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COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL November 11, 2015 Our Veterans, Our Heroes It's time to honor the brave soldiers who safeguard our peace and freedoms. Thanks, veterans. We salute you for your extraordinary courage and dedication to your country. LES SCHWAB TIRE CENTER 109 Hwy. 99 N Cottage Grove 541-942-4466 Defending freedom on many fronts Albert A. Jovanelly E-4, U.S. Navy, 1973- 76 Aboard U.S.S. Paul Revere, classi- fi ed and diplomatic missions through 1975 Max Koenig U.S.S. Princeton 1965-66 Lee Maier U.S. Army, two years Vietnam, Okinawa Joseph D. Martin Air Force Airman First Class 1950-54 Two years in England Thomas C. Munroe U.S. Navy - SeaBees Rank: UTA-2 Jan. 5, 1956 - Nov. 24, 1959 Kwajalein Marshal Island, Okinawa, Adak, Alaska Lloyd Norman U.S. Air Force Miriam Kolasinski Never Forgotten. US Ma- rines, 1st Marine Division PFC March 1944-March 1946 Landed with fi rst wave of Marines on Okinawa Wounded May 21, 1945, spent 10 months in Navy hospitals Phillip Miller Matt Bjornn, Agent 1481 Gateway Blvd Cottage Grove, OR 97424-1224 Bus: 541-942-2623 Ray Northup Private, Engineer, U.S. Marine Corps, 1941-46 San Di- ego, Pearl Harbor Merchant Marine William Parks SOUTH LANE COUNTY FIRE & RESCUE The Only Emergency Medical Transport Service in South Lane County Marvin S. Krush Call 541-942-4493 for info. FOR EMERGENCY DIAL 911 Serving South Lane County. Byron Putman Army Rank: Spe- cialist E-4 Feb. 2, 2006-May 25, 2010 Colorado Springs, CO, Ft. Carson, Iraq — Baghdad area and Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. Army Specialist 4 1974-1978 Fort Ord California (Basic) Huntsville Alabama Redstone Arsenal Johnston Island 1 1/2 years Fort Bragg NC 8th Ordinance 1 1/2 years Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) one year U.S. Army Specialist Novem- ber 1986 to June 1991 Fort Jack- son, S.C. for Basic Training; Fort Eu- stis, VA for Advanced Initial Training for Tactical Transport Heli- copter Repairer Training (67T MOS (Military Occupational Specialty)); Fort Lewis, WA with tours of duty in Honduras/ Guatemala for Humanitarian Missions and a two-month tour of duty in Saudi Arabia/Iraq/ Kuwait from Jan. 25, 1991 to March 25, 1991 (during fi rst Gulf War or Desert Storm). Served in the fi rst Gulf war (Desert Storm) and met Gen- eral Norman Schwarzkopf U.S. Army, Specialist E4, 2008-2011 Iraq veteran, disabled veteran, expert marksman, Combat ac- tion badge Sandra Morris Lance Corporal, USMC June 1962 to November 1963 Camp Pend- leton, Cal. Sworn into USMC alongside brother Army M/Sgt. 1942-1945 Europe Infantry rifl eman during Hurtgen Forest, Battle of the Bulge, Remagen Bridge head fi rst crossing of Rhine River in Germany. Met Rus- sians at Fulda River SW of Berlin Richard W. Raley Navy USS Juneau, Korea 1st Lieu- tenant, Army Nurse, U.S. Army, 1945- 47 New Or- leans, Ft. Hood, Tex. Stephen G. Pettit Kim Penfold John Leuenberger Zada Magoun We would like to thank all the past and current veterans for standing vigilant and bravely protecting freedom. E.N./F.N., U.S. Navy Navy Seabees, 1962-68 Guam, Midway Island, Vietnam UT1 (DV), US Navy 1961-63 Okinawa, Philippines, Vietnam Austin M. Pitcher Bob Olson PFC, USMC WR Jan. 12, 1944 to Sept. 4, 1945 M.C. AD Miramar, San Diego, Cal. Boot camp at Camp LeJeuene, NC Howard Peterson E-4, Army Engineers, 1964-67 Vietnam Warren Dale McGuire ® statefarm.com State Farm Insurance Companies + Home Offices: Bloomington, Illinois C
