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HONORING
A Special Tribute
To All
Who Have Served
OUR NATION’S
HEROES
A SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT TO THE GRANDVIEW HERALD AND PROSSER RECORD-BULLETIN SALUTING OUR VETERANS • November 5, 2014
REMEMBERING OUR HEROES
PAGE 2
2014
A little history and a very warm welcome
By Deb Brumley
Parade Chair
One decade ago, Prosser’s newest
tradition, our annual 11/11 at 11 a.m.,
‘Thank You Vets’ Parade arose as a
way to give a day to my Dad, a then
79 year old patriotic WWII vet, and
every other deserving Prosser area
vet, a way to say Thank You. The
parade awoke from the idea, as a
community, we had nothing to offer
our veterans and we could do better.
Parade #1 was a bit sad, a bit
forlorn to look at: a handful of
participants, no Prosser High School
band playing patriotic tunes, no
Lower Valley vets waving while
keeping warm on a flatbed, no Prosser
Police Dept. lead car to start off our
wonderful, patriotic parade, no free
warm and delicious breakfast served
up by the Kiwanis, sponsored by
PMH Foundation at the Walter Clore
Center before each parade. 10 years
ago we were a big idea with legs
and wheels and confidence – so we
marched, we drove, waved homemade
signs and flags and said, “Thank You
Vets, Thank You so very, very much.
And 10 years tenacious later, we have
grown from a cast off, bedraggled
but determined handful, to a parade,
capital P, of which we can be so very
proud.
We have family, neighbors and
friends here in our community
waking up and going to sleep every
day, months at a time, without Dad or
Mom because Mom or Dad are serving
their Country, at the expense of their
family, far from home – Thank you,
Families, Thank you Service Women
and Men, Thank You.
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, Viet Nam, Desert Storm,
Afghanistan, current conflicts and
all spaces and times in between – we
see you, but may not know you are
Veterans – please accept our deepest
Thank You for all for your incredible
sacrifice, for your service.
To our Veterans, honorable and
decorated, visited by family and
friends, who have passed on, who
gave their all, there are no words. But
there are actions. Our Prosser action,
reaction, tradition, which keeps
growing, our time for thanks to each
of you, is here again.
Please join us in the parade or
help line the parade route (States’
Day route), decorate your businesses
and homes, bring Grandma/Pa and
the kids, wave your flags, wear your
colors, show your patriotism and
give thanks. Can’t wait to see you on
11/11 at 11 a.m. We are going big,
Thank You
For Our
FREEDOM
and then going home, but not before
we wave Old Glory and say Thank
You, once again to our area vets and
their families.
What: 10th Annual Prosser ‘Thank
You’ Vets’ Parade
When: 11/11/14 – parade starts at 11
a.m., follows the States’ Day route;
line up begins at 10 a.m. at Keene
Riverview School, 832 Park St.,
Prosser.
How: Show up and line up; or call
(509) 778-1820 or (509) 786-3177,
or email: debrabrumley@gmail.com
What else: FREE breakfast for
veterans and guests: 7:30 a.m. - 9:30
a.m., Walter Clore Center (2140 Wine
Country Road, Prosser), courtesy
of Prosser Memorial Hospital
Foundation. Come on down!
Just ‘DUKW-y’
A DUKW amphibious U.S. military vehicle cruises the parade route during
last year’s “Thank You Vets” parade in Prosser. The vehicle is a six-wheel-drive
modification of the two-ton-capacity “deuce” trucks used in World War II. This year’s
Veterans Day parade will take place Tuesday, Nov. 11, at 11 a.m. Individuals, groups,
and organizations are invited to participate or come out to support local veterans,
past and present. For more information contact the Prosser Chamber of Commerce
or Deb at (509) 778-1820, debrabrumley@gmail.com.
HONOR,
DUTY, GLORY
Published by Valley Publishing Company
Prosser Record-Bulletin
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107 Division Street, Grandview, WA 98930
Danielle Fournier, Publisher
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Tim Miser, Production • Rebecca Fink, Production
Dianne Bux ton, Advertising Manager
Gwen Perkins, Prosser Of fice Manager
Mari Page, Advertising Representative
Mary Hanlon, Of fice Clerk
REMEMBERING OUR HEROES
2014
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
Murphey Brothers
U.S. Navy
Sabio Lara
Infantry
U.S. Marine Corps
Leyla Oxford
Sergeant
U.S. Army
Chester Yeary
Jim, Bob, Bill and Vic Murphey - WWII
Jack Laws
U.S. Army
1949-1951
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 Tuesday,
November 11. We will reopen our doors at 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday.
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
Cadet Gabriel
Beck
United States
Military Academy
West Point
Veteran Quote
“Success is how high you bounce when you hit
bottom.” - General George Patton Jr
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
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Fallen
Soldiers
Banner
Project
REMEMBERING OUR HEROES
2014
By Victoria Walker
Shelly Best decided she would be
the one to carry her husband’s banner
for the States Day Parade. The banners
represent the fallen heroes from the
recent Iraq and Afghanistan wars from
Washington State.
“I had heard about the banners from
a gal who went to a Wenatchee parade
and said how cool it would be to get the
banners here in Prosser,” said Best.
Best made the phone call to Kim Cole
in Spokane and it just so happens the
banners were available. Cole is a Gold Star
Mother. Gold Star Mothers was formed in
the United States shortly after World War
I to provide support for mothers who lost
sons or daughters in the war. Cole started
the banner project in 2009, and she has
had the help of the Ladies Auxiliary to
the VFW, Department of Washington to
get all the banners made.
“My husband, Marvin Best was killed
Banners carried by volunteers and family members of fallen soldiers in a parade.
on night patrol on June 20, 2004. He was
a career Marine and was killed by an
IED (road side bomb). He guarded key
roadways for Iraq civilians. For the ten
year anniversary of his death, I thought
this would be a way to honor him. This
community took care of us when he
passed away so this is for the community
too,” said Best. “It puts things in a whole
different perspective.”
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“We are both from Prosser,” said Best.
“The ten year anniversary has been tough
for some reason,” said Best.
“The Fallen hero banner project
was started in September 2007 after we
lost our son in Iraq to bring honor and
remembrance to our fallen heroes,” said
Kim Cole.
The project makes a banner for each
of the fallen soldiers in Washington State
who have fought in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The banners memorialize the soldiers
who gave the ultimate sacrifice to the
country.
The banners are carried in parades
and displayed at venues across the state.
The banners project has worked with the
Army from Fort Lewis, the Navy from
NAS Whidbey Island and the Naval Base
Kitsap to have the banners carried with
honor by their brothers and sisters in
arms.
The banners are 2.5 x 3.5 feet and
include the photo, rack and branch of
military date of birth and death and their
hometown. “I have talked with people
who have seen the banners and they say
they are amazed at the impact the banners
have in person. I haven’t seen them in
person yet. It will be interesting,” said
Best.
Alaska Airlines will fly the banners to
their destinations within the state without
charge. The banners for the States Day
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
Photo courtesy of Kim Cole
Parade came to Prosser from Spokane.
Anyone who wanted to carry a banner
did so. Fred Carroll is helped to arrange
for banner carriers.
Since the project started, the banners
have been displayed in 100+ parades and
events around Washington State.
EAGLES
AERIE 2647
We Salute
Our United
States
Military
1205 Bennett Avenue
Prosser • 786-1844
REMEMBERING OUR HEROES
2014
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
Benton PUD,
people with
energy
working
for you
Cassandra
Richman
U.S. Air Force
“We will not tire, We will
not falter, We will not fail.” George W. Bush
The Benton PUD offices are closed on Veterans Day
250 Gap Road • Prosser • 786-1841
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REMEMBERING OUR HEROES
2014
VETERANS DAY
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
Lower Valley Credit Union
Lower Valley Machine
Marchant Home Furnishings
MB Upholstery/Auto Glass
Mike & Jeff Bertsch
Mid Valley Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep
Pam Horner, Horace Mann Insurance
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
Chapman-Lampson
Real Estate
Conover Insurance,
Nick Cox Agent
Cook’s True Value
Davy’s Burger Ranch
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
Sandy’s Bloom Central
Saxton-Riley, PLLC
Shy’s Pizza Connection
Simplot Soilbuilders
Spin Cycle Laundromat
Thompson Chiropractic
Valley Vista Medical Group
Wilson Family Eye Care
Dr. Robert Wilson
Yakima Federal Savings
and Loan Association
REMEMBERING OUR HEROES
2014
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
“The Americans will always do the right thing... After they’ve
exhausted all the alternatives.” - Winston Churchill
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
“In war there
is no substitute
for victory.” General Douglas
MacArthur
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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
2014
Raul Garcia
U.S. Navy
Plane’s Captain
Special Intelligence
1992-1996
Happy
Birthday
10 November 2014
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 2014
“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
2014
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
DATE
U.S. Navy
Sonarman
USS. Chevalier
1959-1962
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.
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Richard Reid
Victor
Breitenfeldt
U.S. Army
Sergeant, Combat
Engineers
Germany
1942 - 1945
(Graduated from
Prosser High
School in 1939)
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
SUNNYSIDE, WASHINGTON
SUN NEWS
-1
Star, DAILY
Bronze
Service
Lee S. Boyd
Lloyd Richards
Arrowhead,
Good
U.S. Navy
Bosun’s Mate
Conduct Medal and
1941 – Retired in
US Navy
Victory Medal. 
1960
South Pacific
1942-1945 
in
our
Lower
Valley
Communities
1942 – 1946
5th Marines
Private First
Class
Died on Iwo Jima,
received Purple
Heart
1940-1945
We Take PRIDE
At Lower Valley Credit Union we
understand the importance of giving back
to the community. That's why we support
our schools with School Supplies each
year, field a team and raise funds to walk
in the Relay For Life, support the 4th
Grade Foresters Program plus many
other worthwhile projects.
Plus we're investing in the Lower Valley
with the NEW FULL-SERVICE OFFICE
soon to be completed at 1019 W. Wine
Country Rd. in Grandview.
We care about our community because
we are Home-Grown ourselves.
Veteran Quote
“History does not long entrust the care of
freedom to the
weak or theNewtimid.”
- General
School Supplies
Credit Union
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Honoring Our Brave Veterans
4th Grade Foresters
R. Ryan Baggerly
U.S. Army
Currently on Active
Duty in Iraq
Sal Torres
USMC
Sergeant
1972-1978
Heather Troemel
USMC
Private
We Take Pride
Relay For Life
in our Lower Valley Communities
Lower Valley Credit Union is proud to have played a part
in the success of the Lower Valley for more than 60 years.
Billy Troemel
Sergeant
(Retired – United
States Marine Corps.)
Your Sunnyside Lower Valley Credit Union Team includes standing (L-R) Dave,
Teresa, Suzy, Eva, Anita, Esmeralda, Veronica, Erika, and Karen. Seated (L-R)
Sandy, Gena and Rita. Inset: Janice and Mireya.
Your Home-Grown
Credit Union!
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.
Lower Valley Credit Union is proud to have
played a part in the success of the Lower Valley
for more than 58 years.
Our Staff and Board of Directors is made
up of local business people who know the
importance of a strong, locally-owned and
managed credit union.
TO FIT YOUR EVERY NEED!
Mark Your Calendar!
Convenient ATMs at Prosser
Sunnyside & Grandview Branches
✔ Credit Union Week - Oct. 18-22nd
✔ Credit Union Day - Oct. 21st
Serving you at our Prosser Branch are standing (L-R)
Phil, and Gil. Seated: Maribel and Yolanda.
Prizes, Food,
Fun, Smiles!
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837-5295 • 301 S. 7th St. • Sunnyside
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www.LVCU.org
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REMEMBERING OUR HEROES
PAGE 10
2014
Four of the local ‘greatest
generation’ visit DC war memorials
By Richard Burger
It isn’t every day that local veterans
get an all-expense-paid trip to the
nation’s most venerable war memorial
monuments.
But then again, it’s not every generation
that saves the world from totalitarian
tyranny.
The veterans of WWII did just that,
and thanks to Inland Northwest Honor
Flights, they received a special expression
of gratitude from a grateful nation.
Four local WWII veterans took their
Honor Flight last year, and their reaction
was uniformly positive.
Interviewing the four it was difficult at
times to keep up with their enthusiastic
comments about the trip, but their
consensus was loud and clear.
“It was first class all the way.”
The four vets, Don Thomas of the
Army Air Corps, June Bates of the Marine
Corps, and Sam Powell and John Melcher
of the U.S. Navy, took their Honor Flight
with more than 90 other veterans from the
region.
The chartered flight departed from
the Spokane airport, where the veterans
were greeted by a Highlander band and
hundreds of well wishers.
“Everybody wanted to shake our hand,”
said Thomas.
There was also a group of school
children who presented those taking the
flight with handmade cards thanking the
veterans for their service to the country.
The school children also presented
each veteran with a special pen to
commemorate the flight.
Bates said the cards prepared by the
students were one of the highlights of the
trip for her.
“The children knew the particulars
about us,” Bates said. That made the cards
very personalized.
Each of the veterans on the flight
was accompanied by a “guardian” who
made certain those being honored were
comfortable and well cared for.
Each of the guardians paid their own
transportation and expenses for the trip.
The chartered flight flew non-stop to
Dulles International Airport, and those
on the flight were served breakfast on the
plane.
When the group arrived in Washington
D.C., they boarded buses that took them
to visit the city’s war memorials including
WWII, the Korean War, the Vietnam War,
and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
The changing of the guard at the tomb
was “very impressive,” according to the
veterans.
Of special interest to Bates was the
Women’s Memorial. She said she still has
all her Marine uniforms, and wore parts of
them during the trip.
Traffic was heavy in the city, but that
File photo
Local WWII veterans who took their Honor Flight to Washington D.C. show off their
special t-shirts. Pictured, from left, Don Thomas, June Bates, Sam Powell, and John
Melcher.
was no problem for the veterans on their
tour, since they had a police escort from
start to finish.
There were box lunches served during
the bust our and plenty of bottles of water
to help keep the veterans cool in the
80-degree temperatures.
At the end of the day, the veterans were
treated to a banquet in their honor at the
Hyatt Regency Hotel, and breakfast the
next morning before the return trip to
Spokane.
The flight’s sponsor, Inland Northwest
Honor Flights, is a non-profit organization
whose objective is to provide a flight to
every WWII veteran in the nation.
The Inland Northwest chapter of the
organization maintains a web site at www.
inwhonorflight.smugmug.com,
where
thousands of photos of those taking the
flights are displayed, as well as other
information about the organization.
HONORING OUR
VETERANS . . .
OUR HEROES!
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Submitted photo
June Bates poses at the Women’s Memorial commemorating the role of women in the
military in WWII.
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REMEMBERING OUR HEROES
2014
Cliff Schryvers
U.S. Navy
Senior Chief Petty
Officer
USS Ranger, two
deployments to
Vietnam
1964 – 1993
Walter Castilleja, Jr.
U.S. Army
1st Sergeant
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
Veteran Quote
“No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant
in its preservation.” - General Douglas MacArthur
REMEMBERING OUR HEROES
PAGE 12
2014
The United States Air Force Song
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
Gary Koleber
US Navy – DP3
USS FDR CVA42
1972-1976
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
Off we go into the wild
blue yonder,
Climbing high into the
sun.
Here they come, zooming
to meet our thunder;
At ‘em boys, give ‘er the
gun!
Down we dive, spouting
our flame from under,
Off with one hell-of-aroar!
We live in fame or go
down in flame.
NOTHING WILL STOP
THE U. S. AIR FORCE!
Chevy Chase was a battle that took place on
the English-Scottish border in 1388.
Roger Elliot
Adak Alaska
Navy – 4 years
Weather Service
Scott Hunt
1989-2011
US Army
Retired Master
Sergeant
Talmadge E.
Worden
Bob Anderson
U.S. Navy
SKSM and SHSM
1959-1963
Corporal
U.S. Army Air
Forces
Guam WWII
1943-1946
Although the two-finger V for Victory sign
is synonymous with Winston Churchill, it
actually was the idea of a Belgian refugee in
London, Victor De Laveleye.
REMEMBERING OUR HEROES
2014
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
2014
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 right of revolution is an inherent one. When people are oppressed by their
government, it is a natural right they enjoy to relieve themselves of oppression, if
they are strong enough, whether by withdrawal from it, or by overthrowing it and
substituting a government more acceptable.” - General Ulysses S. Grant
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
2014
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; did
two tours in Iraq
2004-present
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
U.S. Marine Corps
Camp Pendleton,
CA
Active duty since
Oct. 10, 2008
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
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REMEMBERING OUR HEROES
PAGE 16
2014
Women in the Military
By Mari Page
Betty George is the Auxiliary
Unit President of the Grandview
American Legion Post 57. Originally
from Longview, WA, at 10 years old,
George moved to Sunnyside with her
Aunt and Uncle when her mother
passed away.
Beginning in October 1940, men
between 21 and 35 were drafted for
military service and on December 11,
1941, the US declared war on against
Japan’s allies, Germany and Italy.
As their husbands, sons and brothers
left home, many American women
asked, “how about us?” Acting as
their spokeswoman, Representative
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
Edith Nourse Rogers (Massachusetts)
introduced a bill in May 1941 calling
for the creation of an all-volunteer
women’s corps in the Army.
In May 1942, the House and the
Senate approved a bill creating the
Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps
(WAAC) and Oveta Culp Hobby,
Chief of the Women’s Interest Section
in the Public Relations Bureau in the
War Department and a lobbyist for the
WAAC bill, became its first director.
By spring of 1943, 60,000 women
had volunteered and in July 1943, a
new congressional bill transformed
t.he WAAC to the Women’s Army
Auxiliary (WAC), giving Army
women military status.
In October of 1944, George enlisted
in the Army Air Corps. George was
20 years old at that time.
George trained in Des Moines,
Iowa to work in transportation with
the military and served her time in
Coffeeville, Kansas. George said she had always wanted
to drive bus or trucks, but the military
put her to work in the transportation
office. Later she asked to be
transferred to the WAC mess hall so
she could become a cook. She served
a total of 10 months.
George says the military was good
training for her. She enjoyed working
with others and meeting people.
Working in the mess hall always
kept her busy. They got put on duty
for 24 hours then off for 24 hours.
She would wake up at 4:30 a.m., to
be on duty by 5:00 a.m. Breakfast
was ready to serve at 6:30 a.m.,
after breakfast they would get lunch
ready. In the afternoons they would
peel potatoes, cut celery and carrot
sticks. “The men always needed their
vegetables,” said George. George
usually got to cook the dessert; from
pie to cookies and cake she always
loved baking. Georgewanted to stay
in the military and eventually retire
from the military, but when WWII
ended she was discharged.
After coming home on leave she
lived with her aunt and uncle.
Photo courtesy of Betty George
George was helping in the kitchen
and saw her aunt put a tiny kettle on
the stove for the vegetables. Realizing
that they needed to feed her aunt,
uncle, two cousins and herself, Betty
asked, “Is that going to be enough?”
She was used to cooking in much
larger quantities.
During her time in the service,
George met a lot of nice girls. It
seemed to her the older women were
always looking out for the younger
women. On several occasions George
and a few of the girls snuck off base
with two bags: one full of their civilian
clothes and one filled with food
taken from the kitchen. They went
to a nearby abandoned school and
lit a little campfire to roast hot dogs.
George was very surprised that they
never got caught. She never really
kept in touch with any of them though.
To George it seemed like the military
didn’t know what to do with all those
women. Sure, they had nurses. Plenty
of nurses, but they weren’t used to
having women in the offices. “I can’t
complain,” said George, “I was treated
very well.” George says if she had to
do it all over again she would.
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REMEMBERING OUR HEROES
2014
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
“Accept the challenges so that you can feel the
exhilaration of victory. “ - General George Patton Jr
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.
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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
2014
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
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.
“It is easy to take liberty for granted, when you have never had it
taken from you.” - Dick Cheney
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
2014
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
Seamen Lucas
Russell Groom
Richard D. Davis
Specialist US Army
U.S. Coast Guard
2007- Current Active
Duty
Stationed aboard the
USCG Cutter Eagle
New London, CT.
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
Clayborn Edgar
Heard
Lynn D. Cooper
U.S. Navy
– Retired
Commander
Chaplain
1965-1988
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
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.
Jason Baldwin
USAF
1998 – 2002
West Point Cadet
Class of 2012
U.S.M.C.
1st Recon & MCB
El Toro
1958 to 1959
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
Our thoughts are
with the brave men
and women serving
our country and
the ones who served
before them.
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Abel A. Cortina
U.S. Army
First Sergeant
Operation Enduring
Freedom
1986 - 2010
U.S. Army
Ft. Benning,
Georgia
U.S.M.C.
2007 Iraq,
presently U.S.
Marine Corps
Recruiter
The first recorded revolution
took place at around 2800
BC when people from the
Sumerian city of Lagash
overthrew bureaucrats
who were lining their own
pockets but kept raising
taxes.
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Bobby Yanez
Thomas E.
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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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PAGE 20
Ron McCall
U.S. Army
Corporal
1953 – 1955
James Heintz
U.S. Army
1968-1971
Germany, Vietnam
Sgt. Spec E5
John “Jack”
Heintz
U.S. Navy
Alaska
1962 – 1966
2014
Donald Harold
McCall
Donald Ray
McCall
U.S. Navy
Seaman on USS
Paul Revere
1972 - 1974
U.S. Army
Corporal
1953 – 1955
Larry Benjamin
U.S. Army
1968-1971
Vietnam
James Glen
Aubrey
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.
U.S. Navy
Cook at Pasco
Naval Base
SC3C-V-6
WWII
1941 - 1945
American Legion
Post plans Veterans
Day brunch
F. Edward
McCall
U.S. Navy
Quartermaster 1st
Class
Minesweeper #216
1942 – 1945
U.S. Army
Sergeant E-5
Army 196th Light
Infantry
1967 – 1969
James Howard
McCall
Dylan K. Bolt
USMC
Lance Corporal
3rd Marines, 3rd
Battalion
Deployed to
Afghanistan
2010 – Present
(Active Duty)
Michelle L. Shaw
U.S. Army
Sergeant First
Class
Drill Sergeant/
Supply Sergeant
Desert Storm
Being Mobilized to
Afghanistan
U.S. Navy
Served on
Destroyer
Pacific Theater
1942 - 1948
U.S. Navy
1945 – 1947
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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
““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
“Ask not what
your country
can do for
you; ask
what you can
do for your
country.”
- John F.
Kennedy
Theodore Ted
Miland
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Ross Mellor
U.S. Army
Sergeant
98th Infantry
Division
Pacific Theater
1942 – 1946
“A young
man who
does not
have what
it takes to
perform
military
service is
not likely to
have what
it takes
to make
a living.”
- John F.
Kennedy
U.S. Army
Private First Class
1943-1946
WWII served
in Normandy,
Northern France,
Ardennes,
Rhineland, and
Central Europe
Gary M. Travis
U.S.M.C.
Staff Sergeant
Linguist
1990 - 1999
PHS Graduate
1990
REMEMBERING OUR HEROES
2014
PAGE 21
The 8th of November
The singing duo Big & Rich brought the Vietnam experience back into focus
with their music video, 8th Of November. The video was inspired by the story
of the 173rd Airborne Brigade on Operation Hump, War Zone D in Vietnam who
were ambushed on November 8th, 1965, by over 1200 V.C.
A total of forty-eight American soldiers lost their lives that day. Severely
wounded and risking his own life, Lawrence Joll, a medic, was the first living black
man since the Spanish-American War to receive the United States Medal of Honor
for saving so many lives in the midst of battle that day.
Nialls Harris, retired 25 years, United States Army (the guy who gave Big
Kenny of Big and Rich his top hat) was one of the wounded who lived. The song
is his story. Caught in the action of ‘kill or be killed’ - ‘greater love hath no man to
lay down his life for a friend.’
Joel died Feb. 4, 1985 and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
The 8th of November
Said goodbye to his momma as he left South Dakota
To fight for the Red, White and Blue
He was nineteen and green with a new M-16
Just doin’ what he had to do
★
He was dropped in the jungle
Where the choppers would rumble
With the smell of napalm in the air
Then the sergeant said, “Look up ahead”
Like a dark evil cloud, 1200 came down
On him and 29 more
They fought for their lives but most of them died
In the 173rd Airborne
On the 8th of November, the angels were cryin’
As they carried his brothers away
With the fire rainin’ down and the hell all around
There were few men left standin’ that day
Saw the eagle fly through a clear blue sky
1965, the 8th of November
SFC Michelle L.
Shaw
U.S. Army Reserve
1975 to present
2 tours Afghanistan
2012-2014
Desert Storm Operation Enduring
Freedom
Clifton V.
Steelman
Certificate of
Recognition
Sept. 2 – Dec. 1991
★
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
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
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On the 8th of November, the angels were cryin’
As they carried his brothers away
With the fire rainin’ down and the hell all around
There were few men left standin’ that day
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1965, the 8th of November
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On the 8th of November, the angels were cryin’
As they carried his brothers away
With the fire rainin’ down and the hell all around
There were few men left standin’ that day
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American Rock Products
He puts on a gray suit over his Airborne tattoo
And he ties it on one time a year
And remembers that fallen as he orders a tall one
And swallows it down with his tears
Saw the eagle fly through a clear blue sky
1965, the 8th of November
8th of November
(8th of November)
Said goodbye to his Momma as he left South Dakota
To fight for the Red, White and Blue
He was nineteen and green with a new M-16
Just doin’ what he had to do
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
Now he’s 58 and his pony tail’s gray
But the battle still plays in his head
He limps when he walks but he’s strong when he talks
‘Bout the shrapnel they left in his leg
On the 8th of November, the angels were cryin’
As they carried his brothers away
With the fire rainin’ down and the hell all around
There were few men left standin’ that day
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1st Marine Division
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2014
Peer support
new type of
staff resource
for VA
By Deb Brumley
In a Feb. 2014 Newsweek report,
it was reported that 1 in 5 Americans
suffer from some type of mental health
issue. Not surprisingly, the rate for
U.S. veterans returning from conflict
and war is much higher. Nearly 25%
of discharged veterans, in a 2013
study tested positive for mental health
attributes. It only makes sense to harness
their unique perspectives and provide
deeper level of care and support to
veterans undergoing mental health care.
The Dept. of Veterans Affairs (VA)
has always recognized the value and
importance of Veterans being able to
see recovery taking place and have a
fellow Veteran help them navigate the
VA system.
Peer support specialists are a
relatively new type of support for
Veterans who receive mental health
care at their local VA Medical Center or
outpatient clinic.
Specialists are not unique in their
training or certification - all health care
Photo courtesy of Dept. VA Affairs
specialists at every VA are trained and
certified. Peer specialists are usually
veterans, as are many employees of
the VA – but peer support specialists
offer that something special in that
they are veterans who have walked the
same path and are now sharing their
experiences.
Peer support specialists are able to
take their own walk with mental health
and share experience and knowledge
with fellow Veterans as they make the
transition into civilian life. Veterans
transitioning The transition into civilian
life often experience unique challenges,
mental health issues, employment
concerns and more. However, peer
specialists and peer support apprentices
can help Veterans navigate their way
into civilian life more successfully by
offering the right tools, resources, and
necessary support.
Peer specialists are actively engaged
in his/her own recovery and can provide
peer support in an especially insightful
way.
For more information about Peer
Support
Specialists:
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2014
REMEMBERING OUR HEROES
VFW International
Pictures of the Year
First Place
When 2nd Lt James Cathey’s body arrived at the Reno Airport, Marines climbed into
the cargo hold of the plane and draped the flag over his casket as passengers watched
the family gather on the tarmac.
During the arrival of another Marine’s casket last year at Denver International
Airport, Major Steve Beck described the scene as so powerful: ‘See the people in the
windows? They sat right there in the plane, watching those Marines. You gotta wonder
what’s going through their minds, knowing that they’re on the plane that brought him
home,’ he said ‘They will remember being on that plane for the rest of their lives.
They’re going to remember bringing that Marine home. And they should.
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.
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
Todd Heisler; The Rocky Mountain News
PAGE 23
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. Photo courtesy of Prosser VFW
Second Place
The night before the burial of her husband’s body, Katherine Cathey refused to leave
the casket, asking to sleep next to his body for the last time. The Marines made a bed
for her, tucking in the sheets below the flag.
Before she fell asleep, she opened her laptop computer and played songs that
reminded her of ‘Cat,’ and one of the Marines asked if she wanted them to continue
standing watch as she slept. ‘I think it would be kind of nice if you kept doing it,’ she
said. ‘I think that’s what he would have wanted.’
We would like to say Thank
You to all of our Service
Men and Women Past,
Present and Future.
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Todd Heisler;The Rocky Mountain News
Photo courtesy of Prosser VFW