Jerome N. Henn, ARMYJerome Henn was born on November 28, 1915 along with his twin sister, Germaine, on a farm near Petersburg, Nebraska. When they were 6 years old, the Henn family moved to a different farm 3/4 of a mile west of Petersburg. ...
Burdette L. Burkhart, NAVY/ANG
Burdette L. Burkhart, NAVY/ANGI enlisted in the Navy on a delayed enlistment on October 1967 and completed basic training in San Diego, California in January 1968. My first duty station was Midway Atoll after one year of duty I volunteered fo ...
David A. McBlain, ARMY
David A. McBlain, ARMYBCT (E1) and AIT (E2), Ft. Gordon, GA, Jun – Nov 1965. Inf OCS, (E5) Ft. Benning, GA, NOV 1965-May 1966 (first expansion company) E course, (O1) Fort Holabird, MD, POR at Fort Bragg, NC MAY 1966-SEP 1966 519th MI Bn , ...
Lee A. Heckman, ARMY
Lee A. Heckman, ARMYLee graduated from Norfolk High School (Norfolk, NE) in 1966, then went to Universal Trade School in Omaha, Nebraska. Lee joined the Army after trade school. While serviing in Vietnam, Lee earned an Army Commendation Med ...
William H. “Bill” Coleman, USMC
William H. "Bill" Coleman, USMCWilliam H. "Bill" Coleman was born August 22, 1948, in Lincoln, Nebraska, to Francis and Winnie Coleman. He attended Lincoln High School and graduated in June, 1966. That same month, he was officially sworn in a ...
David A. Stubbs, ARMY
David A. Stubbs, ARMYIn 1966, David was drafted into service by the U.S. Army and was stationed in Fort Hood, TX. There he served as a staff sergeant but soon moved to the Army dental school, where he made dentures, partials and other dental ...
Dewey Wayne Waddell, USAF
Dewey Wayne Waddell, USAFWayne Waddell was born in 1935 in Bremen, Georgia. He was commissioned through the Air Force ROTC Program at Georgia Tech on June 9, 1956, and went on active duty beginning June 3, 1957. Lt Waddell completed Undergrad ...
Michael F. Bose, ARMY
Michael F. Bose, ARMYMike Bose, from Avoca, was drafted into the Army and began his military service 2/27/69. He landed in Vietnam on 7/20/69, the same day man landed on the moon. For him this was a place of hell. His duty assigned was to be ...
George E. Thelen, Sr., NAVY
George E. Thelen, Sr., NAVYI joined the Navy in 1967 and went to boot camp at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station in Illinois. From there I went into the Navy Seabees, the Naval Construction Battalion. I was sent to Gulfport, Mississippi a ...
Roy Bravo, Sr., USMC
Roy Bravo, Sr., USMCRoy Bravo, Sr. After graduating from Omaha South High School. Roy answered the call to serve his country. In 1954, he joined the USMC, where he rose to the rank of Staff Sergeant in the Communications Corps. His assignmen ...