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November 7, 2015 • VETERANS DAY TRIBUTE • Siuslaw News • 9 R AYMOND C. E ASTWOOD Gunny sergeant, E-7, U.S. Marines 1981-2001 Tours of Duty: Desert Storm, SE Asia, SW Asia and stationed on USS Connie for six months; performed air craft maintenance R AYMOND D. E BERT Major, U.S. Army 1963-1983 Tours of Duty: United States, France, Germany and Vietnam Received direct com- mission to 2nd Lt.; worked in tactical com- munications and elec- tronics research and development G RANT D. E CKROTH Chief Master Sgt., U.S. Air Force 1968-1972 (Active); 1982-2008 (Reserves) Tours of Duty: Ching Chung Kang Air Base, Taiwan; Ton Son Nhut AB, Cam Rahn AB, and Quin Non, Vietnam; Don Muang AB, Thailand; Dyess AFB, Texas D ONALD G. E GERMAN Pharmacist Mate-Second Class 2/L, U.S. Navy 1944-1946 Tours of Duty: Pacific R OBERT A. E MERSHY S/Sgt., U.S. Army 1951-1954 Tours of Duty: Korea and National Guard, Combat Squad Leader w/ 9th Infantry Reg. 2nd Inf. Div. Awards: Korean War Service Medal, United Nation Service Medal, National Defense Medal, Combat Infantry Badge. He spent sev- eral weeks recovering from a sniper's bullet before returning to duty. He is a lifetime VFW member. B ILLY E MERSON S R . Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army 1975-1978 Tours of Duty: Ft. Lewis, Wash., Panama, Ft. Sill, Okla. He received an Army Commendation Medal. G WENDOLYN F ARLEY C AMPBELL Information Systems Tech. Senior Chief, U.S. Navy 1988-Present Tours of Duty: Ft. Meade, Md.; USS Hunley, Norfolk, Va.; WEPSTA, Concord, Calif.; Wahiawa, Hawaii; Theater Field Confinement Facility, Camp Arifjan, Kuwait and Afghanistan H. C HRIS F LEISHER Staff Sergeant, U.S. Air Force 1982-1991 Tour of Duty: Munitions specialist: Clark AFB, Philippines; Holloman AFB, Alamogordo, New Mexico; and Hill AFB, Roy, Utah D ON F ORUM Chief Petty Officer, U.S. Navy, LSTs 1942-1945 Tours of Duty: North Africa, Mediterranean, Europe; participated in five invasions: Bizertte, Sicily, Salerno, Anzio and Normandy J OHN F RANKLIN Chief Warrant Officer 3, U.S. Army 1982-1990 Tours of Duty: Fort Rucker, Ala.; Fort Hood, Texas; Attack Helicopter Instructor Pilot AH-1 Cobra and AH-64 Apache D ON F OERSTER R UBEN F AST Private 1st Class, U.S. Army 1952-1954 Tours of Duty: Madigan Hospital, Fort Lewis Letterman Hospital, San Francisco B RAD F INNELL E-2, U.S. Air Force 2011-2012 Tours of Duty: Wichita Falls, Texas, Sheppard A.F. Base Medically retired B RANDON F INNELL E-7, U.S. Navy, 10 years active, Navy/Coast Guard and National Guard Reserve 1951-1955, 1959-1963, 1965-1967, 1974-1987 Tours of Duty: Shore Duty (San Diego), USS Orion AS 18, USS Kittiwake ASR 13 (Norfolk, VA), USS Remora SS 487, USS Bugara SS 331, USS Greenfish SS 351, submarine qualified (San Diego), USS Barb SSN 596, Cold War (Pearl Harbor), Navy, Coast Guard Reserve (Portland, OR); retired from Oregon National Guard (Hillsboro, OR). W ALLACE B. F OREMAN Sgt. 1st Class, U.S. Navy 1946-1948 Attended U.S. Naval Air Base Jacksonville, Fla., air-sea training, rescue, parachute packing QM1, USN, Ret., U.S. Navy 1960-1982 Tours of Duty: Com Nav for Japan (Yokosuka Japan), USS Robinson DDG 12 (San Diego), SS Bon Homme Richard CVA 31 (San Diego), Coastal Squadron 12, PCF 20 (Swift Boat), USS Fredrick LST 1184 (San Diego), USS Edson DD 946 (Long Beach) Naval Station Treasure Island (San Francisco), USS Reeves CG 24 (Pearl Harbor), USS Davidson FF 1045 (Pearl Harbor), USS Benjamin Stoddart DDG 22 (Pearl Harbor), Naval Communication Station Stockton, Calif. D ONNA F LEISHER R OBERT F ORSBERG E-4, U.S. Army 2008-Present Tours of Duty: Ft. Lewis, one tour Iraq, two tours in Afghanistan Special Ops R OBERT E. F ISH Senior Airman, U.S. Air Force 1985-1988 Air National Guard 1988-1990 Active Duty: Weather observer at Elmendorf AFB, Anchorage, Alaska. Guard: Services specialist at Kulis ANGB, Anchorage, Alaska, and at Portland ANG, Portland, Ore. S/Sgt., U.S. Army, 42nd Inf. Div. 1944-1946 Tours of Duty: Germany and Austria G ARY F RESHOUR SP4, U.S. Army 1969-1971 Tours of Duty: Redstone Arsenal Hospital in Huntsville, AL MEDDAC USAH F ARRELL L. G ARDNER Sgt., 13th Field Artillery, U.S. Army 1952-1954 Tours of Duty: Korea, Japan P AUL G ARGIS CSM, U.S. Army 1957-1978 Tours of Duty: Vietnam J AMES G ERTH A2C, U.S. Air Force 1953-1957 Tours of Duty: Samson AFB, Cheyenne AFB, Korea K10
