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4C COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL November 10, 2015 Saluting their sacrifi ce... continued on page 2 Cpl. Bruce M. Bush Arnold Earnshaw Marvin Gowing Roy Haymes William M. Cameron James Christensen USMC Staff Sgt. 1968-76 USA, Japan, Okinawa, Phil- lipines, Vietnam National Guard and Army 1940-45 Four invasions, WWII, South Pacifi c: New Britton, Dutch New Guinea, Philippines and Louzon Enlisted at 16 years old with the National Guard, then enlisted in Army, in charge of a 40-millimeter gun Galen Farnsworth U.S. Army 718 Amphibian Tractor Battalion, 1943-46 Leyte Invasion, Oct. 20, 1944, Okinawa Invasion, April 1, 1945 Army National Guard Specialist 4 1956-1963 Ft. Ord, Ft. Lewis Infantry Melvin Gowing U.S. Army, U.S. Navy Jim Clark Eight-year veteran, U.S. Coast Guard, Army Trans- port Jack E. Coshow Emil R. Franssen George Cunningham United States Marine Corps William Davis U.S. Navy Dennis Deere US Navy EN3 1968-72 Vietnam for one year, Cam Rahn Bay, South Pacifi c on USS UTE ATF 76 William J. Dowell Air Force First Sergeant November, 1975-September 1998 Philippines, England, Germany Many stateside assignments Jim Downing E-5, U.S. Army 1969-72 Walter Reed, Fort Ord, Germany Staff Sgt., E-6, Army, Air Force 1943-45 US one year, New Guinea one year, Philippines one year Jack Gates E-6, U.S. Air Force, 1945-69 Served in Ger- many, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, New- found- land, Korea John Gillespie Derek Draper U.S. Army 1999-2003 Stationed at Ft. Hood, Tex. Army Commendation Medal $ PUUBHF ( SPWF 4 FOUJOFM Our Community Newspaper since 1889 Subscribe and $AVE Army and Army Reserve Major Sept 1947-June 1952; Nov. 1952-May 1971 Ft. Benning, Germany, Korea, Ft. Ord, Ft. Lewis Combat Infantry Badge U.S. Air Force Technical Sergeant July 2006 to present Lackland AFB, Kirkland AFB, Al Udeid AFB, Little Rock AFB Resource protection/physical security NCOIC U.S. Army Marines 2nd Division 1943-1945 South Pacifi c during WWII Jeff Gowing Sergeant, U.S. Army April 1982- April 1988 Ft. Sill, Ft. Lewis, Schofi eld Barracks, HI, Korea, Ft. Knox, Ft. Hood Artillery M198 Howitzer Ar- mor M1A1, Abrams tanks Cottage Grove Sentinel www.cgsentinel.com cgsentinel @cgsentinel #cgsentinel Cottage-Grove-Sentinel U.S. Air Force B24, B29 Crew Chief, Manila, Okinawa and Tokyo in 1945 In honor of Veterans Day, we will be closed on Wednesday, November 11. We will reopen our doors at 9:00 a.m. on Thursday. We salute those who have served, and those who presently serve, for their courage and dedication to a strong and free America. Thank you for protecting our citizens and our country. UMPQUA BANK 625 East Gibbs • Cottage Grove • 541-942-9122 Vincent Gowing Charles Crisp Old Mill Farm Store 327 So River Rd 541-942-3042 Open Mon-Fri 10am-6pm & Sat 10am-4:00pm Don Heib Four years, U.S. Air Force Robert J. Farris OLD MILL FARM STORE Supports the hearts of our Service members and their families as they cope with the politics of war, Providing the experience for the growth of our Collective conscience. @ Francis Henderson US Navy 1954-58 Korean War veteran Tech Sgt., Army Air Corps Nov. 1941 to Aug. 1945 Chamute Field, USA, Ireland, England, North Africa, Sicily, Italy Donald E. Hasbargen PFC, Army Trans- portation Corps 1951-53 Stationed at Fort Lawton, Wash. with trips to Pt. Barrow, Alaska on cargo ships Served in the 9th Army Air Force 73rd Station Comple- ments Squadron Detachment B. He served in Normandy, Northeren France, Ardennes Rhineland Central Europe. He was awarded the EAME Campaign Medal with six Bronze Stars, Meritorius Unit Award, World War II Victory medal and Belgian Fourragere Citation USM Seals 6 ½ years East Vietnam, Prisoner of War ® Noreen High Staff Sgt., U.S. Army, 1973-80 47th Field Hospital, Fort Sill, Okla., 2 ½ years 3rd Supply and Transport, Wurzburg, Germany Good conduct medals, Over- seas Medal, Veterans Medal of Honor Gerold Holliday Navy South Pacifi c, WWII Bob Hardy Sean A. Hutchison USMCR Sgt. E-5 1964-1970 Basic: Parris Island, S.C. Schools: Jacksonville NAS, Mem- phis NAS Duty: Helicopter Flight crew Twin Cities NAS; Glenview, Ill. NAS; A-6 Flight Line Joint Base Andrews DC; B Com- pany 52 Engineering Battalion Salem, Ore. Navy Lieutenant 2008-Present San Diego, Mediterranean Black Sea Rotation (deployed), Guam Critical care/ICU nurse, is currently working on his Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) with a special- ization in Nurse Anesthesia, May of 2015.
