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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