Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Special Add-on! Scroll down to VanDenbergh!




(I wish that I had thought of this a week ago.
Thank You to those who responded on such short notice.)

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From Jan Kennard Kelley ........


Brothers Raymond and George Kennard from Deansboro.


George Kennard by his tent in Africa, 1941.
Awarded the Purple Heart in 1944 after the Battle of the Bulge.


From the same collection - Berlin 1945.

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From "Skip" Foppes, this photograph of his father, 
Luke Foppes,
Engine Machinist 1st Class on an LST  
(Amphibious landing craft) 1943-1945.

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Remembering "Billy" Reese, killed in action in Vietnam 1967, and posthumously awarded both the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star for Heroism.


At the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
Photograph by Brad Tarbox.

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"Brownie" c.1951
Airman Richard F. Brown (1931 - 2007)


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From Bob Treen - his father.


PFC Robert Treen  c. 1942

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From Elaine and Randy Mushtare in honor of their son,


LTC Jeremy Mushtare, 
who took command of the 82nd Airborne HHBN 
(Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion) 
in Fort Bragg, N.C.,  on November 6.

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From John and Bonnie Dobmeier, 
honoring their son
 Master Sergeant John J. Dobmeier II


Retired November 1, 2014 after 21 years of service in  the USAF, having served in Alaska, Hawaii, Delaware, West Virginia with deployments to Afghanistan and Iraq and many "tdys" to the far east, Australia, and around the world. 
                                             
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A Special Salute to .....



Vietnam Veteran Bob VanDenbergh, from Deansboro, who spent a year - from Memorial Day 2013 to Memorial Day 2014 -  running through, rain, shine, snow and ice raising money for 
the Wounded Warrior Project.    

Total Miles run: 1,776 
- the date America declared independence from Great Britain.  

Total funds raised and contributed to 
the Wounded Warriors Project:  $15,049.00


Arriving in the mail, today
November 11, 2014 
this special"Thank You"
 to Bob and his community 
from the Wounded Warriors Project!




(Click image to enlarge.)

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