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10 • Siuslaw News • VETERANS DAY TRIBUTE • November 7, 2015 C HUCK G ETCHELL M ELINDA G OODRICH –D IETZ GMTC (E-7), U.S. Navy 1958-1979 Tours of Duty: Ships Canberra, Midway, Oriskany shore duty Philippines, England, stateside E-4, U.S. Army 1982-1985 Transportation Corp. and drove a 14-ton truck with a 40-foot trail- er for 1-1/2 years and the last year as the company clerk R ICHARD C. G ORDON E LEANOR “J UDY ” G LOVER Corporal, U.S. Marine Corps 1944-1946 Tours of Duty: Mechanic at Cherry Point, N.C. B EN G ROESBECK Cpl., U.S. Army, Airborne 82nd and 11th Airborne 1946-1951 Tours of Duty: Japan, Hokkaido; Fayetteville, NC PSC, Private 1st Class, U.S. Army 1965-1967 Tours of Duty: United States; Vietnam, 12 months; Germany, 14 months M ILTON G RAVELL O WEN “P ETE ” G OODRICH U.S. Air Force 1950-1954 Tours of Duty: Greenland, Korea Flew B-25s and was in the “Forgotten War” that was not recognized for 50 years B RETT G RIMMETT U.S. Army 2004-2006 Tours of Duty: Iraq, combat medic and sniper. Calvary scout deployed from Fort Lewis, Wash., returned to Camp Roberts, Calif. Pack Mule Mountain Div., U.S. Army 1940-1945 Tours of Duty: Germany, WWII In charge of 300 to 400 mules in WWII after Pearl Harbor was bombed, went into Fort Lewis. Drove in Red Ball Express. Your dedication to our country and to the defense of Freedom will never be forgotten. THANK YOU TO ALL WHO SERVED CCB# 192681• DEQ# 37943 Sgt., U.S. Marine Corps 1954-1962 Tours of Duty: Far East K EITH H ALACKY Seaman 1st Class, U.S. Navy 1943-1946 Tours of Duty: Atlantic D ENNIS W. H AMILTON H AROLD G ROVER Thank you to all of our service members for the outstanding job in protecting our rights. GARY ROSE AND STAFF LEISURE EXCAVATING, INC 4525 Hwy 101 Florence, OR 97439 541-997-6300 Boatswainmate of the USS Kansas City AOR-3, U.S. Navy Medals: National Defense Service, Viet- nam Service, Vietnam Campaign, Meritorious Unit Commendation J AMES G UY B ILL G ROVER AETM 2/c, U.S.N.R. 1942-1946 Tours of Duty: United States U.S. Air Force Corps 1943-1945 Tours of Duty: CBI India, China, Burma R AYMOND L. G UTIERREZ 1st Sergeant, U.S. Army 1964-1968 Active Duty, 25 years USAR Tours of Duty: Ft. Meade, Md.; Suslo Unit, Cheltenham, England, 2/274-2-84 DIV (TNG) D ELBERT R. H ANKS PFC, U.S. Army 1943-1945 Tours of Duty: Asiatic Pacific Theater, a medic on the hospital ship USS Hope from New Guinea to Japan
