Loy L. Julius
Dean Kramer
Lillian S. Clonts
traumatic thing he had seen in the Army. It was wartime
passed on other opportunities after college to risk his
and the chaos was unbelievable. He saw people being
life for 65 missions during World War II. Dean wasn’t in
taken out in strait jackets with others suffering heart
love with military life but he was a good trooper and did
attacks and other maladies, real or imagined.
a fine job for his unit while stationed in Germany during the Korean War.
After basic training, Dean was sent to Germany by ship, where he worked as a patent draftsman and in the
All three of these veterans should be applauded for their
Armory. In those days if you were drafted, you were
service as a grateful country thanks them.
required to serve two years active duty and five years inactive duty. He met some guys who had volunteered,
Anthem Veterans Memorial Ceremony Schedule:
which meant serving three years active with three years
9:30 a.m. 13 women veterans honored
inactive reserve. Dean remembers several of the guys
10 a.m. keynote addresses
with three year hitches lament that they should have
11:11 a.m. the sun’s rays pass through the five armed
waited to be drafted since it meant less active duty.
services pillars to light up the Great Seal of the United
There is an old expression used in the military that
States
states, “Don’t volunteer for anything.” Those guys learned At 9:30 a.m., 13 women WWII veterans will be honored
about that the hard way.
and receive pavers at the Anthem Veterans Memorial. Although Dean was not ecstatic about life in the Army,
The public is invited to come early at 9:30 a.m. to pay
he understood and respected the need for discipline and
homage to this special group of women. The women will
doing as he was told. Like most of us he grew up in an
place the pavers in the memorial, which were donated
era when children were expected to be seen and not
through the Honor a Veteran program. Without this
heard so it wasn’t a tough transition getting used to the
program these veterans might not have otherwise been
Army way of doing things.
honored. Please consider making a $150 donation to the Honor a Veteran program and a veteran and his or her
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Corporal Lillian Clonts, Colonel Loy Julius, and Corporal.
service will be commemorated on an inscribed paver in
Dean
different
the Anthem Veterans Memorial. Music will be performed
backgrounds who served loyally during wartime in the
by the Diamond Canyon School choir and the National
military of the United States. Lillian saw the Army as a
Anthem will be sung by Mary Sue Hyatt of the North
way to seek adventure while serving her country. Loy
Valley Arts Council.
Kramer
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