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20 • Siuslaw News • VETERANS DAY TRIBUTE • November 7, 2015 RON’S PAINT & SUPPLY 5071 Hwy. 101 Florence, Oregon 97439 541-902-7926 R OBERT R ODA M ILDRED S AMPSON Chief Machine Mate, U.S. Chief Engineer 1939-1946 Tours of Duty: North and South Pacific U.S. Army WAC 1943-1945 Tours of Duty: Pacific, Philippines One of first WACS overseas in Pacific C ARL A. R ONNING T IM S APP Serving the Community Since 1998 SILVER LINING BOUTIQUE 2217 Hwy. 101 Florence, Oregon 97439 541-997-2440 SIUSLAW GLASS & MIRROR 1780 Kingwood St., Florence, OR 541-997-8526 SR E-1, U.S. Navy 1965-1968 Tours of Duty: Vietnam on the aircraft carrier USS Oriskany (CVA34) Awards: Vietnam Service Medal, Bronze Star, Republic of Viet- nam Campaign Medal, National Defense Service Medal , Navy Unit Commendation Ribbon, Bronze Star Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army 1968-1969 Tours of Duty: Vietnam Awards: Purple Heart and Silver Star, Bronze Medal Valor Sgt., U.S. Army 1982-1985, 1987-1993 Tours of Duty: Ft. Dix NJ 2nd Infantry Division South Korea, reserves in Tampa, Fla.; served as a combat medic until obtaining LPN, then RN G ARY W. R OSE 1958 E. 17th St., Florence 541-997-9249 TERESA’S SUNRISE EXPRESS 1774 Hwy. 101 Florence, OR 97439 541-902-1474 TONY’S GARAGE 1731 W. 12th St., Florence, OR 541-902-1955 Airman 1st Class, U.S. Air Force 1959-1963 Tours of Duty: Castle AFB B EVERLEY R OZAIRE -B ROWN Major, U.S. Army 1963-1978 Tours of Duty: Alabama, California, Indianapolis, Maryland, Munich, Germany Awards: Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal and National Defense Service Medal First woman to command an all-male training company and first woman to command a male and female training company 12th Calvary Radio Man, U.S. Army 1943-1945 Tours of Duty: CBI the- ater, MARS task force, helped build Burma Road Water Tender 3rd Class, U.S. Navy 1945-1946 Tours of Duty: Pacific 3rd Class, U.S. Navy 1949-1956 Tours of Duty: Korea on USS Toledo K EVIN S COTT 1750 Hwy. 126 541-997-8024 Serving the Community Since 1979 R ICHARD G. S EALES A ROLF S ALO Staff Sgt., U.S. Marine Corps 1943-1946 Tours of Duty: South Pacific, WWII WANDA JOHNSON, BROKER COLDWELL BANKER INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE 100 Hwy. 101, Florence, OR 97439 541-999-1670 C HARLIE S ALTS Gunner, U.S. Air Corps Tours of Duty: Pacific W ALTER (B UTCH ) J. S HANKLIN Spec 4, U.S. Army 1970-1971 Tours of Duty: Germany J ASON P. S HARPE U.S. Army 1993-1998 Tours of Duty: Operation Joint Endeavor, Bosnia D ICK S HORES Electronic Tech., U.S. Navy 1960-1963 Tours of Duty: San Diego; Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; South Pacific R ICHARD A. S HORES U.S. Army 1995-2003 Tours of Duty: Kosovo; Operation Iraqi Freedom TRUE VALUE HARDWARE E-3, U.S. Navy 1966-1970 Tours of Duty: Long Beach, Calif.; Alaska; Gulf of Tomkin; Vietnam F RED S CHMALING R EX L. R UCK 1749 Hwy. 101, Florence, Oregon 541-997-1200 www.trhunter.com R OBERT W. S EVERY W ILLARD C. S CHADE Serving the Community Since 2001 TR HUNTER REAL ESTATE Seaman 1st, U.S. Coast Guard 1945-1946 Tours of Duty: Asiatic Pacific, USS Bangor, CG Mine Sweeper R OSANNE M. S AUNDERS Serving the Community Since 1973 SIUSLAW TAX SERVICE W ILLIAM S EARLE Corporal, U.S. Marines 1957-1961 Tours of Duty: Korea, Okinawa, Philippines, Alaska, 29 Palms, and Camp Pendleton, CA; Oregon National Guard, 1953-1957; Heavy Mortar Co., Coos Bay; Rifle Co. K, Springfield SSGT-E6, USMC 1983-1993 Tours of Duty: Camp Pendleton, Iwakuni Japan, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Texas
