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1955-1958 • USS Meredith Atlantic Ocean

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EM2

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1942-1945 • WWII

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PVT

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2012 - Present

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U.S. Army

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2006 - 2012

1976 - 1982

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1957 - 1961

SGT

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U.S. Army

‘87-’91 • Desert Storm

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‘62-’65 •ASA Illustrator

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U.S. Army

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2010 - Present

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1991 - 2015

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1965 - 1969 • Vietnam

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2007 - 2013

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1943 - 1946 • WWII 570th Signal Aircraft Warning Battalion

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

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CPL

Almy A. Moore

1997-2001/2003-2006

Michael McHugh

1999 - 2008

LCPL

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John S. McHugh

Donald McLachlan

Korean War • 20 Yrs. Service

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CPO

Dominick Merrifield

Specialist 1st Class - OIF

Christopher McHugh

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1861 - 1863 • Civil War

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U.S. Air Force

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U.S. Army

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U.S. Army

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U.S. Army

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Sam Nelson

1950 - 1954 Military Air Trans. Div.

U.S. Army

U.S. Air Force

James W. Nostrant US Army

Marvin A. Nyman

1968 - 1972 • Vietnam

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U.S. Army

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1951-1955

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1986 - 1994

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U.S. Army

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U.S. Navy

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Robert Porter Sr. WWII U.S. Army

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1967 - 1968 Vietnam

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Ordnance Corps. • 2 Yr.

U.S. Navy

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U.S. Army

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1942 - 1946

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1966 - 1968 • Vietnam

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U.S. Navy

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SRA

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1966-1985/24 Years of Service

Harold L. Reed March 1941 Nov. 1945

U.S. Army

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2nd LT

SPC • 24th Inf. Div.

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Walter C. Ryno 1966 - 1968

U.S. Army

Persian Gulf

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Edgar Portell

1917 - 1919 • WWI

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Germany • 1.5 Yrs. Honorably Discharged

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1943 - 1946

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