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 PAGE 2 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 bnewhouse@alegriacpas.com Thank You For Our Freedom Working Together To Keep Your Family Healthy! Friendly Staff... Professional Service “Serving Prosser Since 1961” Elfers-Lyon Pharmacy Located in the Valley Vista Medical Center Building Serving All Your Pharmacy Needs Since 1961 Hours: M-F 9-6 • Closed Saturday and Sunday We Can Fill We Bill Most Insurance Companies: Medicare Part D Prescriptions •• Community Health Plan of WA • Group Health • WHI From • Washington Medicare (DSHS) All Doctors • Premera Blue Cross Lots of E-Z Access Parking 820 Memorial Street • Suite 2 • Prosser • 786-3200 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 PAGE 3 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 PAGE 4 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 PAGE 5 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 PAGE 6 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 PAGE 7 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 Our Families Serving Your Families And Our Community For Over 30 Years! Tom Denchel’s FORDCOUNTRY.COM PROSSER • 786-2155 • 800-762-3673 REMEMBERING OUR HEROES PAGE 8 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 Available: Nov. 9th -13th Only 500 available, be sure to stop in. Billy Troemel Sergeant (Retired – United States Marine Corps.) Support veteransour year longall ! Alfred E. Mortimore 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 Commander US Navy, 9/17/1943 – 2/2/1946 Bootcamp in Farragut, Idaho. Active duty in San Diego, CA. and assigned to USS Pondera. Awarded three medals while serving in WWII. Discharged in 2/2/1946 in Bremerton WA. 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Se Habla Español REFRIGERATION, LLC HEATING & AIR “VETERANS RECEIVE 10% OFF UNTIL 12-31-15” RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL TJ’s SERVICES ALL MAJOR BRANDS HVAC/HEATING & AIR • GAS STOVES • HEAT PUMPS WALK IN COOLERS • FURNACES • RESTAURANT EQUIPMENT WATER HEATERS • WINERY EQUIPMENT • FIREPLACES ELECTRONIC AIR CLEANERS • INSTALLATION & DESIGN SHEET METAL & FABRICATION • MAINTENANCE PROGRAMS EMERGENCY SERVICES 24/7 (509) 839-8840 • 329 S. 6th St. • Sunnyside tjsrefrigerationandheating.com • cont# TJSRFRH871KM 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 7820 W. 6th Ave. Kennewick 509-734-9773 We Gratefully Salute the Brave Men and Women of Our Armed Forces “We don’t grow up looking forward to living in a retirement home...but when the time came for me, I am glad I chose Parkview.” - Jack, resident of 6 years Retirement can be a new beginning and the start of some of your BEST YEARS yet! “Bringing independence to living & quality to life” 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 PIZZA CONNECTION 786-4095 We Are Proud To Honor Our Veterans 1306 Meade Avenue • Prosser Lloyd E. Richards WWII - U.S. Navy 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 PAGE 17 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 u o Y k n a h T u o Y k Than ! s n a r e t e V Veterans! Rob Siemens Da Nang Viet Nam - US Navy Seabees – Field Mechanic 1970-76 - Guam, Okinawa Robert H. Robert H. Smith Smith R.H. Smith US Army Air Corp • WWII R.H. Distributing Co.,Smith Inc. US Army Air Corp • WWII Distributing Co., Inc. Smitty’s® ® 882-3377www.rhsmith.com • www.rhsmith.com 509-882-3377 315 E. Wine Country Rd. • Grandview 315 E. Wine Country Rd. • Grandview 2nd Intel BN II MEF 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 Prosser VFW Post # 3207 Men’s & Ladies’ Auxiliary • AMVET Post #99 and Ladies’ Auxiliary 1101 Wine Country Road • 786-1941 www.prosservfw.com REMEMBERING OUR HEROES PAGE 18 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 10 Merlot Drive • Prosser • 786-7467 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 Horace Mann ® Auto | Home | Life | Annuity West Point Cadet Class of 2012 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 PAGE 19 John Miller, LUTCF Agent 800-509-8820 509-882-4545 john.miller@horacemann.com ★ ★ ★ ★ Honoring Our Veterans ★ ★ ★ ★ Our thoughts are with the brave men and women serving our country and the ones who served before them. Bill Jenkin, AAMS® Financial Advisor . 1119 Meade Avenue Prosser, WA 99350 509-786-7787 www.edwardjones.com Member SIPC REMEMBERING OUR HEROES PAGE 20 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 Sunnyside Physical Therapy Services, P.C. 509-839-0414 DYKE C. DICKIE, P.T. Fax # 509-839-8847 Thanks, Veterans! 841 Lincoln Ave. Sunnyside, WA 98944 TRANSMISSION Confidentiality Notice: James I. Gagner U.S. Army Sept. 1956 - Sept. 1959 38th Regiment 2nd Div. Company I Fort Lewis Born and raised in COVER SHEET Prosser Gary M. Travis U.S.M.C. Staff Sergeant Linguist 1990 - 1999 PHS Graduate 1990 REMEMBERING OUR HEROES 2015 Melvin Grimes U.S. Army Japan Robert Grimes U.S. Navy Pearl Harbor Clifton V. Steelman Rex J. Shepard/ Grimes U.S. Army WWI Robert B. Grimes U.S. Navy Certificate of Recognition Sept. 2 – Dec. 1991 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 PAGE 21 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 Transport USS General Mann American Rock Products 2505 Dump Road • Prosser Prosser • 509-788-1522 Richland/Pasco • 509-547-2380 Congratulations Cody on Your Promotion to Staff Sergeant! To Our Sons Cody and Kaelen and the Many Veterans in the Valley, For Your Courage... Your Spirit, Your Faith and Your Sacrifice, We Love, Bless and Thank you Mom, Dad, Family & Friends of DK Bain Real Estate, Inc. Yeah, my daddy just got promoted again! For All Your “Rock” Needs Washed Rock - Crushed Rock Boulders - Drain Rock Gravel - Sand - Pea Gravel Quarry Spalls - Bedding Sand Aubree Rose & SSgt Cody Nelson Questions regarding your VA Loan?? We can help Of course the heart & soul and the “icing on our cake of life” is ... Janelle! The beautiful wife of Cody, wonderful mother of Aubree (and soon to be 1 more!), Special sister-inluv to Kaelan & the perfect “daughterin-law” To Kenny & Joci. She blesses our family with love every day of our lives! Fill Material & More! Quality You Can Build On Ready Mix Concrete Concrete Accessories Ecology Blocks Come Out And See What We Are All About! PAGE 22 REMEMBERING OUR HEROES Thank You For Our FREEDOM Benton R E A member owned & controlled since 1937 2015 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. R.W. 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Thank you for protecting our citizens and our country. hallchevbuick.com 314 6th St. • Prosser • 786-2666 • Mon.-Sat. 9am-7pm • Sun. 10am-6pm 2015 REMEMBERING OUR HEROES PAGE 23 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. HONORING ALL WHO SERVE Including The Lower Valley Honor Guard For Their Outstanding Service and Dedication to All Branches of Military Service and The Families We Serve. Prosser Funeral Home & Crematory 1220 Sheridan Avenue • Prosser • 786-3642 U.S. Marine Corps Hymn (Marine Hymn) 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 You to all of our Service Men and Women Past, Present and Future. Sun Terrace Specializes in assisting Residents obtain VA Benefits for Assisted Living or Memory Care. If you are a Veteran and would like more information on these services please stop in today! Sun Terrace Prosser Assisted Living and Memory Care 2131 Wine Country Road Prosser WA 509.786.3300