hayford, UK. J EFFREY B EVERIDGE 3rd Class Petty Officer, U.S. Navy 1992-1999 Tours of Duty: Served on the USS Abraham Lincoln CVN-72 during Operation Restore Freedom and Operation No Fly Zone Specialist, U.S. Army Reserve Tours of Duty: Kuwait 2003 R ICHARD B ENNETT B YRON B. B LAKE A2C, U.S. Air Force 1954-1958 Tours of Duty: Ernest Harmon AFB, Newfoundland and Little Rock, Ark., AFB Tech Sergeant, U.S. Army 1945 Tours of Duty: South Pacific, Guadalcanal, American and British Samoa, Wallis Island, Iwo Jima and Okinawa T YSON A RRANT U.S. Army 2000-present Tours of Duty: Operation Enduring Freedom, Kuwait D ONALD B ARTLETT U.S. Navy 1951-1953 Tours of Duty: USS Polaris, USS Deliver L EO C. B ERNHARDT E9 Chief, U.S. Navy 1942 for 25 years total. Tours of Duty: Hawaii, Kodiak Alaska, Japan, Phillippines, California, Florida and Oklahoma D ENNIS B AKER E-U, U.S. Army 1968-1970 Tours of Duty: Vietnam Awards: Purple Heart, Army Commendation Medal, Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal with three Bronze Stars, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal with Device, Expert Badge with Rifle Bar J ULIAN “C LAY ” B AUMEISTER Petty Officer 3/C, U.S. Navy 1944-1946 Tours of Duty: Norfolk, Va. L OUIS B ERNHARDT Specialist, Oregon National Guard 2000-present Tours of Duty: Bahgdad, Iraq, Operation Iraqi Freedom H ARRY B LAKE Seaman, U.S. Navy 1942-1945 Tours of Duty: South Pacific K ERRY J. B OGGS Command Sgt. Major, U.S. Army 1981-Present Tours of Duty: Baghdad, Iraq, and Hurricane Katrina
