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Behind enemy lines twice Paratrooper in Korea makes two jumps with Marine Corps

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AUGUST FRANK/LEWISTON TRIBUNE Bob Dean looks over the rim of his glasses while wearing his U.S. Army veteran hat at his home in Lewiston last week.

By Kaylee Brewster of the Tribune

t might be known as the Forgotten War, but it’s an experience 93-year-old veteran Robert “Bob” Dean will never forget.

Serving alongside the U.S. Marine Corps as a U.S. Army paratrooper, Dean made two jumps behind enemy lines in Korea in 1950 and 1951 with the 187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team.

“I wanted something challenging,” he said. “And it was.”

He was trained as a paratrooper at Fort Benning, Ga., then arrived in Korea at 21 years old. He did two combat jumps and spent the last three months in Korea as a machine gunner. He was discharged at Fort Lewis, Wash., in 1953.

His first jump was supposed to be at Gimpo, South Korea, to help the Marines because they were being surrounded. By the time they landed at Kimpo Air Base in Gimpo, the Marines had moved the North Koreans back so they fought alongside them further north and jumped at Sukchon by North Korea. The second jump was at Munsan-ni into enemy territory.

For his first jump he remembers thinking “Oh God, I hope I make it,” he said.

“And I did.”

There were about 500 paratroopers with him who would jump straight out of the plane one right after the other. For those on the ground it looked like rockets coming out of the plane, which led to the

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The paratroopers jumped with backpacks, which also contained ammunition and grenades,and had their main parachute and a reserve on their chest. Dean never had to use his reserve.

“I felt like the hunchback of Notre Dame,” he said of the tight and bulky gear they wore.

When the paratroopers jumped, Dean said they counted “one thousand, two thousand, three thousand” and pulled their chutes open — if there was no malfunction. On his second jump, he rolled down the side of a hill and got wrapped up in his parachute and had to cut his way out.

“It was all hard, there was no joy in none of it,” he said.

The food they were given had to be eaten cold and was frozen or almost frozen. They weren’t allowed to start fires because of the smoke.

Dean remembers the winters being especially brutal. They slept in fox holes and all they were given were parkas with no liners. It was cold and their feet were often wet.

“Sometimes you wish you’d die in the

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AUGUST FRANK/LEWISTON TRIBUNE Bob Dean looks over his shoulder while wearing his Korean War veteran hat and jacket from his time in service at his home last week. cold,” he said. “It got so bad that sometimes you’d wish it’d get you and get it over with.”

Chinese soldiers, who were on the mountains nearby, taunted them yelling, “Go home tonight, Americans, you die.”

“It was a morale breaker,” he said. “Try-

ing to get to you.”

He lost his hearing in Korea after a One of his friends was killed by a snip- mortar exploded near him and had 14 er. They were patrolling a hillside lower stitches from the shrapnel on his ear. He down and the sniper was up on a moun- also has shrapnel in his kneecap and still tain. Dean could feel the bullets whizzing by his ear that struck his friend above the PARATROOPER eye and killed him. continued on page 26

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Veterans Day events planned in region

Here are some of Veterans Day events planned in the region: * After it was canceled last year because of coronavirus precautions, the Veterans Day Parade at downtown Lewiston will return Saturday morning.

The parade is scheduled for its traditional time of 11:11 a.m. on Main Street. The deadline to participate in the parade has passed, but those seeking more information can email to LCVeteransParade@gmail.com.

* VFW Post 2905 of Moscow will conduct a Veterans Day ceremony at the Moscow Cemetery this morning.

At 8 a.m., flags will be placed along the south side of the cemetery by the Troy Road/Highway 8. At 10:55 a.m., a flagraising ceremony will be held at the Civil War statue, weather permitting, and the commander of the post will make a few remarks. The flags along the highway will be taken down at 4:30 p.m. * A wreath-laying ceremony is scheduled for 11 a.m. today at the northwest lawn of the University of Idaho Administration Building on the Moscow campus.

The event will feature bagpipes, buglers and members of the university’s ROTC programs. UI President Scott Green will give remarks and will read a special passage from the university’s 1920 yearbook: “Soldiers Triumphant.”

The featured speaker will be Capt. Price Lockard, the commander of the Navy ROTC

LEWISTON TRIBUNE Betty and Richard Eggleston wave at a Nez Perce Tribal Veterans float as the Veterans Day parade makes its way down Main Street in downtown Lewiston in 2018. The Veterans Day Parade, which was canceled in 2020, returns this year at 11:11 a.m. Saturday. programs at UI and Washington State University.

The Veterans Appreciation Dinner is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. today at the International Ballroom at the Bruce M. Pitman Center in Moscow. Reservations are required and seating is limited. Those

who want to reserve a spot may call (208) 885-4152 or go to 2021veteransdinner. eventbrite.com. Face coverings will be required at the dinner. * A Veterans Day parade is planned for 2 p.m. today at Troy. All veterans and community members are invited to attend.

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eterans Day will be observed in its traditional fashion this week in north central Idaho and southeastern Washington after the coronavirus pandemic altered plans in 2020.

The federal holiday is today, and government offices will be closed. Schools in Washington will also be closed, but Idaho students will still have classes.

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How to show your appreciation for the military in a unique time health officials acknowledged was especially lethal to people over 65. Adults who want to show their appreciation for military veterans nited States military personnel can reach out to local veterans organizations serve both domestically and and offer to lend a hand. Such organizations abroad. Active-duty personnel are may be delivering meals to vulnerable veterfollowing in the footsteps of retired veterans ans, driving veterans to appointments to see and protecting the freedoms of their fellow their doctors or get vaccinated or organizing Americans while also playing a vital role in events for veterans who have already been vacprotecting millions of non-Americans across cinated. Pitching in to help with such efforts is the globe. a great way to show veterans their efforts are United States military personnel make myr- still appreciated, even if it;s been decades since iad sacrifices every day. Recognition of those they last served. sacrifices is just one of the many ways AmeriHelp a military family cans can show their appreciation for the military, even during the era of social distancing.

Data from the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense indicates that there were roughly 1.3 Help a veteran million active-duty military personnel in 2018.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, as Many of those service members serve overof 2019 there were 17.4 million military vet- seas for months at a time. Their families back erans living in the United States. More than home can use a helping hand even in the best half of those veterans are 65 or older. As dif- of times, but they might be especially needy ficult as social distancing during the COVID-19 while confronting the pandemic. Though vacpandemic has proven for everyone, perhaps cination projections suggest hundreds of milno group has sacrificed more than men and lions of Americans will be fully vaccinated by women over 65, millions of whom have been mid-summer, in the meantime neighbors can separated from their families. Aging men and help local military families handle life at home. women spent a year or more isolated at home Invite a local military family over for a weekly to protect themselves from a virus that public meal, offer to take kids to a sports practice if it’s

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Combat veterans and the threat posed by PTSD

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very day men and women in the military put themselves in harm’s way to protect the lives and freedoms of their fellow countrymen.

These brave men and women pay a steep price for their service, spending time away from their loved ones and putting themselves at risk of long-term physical and mental injuries.

Many men and women, even those who never served in the military, are aware of post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, a mental health problem that some people develop after experiencing or witnessing a life-threatening event.

Combat veterans are vulnerable to PTSD, and the percentage of veterans who deal PTSD

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A day to honor all veterans

he month of November is a special time for the nation’s veterans. While Memorial Day honors fallen soldiers and service people, Veterans Day, which takes place each November, is an opportunity to commemorate the efforts of all who have been in the armed forces, with a special emphasis on living veterans. While people are encouraged to thank veterans throughout the year, Veterans Day is a particularly poignant time to show your appreciation for the men and women of the military.

Veterans Day takes place on November 11 and marks an important moment in history.

On November 11, 1918, World War I, known at the time as The Great War, unofficially ended when an armistice, or temporary cessation of hostilities, took place between Germany and the Allied nations on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month.

World War I ended on paper when the Treaty of Versailles was signed on June 28, 1919. In November 1919, President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed November 11 as the first commemoration of Armistice Day, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

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Armistice from the holiday’s name in favor of Veterans. Since then, November 11 has been known as Veterans Day and has honored veterans of all wars.

Veterans Day was moved to the fourth Monday in October for roughly seven years under the Uniform Monday Holiday Act, which sought to ensure three-day weekends for federal employees by celebrating certain national holidays on Mondays. But since November 11 bore such significance, many states disapproved and continued to observe the holiday on November 11. In 1975, President Gerald Ford signed legislation to return the observation of Veterans Day to November 11 beginning in 1978. Should the day fall on a Saturday or Sunday, the federal government observes the holiday on the previous Friday or following Monday, respectively, according COURTESY metro editorial to History.com.

Veterans Day, which takes place each November, is an opportunity to commemorate the efforts of all The United States isn’t the only country who have been in the armed forces, with a special emphasis on living veterans. to celebrate its veterans. Canada, Great BritArmistice Day became a federal holiday tions lobbied for Armistice Day to be revised ain, Australia, and France also commemoin the United States in 1938. However, after so it would be more inclusive of all veterans. rate the veterans of World War I and II on or subsequent wars, including World War II and On June 1, 1954, President Dwight D. Eisen- near November 11 as Remembrance Day or the Korean War, veterans service organiza- hower signed legislation to strike the word Remembrance Sunday.

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2021 Salute A VETERAN Richard Knigge

Wesley F. Izenhower

1916 - 1918 Wounded in Action - received a Purple Heart WWI; Argonne Forest France

1968-1970 Central Highlands, Pleiku; Infantry Medic - Vietnam

Private 1st Class - US Army

Sp 5 - Army

Timothy J. Heintz SP 4-Medic - Army April 1970 - Dec. 1971 Vietnam

Clint Engledow, Sr.

Staff Sergeant - Army Air borne 1943-1945 Europe WWII

Clint Engledow, Jr.

Cpl. 1st Class - USMC 3 years Vietnam

SALUTE A VETERAN PAGE 1 Clint Engledow III US Navy

8 years - Asia

Ken Eldred

Mark E. Rice

1967-1969 Vietnam

13 Years Of Service Currently at fort Leonard Wood , Missouri

Spec. E-5 - Army

J. Patrick O’Kelley

William M. O’Kelley

1951 - 1954 USS Gunston Hall LSD-5 - Japan/Korea

1953-1955 1st Infantry Division, Germany

Gunner’s Mate 2nd Class - Navy

Corporal - Army

Major - Army

Jay K. McCann E4 A1C - Airforce 4 Years Of Service Texas, N.Y., Maine

Rich Grove

Airman 1st Class - Air Force 1959 - 1963 Vietnam; Africa; California; Texas

Daniel W. Smith

PO2-E5 - Navy

1969-1975 Mayport, Florida, West Pac 1971, Around The World Cruise. Med Cruise 1972

Norval Dean Mulch OSI - Air Force

21 Years 13 State, England, Philippines

Daniel N. Smith

Sgt. E5 - Idaho Army Nat. Guard

1980-1987 116th Engineer - HQCo. Lewiston & BiCo. Grangeville

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2021 Salute A VETERAN Neil Anderson

LEFT: SSgt. - Army 101st Airborne Infantry/Recon - 1968-1970 Vietnam RIGHT: SSgt - Army Reserve - 1973-1991 Active duty Desert Shield & Desert Storm 1990-1991

Nels Anderson

PFC - WWII 1944-1946

Infancty Light Nachine Ganner and Scout, Italy

Alan T. Anderson

Loren (Ben) Tannahill

3 years of service USS Haleakala, Vietnam

3/29/1941—12/21/1945 Central Pacific Campaign; WWII, Iwo Jima

BM-3 - US Navy

Sergeant - Marines

SALUTE A VETERAN PAGE 2 Ronald M. Mason SgT-E5 - U.S. Army

E. Jeanette Dinnison Allen Army Nurses Corps

Claude E. Schrempp US Army

1944-1948 New York, New Mexico

1941-1945 Germany

John Forehand

Morris “Buck” Bailey

1777-1781 Valley Forge, Battle of Monmounth, Siege of Charleston, Stoney Point New York, Discharged: Williamsburg, VA Buried Rockbridge Co. VA

USS DIPHDA

Robert Barrentine E4 - Air Force

6 Years Of Service Mannheim, Wurzburg, Kitzingen, Germany

Private - Continental Army, 16th Virginia Regt

Petty Officer 2nd Class -Navy 1950-1954 Korea

460th Recon Wing 1964 - 1968 Denver; Tampa; Vietnam; Wichita

Bill Braun

Sergeant - Army

Michael Williams Corporal - Marines

1946-1947 Korea

4 Years Camp Pendleton, Camp LeJeune & Iraq

Henrik D. Juve Jr.

Randy C. Spray Petty Officer 3rd Class - Navy 4 Years of Service USS Gilmore & USS Bainbridge

WWII 1943-1945; Aviation Cadet; Korea 1950-1952; 1st Lieutenant; US AF Reserve 1952-1984; Lieutenant Colonel

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2021 Salute A VETERAN James Stenzel

E-4 - Army

3 Years Of Service ZI-AN SVN 65-66 PHU BAI 66-67, South Vietnam

Melvin P. Willamson Jr. PFC - Lewiston National Guard 4 Years Of Service Lewiston, ID

Boyd E. Founds Lt. Colonel -Air Force Air Weather Service

22 Years Of Service 1954-1976 Idaho, Washington, Illinois, North Carolina, Alaska, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam

Andrew Nuxoll Petty Officer Third Class - Navy 1 Year Of Service Charleston, South Carolina

Ron Hayhurst

Sargeant - Army 1967 - 1969 Vietnam

SALUTE A VETERAN PAGE 3 Asa V. “Ace” Clark Jr.

Robert D. Hill

Arthur Rae Bateman

Captain AAC 1941-1945 England-Pilot, B26, Martin MarauderMedium Bomber- 70 missions

6MC (SW) - USA 20 Years of Service California, New Mexico, Virgina, GitmoCuba, Illinois, West -Pacific, Med- IO

Seamen 1st Class - Coast Guard 4 Years of Service Oregon Coast and Honolulu

Richard Smith Army

Nick Smith Army

Burt Harrison Staff Sergeant - Army

Vietnam

WWII

1942-1945

Carson A. Brown Corporal - US Marine Corp

Ryan Klamper CDR HSC23 Executive Officer- Navy

4 years 11th MEU, 13th MEU, Operation Inherent, Resolve Syria

2000 Present San Diego, CA

Boyd Harrison Petty Officer - Navy

Donald J. Gojkovich Hull Technician- Navy

1943 - 1946 Hospital Corpsman

24 Years of Services Desert Storm, Libya, Lebanon, Iraq

Kenneth Gene Knapp CPO QMC - Navy

20 Years Of Service USS Lexington, SSBN Lewis & Clark

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2021 Salute A VETERAN Tom E. Anderson E4 - Navy 4 Years Of Service Vietnam,

Mark A. Lorenz

SMSGT - Air Force

1984 - 2006 Minot AFB, Anderson AFB, Eielson AFB, Hickman AFB, Nellis AFB, Cairo West, Egypt

Martin N. Thompson

Ray E. Tannahill

Sergeant Major - US Army Special Forces 1983 - 2003 Bosnia, Kosovo, Iraq, Germany, Alaska

E5 – US Army

1968-1970; Fort Lewis, WA, Pleiku and Central Highlands

SALUTE A VETERAN PAGE 4 Hugh W. Tannahill US Army 1943-1945 Philippines

Nita (Schierman) Mauch SPC 5 - Army

Marion James Coon

Joe Richard Admyers Jr.

John A. Bergen Sr.

Petty Officer 2nd Class - US Navy

3 Years of Service Ft. Bragg, N.C.

Staff Sgt. - 330 Engineer 2 Years of Service Central Barma/India/China

6 Years of Service Norfold, VA. Aboard the USS Canisteo

3 Years Of Service South Pacific on USS Medusa, WWII

Fireman 1st Class - Navy

Henry Dorion

PFC- Army Airforce

Steven Wicks

Molly Wicks Weaver

SSGT - USAF

James Weaver

10½ Years Of Service

3 Years Of Service

4 years Of Service Guam, Vietnam, San Diego, USS Holmes County, Uss Mobile

21 years Student, Eisenhower School of National Security and Resource Strategy Ft. McNair, DC

29 Years Of Service Department of the Army, G6 Pentagon

Bradley Dean Greenland, Alaska, Stateside

Geiger Field, Spokane, WA

QM2 - Navy

LTC – Army

LTC – Army

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2020 SaluteAAVETERAN VETERAN 2021 Salute Bradley King E-3 Seaman - Navy

4 Year & 4 Months Of Service Helicopter Squad #6; Airdale on USS Kearsage Ship Imperial Beach, CA

Ken McLaughlin Sgt E5 - E7 Sgt 1st Class Marines Corps & Idaho Natl Guard 9 Years Of Service - Marines 13 ID Natl Guard Pacific Island, Japan & Philippines

Dennis R. Paul GY Sergeant - Marines 21 years: Oct. 1962 - Oct. 1983

CA; HI, Okinawa; Vietnam, Japan, Cambodia; P.I. Embark Chief, LPD-6, LkA-115, Lks-116, CV-43 2 MSTS ‘Ro-Ro’s’

Danny Dean Ross E6 - Army

3 Years of Service Fort Gordon, Georgia Instructor in Signal Cor

Henry Benton Rash 2nd Class Petty Officer - Navy

5 Years of Service Base in San Diego, Pacific Ocean on the USS Taussig DD-746

SALUTE A VETERAN PAGE 5 Calvin “Cliff” Dickenson Mechanic/MP - Army

Amy M. Hudon Gribble E4 - Air Force/Army Guard

James Ward AMCS (AW)

6 Years of Service 1953-1955 in WWII, abroad, mechanic 1955-1958 in California, MP

8.5 Years of Service Hurlburt Filed, Florida; Pittsburg and Washington DC

20 Years of Service NAS Whidbey Island, WA

Connie Evans SPT 1965-1969 CMDR 1979-1991

Val Mundell SP4- Army

Edwin James Miller Ship’s Cook 1C V6 U.S.N.R. - US Navy

US Army Nurse Corps US Public Health Service Corps Fr. Sam Houston, TX, CuChi S. Vietnam Nurnberg Germany; USPHS Corps-Lapwai, ID

4 Years 1972-1976 Okinawa, Japan and Washington DC

1942-1946 Served in South Pacific WWII on U.S.S. SC-640

George W. Brockman Sergeant AIC - Air Force 8 Years of Service Washington, Korea, California, South Carolina

Phil Poulsen

Lieutenant US Army Air Defense Artillery, Germany 1963-1965.

Captain US Army Reserve 1965-1973.

Tracie Ann Coy Major - Air Force 19 Years of service Maryland, Afghanistan, Okinawa, Qatar, Thailand, Australia

Philip S. Zaversnik

Electrician Mate DM3C – Navy 1941-1943 Asiatic to Pacific

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2021 Salute A VETERAN Col. Barry Johnson US Army

Retired 29 years Macedonia; Cuba; Iraq; Afghanistan

Lance Johnson CPO - Navy

1978 - 2000 Lebanon; Japan; Persian Gulf

Richard E. Johnson

Floyd M. Johnson

1965-1968 Midway Island; Coast of Vietnam

1941-1945 and 1950-1952 Pacific - Pearl Harbor Survivor

E4 - US Navy

Chief - US Navy

Anthony Johnson K. Pishl Mathew Staff Sgt. National Guard, Army Lt.- Col. - US Army 1980-84; 1990 1997 -2019 Iraq;Germany Afghanistan

SALUTE A VETERAN PAGE 6 Jessica R. Wittman (Cook) Staff Sergeant - US Marines 5 yrs. of service - San Diego, CA West PAC, Iraq

Jamin D.E. Adams Petty Officer 2nd Class - Navy 13 Years of Service - Present S.D., Bemerton, Japan, Norfolk VA, Whidbey Is.

Marvin J. Wittman

Sergeant - Army/Air Force Gunner, Radio Operator 3.5 yrs. of service - Mainland US

Del T. White

69Engr Co USAR Seven - Army 1963-1969 Frankfurt, Germany

Dan Smith E5 Sergeant - Army

1974-1980 Ft. Lewis, Warren Ok., 2 yrs Infantry, 4 yrs Recruiting, GoldBadge

Roy C. White

WWII Vet - Army; Red Arrow Division 1998 Idaho VFW State Commander

Delores Shinall Walk

Yeoman 1st Class - Navy Waves 5 Years Of Service Moffett Field, CA

Leroy Seth

Army Airborne 1961-1963 Ft. Bragg

Scott M. Kenny

Yeoman 2nd Class - Navy

2000-2006 USS Georgia (SSBN729) (Gold) USS Kentucky (SSBN737) (Gold) Submarine Squadron 19

Eldon J. Lott

Combat Medic - Army 1969-1971 Vietnam

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2021 Salute A VETERAN Vaughn “Duffy Duffield

EM Third Class - Navy 1964-1967 Vietnam

Frank Williams E6 Staff Sergeant - U.S. Army 1967-1969 Vietnam

Clifford E. Smith

Connie D. Workman

2 Years of Service Germany, Czechoslovakia, France & Italy

20 Years of Service Vietnam (2 Terms) California, Texas, Kansas

PFC - US Army

Col - Air Force

Arnie Ray Weiss

LCP - Marines 1st Division 3 Years of Service Da Nang- Chulai

SALUTE A VETERAN PAGE 7 Gary Dobbs

Brad Thornton

Albert F Johnson

2 Years Of Service Fort Benning, Georgia

1970-1976 USS Paul Revere LPA-248 West Pac San Diego

1966-1969 Republic of Vietnam

Justin T. Staab

Roderick Greene

SP5 E 5 - Army

Major - USMC

20 Years of Service Afghanistan, Iraq, South Pacific

E-3 - US Navy

E4- Army 2 Years of Service

California, Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, WA DC, Vietnam (Sniper)

GMG2 - US Navy

Josh Taylor

Sgt - Marines

8 Years Of Service 29 Palms, Camp Pendleton, 2 Iraq Tours, 2 MEU’s

Frank A. Stabb Corporal - Air Corps

Butch Staab E-5 - Army 116th Combat Engineer

Teagan G. Hodge

Joseph LaBelle SM3 - US Navy

1937-1944 South Pacific

Seaman - Coast Guard

2020-Present VSCG Cutter Diligence Pensacola, Florida

1968-1969 Vietnam

4 Years Of Service Vietnam/Pacific 3 Tours in Vietnam

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2021 Salute A VETERAN Ron VanSickle US Air Force

Everett G. Cannon “Glen” Spec 4 - Army

Greg Burratto M.D.

LTC - Army Med. Corps.

1954-1962 Sampson AFB New York, Cheyenne WY, Seoul South Korea, Spokane WA, Colorado Springs CO

2 Years Army - 6 Years Idaho National Guard Rochefort, France - 460th Trans Amph Truck 1958-1960, Idaho Guard 1960-1966

Erik A. Holt Lance Corporal - Marines

James L. Holt Lance Corporal - Marines

Loney D. Sondenaa Pvt. - US Marines

Desert Shield, Desert Storm

California

Camp Legeune, Okinawa Japan

4 Years Of Service

1965-1974 Omaha, NE; Ft. Lewis-Tacoma; RVN, Fort Ord, CA

4 Years Of Service Fort Dix, New Jersey

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3 Years Of Service

1980-1983

Larry R. Edwards E4 - US Army

Darby R. Edwards Sgt - US Army

Brennan R. Edwards Pvt. - US Army

Vietman

Desert Storm

Germany, Poland, Texas

1965-1967

Clifford O. Baldwin PFC - U.S. Army

1990-1998

2019-Present

Matthew McPeak

LCPL E-3 - Marines 2 Year Of Service Camp Pendleton, CA

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with it each day is alarming. According to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, as many as 20 percent of veterans who served during Operations Iraqi Freedom or Enduring Freedom have PTSD. In addition, the USDVA notes that estimates now suggest as many as 30 percent of Vietnam veterans have had PTSD in their lifetime.

Though its not exclusive to men and women who have served in the military, PTSD has long been linked to combat veterans. In fact, the American Psychiatric Association notes that PTSD has been referred to as shell shock and ‘combat

fatigue in the past.

While the APA notes that a diagnosis of PTSD requires exposure to an upsetting traumatic event, that exposure can be indirect rather than firsthand. Because some people may assume that only firsthand exposure to trauma can lead to PTSD, many may be suffering in silence.

That makes it all the more important that people learn to recognize the symptoms of PTSD. According to the APA, symptoms of PTSD, which can vary in severity, fall into four categories.

1. Intrusive thoughts: Flashbacks, distressing dreams and repeated, involuntary memories are examples of

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intrusive thoughts symptomatic of PTSD. The APA notes that some people with PTSD experience flashbacks so vivid that they feel they are reliving the traumatic experience or that it is unfolding before their eyes.

2. Avoiding reminders: Some people with PTSD may avoid people, places, activities, objects, or situations they feel will trigger distressing memories. Soldiers, for example, may avoid interacting with fellow combat veterans. Avoiding discussions about a traumatic event and how they feel about it is another symptom of PTSD. 3. Negative thoughts and feelings: The APA says that negative thoughts and feelings may include ongoing and distorted

beliefs about oneself or others; ongoing fear, horror, anger, guilt, or shame; considerably diminished interest in activities previously enjoyed; and a sense of estrangement and detachment from others.

4. Arousal and reactive symptoms: These symptoms may include irritability and angry outbursts; reckless or selfdestructive behavior; being easily startled; or have difficulty concentrating or sleeping.

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Patriot joined U.S. Army after fleeing Nazi Germany orld War II veteran Frank Cohn was born Aug. 2, 1925, in Breslau, Germany, the only child of Martin and Ruth Cohn.

Cohn's father owned a successful sporting goods store, so, as a youngster, Frank was part of a well-to-do, middle-class family. Then, their good fortune turned.

On Jan. 30, 1933, German President Paul von Hindenburg appointed Adolf Hitler chancellor.

On April 1, 1933, the Nazi leadership carried out a nationwide economic boycott targeting Jewish-owned businesses, including Cohn's sporting goods store.

Uniformed Nazis picketed the store with signs that read: "Don't buy from Jews."

"He [my father] saw what was happening and immediately did the best he could in selling the store," Cohn said in an October 2021 interview during a visit to the Pentagon.

In 1934, Cohn, who was in the second grade, recalled one of his favorite teachers one day showing up to class wearing a Nazi uniform.

Also, students began to wear Hitler Youth uniforms and praise the Nazis.

Cohn said that, as a Jew, he was prohibited from taking part in Hitler Youth activities — not that he wanted to — so, he was ostracized by the other students.

His parents took him out of public school and enrolled him in a private, Jewish school.

Cohn's father had some distant relatives in the United States, so he obtained a visitor's visa and went to the U.S. He located his relatives, but the country was in the midst of the Great Depression, and they didn't have enough money to obtain an affidavit of support for him. An affidavit of support is a contract an individual signs agreeing to use their financial resources to support someone who intends to immigrate to the U.S. Cohn said the aim of the affidavit is to prevent an immigrant from becoming a burden to the state. Otherwise, the immigrants would be deported.

In early 1938, officers from the Gestapo, the secret police force of Germany's Nazi state, went to the Cohn family's home looking for Cohn's father. Ruth Cohn wrote to her husband in the U.S. to warn him not to return to Germany because his life would be in danger.

At that time, Ruth Cohn managed to obtain

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visitor visas from the U.S. Embassy for herself and her son for travel to the U.S. "It was lucky that there were no computers because had they known that my father was already in the United States, she wouldn't have gotten visitor visas because that would indicate we were refugees," Cohn said.

Soon, Ruth packed their belongings into two suitcases and got first-class tickets on Holland America's Staatendam steamer, which left from Amsterdam for New York City.

Cohn said his mother feared that if U.S. immigration authorities knew that her husband was already in the U.S., they would order mother and son to immediately return to Germany. However, first-class passengers disembarked directly onto the pier, avoiding the authorities on Ellis Island where processing took place.

The Cohns were happily reunited in New York City on Oct. 30, 1938.

On Nov. 9, 1938, a wave of violent anti-Jewish demonstrators bent on killing or expelling Jews took place throughout Germany and Austria; it was referred to as Kristallnacht.

In response, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued an executive order permitting German

immigrants already in the country to stay, and the Cohns' visitor visas were extended indefinitely.

A Jewish relief organization provided basic needs for the Cohn family, and Cohn continued his education in the New York City public school system. A tutor helped him learn to speak English.

On Aug. 2, 1943, Cohn turned 18. He tried to enlist in the Army, but he was turned down.

"Technically, I was an enemy alien, so I was not allowed to enlist," he said, adding that just a month later, he was drafted into the Army.

During basic training at Fort Benning, Georgia, Cohn was sworn in as a U.S. citizen and assigned to the 87th Infantry Division. He said becoming an American citizen was one of the greatest highlights of his life.

Cohn was soon on a ship bound for England. A few months later, he boarded a tank landing ship known as an LST, headed for Normandy, France.

The D-Day landings had taken place a few months earlier on June 6, 1944, so his LST landed on Omaha Beach unopposed by enemy forces. From there, he and others made their way to Belgium by train.

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While in Belgium, the Army discovered that Cohn spoke German, so he was sent to Le Vesinet, France, for an intelligence course.

He subsequently became a member of a Twelfth U.S. Army Group intelligence unit.

"Our mission was to go into the big cities in Germany as they were captured, and we would have intel dossiers on 'building' targets and 'personality' targets," he said. Building targets, including Nazi headquarters, were sites that could be used by the occupying force and could contain records that might be used in the prosecution of war crimes; personality targets were people on the list for automatic arrest, who were to be tried for war crimes.

Cohn's team of six soldiers first traveled to Luxembourg, then Belgium. On Dec. 16, 1944, while they were in Belgium, the Battle of the Bulge started — a major German offensive on the Western Front with the aim of pushing Allied Forces back to the sea.

The intel team's mission then became locating German infiltrators wearing U.S. uniforms. An infantry unit they visited had spotted and killed four of these infiltrators.

At one point, the intel team itself was interrogated by U.S. forces because a couple of team members had German accents, but they were cleared by headquarters.

By early 1945, the intel team had arrived in Cologne, Germany. Cohn recalls the Germans

training artillery fire on his team from across the Rhine River, and barely escaping in their jeep.

By April of that year, the team was in Magdeburg, Germany, on the Elbe River. The Soviets had arrived on the east side of the river, and U.S. troops were on the west side.

Cohn and part of his team crossed the Elbe and met the Soviet soldiers for a joyous occasion. He recalls handing out American cigarettes and getting vodka in return.

During the subsequent occupation by Allied forces, Cohn was tasked with guarding war criminals, overseeing German prisoners of war, and shipping Nazi documents back to the U.S. to support future war crime prosecutions.

After the war, Cohn decided to make the Army a career. He married Pauline Brimberg in 1948. They had one daughter, Laura Cohn, who's now a volunteer at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. Cohn served in two more wars — Korea and Vietnam — and even had two tours of duty in West Germany. In 1978, he retired as a colonel after completing his last assignment as chief of staff for the Military District of Washington.

The Russians later honored Cohn's service and invited him to Moscow, all expenses paid, for the 60th, 65th and 70th anniversaries marking the end of World War II. Cohn said

Frank Cohn poses for a photo in his Army uniform during World War II. he would have traveled there for the 75th anniversary, as well, had it not been for the COVID-19 pandemic.

To this day, Cohn said he's grateful for Roosevelt's executive order, which saved his life and the lives of others.

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The World War II veteran is 96, and he said he's still grateful for what the United States has done for him and for living in freedom.

Cohn said he tells young people to never take freedom for granted and to be willing to fight for it, if necessary.

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Former Army nurse recalls WWII experiences orld War II was raging in 1944. American troops were instrumental in the effort to take back France, including the beach landings in Normandy that caught the Germans off guard. American forces took possession of Rome, and a Soviet counterattack pushed Germany back into Poland.

In the Pacific, Japan had gained more Chinese territory, but the communists’ presence limited Japan’s success. The Allies fought back by taking Saipan and invading the Philippines.

Meanwhile, in Philadelphia, 24-yearold nurse Regina Benson and three of her

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nursing school classmates joined the Army Nurse Corps right after graduation to serve their country. They were assigned overseas and remained lifelong friends.

Benson’s four brothers were also serving, so for her, joining the Army as a patriotic duty was not unusual.

“She was kind of fearless,” her daughter, Phyllis Benson, said in a recent interview.

Benson, of McLean, Virginia, is now 100 years old. She visited the Pentagon recently and was interviewed about her Army Nurse Corps service in Japan, Hawaii and Okinawa, from September 1944 until April 1946.

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After the Japanese announced their surrender on Aug. 15, 1945, and formally signed an agreement Sept. 2, American service members were welcomed into the homes of Japanese, Benson said. “We ate dinner with them, talked to them and stayed in some of the Japanese homes,” she said, adding that the Americans shared their rations with the Japanese.

Benson had some harrowing experiences during her wartime service in the Pacific.

“We were on a ship going across the Pacific, and we hit a bad storm,” Benson said. “So, the captain decided we would go down with the ship, and of course, everybody got on their knees and prayed and promised God many things. Then all of a sudden, the ship calmed down, and we went through the eye of the storm and everybody went back to what they were doing.”

After the Japanese announced their surrender on Aug. 15, 1945, and formally signed an agreement Sept. 2, American service members were welcomed into the homes of Japanese, Benson said. “We ate dinner with them, talked to them and stayed in some of the Japanese homes,” she said, adding that the Americans shared their rations with the Japanese.

Regina Benson worked 12-hour shifts in Army hospitals in the Pacific; on wards and in operating rooms. She said the most important thing she did during the war was “to give comfort to those troops who were dying.”

According to Benson, the most rewarding part of her Army nursing career was to be able to tell the mother of a young service member that their son did not die alone, because she was there with them.

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CHAD J. MCNEELEY, DOD Army Gen. Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, presents World War II veteran Lt. Regina Benson with the Joint Service Achievement Medal, July 10, 2020. Benson, an Army nurse stationed in Japan and Hawaii during the war, served in dangerous conditions, endured similar horrors as her battlefield brethren, and ultimately paved the way for women like her to join the military.

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Engineer became highest ranking Native American in Union Army

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t’s a time to reflect on the contributions and sacrifices Native Americans have made to the United States, not just in the military, but in all walks of life.

Ely S. Parker overcame adversity to attain the highest rank of any Native American in the Union Army during the Civil War. Parker, whose tribal name was Hasanoanda, was born on the Tonawanda Reservation in Indian Falls, New York, in 1828. He was a member of the Tonawanda Seneca tribe.

His father, William Parker, was a chief in that tribe and had fought in the War of 1812 for the United States.

In addition to English, Eli Parker spoke Seneca, which is an Iroquoian language. The Seneca Tribe is one of six in the Iroquois Confederacy. The others are Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, Tuscarora and Mohawk.

As a young man, Parker worked in a law firm in

Ellicottville, New York, before applying to take the bar examination. However, he was not permitted to take it because, as a Native American, he was not then considered a U.S. citizen.

American Indians were not considered U.S. citizens until passage of the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924.

As fate would have it, Parker had a chance encounter with Lewis Henry Morgan, a non-Native American lawyer, who was also a famous anthropologist interested in Iroquois ethnography.

The two became close friends and had a number of meetings in which Parker shared his knowledge of Iroquois culture and traditions.

Their relationship was mutually beneficial because Morgan helped Parker gain admission to study engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York.

As an engineer, Parker contributed to maintenance work on the Erie Canal and other projects.

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that Parker was accepted into the Army.

Parker was commissioned in the Army in early 1863. He became chief engineer of the 7th Division during the siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi, which occurred from May 18 to July 4, 1863. Grant, who had become a major general, was in overall command, and the Union Army prevailed at that siege.

Grant was pleased with the work done by Parker during that siege and made him his adjutant during the Chattanooga Campaign in Tennessee, Sept. 21 to Nov. 25, 1863.

Parker subsequently transferred with Grant and served with him through the Overland Campaign and the Siege of Petersburg, Virginia, from May 4 to June 24, 1864. At Petersburg, Parker was appointed as the military secretary to Grant, with the rank of lieutenant colonel. He subsequently wrote much of Grant’s correspondence.

ARMY PHOTO Parker was present when Confederate Gen. Ely S. Parker, left, and Ulysses S. Grant, center, are pictured together in an undated photo.

Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, April 9, 1865. He helped Later, as a supervisor of government projects He tried to enlist in the Union Army as an draft the surrender documents. in Galena, Illinois, he befriended Ulysses S. engineer, but he was told by Secretary of War At the time of surrender, Parker said that Grant, forming a relationship that would prove Simon Cameron that, as an Indian, he could Lee “stared at me for a moment. He extended useful later. not join. his hand and said, ‘I am glad to see one real In 1861, near the start of the Civil War, Parker Later, Parker contacted Grant, who was by American here.’ I shook his hand and said, ‘We tried to raise a regiment of Iroquois volunteers that time a brigadier general in the Union are all Americans.’” to fight for the Union, but he was turned down Army. The Union Army suffered from a Parker was brevetted a brigadier general

by New York Gov. Edwin D. Morgan. shortage of engineers, and Grant ensured

on that day. Brevet is a former type of military commission conferred especially for outstanding service, by which an officer was promoted to a higher rank without the corresponding pay.

After the Civil War, Parker remained the military secretary to Grant. He also was a member of the Southern Treaty Commission, which renegotiated treaties with Indian tribes, mostly in the southeast, that had sided with the Confederacy.

Parker resigned from the Army on April 26, 1869.

After Grant was elected president of the United States, he appointed Parker to serve as commissioner of Indian affairs, the first Native American to hold that post. He held the position from 1869 to 1871.

Parker became the chief architect of Grant’s peace policy involving Native Americans in the West. Under his leadership, the number of military actions against Indians were reduced, and there was an effort to support tribes in their transition to living on reservations.

Parker died in poverty in Fairfield, Connecticut, on Aug. 31, 1895.

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Iwo Jima Medal of Honor recipient recounts battle experiences

creeping and crawling — but when we got to Iwo Jima, everything had been wiped off that island,” Williams The last surviving Medal of Honor explained in an interview for the Library of Congress’ Veterans History Project. “About the only protection recipient to have fought in the you could find would be a shell crater or try to dig Battle of Iwo Jima, Hershel “Woody” your own hole.”

Williams, made a visit to the Iwo Jima Capturing Iwo Jima was crucial to the Allies. The U.S. needed the island’s airfields. Other U.S.-occupied Memorial in Arlington, Virginia. islands placed fighter jets out of bomber-escort range s Williams made his way up to the memorial of Japan’s mainland. on Sept. 2, scores of Marines snapped Williams’ reserve unit was sent ashore two days afto attention, rendering the 96-year-old ter the battle started, and the scene was chaotic. He veteran a heartfelt salute and words of thanks. said they found out quickly that the land was incredWilliams joined the Marines in May 1943 and took ibly difficult to maneuver. part in the battle to retake Guam in the summer of The tanks had trouble opening up a lane for the 1944 before being sent to Iwo Jima, a tiny island in the infantry through the black volcanic sand that sloped Volcano Islands chain. The two were vastly different, steeply up the beach from the waterline. The biggest he said. problem was the many steel-reinforced “pillbox” “Guam was more jungle-type fighting — a lot of bunkers protecting the Japanese airfields.

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The battle saw heavier than usual casualties. Williams had initially been one of several demolition sergeants, but by Feb. 23, 1945, he was the only one left. So, he bravely volunteered to go forward as the last flamethrower to try to quell the devastating machine-gun fire from the pillboxes.

In four hours, with only four riflemen to protect him, Williams managed to wipe out seven pillboxes. He repeatedly prepared explosives in a safe area, struggled back to where the enemy was, and then set off the charges.

One time, he jumped onto one of the pillboxes from the side and shoved the nozzle of his 70-pound flamethrower into an air vent pipe and fired, killing everyone inside.

Another time, he charged bayonet-wielding enemies and killed them with one burst of flame.

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COURTESY MARINE CORPS SGT. JASON KOLELA Hershel “Woody” Williams, 96, is the last surviving Medal of Honor recipient to have fought in the Battle of Iwo Jima, which started Feb. 19, 1945. Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. David. H. Berger hosted a sunset parade at the Marine Corps War Memorial, Arlington, Va., Sept. 2, 2020. Williams was the guest of honor.

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has the scar. Those wounds prevented him from doing more jumps as a paratrooper so he did guard duty.

Although he doesn’t see as many Korean veterans as he used to, he did find one locally. After a chance encounter at A&B Foods he met another veteran, 89 years old, who also served in the 187th.

Dean was born in Rathdrum, Idaho. After he was discharged he did construction work in Oregon. He moved to Lewiston about 20 years ago. He raised six kids, with one of his sons serving in the Navy for 22 years. He was married and divorced twice.

He’s planning on attending the Veterans Day Parade Saturday in downtown Lewiston in his 1985 El Camino. Dean proudly wears his Korean War Veteran hat. He also keeps photos of his time in the service on his wall and his military jacket on display.

His home, yard and cars commemorate his service with stickers that say “Korean War Vet” or messages about not forgetting the Korean Conflict.

“It’s an experience I’ll never forget, though,” he said. “I’m just lucky I made it, a lot of guys didn’t and that’s so sad.”

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AUGUST FRANK/LEWISTON TRIBUNE Bob Dean slides on his jacket from his time in the service during the Korean War at his home on Wednesday last week.

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Veterans Day, formerly known as Armistice Day, was originally set as a U.S. legal holiday to honor the end of World War I, which officially took place on November 11, 1918. In legislation that was passed in 1938, November 11 was “dedicated to the cause of world peace and to be hereafter celebrated and known as ‘Armistice Day.’” As such, this new legal holiday honored World War I veterans.

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any other pillboxes that were in that area,” Williams said. “Once you got behind the pillboxes, then we had the advantage.”

Williams’ efforts helped to neutralize one of the most fanatically defended Japanese strongholds his regiment had encountered.

For his actions, he received the Medal of Honor from President Harry S. Truman during a group ceremony at the White House on Oct. 5, 1945. Ten other Marines and two sailors also received the honor that day.

Before Sunset Parade on Sept. 2, Williams made additional remarks about his service and what it means to serve.

When he and his fellow Marines saw the second American flag raised atop Mount Suribachi, Williams said their spirits were lifted. “I still remember that day,” he added.

Williams said he’s been asked where bravery comes from, particularly about his valorous actions leading to the Medal of Honor.

He said he’s never been able to answer that question satisfactorily. “Everybody has some instinct of bravery. And, as long as they can control the fear, you can be brave.

But if fear overtakes you and becomes the dominant instinct, you cannot operate. You cannot operate under fear. Your brain won’t let you.

Lewiston Tribune & Moscow-Pullman Daily News | November 11, 2021 | 27 “I feel that our upbringing had some in- dence that developed into bravery.” fluence on our bravery because we were America was and is worth fighting for, he taught in the depression years, if you didn’t said. “If we lose our freedom we lose Amerhave it, you had to make it,” Williams said. ica.”

“And the only way you could make it was to Williams was discharged in 1945, but he work at it. Our upbringing gave us the confi-

COURTESY MARINE CORPS LANCE CPL. JAMIE POWELL Retired Marine Corps Chief Warrant Officer 4 Hershel “Woody” Williams, a Medal of Honor recipient, gazes at Mount Suribachi from the black sand beach of Iwo Jima, Japan, after the 73rd Reunion of Honor ceremony March 24, 2018. Williams was part of the landing force that stormed the island during the Battle of Iwo Jima.

stayed in the Marine Corps Reserve until his retirement. Nowadays, he continues to serve through his foundation, the Hershel Woody Williams Medal of Honor Foundation, which honors families who have lost a loved one in service to their country.

Williams said it’s those men — the ones who died protecting him — who really deserve the honor.

“This medal doesn’t belong to me. It belongs to them because they gave their lives for me,” he said, trying to hold back tears. “I was just doing a job that I was trained to do.”

Asked what advice he’d give to young people, he said: “If you love America, truly, you are going to have the instinct and desire to serve your country. If you don’t, then you’re going to find some way to go in the other direction.

“Service is within all of us,” he continued.

“Every time we do something to help another person, we get a residual of that that makes us feel good, makes us feel proud that we could do something for someone else.

And, there’s no feeling like it.”

In the last few years, Williams observed that Americans have become more separated than at any time since the Civil War. “We must come back together as a nation and as a people to where we can truly say, ‘We are the United States of America.’”

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