HONORING
OUR MILITARY
HEROES
Welcome to Prosser
Thank You Vets Parade’s
Golden Year!
see story on page 4
VA Walla Walla Nursing
Home Construction Update
see story on page 10
PROSSER
Record-Bulletin
Benton County Seat
A SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT TO THE GRANDVIEW HERALD AND PROSSER RECORD-BULLETIN SALUTING OUR VETERANS • November 11, 2015
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REMEMBERING OUR HEROES
2015
Michael Kaelan Nelson, 2007-2012 Was promoted to sergeant in a battle
zone. He flew over 1000 combat hours while serving as the Sargent &
Crew Chief in unit HNH-465 in Afghanistan for
which he received the Navy & Marine Corp
Achievement Medal. He also supplied rescue &
aid during the Indonesian Tsunami Humanitarian
Missions. He continues to use his highly skilled
training with helicopters for The Search & Rescue
Team on the “Top Gun” Naval base in Fallon,
Nevada.
Mom, Dad, Family &
Friends of DK Bain Real
Estate, Inc.
Sgt Michael Kaelen Nelson
Questions regarding your VA Loan?? We can help
HONORING OUR
VETERANS . . .
OUR HEROES!
Photo by Tim Curtiss
Lower Valley Color Guard marching in the Grandview Fair & Rodeo Parade.
The Honor Guard
By George McKinney
718 Sixth Street
Prosser
786-2404
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Thank You For Our Freedom
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He did not know the Man he
watched,
When told he did not ask why.
He watched the hero in solemn
silence,
As quiet as the minutes that
ticked by.
He knew not of his family,
Nor from whence he came.
His sole duty was to honor the
hero,
Though only God knew his
name.
His relief arrived, a new watch
started,
He left the hero where he lies,
A tear held back in united
strength,
With those that have to die.
They do not know the ones they
watch,
When told, they never ask why.
They watch their heroes in
solemn silence,
As quiet as the minutes tick by
But the freedom that they fought for, and the country grand they
wrought for,
Is their monument to-day, and for aye.~Thomas Dunn English
It is easy to take liberty for granted, when you have never had it taken
from you. ~Author unknown, sometimes attributed to M. Grundler
HONOR,
DUTY, GLORY
Published by Valley Publishing Company
Prosser Record-Bulletin
613 7th Street, Prosser, WA 99350
Grandview Herald
107 Division Street, Grandview, WA 98930
Danielle Fournier, Publisher
Victoria Walker, Managing Editor
Tim Curtiss, Assistant Editor
Tim Miser, Production • Rebecca Fink, Production
Dianne Bux ton, Advertising Manager
Suzie Zuniga, Advertising Representative
Hilkka Grif fiths, Prosser Of fice Manager
REMEMBERING OUR HEROES
2015
John W. Peters
P. F. C.
1953  -  1955
Mail Clerk in the
Quartermaster
Outfit
38th Parallel
– Korea
Amber Stubbs
USMC
Kanaohe Bay HI.
Daniel Stubbs
US Army
Ft. Lawton OK.
He has been to
Iraq for two 15
month tours.
Geoff Taylor
Senior Airman
Air Force
Operation North
Watch
March 1997-2001
Aircraft armament
systems specialist
Temple Carroll
U.S.A.F
Glider Pilot
WWII 1941-1045
Fred Carroll
U.S. Navy
Machinist Mate
– USS Ranger
Vietnam
1965-1969
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Glenn Powell
U.S. Army
Tech Sgt. - North
Africa and Italy
WWII 1943-1945
In 1945, Glenn
handed the message to Major John
Taggart, that the
U.S. had dropped
the atomic bomb on
Japan.
Frank Kreis
US Army 1953-1973
Vietnam Veteran
Served in Korea
Orville “Joe”
Gordon
Chad Haverkamp
Sgt. – U.S. Army
Stryker Division
in Iraq
Bill Browitt
Kyammi & Amy Bates
U.S. M.C. - Afghanistan
U.S. Navy
Medic Korean War
1951-1955
Jim, Bob, Bill and Vic Murphey - WWII
U.S. Navy
Sabio Lara
Infantry
U.S. Marine Corps
The more we sweat in peace
the less we bleed in war. ~Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
Chester Yeary
Murphey Brothers
Jack Laws
U.S. Army
1949-1951
Leyla Oxford
Sergeant
U.S. Army
U.S. Navy
BM 2/C
Amphibious Force,
Landing Craft, USS
Calvert,
USS Crescent City.
Eight Battle Stars
Three Purple
Hearts
1942 – 1946
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 the brave men and women
of our Armed Forces for their past and
continued service to our country.
David H. Smith
U.S. Navy
Electricians Mate
3rd Class
1959-1963
Donald E. Gest
U.S. Air Force
Technical Sargent
2 years Japan, 1 ½
years Turkey
1946-1960
Veteran Quote
Cadet Gabriel
Beck
United States
Military Academy
West Point
In war, there are no unwounded soldiers. ~José Narosky
Eddie Saenz
U. S. Navy
3rd Class Petty
Officer
Assigned to U.S.S.
John F. Kennedy
Air Dept/Flight
Deck
1976-1980
601 Market St. • Prosser • 786-2366
REMEMBERING OUR HEROES
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Welcome to Prosser Thank You
Vets Parade’s Golden Year!
By Deb Brumley
Veterans Day Parade Chair
Welcome all to the11th Annual
Prosser ‘Thank You’ Veterans’ Day
Parade and celebration in wonderful
Prosser! This year is our golden year,
the 11th Annual parade and community
celebration will take place as it does
every year: 11/11 @ 11 a.m. We hope
you, in some way, be a part of our
growing community celebration whose
purpose is to highlight the enormous
contributions made for us and our
freedoms by our active service woman
and men, our veterans and all of their
families – and to bring our community
together in celebration of these many
local heroes.
Since our inception 11 years ago,
the Prosser Thank You Vets Parade
and celebration has continued to grow
every year – from a handful of hopeful
individuals thinking a Veterans’ Day
parade is a very good idea, to a more
mature, and evolving patriotic event.
After 10 tenacious years, the seeds of the
Vets Day celebration idea are robustly
blooming, and beautifully, in large
part, like most events, from the efforts
and generosity of volunteers and local
organizations.
Parade one was a little bit sad and
forlorn. Just a few of us with decorated
vehicles or walking called ourselves a
Deb Brumley
parade and it was over in minutes. There
was no Prosser High School band, no
Prosser PD lead car with siren, no flatbed
of lower valley Vets incoming with their
trumpet player. 11 years ago we were
a new idea, wheels, legs and a States’
Day Parade route to walk. So – this feels
magnificent, to be on the verge of our
11th year, again filled with gratitude for
our veterans and their families.
We have families, neighbors, work
colleagues and friends here in our
Restaurant
CAsino
Sports Bar
Open Mon.-Thurs. at 4:00 p.m. • Fri.-Sat. -Sun. at Noon
836-7555 • Sunnyside
Large Banquet Facilities For Family, Holiday and Office Parties!
Between Exit 69 and 72 on I 82 Next to Black Rock Creek Golf Course & Tucker Cellars
community, waking up and going to
sleep each night, months at a time without Mom or Dad because Mom or
Dad is far away, serving our country.
Thank You Families, Thank You Service
men and women, thank you all very
much.
We have Veterans and Gold Star
Mothers and Dads living next to us in our
community – they are from nearly every
era of U.S. service: World War II, Korea,
VietNam, Desert Storm, Afghanistan,
current conflicts –we see you, but we
may not know your sacrifice - families
and vets, please accept our thanks now
and on November 11.
Have you seen the gorgeous new
banner located across from Starbucks
and next to Hall Chevrolet? It announces
our parade in bold lettering and colors.
It would not hang inviting visitors in, if
not for Prosser Rotary and Pssst Mail
and More of Prosser.
The local Prosser Explorers under the
director of retired Prosser Police Chief
Pat McCullough and his group have been
giving us a hand every year. We greatly
appreciate the traffic control assistance
by our youth community volunteers.
This is the third year that Prosser
Memorial Hospital and Foundation will
sponsor a FREE breakfast at the Walter
Clore Center, 2140 Wine Country Road,
from 7 – 9:30 a.m. All welcome. The
Prosser VFW will host a chili lunch
immediately after the parade – and all
are welcome, 1101 Wine Country Road.
For the past two years, local Moms and
Dads have come down to the parade line
up route to give thanks and cookies to
our veterans – we hope to see them – and
all of you again.
Parade line up begins around 10 a.m.
at Keene-Riverview School, 832 Park
St., in Prosser and proceeds at 11 a.m.,
following the States’ Day route.
Please plan to participate in some
way: decorate your business, your
home, both – honor the veteran in your
life in some way – ALL are welcome
and invited to be in the parade – you
do not have to be a veteran to be in the
parade - or - come cheer for our parade
participants on 11/11/15 @ 11 a.m. – it’s
the least we can do.
Questions? Contact Deb Brumley
at (509) 778-1820 or debrabrumley@
gmail.com
HONORING OUR BRAVE VETERANS
IF WE DON’T HAVE IT . . . WE CAN GET IT!
Come By and See The Late Model Used Vehicles We
Have In Stock . . . Something For Every Budget
. . . We Treat You Like Family
Dave
Martin Family
AUTO SALES
355 Wine Country Rd. • Prosser • 786-5344
www.davemartinfamilyautos.com
2015
Veterans Day
Quotes
This nation will remain the land of
the free only so long as it is the
home of the brave. ~Elmer Davis
But fame is theirs - and future
days
On pillar’d brass shall tell their
praise;
Shall tell - when cold neglect is
dead “These for their country fought
and bled.”
~Philip Freneau
Freedom is never free. ~Author Unknown
I think there is one higher office
than president and I would call
that patriot. ~Gary Hart
When our perils are past, shall
our gratitude sleep? ~George Canning
As we express our gratitude, we
must never forget that the highest
appreciation is not to utter words,
but to live by them. ~John Fitzgerald Kennedy
EAGLES
AERIE 2647
We Salute
Our United
States
Military
1205 Bennett Avenue
Prosser • 786-1844
REMEMBERING OUR HEROES
2015
Clarence L. Zahn
U.S. Army
European Theater
Wounded in
combat – received
the Purple Heart
Richard Coffman
Chief Motor Mate
U.S. Navy WW II, South
Pacific Theater
1943-1947
Carl F. Grimes
U.S. Army
Specialist
Germany
1958-1962
Richard V.
Halverson
U.S. Army
PFC
1958-1960
32nd Armor Division,
Company C
Friedburg Germany
Bruce Wendell
Kuhlman
Louis Fournier
1st Sgt (Retired)
U.S. Army Special
Forces Fort Bragg,
1963 – 1983
Charles Wendell
Kuhlman
Major – Chaplain
(Active Duty)
U.S. Army – 101st
Airborne Division
– Iraq
1997 – Present
Wayne Coffman
Ron Coffman
Jayson Coffman
U.S. Navy
Aircraft Mechanic – 2nd
Class - Aircraft Carrier in
the Mediterranean Sea
1967-1970
Paul J. Grimes
U.S. Army
PFC
P.O.W. Transport France
WWI
Lawrence Jake
Jacobsen
U.S. Navy
Navy Diver
1961-1981
Vietnam Vet
U.S. Navy
Light Cruiser Radio
Operator - Japan
1963-1967
Thomas B.
Grimes
Navy/Coast Guard
Chief Warrant
Officer
Korean War –
Vietnam
1950 - 1974
Gordon M. Flint
U.S. Navy
Naval Aviation
Cadet
U.S. Air Force
1951 – 1982
U.S. Navy
Gunner’s Mate on
support ships - Japan
and West Coast 19911993
Jim Grimes
U.S. Air Force
Pictured here in
Japan in 1959
1956-1960
Richard
Ormiston
860th Aviation
Engineers
New Guinea and
the Phillipines U.S. Army
1942 -1944
Roger Stone
U.S. Army
Private (E-1)- Combat
Support, 2nd Battlion 1st
Infantry - 1972-1974
Fraser Squire
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Ron Goodboe
Ray Welley
U.S. Marine Corps
1956 – 1960
US Army
1960 – 1978
U.S. Air Force
Korea and Vietnam
1948 – 1974
Chief Petty Officer
U.S. Navy
1942-1955
Irv Stone
Basil W. Dean
David Broussard
U.S. Army
Sergeant Major
1946-1974
U.S. Army Air
Corps
PFC
Guam – Pacific
Theater
1942 – 1945
U.S. Navy
E-2 Master at Arms
Japan
2007 – Current
Active Duty
We Proudly Support
Our
Troops
Thank You
“Your
Trusted
Energy
Partner”
Cassandra
Richman
U.S. Air Force
I dream of giving birth to a child
who will ask, “Mother, what was
war?” ~Eve Merriam
The Benton PUD offices are closed on Veterans Day
250 Gap Road • Prosser • 786-1841
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REMEMBERING OUR HEROES
2015
VETERANS DAY
NOVEMBER 11, 2015
GRANDVIEW GOOD GUYS
Ace Hardware, Grandview
Boboth Vision Clinic
All Your Vision Needs
Mike Bren, New York Life Ins., Co.
Brown’s Les Schwab Tire
Cliff’s TV & Video
Grandview Herald
Jerry’s Pool & Spa, Sunnyside
Kenyon Zero Storage
Clifton Larson Allen CPA’s
Horace Mann Insurance, John M. Miller
Lower Valley Credit Union
Lower Valley Machine
Marchant Home Furnishings
Mid Valley Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep
Puterbaugh Construction
PMH Medical Center
RDO Agriculture Equipment Co. - John Deere Dealer
Rider’s True Value Hardware
R.E. Powell / Christensen Distributing Co.
R.H. Smith Distributing Co.
Rainwater-Your Local Bottled Water Source
Smith Funeral Home
Teddy Bear Corner
Tom Denchel Ford
Country, Inc.
Valley Hills Funeral Home
Welch’s
Whalen’s Accounting Service
HONORING OUR BRAVE
SOLDIERS AND VETERANS
PROSSER PROMOTERS
AmericanWest Bank
Dr. Warren Barmore
Becky’s Coffee Corner
& Video
Ben. Co. Public Utility District
Benton Rural Electric Assoc.
Bern’s Tavern - Bar & Grill
Brown’s Tire Company
Conover Insurance,
Nick Cox Agent
Cook’s ACE Hardware
Davy’s Burger
Ranch LLC
Tom Denchel Ford Country
Edward Jones Investments
Financial Advisor
Bill Jenkin, AAMS®
Elfers-Lyon Pharmacy
Grandview Lumber
Hall Chevrolet-Buick
Halstead & Comins Rick
Highland Family Dentistry, Dr. David Grow
Himsl Real Estate Co.
Historic Downtown Prosser Association
Clifton Larson Allen CPA’s
Prosser Dental Center
Prosser Eagles #2647
Prosser Family
Fitness Zone
Prosser Funeral Home
& Crematory
PMH Medical Center
Prosser Record-Bulletin
Prosser Sun Terrace
Retirement & Assisted Living
Saxton Riley & Riley, PLLC
Shy’s Pizza Connection
Spin Cycle Laundromat
Thompson Chiropractic
Valley Vista Medical Group
Webb’s Realty & Associates, LLC
Wilson Family Eye Care
Dr. Robert Wilson
Yakima Federal Savings
and Loan Association
REMEMBERING OUR HEROES
2015
Robert W.
Buchholz
U.S. Navy
Turkey and Japan
1964-1967
Johnathan Isaac
Bailey
U.S. Navy
Senior Navy Chief
1st Class
1955 – 1975
Charles Alan
Franklin
U.S. Navy
Carl Moore
Carl enlisted in the U.S.
Navy in May 1951 and
served 4 years during
the Korean War. He was an Engineman
2nd Class on the
Destroyer USS Collett
DD-730. He received an
honorable discharge in
June 1955.
Othel R. Butler
U.S. Army – 59th
Armored Division
Africa, Italy,
Normandy
Invasion, and the
Battle of the Bulge
1941 – 1945
Connie Leon
Bailey
U.S. Navy
Navy Chief
1942-1946
Leonard Travaille
U.S. Air Force
1955-1977
Clarence Rincker
U.S. Army
1943-1946
Served in France
and Germany
175 days, fought 3
major battles
Awarded 3 bronze
stars
Harold Franklin
U.S. Navy
Machinist Mate
1st Class
1955 – 1958
Ronnie Bailey, Bobbie Bailey and Johnnie Marshall
All three are Vietnam vets in the U.S. Army
1965-1967
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Keo Bailey
Sergeant 1st Class – Chef, U.S. Army,
India
Ewel Bailey
U.S. Navy - Developed rheumatic fever
and was discharged in 1943, 1942-1943
Errett C. Grant
U.S. Army
Private
1918-1922
Dennis Yule
U.S. Army
Vietnam
1967-1970
Robert S.
Williams
Staff Sergeant
U.S. Army Air
Corps- China,
Burma, India and
the Hump, flying
gas to troops.
1942-1946
Chuck Weems
U.S. Navy
Veteran Quote
Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul. ~Michel de Montaigne
Wayne Franklin
U.S. Navy
John Brown
U.S. Army
Sergeant E-5
Command Airplane
Company
Vietnam
1968 – 1969
Air Medal
Wayne Carpenter
U.S. Air Force
Airman 2nd Class
1955-1959
Sgt. Robert V.
Webb
38th parallel, Korea
sometime in 1952.
Assigned to the
Radio/Radio
Teletype section,
3rd Signal Co/ 3rd
Infantry Division.
Entire tour spent in
North Korea 19521953. Bill Owens
U.S. Army
Sergeant
North Africa, Sicily
and Italy
1942-1945
Robert C. Evans
U.S. Army
WWII
1942 - 1945
America is a
tune. It must be
sung together. ~Gerald
Stanley Lee,
Crowds
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REMEMBERING OUR HEROES
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David E. Miller
U.S. Army
Sgt.
Europe
1944-1946
Jack G. Dean
U.S. Army
Corporal
Gunner
2 years 10 months
of service
WWII
Larry J.
Cleveringa
U.S. Navy
Radarman 3rd
Class
1962-1966
Vietnam
Walter Tinker
Taken in 1951 Army / Washington
Loren W. Amack
Technical Sargent
1970-1990
USAF, Retired
2015
Raul Garcia
U.S. Navy
Plane’s Captain
Special Intelligence
1992-1996
Happy
Birthday
10 November 2015
left to right: James C. Mackey, MT( 2)
(SS), U.S. Navy , 1969-1975; William C.
Mackey, Sargent, U.S. Army, 1943-1946;
Thomas C. Mackey, Staff Sargent, U.S.
Air Force, 1972-1992.
Semper Fi
Peter Anthony
Steinbock, Jr.
U.S. Army
Sp5 “Wolf Pack”
27th Infantry
Served in Vietnam
Medals:
National Defense
Service Medal,
Bronze Star,
Vietnam Service
Medal
1966-1969
Dr. Warren
Barmore
Captain
United States
Air Force
1966-1970
Marine Corp League
Veterans
Day
11 November 2015
“Thank You for Serving Our Country”
In Loving Memory of our Dad, John L. Fournier, Jr. U.S.M.C.
Publisher Prosser Record-Bulletin & Grandview Herald 1986-2012
John III, Danielle and Matt
left to right: Jeannie Fassler, Air Force
Nurse, 4 years of service; Michael
Fassler, Air Force, Lieutenant Colonel,
Pilot, Vietnam Veteran, 20 years of
service.
REMEMBERING OUR HEROES
2015
Lewis M. (Bill)
Petersen
U.S. Navy
ACNN
P.O.W. 3 ½ Years
– Japanese
1939-1959
Stephen Millard
Buxton
U.S. Army
SP-4
Vietnam
Da Nang
Generator
Operator
1969 – 1971
U.S. Marine Corps
Lance Corporal
Helicopter
Mechanic
Afghanistan
2007-Current
Active Duty
Michael Nelson
R.W. “Cody”
Nelson
U.S. Marine Corps
Infantry
Afghanistan
2005-Current
Active Duty
Richard “Dick”
Bain
Ronald Borg
Michael Trainer
Gail B. Beck
U.S. Marine Corps
Korean Conflict
1952 – 1954
U.S. Army
Sergeant
7th Division, 17th
Infantry
Korea – 1953
U.S. Army
Transportation
Corps.
World War II
U.S. Navy
Sonarman
USS. Chevalier
1959-1962
R. Ryan Baggerly
U.S. Army
Currently on Active
Duty in Iraq
Shan Deleon
Corporal, U.S. Marine
Corps, Twentynine
Palms, Calif.
Duty was interrupted
by an illness during
boot camp and was in
hospital for a year.
2007 – Current Active
Duty
Charles Raymond
Edwards
U. S. Marine Corps
Lance Corporal
MCAS Miramar
VMFA (AW)-225
2005-2009
Jess C. Bryson,
Jr.
5th Marines
Private First
Class
Died on Iwo Jima,
received Purple
Heart
1940-1945
Lloyd Richards
Bosun’s Mate
US Navy
South Pacific
1942 – 1946
Heather Troemel
USMC
Private
Richard Reid
U.S. Army
Sergeant, Combat
Engineers
Germany
1942 - 1945
(Graduated from
Prosser High
School in 1939)
Lee S. Boyd
U.S. Navy
1941 – Retired in
1960
Victor
Breitenfeldt
U.S. Army
Sergeant – Section
Leader
389th Quartermaster
Truck Company
Provided supplies to
troops in the Aleutian
Islands, New Guinea
and the Philippines
(Luzon and Leyte).
Victor was awarded the
following medals and
citations: American
Theater Service
Medal, Asiatic-Pacific
Service Medal,
Pilippine Liberation
Medal with one Bronze
Star, Bronze Service
Arrowhead, Good
Conduct Medal and
Victory Medal.
1942-1945
Lord, bid war’s trumpet cease; Fold the
whole earth in peace.
~Oliver Wendell Holmes
Honoring Our Veterans
Limited Edition Decal!
Sal Torres
USMC
Sergeant
1972-1978
PAGE 9
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Alfred E.
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Randy L. Oldfield
US Army retired
1969-1970
Vietnam
Purple Heart
Ralph E. Oldfield
US Army 19451946
T5
Okinawa
Gary L. Oldfield
US Airforce 1975
– 1979
AmVets Post #99
Organizing
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US Navy,
9/17/1943 –
2/2/1946
Bootcamp in
Farragut, Idaho.
Active duty in San
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assigned to USS
Pondera. Awarded three
medals while
serving in WWII.
Discharged
in 2/2/1946 in
Bremerton WA.
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Please Join Us to Honor Those Who Serve
Sunday • November 15th • 11:00 a.m.
At LifePoint Church
1332 Meade Ave. • Prosser
We will be recognizing, honoring all those who served and serve with
a special Commemorative Coin that will be presented to All ARMY,
NAVY, USAF, USMC, SEABEES, and USCG. We will also be honoring
all SHERIFF, POLICE, STATE PATROL, and FIREFIGHTERS with a
Coin as well.
There Will Be a Special Keynote Testmonial Given
by World War ll veteran Sargent Cecil Vernon Schmoe Third Army, who
served under General George S. Patton.
It would be our great honor to have you and your family join us in this
Special event. We cannot say thank you enough to all those who serve.
For their work, sacrifice, and service.
Please RSVP at Iifepointprosser@gmail.com
2015
VA Walla
Walla Nursing
Home
Construction
Update
The Department of Veterans Affairs
State of Washington and its colleague in
services for veterans, Federal Department
of Veterans Health Administration, are
jointly constructing a new, state of the art
skilled nursing facility (at last), in Walla
Walla. The Walla Walla VA serves as the
anchor healthcare facility for 10 counties
in three states, Washington, Oregon and
Idaho. Approximately 50,000 honorably
discharged veterans receive services at,
or through the Walla Walla facility. Of
the 50,000 customers, 20,000 are age 65
and older: witness the need for a regional
skilled nursing facility. The other three
skilled nursing facilities within driving
distance are in Ortig and Spokane, Wash.,
The Dalles, Ore. and Boise, Ida. These
facilities have a population base of their
own to serve.
Through the decades a discussion of
the acute need for a facility for Walla
Walla has played over and over. Finally,
with the help of the Sen. Patty Murray and
the Senate Armed Forces Committee, the
Walla Walla facility was approved.
The
Federal
VA
is
paying
approximately $22 million and the State
WA Dept. of Veterans Affairs is paying
$12 for the construction of the new home
which will house 80 veterans and in some
cases, spouses and employ about 100.
Completion time is projected for Fall
2016. Currently concrete is being poured,
electrical work is following the concrete
and fire lines are being established.
Applications are not being accepted at
this time. Contact the WA State Dept. of
Veterans Affairs for more information.
Veterans Day
Quotes
We often take for granted the
very things that most deserve our
gratitude. ~Cynthia Ozick
How important it is for us to
recognize and celebrate our
heroes and she-roes! ~Maya
Angelou
The most persistent sound which
reverberates through men’s
history is the beating of war
drums. ~Arthur Koestler, Janus:
A Summing Up
Courage is almost a contradiction
in terms. It means a strong
desire to live taking the form
of readiness to die. ~G.K.
Chesterton
REMEMBERING OUR HEROES
2015
Cliff Schryvers
U.S. Navy
Senior Chief Petty
Officer
USS Ranger, two
deployments to
Vietnam
1964 – 1993
Walter Castilleja, Jr.
U.S. Army
Sergeant Major
Combat in Persian
Gulf and Iraq
Robert Schryvers
U.S. Air Force
Staff Sergeant
Okinawa, Japan
1952 - 1956
Walt Castilleja Sr.
U.S. Army
Sergeant
Paratrooper
Vietnam ,
Cambodia, Laos
1961 - 1965
Fast Fact
21.5 million - The number of military
veterans in the United States in 2011.
Danny R. Sanders
U.S. Army
Spec. 5
NCOES Academy
Graduate
1970 – 1973
Vietnam 1971-1972
Justin Lee Hewitt
U.S. Army
E-3
Active Duty
July 2007 – 2013
Served in Iraq –
2008 – 2009
Matthew Robert
Axford
James R.
Brumley
Max Anthony
Saldaña
Domingo
Ramirez Jr.
Louie Aguilar,
U.S. Army
Son of David and
Debbi Axford
Artillery
Afghanistan since 2009
2006-present
Specialist E-4
U.S. Army
U.S. Air Force
Airman 1st Class
South Korea,
currently in Italy,
2007 – Current
Active Duty
U.S. Army
E-4
5th Battalion, 27th
Artillery Battery
Vietnam
1967 - 1969
Ernest L. Duran
Daniel S.
Christensen
Jose Albert Leon
U.S. Marine Corps
E-4 Lance Corporal
Vietnam
Purple Heart, National
Defense Combat Ribbon,
USMC Sharp Shooter
Badge, Republic of Vietnam
Campaign, Republic of
Vietnam Cross of Gallantry,
Republic of Vietnam
Meritorious Medal, 1949
- 1951
Fred Beierle
U.S. Coast Guard
Serve on the
Winona
U.S. Air Force
Sergeant
Communications
Specialist with a
mobile unit
1960 - 1968.
James N. Oblisk
Sergeant First
Class
Oregon National
Guard
82nd ROC
PAGE 11
U.S. Air Force
Sergeant
Clark Air Base,
Phillipines
1976 - 1980
U.S. Army
E-5
Desert Storm
1986 - 1992
Raul Leon
U.S. Navy
E-5 Master at Arms
Iraq – Afghanstan
2000 - 2004
LeRoy A. Mulkey
Major J.C. Childs
Lieutenant
Commander
Jack Childs
Ronald Stone
U.S. Army Air
Corps,
World War II –
P-47 and P-51
Pilot
U.S. Navy,
Vietnam WarRadar
Intercept Officer
F4 Phantom and
F14 Tomcats
aircraft
U.S. Army
Vietnam
1969 – 1971
Graduated from
Prosser High
School in 1966
U.S. Air Force
Stationed in the
Philippines
1944-1946
Rudy Cortez
U.S. Army
Sgt. First Class
1950 - 1953
Eric Mulkey
U.S. Army National
Guard
Korea for three
years and served a
second tour of duty
in Iraq.
Jon Madrid
U.S. Army Scout
1994-2009
Iraqi war veteran
Medals: Army
Good Conduct
Medal & Army
Commendation
(ARCOM)
Jeremie Dufault
Lawrence A.
Walter
Clifford H.
Christensen
U.S. Army
Sergeant
Served in Burma/
India
WWII
Lindyn
Andreasen
U.S.M.C
Sargeant
1951-1952
Korean War
1950-1953
Korean War
June Higdon
Bates
USMC
Gunnery Instructor
1944
Stan Barnett
U.S. Army
Sp. 4
15th Truck, 4th
infantry
Bamberg,
Germany March
1959 to February
1961
USMC Gunnery
Sergeant
Korean War and
Vietnam
1952- honorable
Rian H. Blahut
Prosser class of
2004. 25th Combat
Aviation Brigade,
Schofield Barracks,
HI
U.S. Army
Captain
2008-present
Operation
Enduring Freedom
Afghanistan
Campaign Medal
Meritorious Service
Medal
NATO medal
Matthew Blahut
U.S. Air Force
class of 2006
This nation will remain the land of the free only so
long as it is the home of the brave. ~Elmer Davis
REMEMBERING OUR HEROES
PAGE 12
Major Shane
Lucker, U.S.
Army
Currently
assigned to Fort
Leavenworth,
Kansas.
USCG in 1994
2001 - ROTC
at Central
Washington
University commissioned as a
Second Lieutenant
30 years of total
active duty and
active reserve
service
1986 graduate
of Prosser High
and is a proud
Mustang.
James Wayne
Trimble
U.S. Navy
1950 to 1954
U.S. Air Force
1956 to 1960
Seabee Reserves
1965 to 1975
Roger Elliot
Adak Alaska
Navy – 4 years
Weather Service
Gary Koleber
US Navy – DP3
USS FDR CVA42
1972-1976
Scott Hunt
1989-2011
US Army
Retired Master
Sergeant
Albert Koleber
U.S. Navy 19421945 WWII
RM2 (Radioman 2nd
Class)
U.S.S. Crescent City
- APA21
South Pacific Service
Leroy Scott
Hamilton
U.S. Navy
1942-1946
Talmadge E.
Worden
Bob Anderson
U.S. Navy
SKSM and SHSM
1959-1963
Corporal
U.S. Army Air
Forces
Guam WWII
1943-1946
Matthew Kissler
Sgt. USMC
1995-1999
Cuba
Rodney “Ken”
Kissler
SP4 U.S. Army
1965-1967
Vietnam
2015
Lawrence
Hallman
1944-1946
WWII
Radioman
3rd Class on
Minesweeper
Ship USS Pioneer
AM105
Sgt. Marshall
Anderson
U.S. Army
1967-1969
337th Trans. Co.
4th Brigade
6th Infantry Div.
Schofield Barracks
Hawaii
In the beginning of a
change, the patriot is a
scarce man, and brave,
and hated and scorned. When his cause
succeeds, the timid join
him, for then it costs
nothing to be a patriot. ~Mark Twain, Notebook,
1935
REMEMBERING OUR HEROES
2015
Michael Lange
Gene Lange
Tyson Sowers
William Jacobs
U.S. Army
Reserves
SFC
Iraq – 2003
1987 – 2003
U.S. Army
SP-4
Korea – DMZ
1963 – 1965
U.S. Army
Private First Class
Iraq
U.S. Army
Private First Class
German H. Luna
Ricardo H. Luna
Jaime H. Luna
Bob Yahn
U.S. Army
Sergeant E-5
Vietnam
1967 – 1969
U.S. Army
Sergeant
82nd Airborne
Panama and First
Gulf War
Commendation
with V Device
1986 – 1995
U.S. Army
Sergeant
Military Intelligence
Germany
1979 – 1987
U.S. Army
Horse Cavalry
Ft. Riley, Kans.,
and Europe, Army
of Occupation
June 1945 –
November 1946
MSgt. Anthony
W. Lauby
Sgt. Barbara A.
Lauby
U.S. Army Air
Corps
1942-1948
B-17 mechanic
U.S. bases and
RAF Mendlesham,
U.K.
U.S. Air Force
Information Specialist
Randolph AFB, Texas
and RAF Upper
Heyford, U.K.
1972-1976
Nicolaas A.
Verhoeven
Heath Niemi
U.S. Navy
Ensign on Active Duty
USS Bremerton,
Honolulu, Hawaii
Graduated from
Grandview High School
2001
U.S. Army
West Point graduate
Promoted to Lt.
Colonel Aug. 4,
2008
Iraq and
Afghanistan
1988 – Current
Charles Walker,
Sr.
Dwight A.
Halstead
PAGE 13
Geraldine L.
Lauby
U.S. Air Force Reserve
Airman 1st Class
Aircraft Ground
Equipment mechanic
McChord AFB, Tacoma,
Wash. 1984-1989
Javier Prieto
U.S. Marine Corps
Sergeant
Camp Lejuene, NC
2003 – 2007
Sgt. J. James
Macica
U.S. Air Force
Intelligence Specialist
Langley AFB, Va., and
RAF Upper Heyford,
U.K.
1971-1976
Staff Sergeant
Alvin D. Lewis
AF 13370290
Served in
Korean War
1950-1954
Stationed in
Othello radar
637th A.C. & W.
Squadron
Melissa Jones
Air Force
Stationed at
locations including
Lackland, TX, and
Tinker, OK, before
developing a foot
tendonitis that forced
a very unhappy
medical discharge.
Lisa Jones
Air Force
F-7 Master
Sergeant
Into 23 years
of service in
locations that
include Elmdorf,
Alaska, Fort
George, General
Maryland, McCord,
Washington,
Langley, Virginia.
Jeremy Jones
Air Force
E-7 Master
Sergeant
Into 16 years
of service in
Texas, Eglin,
Florida, Elmdorf,
Alaska, McCord,
Washington,
Langley, Virginia.
Has 9 tours in
Iraq, Iran, now on
a tour in Manas
International Airport
in Kyrgyzstan. Also
spent a year in
Haiti.
Kenneth Jones
Air Force
Senior Master Sergeant
Served 30 years,
stationed locations
that include Texas,
McConnell, Kansas,
Jacksonville AFB,
Arkansas and
Germany.
U.S.M.C.
Private
2nd Marine
Division WWII
Battles of Tarawa
and Saipan
1942-1944
U.S. Air ForceWWII
1st Lt.
494th Bomb Group
(H) “Kelley’s
Kobras”
867th Bomb Squad
Helen Jones
daughter of Harold
and Nellie Jones,
Prosser.
Cadet nurse during
WWII
Robert L. Jones
Sergeant US Army
1943-1963 Pacific
Theater WWII.
Ft. Lewis, WA.
Ft. Hardon, AK,
Ft Monmouth NJ,
Camp Gordon,
Tegu Korea, Camp
Irwin CA. Ft Shl
OK, Ft. Baker, CA
and Hawaii
Sgt Robert Dye
National Guard
Unit 3-116
2007-current
also a student at
EWU
This photo was
taken in Iraq
Bobby was born
in Prosser and
graduated 2006 in
Prosser
Harold Jones
X Y Zeebuyth
301 Sea Bee
Dredging Battalion
2nd class cook
June 6, 1944 June 6, 1946
Iwo Jima
Guam
Corporal Clay Buchanan (Buck) Jones
Purple Heart for injuries in
the Tunisia Campaign.
North Africa - WWII
Company E,
161st Infantry, US
Army, 1916-1918
Mexican Border
with Pershing and
WWI France
Alan Jones
Meteorologist Air
Weather Service,
USAF, 1960-1980.
Labrador, Vietnam,
Thailand
REMEMBERING OUR HEROES
PAGE 14
Shane Floyd
Kevin Arteaga
Roy A. Moran
Byron Benitz
U.S. Marine Corps
Corporal
1997 - 2001
U.S. Army Airborne
Specialist
Engineering
Two Tours in
Afghanistan
Current Active Duty
U.S. Army Air Corps
PFC
Heavy Truck Driver
Algiers – North
Africa
1942 – 1945
US Navy
Boatswain 3rd Class
Tonkin Gulf – Vietnam
Mekong Delta River
Assault Boat
Received Purple Heart
1965 – 1969
Jammie Jamieson
(Himsl)
Jessica Phelps
(Himsl)
Kenneth J.
Canatser
James C.
Canatser
Major
US Air Force
F-22 Fighter Pilot
2000 – Current
Active Duty
Major
US Air Force
ROTC Instructor at MIT
in Cambridge, Mass.
2001 – Current Active
Duty
U.S. Marine Corps
Lieutenant Colonel
Helicopter
Squadron 369
Gulf War
U.S. Army
Sergeant
161st Infantry
Regiment,
Company G
World War II
Bill Petersen
Chris Petersen
Billy Petersen
Christian
Petersen
U.S. Marine Corps
Corporal
3rd Marine Tank
Battalion
1976 – 1979
U.S. Army
PFC
Field Artillery
Germany
1979 – 1981
U.S. Army
SPC
Combat Medic
Bosnia and Iraq
2001 – 2005
U.S. Army
PFC - WWII
Battery D, 346th
Field Artillery
1917 – 1919
William “Bill”
Juzeler
Richard Harris
U.S. Navy
Cook – First Class
WWII
U.S. Army
Spec 4
Vietnam
Radar Operator
1965 - 1966
Clayton E. Horn
Bethel Deaton
2015
Alejandro
Gonzalez
James R.
Cornwell, Jr.
Michael R.
Frailey
Nancy R.
Petersen
U.S. Navy
Petty Officer 2nd Class
AM2 (AWSW)
Japan and the Middle
East 2004 – Current
Active Duty
U.S. Marine Corps.
Corporal
1954-1956
TEC 4
U.S. Army
381 Infantry
Battle of Iwo Jima
WWII
U.S. Army
Sergeant
Signal Corps.
1972 – 1983
Lyle A. Petersen
Doug Frailey
Mark Frailey
U.S. Army
SFC
Armor & Military
Police
Korean Conflict
1944 – 1967
SFC
U.S. Navy Corpsman
U.S. Army Armored Cav
Viet Nam
1966 – 1983
Second Class
U.S. Navy
Salvage Diver
Viet Nam
1969 – 1974
U.S. Navy
Seaman
Japan
1961 – 1965
U.S. Army
SFC
9th Infantry Division
1972 – 1995
Brent Petersen
Master Sergeant
U.S. Marine Corps
C-130 Flight
Engineer
Viet Nam
1969 – 1990
Anchors Aweigh
The United States Navy Theme Song
Roy L. Parker
U.S. Navy
EMC (SS)
Submarine Service
1956 – 1976
Steven R. Cox
Kelly M. Parker
U.S. Navy
1984 – 1988
Jesse H. Cox
U.S.A.F.
1997 – 2008
U.S. Navy
Submarine – USS
Georgia
(Active Duty)
Stand, Navy, out to sea, Fight our battle cry;
We’ll never change our course, So vicious
foe steer shy-y-y-y.
Roll out the TNT, Anchors Aweigh. Sail on to victory
And sink their bones to Davy Jones, hooray!
Wesley R. Parker
USCG
BOSN 3 (CWO)
1986 – 2009
The stern hand of fate has scourged us to an elevation where we can see the great
everlasting things that matter for a nation; the great peaks of honour we had forgotten
- duty and patriotism, clad in glittering white; the great pinnacle of sacrifice pointing
like a rugged finger to heaven. ~David Lloyd George
Allen Kelley
Marine Corps 1951
to 1953
Fought in the
Korean War
Anchors Aweigh, my boys, Anchors Aweigh.
Farewell to college joys, we sail at break of
day-ay-ay-ay.
Through our last night on shore, drink to
the foam,
Until we meet once more,
Here’s wishing you a happy voyage home.
REMEMBERING OUR HEROES
2015
PAGE 15
Fred Dompier
Woody Dompier
U.S. Navy
Seaman
Apprentice E-2
U.S. Navy
Seaman
Apprentice E-2
Phil Robert
U.S. Army
New Guinea,
Papua and the
Phillipines
WWII
Milford Adcock
Olen W. Adcock
PFC
Military Police
US Army
Hawaii
1952 - 1954
U.S. Navy/Naval Reserve
Senior Chief Machinist
Mate
USS Midway Aircraft
Carrier 1957 - 1987
U.S. Army Air Corps
Lieutenant Colonel
Aleutian Islands, Alaska
1940-1945
Lenn Dompier
Robert Dompier
Chuck Dompier
Jerry Dompier
Brandon M.
Richman
Pvt. Dustin V.
Richman
Richard J.
Esparza
Virginia Kline
U.S. Navy
Chief Pharmacist
Mate E-7
U.S. Navy
Seaman
Apprentice E-2
U.S. Navy
Seaman
Apprentice E-2
Bert Dompier
U.S. Navy
Boatswains Mate
Seaman E-3
U.S. Navy
Data Systems
Tech, 1st Class, E-6
1959 – 1979
Ryan Whitten
Gary Dompier
U.S. Navy
Yeoman Chief Petty
Officer E-7
1959 – 1979
Jim Seeber
U.S. Navy
Petty Officer 2nd
class
He served on the
U.S.S. Shae which
was a destroyer
1955-1959
Don Pierce
U.S. Navy 2nd
Class Bosun’s Mate
U.S.S. Pine Island
AVIZ
1950 - 1954
U.S. Navy
Served on USS
Abraham Lincoln
in support of O.I.F.
and O.E.F.
2004-2012
Thank You
To All Who
Serve
Wilbur-Ellis
Ideas to
Grow With!
Serving your organic
and conventional
needs for over
50 years!
Saldaña A.
Maximino
Marvin L. Best
USMC
Staff Sergeant
Al Anbar Province
Iraq
1989 - 2004
Staff Sargeant
Air Force
2007 to present
AC+NE
2007-09 South
Korea
2009-11 Italy
Nov. 2012 London
1301 W. Wine
Country Road
Grandview
882-4334
U.S. Army
SP-4
502 Battalion
Admin.
1965 – 1968
U.S. Marine Corps
Iraq and Thailand
U.S. Marine Corps
Camp Pendleton,
CA
Active duty since
Oct. 10, 2008
Charlie C. Rose
USMC Lance
Corporal
U.S. Army Airborne
Infantry
25th ID 4th BCT
Burton A. Hall
U.S. Army
Specialist 4th
Class – E-4
Mechanic
Fort Drum, New
York
1989 – 1993
“What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it’s
the size of the fight in the dog” - General Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Forces
“We don’t grow up looking forward to living in a
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REMEMBERING OUR HEROES
PAGE 16
A tribute to Lloyd E. Richards
By Deb Brumley
Veterans’ Day is holiday in our house,
and I really, love that it is. The essence
of the day of the real, it has meaning,
it feels like good and true activities
are percolating under our roof. In part
because my husband, fondly known
as JimmyCoed, and I are both U.S.
Army veterans. But also because we are
surrounded by family and friends who
are likewise either veterans who get the
meaning of service to our country in no
terms other than black and white, or are
incredibly patriotic for their own reasons.
The holiday feel also exists because we
co-chair the local Veterans’ Day parade
in our hometown and there is always the
requisite preparation leading to the day of
A Special Thank You
To All Our Veterans
and Those Currently
Serving For Keeping
Us Safe At Home!
Happy Birthday
To The Marine Corp
on November 10th
The Dodgson Family
618 6th Street
Prosser • 786-1422
the parade: volunteer contacts, PR, fliers
to get out, social and media to contact,
and more. Our counter is filled with items
to take with us to the parade in a week and
as always, I can’t wait!
This is the third year that we won’t
have my World War II Dad riding with us
in the parade. It stings and rings strange,
to not have his presence, but I remind
myself, most of my friends have lost
their parents long ago. I have not only
had my Dad for 59 years but I was also
so fortunate to get to know him all over
again, as an adult.
I left home, the fall following my high
school graduation in the early 70s. It
was far from happy and roses when I did
leave. When I left, I meant to leave and
never, ever return. I did once, following
an unfortunate need to recover from a
weird polio which just about snuffed my
pilot light: but left again, the second I was
able. I was also the most willful of the five
children, having fully inherited my Dad’s
side of the family’s reputable intractable
stubbornness. So Dad and I clashed most
of our encounters my last few teen years
at home.
Fast forward 38 years and my Dad
moves back close to us following the loss
of the big love of his life. My stepMom and
Dad had a sweet home, life in Vancouver,
WA, living very close to her kids and their
families. When Juanita passed, Dad began
packing immediately to move back to be
close to us, his five kids.
He did move close and immediately,
though I didn’t get it or know to get it, was
in the longest, largest segment of the mad
and angry stage of grieving. He demanded
and overstepped his bounds because of
his grief. He insisted on treating me like
I was that petulant, talk-back teen again:
timing me when I was late, chiding me if
I was not able to pick up the exact item
on sale that he had requested. I withdrew
from him, in all ways, for months. Then
one day, as quick I had withdrawn, I
realized I needed to grow up and be over
it. We have been best friends since. He is
my comrade, my partner in my highs and
lows, but most of all, he is my cool, smart,
superDad who now wears an old man suit
that slows him down beyond the point of
exasperation. He is the can-do Dad, fix
anything Dad, be there if we had a hang
nail or a relationship meltdown Dad who
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Lloyd E. Richards
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now struggles to get up out of a chair,
to get a utensil to his mouth, who takes
a half hour to get dressed in the morning
and can no longer walk or hear.
So we will be celebrating the spirit of
my wonderful Dad on 11/11@11 a.m.
Dad enlisted in World War II as a 16
year old; he lied about his age, walked 20
miles with his older brother to enlist at the
recruiting office in Walla Walla. He knew
life had to better with hots and a cot in the
service, and he was not disappointed.
He sailed the South Seas, he drank
too much, chased women too much
(married one on a drunk; the marriage
was invalidated by the irate girl’s Dad
though his friend and his wife who also
married during the drunk have a 60+
year marriage in the books). He was
adventuring, traveling, successful, saved
money, had stories and a bank account to
show for his three transformational years
served during the end of World War II.
But most of all, during Dad’s time
in the service, he said his spirit became
patriotic. Really old school. He learned
and fervently believes hard work and
having purpose, finding cures for problems
will cure anything going on in a person’s
life. He so loves being an American. He
tears up when he sees the flag, thinks
about being that young, swashbuckling
guy in Navy whites, or thinks about his
comrades who didn’t come home.
After eight decades, he knows well
how life can be fair and unfair, but through
2015
it all, the big red, white and blue flag
keeps waving every day out the window
of his assisted living home. He says he
feels ageless when he sees the flag flying
so beautifully, the same as when it waved
unabashedly on his WWII Navy ship in
the South Seas.
Like so many of his generation, he
came home from the war to continue
building his life. And he did. A sweet one.
Which is not to say it was not filled with
life’s good and ugly moments, because it
had those things too.
His short-lived second wife was known
as the town get about. Dad got his heart
broken in the early trimester of their first
year of marriage. But he said hard work,
working really hard as a perfectionist
carpenter, contractor and builder cured
that broken heart. My Mom, who Dad
married at nearly 30.
But sadly through the years of their
falling apart, they raised five decent kids,
built and lost a home, lived, fought, and
carried on like the other 11 large families
on our College Street. So at 45 and 50 the
folks separated and divorced, Dad taking
it very, very hard. This was not the life he
had planned on living in his middle and
late years.
But old woman time helped cure
his deep heartache when he met our
step Mom, Juanita, who at the time
was married to Dad’s fishing partner.
His fishing partner died in his sleep,
unexpectedly, and over time, Dad rose to
the occasion. It was without discussion,
the best decade and a few more, of his
adult life building a life with his Juanita,
buying a home and remodeling it, and
every chance they had, getting into
their hot rodding Teal blue Pontiac, and
cruising the back roads of the U.S.
After Juanita’s passing nearly a decade
ago, Dad again rebuilt his life again with
the same tenacity he drew from as a
young boy living in the boarding house.
This man is not fancy, flashy, is now
prone to embellishing his stories due to
the desire to be more; and we can’t tell
him enough, that he is so much more
than enough. He is the consummate and
constant Dad, and what else is there
in life, if a family is all you have ever
wanted?
Dedicating our 2015 Vets Day
celebration, completely and always
to my Dad, who is the gold standard
of the Greatest Generation, but most
importantly, my Dad.
REMEMBERING OUR HEROES
2015
George F.
Petty Jr.
U.S. Navy
Machinist Mate 3rd
Class
USS R.K.
Huntington – South
Pacific
1944 - 1946
Kenton R.
Childers
Bobby Touchette
Lance Corporal
Scout Sniper
US Marine Corps
Hawaii – Sniper Training
Afghanistan 2010
2007 – Current Active
Duty
Betty George
U.S. Army
Private First Class
Iraq
Received the
Purple Heart
U.S. Army Air
Corps
Private
Cook
World War II
Walt George
U.S. Army
Combat infantry
soldier
World War II
Steven Miller
Private First Class
U.S. Army
Iraq – two Army
Commendation
Medals
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Wes Underwood
Master Sergeant
U.S. Air Force
Korea
Aaron Oxford
Sergeant
U.S. Army
Derrick
Middleton
U.S. Air Force
Logan Brown
U.S. Army
10th Mountain
Division
Current Active Duty
Jordan Brown
U.S. Air Force
Airman
35th Medical
Logistics Support
Unit
Japan
Current Active Duty
Merlin R. Brown
Alex Navarro
U.S. Navy
Seaman First Class
Korean War
1950 - 1954
U.S. Army
Steven R. Maloy
U.S. Army
Sergeant
Eric Navarro
U.S. Army
SP-5
3rd Infantry
National honor is national property of the highest
value. ~James Monroe, first inaugural address,
4 March 1817
Clarence Laverne
Zahn
U.S. Army
PFC
Co. K, 310th
Infantry, 78th
Division
World War II
Mark Uribe
Allan Sparks
U.S. Army
Donald Maloy
U.S. Army
“Let every nation know, whether
it wishes us well or ill, that we
shall pay any price, bear any
burden, meet any hardship,
support any friend, oppose any
foe, to assure the survival and
success of liberty.” - John F.
Kennedy
Janice Kline
U.S. Army
Private 1st Class
PFC
Teletypist
Ft. Ord, Calif.
1961 – 1964
Raymond Lee
Kline
U.S. Army
Sergeant
Military Intelligence
1990 - 1998
“Lead me, follow me, or get
out of my way.” - General
George Patton Jr
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Rob Siemens
Da Nang Viet Nam - US Navy Seabees – Field Mechanic
1970-76 - Guam, Okinawa
Robert H.
Robert
H. Smith
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Ribbons & medals
include:
National Defense
Service Medal
Afghanistan
Campaign Military
medal
Global War on
Terrorism Service
medal
USMC Armed Forces
Reserve medal
Navy and Marine
Corps Overseas
Service Ribbon
Navy Unit
Commendation
Ribbon
Honoring All
Who Have Served
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Jan J. Don
U.S. Army
Corporal
Korea
1952-1954
Donald “Don” R.
Springer
U.S. Navy
Reserves
U.S. Navy – 19511955
• “No combat-ready unit has ever
passed inspection.” - Joe Gay
Shane Frakes
U.S. Air Force
Staff Sergeant
374th Logistics
Readiness
Squadron Fuels
Management Flight
Yokota Air Base,
Japan
2001 – Active Duty
2011 - The Prosser Honor Guard
Back Row l.-r. Clayborn “Ed” Heard, Dan Sanders, Richard
Emmons, Jaime Luna, and Michael “Max” Mohar. Middle Row l.-r.
Shirley Baugher, Nancy Hickey, Elma Eucker, Karen Hall and Jan
Carpenter. Front Row l.-r. Robert “Stretch” Traivale.
Larissa Jean
Castilleja
U.S. Army
Spec. 4th Class
Schofield Barracks,
Hawaii and Fort
Hood, Texas
1987-1991
James E. Pickett,
Jr.
Richard K. Boll
U.S. Navy
1961-1966
2015
SFC Colvig,
Jared J.
10th SFG(A)
FT Carson CO
U.S. Army
SP-4
Fort Benning, Ga.
1984-1988
Lester L. Warriner
U.S. Army Air Corp
Private First Class
Served in WWII, Korea
and Vietnam
Retired as Senior
Master Sergeant
1945 – 1986
Grandview High School
Graduate 1945
Lower Valley Honor Guard past and present
Top Row l.-r. Jimmy Sterinsky, Floyd Olson, Mavin Trusley, Gary Goodhart, Jimmy Pickett, Darrel Cook, Dick
Emmons, Ed Heard, Nick Meyers, Curt Neolen, Bill Ingram, and Blain Wyatt. Middle Row l.-r. Cora Lee Pickell,
George Shantz, Domingo Ramirez, Manual Soto, Sabas Cantu, Dave Rowland, Greg Schlieve, Jim Ziegler, Ken
Kearney, Bob Anderson, Rudy Cortez and Jimmy Keene.
How often we fail to realize our good fortune in living in a country
where happiness is more than a lack of tragedy. ~Paul Sweeney
Damon Perez
We Thank All the
Brave Men and Women
of our Military Who
Put Their Lives on
the Line Everyday to
Ensure Our Way of Life
All of the staff at the Prosser Record-Bulletin
and the Grandview Herald want to let
our military know that we appreciate
all they do for us, each and every day
Private
Camp Pendleton
San Diego
Brandon Perez
Lance Corporal
Okinawa
(stationed)
In the United States, Veteran’s Day is
celebrated on November 11th every
year. Veteran’s Day, which pays
tribute to all veterans, living or dead,
differs from Memorial Day during
which we pay tribute to those who lost
their lives in combat.
Charles Arnold
Duran
U.S. Army Air
Corps
World War II
1942-1945
Landed on
beaches of
Normandy on
D-Day
Lloyd Van
Hollebeke
U.S. Navy
Chief Petty Officer
AWC
1970-1990
USS Kitty Hawk
during Vietnam
May God Bless Our
Veterans and Keep Them
In The Hollow
of His Hand
Sister to Sister
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REMEMBERING OUR HEROES
2015
Pvt. Jordan Bogart
U.S. Army
455th Eng. Battalion
Hayden Lake, Idaho
Senior at PHS
Sharrae
Villanueva
U.S. Air Force
Airman 1st Class
Security Forces
2008-2012
Sr. Airman
Ashley Steffan
U.S. A.F., Served in
Afghanistan, 343rd
Reconnaissance
Squadran, Offutt Air Force
Base, Nebraska
Preston Yahne
U.S. Air Force
Airman 1st Class
2009-2011
• “We are not retreating, we are
advancing in another direction.”
• “We sleep safely in our beds
because rough men stand ready
in the night to visit violence
on those who would harm us.”
- George Orwell
Fred Proctor
Sergeant
Richard D. Davis
Specialist US Army
Kathi Proctor
PFC US Army
Bill Brader
U.S. Army Air
Corps.
1st Lt.
Instructor Pilot
(C-47’s) – 1st Troop
Carrier Command
1941-1945
Lynn D. Cooper
U.S. Navy
– Retired
Commander
Chaplain
1965-1988
Seamen Lucas
Russell Groom
U.S. Coast Guard
2007- Current Active
Duty
Stationed aboard the
USCG Cutter Eagle
New London, CT.
Clayborn Edgar
Heard
U.S. Navy
Chief Bosunmate
1947-1971
Corporal Thomas
Justin Groom
Patricia McCorkle, USA Major (veteran on
right), and her sons, Justin McCorkle, (left) USA
Captain, active duty at Fort Knox, Kentucky, and
Isaac McCorkle, USMC Lieutenant, active duty at
Quantico, Virginia.  This mother and sons have a
combined active-duty service record of 36 years.
Patricia is a  registered nurse at Prosser Memorial
Hospital.
U.S. Army
Sergeant
1954 – 1960
Jason Baldwin
Sgt., Air Force
Desert Shield and
Desert Storm
1985-1993
Avionics specialist
Eddie Earl Heard
Sgt. Sergio Pineda
Miguel Pineda Jr.
U.S. Army National
Guard
1974-1984
Served in the
occupation of Japan,
the Korean War and
Vietnam.
USAF
1998 – 2002
Bobby Yanez
U.S. Army
Ft. Benning,
Georgia
U.S. Air Force
Airman First Class
Radio Mechanic
116th Fighter
Interceptor
Squadron
Served in England
in support of the
Berlin Air Lift
1950 – 1952
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Abel A. Cortina
U.S. Army
First Sergeant
Operation Enduring
Freedom
1986 - 2010
U.S.M.C.
2007 Iraq, Marine
Recruiter, 7th
Marines - 29
Palms, Wounded
Warrior
2004-2014
U.S.M.C.
1st Recon, MCB
4th Marines
Hawaii, MCB El
Toro
1958 to 1962
There are those, I know, who
will say that the liberation
of humanity, the freedom of
man and mind, is nothing
but a dream. They are right. It is the American dream. ~Archibald MacLeish
Founded by Educators for Educators
Tanya McCorkle
Thomas E.
Luevano
Corporal
U.S. Marine Corps
2006 – Current
Active Duty
The doors that cover US nuclear silos weigh 748
tons and opens in 19 seconds.
Elmer “Al”
Felicijan
Robert C.
Humphreys
U.S. Marine Corp
2007- Current
Active Duty
Stationed in Yuma,
AZ
Don McFerran
McCorkle Family
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and women serving
our country and
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Ron McCall
U.S. Army
Corporal
1953 – 1955
James Heintz
U.S. Army
1968-1971
Germany, Vietnam
Sgt. Spec E5
Donald Ray
McCall
John “Jack”
Heintz
Donald Harold
McCall
U.S. Army
Corporal
1953 – 1955
U.S. Navy
Seaman on USS
Paul Revere
1972 - 1974
U.S. Navy
Alaska
1962 – 1966
2015
Larry Benjamin
U.S. Army
1968-1971
Vietnam
James Glen
Aubrey
U.S. Navy
Cook at Pasco
Naval Base
SC3C-V-6
WWII
1941 - 1945
The VFW National Commander comes to Prosser
Photo submitted
The National Commander of the VFW visited the Prosser VFW Post
3207 in 2011. Pictured (l. – r.) M. Coursey, R. Travaille, Frank Kreis,
the National Commander, J. Pickes, Jaime Luna, and E. Heard.
Grandview’s American Legion
Post has created a link to buy
tickets for the Veterans Day
Brunch on Saturday, Nov. 8, at 11
a.m., at the Grandview Community
Center.
The menu will bring back
memories of military service as
we serve “SOS” and scrambled
eggs along with fresh fruit. Our
“SOS” is sausage gravy with
muffins.
We’ll be honoring our 2014 Boys
State and Girls State delegates as
well as presenting special books
from the people of South Korea to
our Korean War Veterans.
The link for brunch tickets is:
http://www.brownpapertickets.
com/event/904444.
Also, community members
are encouraged to mark their
calendars for Saturday, Feb. 7,
2015 for the first annual crab feed
to help supporting programs of
the Post.
U.S. Army
Corporal
10th Mountain
Army Division
604th Field Artillery
Battalion
WWII
Wounded in battle
of Mt. Belvedere,
Italy
Purple Heart and
Bronze Star
Don Aubrey
F. Edward
McCall
U.S. Navy
Quartermaster 1st
Class
Minesweeper #216
1942 – 1945
““All men are timid on entering any fight.
Whether it is the first or the last fight, all of
us are timid. Cowards are those who let their
timidity get the better of their manhood.”” General George Patton Jr
American Legion
Post plans Veterans
Day brunch
Theodore Ted
Miland
U.S. Army
Sergeant E-5
Army 196th Light
Infantry
1967 – 1969
James Howard
McCall
If our country
is worth dying
for in time
of war let us
resolve that it
is truly worth
living for in
time of peace. ~Hamilton Fish
Dylan K. Bolt
USMC
Lance Corporal
3rd Marines, 3rd
Battalion
Deployed to
Afghanistan
2010 – Present
(Active Duty)
Michelle L. Shaw
U.S. Navy
Served on
Destroyer
Pacific Theater
1942 - 1948
US Army First Class
1975 Army reserve –
present
Drill/Supply Sergeant
Afghanistan 2012-2014
Desert Storm
Operation enduring
freedom
John Jack McCall
U.S. Navy
1945 – 1947
Ross Mellor
Fast War Fact
Annual global spending on military is more than $1.3 trillion (45% by USA).
SPTS
Calvin Eugene
Bradbury
U.S. Army
Sergeant
98th Infantry
Division
Pacific Theater
1942 – 1946
U.S. Army
Private First Class
1943-1946
WWII served
in Normandy,
Northern France,
Ardennes,
Rhineland, and
Central Europe
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U.S.M.C.
Staff Sergeant
Linguist
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1990
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2015
Melvin Grimes
U.S. Army
Japan
Robert Grimes
U.S. Navy
Pearl Harbor
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Steelman
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U.S. Navy
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James Brader
U.S. Army
1st Lieutenant
“The mothers and fathers of America will give you their sons
and daughters...with the confidence in you that you will not
needlessly waste their lives. And you dare not. That’s the
burden the mantle of leadership places upon you. You could
be the person who gives the orders that will bring about the
deaths of thousands and thousands of young men and women.
It is an awesome responsibility. You cannot fail. You dare not
fail...” - General H. Norman Schwarzkopf
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Jacob Bowen
U.S. Marine Corps
Corporal
1812 Tank
Crewmember
1st Marine Division
1st Tank Battalion
Alpha Company
1993 - 1997
Waldo H. Smith
USMC 1941 - 1945
WWII South
Pacific Theater
United States Army
Master Sergeant E-7
May 1946
- Retired in May
1962
Called back into
active service -US Army 1966
no photo
Neal Cox
Michael Coursey
1970-1974
Marine
California
U.S. Army
11th Airborne
Division
Sept. 1954-April
1958
Augsburg,
Germany
• “When the pin is pulled, Mr.
Grenade is not our friend.”
- U.S. Marine Corps
Philip J. Phillip
(P.J.)
Randy Hageman
1st Lieutenant
U.S. Air Force
1970-1973
Air traffic controller
at Travis Air Force
Base
1963-1967 Navy
E3 Machinist Mate
Tap112
Vietnam – Troop
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Veterans Day history
By Record-Bulletin Staff
Veterans Day itself has a history that goes back to celebrate the ending of The Great War, or World
War I as it later was referred to. This “war to end all wars” saw the silencing of the guns in 1918. Although
hostilities ceased on Nov. 11 of that year, the official armistice was not signed until June 28, 1919.
In November of 1919, President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed that November 11 would thereafter be
known as Armistice Day. The symbolism of that date is the fact that hostilities ceased at the 11th hour of the
11th day of the 11th month of 1918.
Congress passed a concurrent resolution for the commemoration in 1926.
In May of 1938, Congress made Armistice Day a legal national holiday.
After WWII and Korea, veterans service organizations in 1953, asked the 83rd Congress to amend the
Armistice Act by replacing the word “Armistice” with “Veterans.” And it became law on June 1, 1954,
In 1968, the Uniform Holiday Bill was signed and intended to insure federal employees with three-day
holiday weekends, hence, the first Veterans Day under the new guidelines was celebrated on Oct. 25, 1971.
In an effort to correct the patriotic symbolism lost by moving the holiday date, President Gerald Ford
signed Public Law 94-97 on Sept. 20, 1975, which returned Veterans Day to its original date in November
beginning in 1978.
United States Senate Resolution 143, which was passed on Aug. 4, 2001, designated the week of
Nov.11 through Nov. 17, 2001, as “National Veterans Awareness Week.” The resolution calls for
educational efforts directed at elementary and secondary school students concerning the contributions and
sacrifices of veterans.
Since that chilly November in 1918, our nation has been involved in many wars, big and small, from
WWII, Korea, and Vietnam, and today in Iraq and Afghanistan, and probably more to come, big and small.
This Veterans Day, commemorate our veterans and our active duty personnel still in harm’s way. It’s
the least we can do for the price they pay for Democracy and the American way of life.
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Remember It Was a Veteran
Written by: Father Dennis O’Brien, USMC
Remember it was a Veteran, Not a Reporter who gave us Freedom of the Press!
It was a Veteran, Not a Poet, who gave us Freedom of speech.
It was a Veteran Not a Lawyer who gave us the right to a Fair Trial.
It was a Veteran, Not a campus organizer, who gave us the right to Demonstrate.
It’s a Veteran who salutes the Flag,
Who Served under the Flag,
Whose coffin is draped by the Flag,
Who allows the Protestors to burn the Flag.
File photo
Grandview American Legion Post Commander Bob Gates presents Fred Guyer with
his copy of a special book from the people of South Korea to American Korean War
veterans, and below to veteran Chuck Ashley.
Legion Post to host brunch for Veterans
Grandview- Grandview’s Fred E.
Hayes Post 57 of The American Legion
will host their second annual “SOS
Brunch” for local veterans on Saturday,
Nov.14.
The event will be held at 11:00 a.m.
at the Grandview Community Center. It is
open to all veterans and their families. A
donation of $7.00 per person is suggested.
Reservations are required so enough food
may be on hand for the event. Please call
Jim Davidson at 882-1984 not later than
Thursday, November 12th.
The “SOS Brunch” pays tribute to
a military breakfast staple, “Stuff on a
Shingle.”
“Actually, ‘Stuff’ isn’t the proper term,
but it is a better term for public use,” said
the Post’s Vice Commander Curt Nealen.
“It is always maligned by those who have
served in the military, but it’s almost
always the first item veterans gravitate
to when it is offered on the breakfast
menu,” he added. In the civilian world, it
is known as chipped beef on toast, but is
more commonly sausage gravy on toast
or biscuits. “Our menu will use muffins
instead of toast and will include eggs and
fruit,” said Nealen.
The “SOS Brunch” was conceived last
year to honor veteran’s heritage in a fun
manner while also recognizing Veterans
Day. “It was very well received,” said Post
member Jim Martin. Post Commander
Bob Gates noted the event is not on
Veterans Day because many veterans do
not have that day off from work. “We
chose a Saturday so more people could
come.”
Korean War veterans who served
in country are encouraged to attend to
receive a book from the people of South
Korea.
“We hope to have our Boys State and
Girls State representatives there to tell us
about their experiences,” said Gates.
Grandview’s Post 57 was originally
chartered on October 13, 1919 and has
served the community continuously since
then, emphasizing veterans, national
security, community and youth. Their
members are war-time era veterans
scattered in the Lower Valley and across
the nation. The Post meets monthly
on the third Thursday at 7:00 p.m. at
the Grandview Community Center.
Interested persons are welcome to attend.
More information is available at www.
walegion57.org or by calling 509-8821984.
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From the Halls of Montezuma
To the Shores of Tripoli;
We fight our country’s battles
In the air, on land and sea;
First to fight for right and freedom
And to keep our honor clean;
We are proud to claim the title
of United States Marine.
Our flag’s unfurled to every breeze
From dawn to setting sun;
We have fought in ev’ry clime and
place
Where we could take a gun;
In the snow of far-off Northern
lands
And in sunny tropic scenes;
You will find us always on the job-The United States Marines.
Here’s health to you and to our
Corps
Which we are proud to serve
In many a strife we’ve fought for
life
And never lost our nerve;
If the Army and the Navy
Ever look on Heaven’s scenes;
They will find the streets are
guarded
By United States Marines. We would like to say Thank
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Men and Women Past,
Present and Future.
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