VETERANS DAY 2024

VETERANS DAY
PROGRAM
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2024
10:30 AM
Location - Rochester
International Event Center
8:30 - 10:00 BREAKFAST SERVED
COURTESY OF POWERS VENTURES
10:30 WELCOME
DAVE SENJEM
10:33 JANE BELAU POEM
10:35 INTRODUCTION OF COLOR/HONOR GUARDS
CHAD STOWERS, Retired Army Veteran and Gambling Manager
VFW Post 1215
10:36 POSTING OF COLORS - VFW Post 1215 Honor Guard
A special thank you to the Korean War Veterans Honor
Guard who have retired but still support our Veterans in
many ways
Musical accompaniment by John Kruesel, American Legion
Post 92 Honor Guard, Rochester Fire Dept., Rochester Police,
Olmsted County Sheriff and Civil Air Patro
10:40 NATIONAL ANTHEM
10:43 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
10:44 INVOCATION
PASTOR SHELLY CUNNINGHAM, ZUMBRO LUTHERAN CHURCH We especially would like to recognize and
10:48 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF BLUE & GOLD STAR thank the Color and Honor Guards that
MEMBERS graciously volunteer their time to carry
RICH DALEY the Colors at our many events over the
years. We recognize with gratitude, all
10:52 SONG the volunteers that made this program
PERFORMED BY BRAD BOICE possible, and the supporters listed below.
10:55 POW/MIA CEREMONY They support us, please support them.
SPEAKER - HARRY KERR Joe, Nick and Joey Powers, Mary Bowe and
10:57 SONG the staff for hosting Veterans Day.
PERFORMED BY BRAD BOICE POW/MIA Riders and the DAV.
11:00 BELLS FOR ETERNITY Terry Throndson and the Bells for Eternity.
11:04 INTRODUCTION OF MAIN SPEAKER Mike Pruett of MLT Group
11:05 MAIN SPEAKER
Lee Herold of Herold Flags.
ROD HADWORTH
Phil Schroeder of Renning’s Flowers for
11:28 BENEDICTION
the centerpieces.
PASTOR SHELLY CUNNINGHAM
11:23 MANY THANKS Oak Summit for the use of golf carts.
TERRY THRONDSON, PRESIDENT, SOLDIER’S FIELD Mike Sedor and Andy’s Liquor for their
VETERANS MEMORIAL support of Veteran projects.
11:27 RETIRE COLORS Brad Boice
VFW POST 1215
Richard Swanson and the Byron kids for
11:29 TAPS the help today and the mail they gave our
ISAIAH GREGORY Veterans.
11:30 RETREAT Kwik Trip
ISAIAH GREGORY

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Force behind
Soldiers Field
Veterans Memorial,
Wayne Stillman,
never wanted
the glory
BY BRIAN TODD

Post Bulletin file photos

Wayne Stillman, a driving force behind the Soldiers Field Veterans Memorial, speaks during a program to commemorate the 10th anniversary
of the memorial on June 26, 2010. Stillman, 86, died Wednesday, May 15, 2024, in Rochester.

Wayne Stillman wouldn't have wanted an article written about Minnesota Sen. Dave Senjem.
him and his life. Senjem said he was saddened to hear of the passing of his
The glory, he often said, according to his friends, belonged to friend, the only other remaining charter member of the Soldiers
the veterans. And to God. Field Veteran Memorial Committee.
Stillman, a longtime advocate for Senjem recalled how when Stillman
veterans in Rochester, died Wednesday, was ill, the committee would hold meet-
May 15, 2024, at the age of 86. ings at the typewriter and office supply
"Wayne was a very humble person," business Stillman owned in downtown

Wayne was a
said longtime friend Terry Throndson, Rochester.
who worked with Stillman to get the "In the late '90s, Wayne was so sick

very humble
veterans memorial at Soldiers Field Park with his cancer, we’d meet down there,"
built, and has helped organize events Senjem said. "There was a period of
at the site for many years to come. "He time he couldn’t come to work but he’d
wanted no recognition for what he'd
done." person. He come to the meetings."
Throndson added that when Stillman's
Instead, Throndson said, Stillman
would say it was the veterans who wanted no wife, Carol, would arrive with Wayne in
the car, some of the committee mem-

recognition for
deserved the credit for making the bers would come out and pick Wayne
memorial, which was dedicated in 2000, up and carry him into the office, setting
happen. him down in a chair so he could run the
The veterans, and God.
Building, fighting
what he’d done. meeting.
That never-quit attitude was still alive
in Stillman to the end, Throndson said.
cancer - Terry Throndson
Tireless efforts
Throndson recalled how Stillman had Stillman had told Throndson to take
been diagnosed with cancer shortly after over the planning of Veterans Day
he began working on the memorial in events at the memorial because Still-
1995. Throndson said his friend went to a church and prayed that man's health was taking its toll, but even after handing off respon-
he could just live long enough to complete the memorial. sibility, Stillman kept working for veterans.
"The memorial was the inspiration that kept him alive, I guess, "He’d call me every other day to check up. I said, 'I thought you
until yesterday," said Olmsted County Commissioner and former were done,'" Throndson said.

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Wayne Stillman the President of the Soldiers Field Veterans Memorial Former U.S. Secretary of State and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Committee briefs a few Civil Air Patrol Officers prior to ceremonies Staff Colin Powell, left, visiting the Soldiers Field Veterans Memorial
Saturday, July 4, 2009, in the Peace Plaza in downtown Rochester. in 2007 with Rochester veterans Wayne Stillman and Harry Kerr.

The last time they saw one another, Throndson said the men had Vietnam. And Stillman was one of those Jaycees putting together
tears in their eyes. But Stillman let his friend know he was "ready care packages to be sent in 1966 to American servicemembers in
for God to take him home." Southeast Asia, particularly members of the 173rd Airborne Bri-
That, Throndson said, was when he knew the end was imminent. gade, which had been "adopted" by the Rochester Jaycees.
But Throndson said he preferred to remember a man who was In 1995, nearly 30 years after those care packages had made their
determined in all things, but especially when it came to showing way around the globe, a commemoration was held in Rochester.
support for veterans. Hundreds of members of the 173rd Airborne showed up to thank
Senjem said the idea for the memorial — a centerpiece of art and those in Rochester who had shown them support decades before.
remembrance on the north end of Soldiers Field Park in Rochester It was then, Senjem said, that he, Stillman and a few others came
— came as a result of something that started in the 1960s. up with an idea for the memorial.
Senjem said he first met Stillman in the Jaycees in the 1960s. At first, the idea was to create a memorial to the 173rd Air-
At that time, there was significant backlash against the war in borne, but eventually, that morphed into a memorial honoring all

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veterans, particularly those who had lost their lives in service. War II veterans to Washington, D.C., to visit veterans' memorials,
The memorial wall holds about 2,700 names in wars ranging and for welcome home celebrations for returning service members.
from the Civil War to those in modern times, Senjem said. The first Honor Flight cost $68,000 and needed a $20,000 deposit.
"We never knew we’d use the backside of the wall," Senjem Stillman organized volunteers to go to VFW and American Legion
said. "We did a lot of research, finding people within 50 miles of posts, and even to go into non-veteran bars asking for donations,
Rochester." Throndson said. Even an ice cream social was held. Eventually, a
Senjem talked about how the memorial — originally estimated donor stepped forward who pledged to match all donations dollar
to cost about $600,000, but coming in at five times that amount — for dollar.
often seemed like an insurmountable goal. Not that the hurdles "That’s how we got the first Honor Flight off the ground," he
that arose ever slowed Stillman down. said. "We were the go-to organization to make sure they got
Throndson recalled a day in 1996 or 1997 during Rochesterfest paid."
when he sat with Stillman who was selling the pavers that would From 2007 to 2010, the 10 Honor Flights carried 1,032 veterans
largely fund the project. to D.C., with original plans just to take those veterans
"He got a lot of negative response," Throndson within a 50-mile radius of Rochester, but eventu-
said. ally welcoming veterans from as far away as
But Stillman, a natural salesman, had Mankato and northern Iowa.
a way of working with people, making Eventually, the area around Roch-
them feel like an important part of ester ran out of WWII veterans to
the project. He got construction honor. But the project had raised
professionals to donate their labor enough money that it had
and equipment. Donations from $100,000 left over, which was
places like Mayo Clinic helped donated to other Honor Flight
provide the seed money to get organizations.
started. And eventually, the Throndson said they even
public — doubtful at first — raised $10,000 just to buy
saw the momentum of the wheelchairs to push some
project and started buying older veterans around
those pavers. Washington.
Senjem said the time- On Saturday, May 11,
frame — from a vague idea Throndson and others hon-
in 1995 to a completed ored Stillman for his life's
project in 2000 — was aston- work with a celebration at
ishingly fast for a project of the Soldiers Field Veterans
this type. Memorial.
Changing lives Stillman, both Throndson
and Senjem said, was against
with honor it.
"Wayne didn’t want that. He
Throndson said one of the most said he’d been thanked enough,"
amazing aspects of the build was Throndson said. "He was on me
watching how the project impacted the about not doing it. But I felt like I had
nonviolent offenders from Sentence to to do it."
Serve who helped with construction. With his health failing, Stillman was unable
"When they first started coming to help, they to attend.
were escorted and watched," Throndson said. "After a But, Throndson said, Carol told him he'd seen the
few weeks, they just came by themselves. That memorial changed video of the celebration and been glad to see it.
them. Being down there, working with veterans, it changed their "One of the last conversations we had, he asked me to take care
lives." of the memorial," Throndson said. "Right to the end, he cared."
But with the memorial built, Stillman wasn't happy to just have it Throndson said the committee is not done honoring Stillman.
sit there. He arranged for celebrations honoring veterans. One, just A special bench near the memorial is planned. It will carry both
a couple of years after the memorial was completed, drew 5,000 Wayne and Carol's names. And they are working to have the road
attendees. near the memorial renamed in Wayne Stillman's honor.
And, it wasn't just gatherings of veterans and brass bands. "His was a life well lived, and he left it all on the table, and he
The committee helped raise funds for Honor Flights to take World probably left with a smile," Senjem said. "And he left a legacy."

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SUBMITTED BY J. SCHUAKER

I retired from the Minnesota Army National Guard in September

2015 after serving for 20 years, which included a combination of
Army National Guard and active-duty service with the U.S. Army.
Throughout my career, I participated in multiple state guard acti-
vations supporting local disaster relief and state shutdowns. I was
deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from 2004-2006,
stationed in the U.S., working with the 50th Main Support Battal-
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Honoring all
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served during Operation Enduring Freedom from 2009-2010, in veterans. In April 2014, I joined the Olmsted County Veterans Ser-
Afghanistan, stationed at Camp Leatherneck in Helmand Province, vice Office, and in May 2024, I began working with the Minnesota
where I managed supply, security, and convoy missions. Department of Veterans Affairs (MDVA) as a Claims Representative
My military occupational specialties (MOS) included 76C (Parts and coordinator for Women Veterans and Gold Star Families.
Clerk), 92A (Automated LogisticalSpecialist), and 88M (Motor I hold a master’s degree in psychology and have facilitated a
Transport Operator). Additionally, I served as a Sexual Assault Pre- monthly Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) support group for
vention Representative (SAPR), Equal Opportunity (EO) Advisor, veterans and their families for the past 13 years. Additionally, I
and Master Drivers Trainer. have organized a Disabled American Veterans (DAV) Women Vet-
In the civilian sector, I have continued my commitment to veter- erans event for 8 years and a DAV deer hunt for 12 years. I am a
ans. I worked for 12 years with the Southeast Minnesota Center for life member of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1215 and have held
Independent Living (SEMCIL), managing a disability program for various leadership positions in the VFW, both nationally and at the
state level. I am also a lifetime member of Disabled American Vet-
erans (DAV) Chapter 28, serving as a state legislative representative,
and hold memberships in the American Legion Post 92 and the MN
48-2 Combat Veteran Motorcycle Association.
Why do I do it?
As a veteran, I believe in giving back to my fellow servicemen
and women. We are our brothers’ and sisters’ keepers, and the oath
we took to never leave a fallen comrade has no expiration date.

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MIKE BAUER

I grew up in a Navy family in San Diego and Hawaii, the son Harbor. Navy recruiters said if I passed the medical and physical
of a Navy Diver, who served 30 years active duty – starting as a applications, I would get orders to Navy Dive School in Panama
16-year-old WWII sailor and retiring as a Lieutenant Commander/ City, Florida.
Major equivalent. I was exposed to a military diver’s life but didn’t I had graduated from Berkeley and spent three years in Africa
volunteer until after college. My dad said he was never bored in his as a student and a Peace Corps Volunteer south of Timbuktu, Mali.
30 years after reaching a certain point in life. I was recruited as a I received orders to OCS in Newport, Rhode Island, in 1980. My
Deep Sea Diver Officer candidate, having been a SCUBA diver since OCS company started during the worst winter in decades, which
I was 8 years old. My father taught my brothers and me in Pearl for me, after spending the year before literally south of Timbuktu,

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was humorous especially when diagnosed new junior diving officers would serve two
by confused Navy medical personnel with years on Amphibious ships in ordnance/
a malaria relapse in mid-winter in Rhode munitions billets earning Surface Warfare
Island. Officer qualifications before orders to div-
All was softened by meeting a Rochester ing. A disappointment after completing the
girl in my OCS Company and the rest is “HooYah” dive training, but also part of the
history. We have “bucket listed” the world military. The redeeming quality was getting
the past 44 years serving in active-duty Navy assigned a ship, the USS Durham-LKA 114,
billets and raising a family of four children Landing Cargo Auxiliary, in the same port
across the country. As all marriages do, where my fiancée’s ship was, San Diego.
military marriages have challenges, but We got married and had about 6 months
my wife always outranked me even at OCS together, before her ship transferred to
where she was a Company Commander and Long Beach, 120 miles away. I managed to
I was a regimental lifeguard/swim instruc- transfer to another amphibious ship, USS
tor. The Navy did teach flexibility and a lot Peleliu-LHA 5, Landing Helo Assault, a
more. combined helicopter carrier and landing
After the “120 day wonder” OCS train- craft ship in Long Beach and subsequently
ing, I was temporarily assigned/”stashed” went on a 7-month WestPac-Western Pacif-
to the USS Denver-LPD 5, a Landing Plat- ic deployment in a squadron of 7 ships
form Dock Amphibious ship transporting Scouts, and Fleet Diving Salvage and Main- with 3000 marines embarked on call for
Marines by ship, boat, and helicopter to tenance which include Combat Salvage, any contingency in the Pacific theater. I
global hotspots as needed. I attended anoth- Rescue, and Special Operations. SeaBee visited and trained in Japan, Korea, Thai-
er three-month school in Coronado called divers and Army Corps of Engineer divers land, Singapore, the Philippines, Australia,
Surface Warfare Officer School (SWOS), are most like Fleet Salvage Divers. I grad- and Micronesia. I served as the Aviation
which trained new Ensigns/ 2nd Lt. equiva- uated from the six-month Basic Diving Ordnance Officer loading munitions on
lents in shipboard duties and Navy leader- Officer course of Surface Supplied Diving, helicopters(CH 46s, 53s, Cobra gunships,
ship and management practices. Following underwater ship husbandry and equipment Heweys, and eventually Harriers) and as
SWOS I transferred to the Naval Diving and including welding, cutting, and explosives Boat Group Officer while qualifying as an
Salvage Training Center, where all military including harbor and beach clearance oper- OOD, Conning Officer, and Special Weapons
divers (excluding SEALs) and federal agency ations in addition to SCUBA. My dive class officer. As a Boat Group Officer, we trained
divers (FBI, CIA, Secret Service) are initially was the last to have trained and dived in landing troops on beaches a la’ John Wayne.
trained. the Mark 5 Rig (the Hard Hat Helmet 200 My wife’s ship deployed on their schedule
The Navy diving community has three plus pound dive suit which was eventually a few months after mine, but we were able
types of divers: Explosive Ordnance Dis- retired in 1986). My max dive in the Mk 5 to visit Japan for a week together after
posal (EOD) which make up bomb squads, was 490 feet off Pearl Harbor. At graduation our ships passed in the night transiting
combat divers – SEALs and Marine Raiders/ we learned that due to lack of dive billets, Subic Bay, Philippines. Crazy times in the

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Amphib, non-diving Navy. Our first 5 years of marriage we were

probably together half of that.
I eventually received orders to a dive ship in Pearl Harbor where
I spent 3 years serving in numerous capacities as Diving, Salvage,
Operations, and Training Officer on the USS Brunswick ATS 3, an
Auxiliary Towing and Salvage Rescue Dive Ship. As major events in
3 years we completed a WESTPAC deployment, salvaged grounded
Navy ships, towed post collision ships, rescued/towed a Japanese
submarine to safety, and towed ships from Midway Island to Pearl
Harbor. I had great dives in Truk Lagoon, Micronesia and trained
South Koreans divers off the Korean Peninsula, trained and sup-
ported SEAL operations off both North and South Korea, and
supported a National Park Dive Survey of the USS Arizona. The
preeminent salvage project during my active-duty time occurred in
Florida when the NASA Challenger space mission exploded in 1986,
unfortunately 6 thousand miles away and my ship was not called
to assist. I know divers who sustained PTSD from the Challenger
salvage and recovery operations. The good memories are good, the
others were learning experiences as all branches of the military can
attest to. I released from active-duty when my wife received 3 year
orders to graduate school at MIT in Boston and we decided not to
pass up that level of job training. I became a Navy Reserve Intel-
ligence Officer while completing a VEAP/GI Bill funded two-year
graduate degree at Tufts and Harvard universities while my wife
studied at MIT. Following Boston, I was a Navy spouse and a Mr.
Mom for 4 kids born across the country where I taught in 3 state
college systems as an Adjunct Professor. Post 911, I restarted feder-
al employment as a civilian Intelligence Officer at the Pentagon and
the State Department where I retired as a Counter Terrorism Ana-
lyst researching and hunting terrorists, rebels, and pirates in Africa
and Iraq. My Navy time prepared me for many global experiences.
It has been a ride full of bucket lists and God’s blessings. When
stabilized again as a military, I would recommend the Navy and the
Military as a positive experience for Americans serving their coun-
try and seeking adventure. Lt. Pat Smith, Special Operations-Diving
Officer, USNR, Active Duty 1980-1987, Drilling Reservist 1987-1991.

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A VETERAN’S STORY 2024

SUBMITTED BY AMY HOWARD SMITH

Have you ever been to Italy? How about Japan? What about the PRAIRIE (AD-15). It was a ship commissioned in 1940 with a crew
Philippine Islands or Guam or Diego Garcia? It was May 1980. I was size of almost nine hundred. As a non-combatant ship, our mission
about to graduate from St Olaf College with my bachelor’s degree was to provide vital repair services to other ships in the fleet. When
in chemistry. Like others preparing to transition to the “real world” I first reported aboard and for about the first year, I was one of
after college, I attended a local job fair. There I met the “smooth- only seven women assigned. I was assigned to the Repair Depart-
talking” Navy recruiter. He tried to lure me into enlisting with his ment as Division Officer responsible for Hull Repair (R-1). My work
tales of travel and adventure. centers included the rigging loft, welding shop, sheet metal shop,
My family had moved to Rochester in 1962, and I grew up not far carpentry, canvas shop / sail loft, and dive locker, among others.
from Elton Hills School. My father, Philip Howard, a post - WWII It also involved the supervision of over one hundred enlisted per-
and Korean War Army veteran, worked a full civilian career as an sonnel. It was a bit overwhelming at first, as many of the sailors
electrical engineer with IBM. My mother, Edith Howard, worked assigned to my division were older than me with much more time
for many years as an enrolled agent with H&R Block. While my in the Navy. Thank goodness I had a number of experienced and
family had traveled extensively during my youth, the recruiter easi- trustworthy senior enlisted personnel to assist and guide me!
ly enticed me with his exuberant descriptions of places I had never In early 1984 we deployed for seven months to the Western Pacif-
been, and some of which I had never heard. ic. Our trip included port calls to Honolulu Hawaii, Yokosuka Japan
Then the recruiter gave me his “dream book”It described many (my husband met me there!), British Hong Kong, Subic Bay in the
of the available career paths and that’s when things became more Philippines, Hobart Tasmania, Diego Garcia, and an extended
exciting. My eyes lit up when I saw there was an Engineering Duty anchorage for nearly two months 12 miles offshore of Al Masirah,
career path open to me. Duty assignments would provide “hands Oman. As women we were not allowed to go ashore overnight in
on” experience in ship design, construction, maintenance and Oman without the permission of the Sultan, so this translated into
repair. There was even a possibility of getting trained in hard hat not going ashore at all during that two month time. Our primary
diving and salvage, something of definite interest to me at the excitement while at anchor was to burn the trash nightly in a large
time. Most importantly to my decision, this career path would also metal cage suspended over the side by the ship’s crane. While on
provide (actually require) advanced graduate education. All this WESTPAC, I completed my Surface Warfare and Engineering of the
and travel too! Hmmm. Stay in Rochester or see the world? Mayo Watch qualifications.
Clinic, IBM, or Navy…tough choices. To my mother’s dismay, the Adventures continued with my next duty assignment at Pearl
recruiter won. Harbor Naval Shipyard. Here I worked as a liaison between the
So off I went to Officer Candidate School (OCS) in Newport, RI. ship’s force and the shipyard workers for the complex overhauls of
Never did I dream that this was the start of a 25+ year adventure. both fastattack nuclear-powered submarines and a wide variety of
There are far too many sea stories I could tell. Like how I first met surface ships. I was particularly fascinated by the complexity of the
my future husband Patrick when we competed swimming butterfly submarines and the engineering involved in getting everything to
against each other during “OCS mandatory fun” on Saturday morn- fit into those tight spaces. It was the beginning of my work in sup-
ings. (Who really won is STILL hotly debated 44 years later!) port of the submarine community.
Or how, based on my OCS class standing, I thought I was going In time, I became the Shipyard Docking Officer, and on more
to be able to get a dream duty assignment in Japan. Instead, that’s than one occasion I had to plan and oversee the docking of ships
when I learned about the “needs of the Navy.” They told me, “What that had been damaged by grounding or collision at sea. Perhaps
you meant to pick” was shipboard duty as part of the Navy’s pilot the funniest story is when I was assigned to be the “Tsunami
program for sending women to sea. Watch Officer.” At the time we had two ships docked in our largest
My first major assignment was to the destroyer tender USS drydock, which was not far from the mouth of the harbor. One of

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these ships had holes in its side due to collision damage, so there Navy trained deep sea diver and not afraid of a “few” dirty diapers.
was no way it could float if the tsunami were to actually hit the Bring it on.
island. My assignment was to stand post at the drydock and report The non-school tours over the last fifteen years of my career
back every 15 minutes on the water level. Not to leave me stranded, were quite varied,but increasingly technical and managerial in
my husband (who was assigned to the other ship in the drydock) nature. I served as Local Test Director for the construction of the
went out and picked up a bucket of chicken for our dinner. We sat lead ship in the Minehunter (MHC-51) class, Technical Director for
there by the drydock and watched the sunset, hoping that the tsu- the Hydrodynamics / Hydroacoustics Technology Center (try saying
nami forecast was in error. While sitting there, almost every senior that 3 times fast!) supporting advanced submarine design, Chief
officer in the shipyard came by to ver- Engineer for the Undersea Warfare
ify ship safety. That bucket of chicken Program Executive Office, and Special
was emptied quickly! (And no, neither Projects Officer for Undersea Technol-
we nor the ships were swept away) ogy Directorate. The apex of my career
Those early years laid the foundation was working with multiple National
for the rest of my career. But first my Laboratories as a Navy Research Pro-
husband and I had some tough choic- gram Manager. Our research led to my
es to make. We were both in small appointment as a Major Acquisition
specialized officer communities that Program Manager. This work was of
made it challenging to get stationed much interest to senior Navy Lead-
together. We initially thought about ership, and our progress gave me the
both leaving the service. Yet my next opportunity to personally brief the
duty station was to graduate school, Chief of Naval Operations.
and my husband strongly encouraged Shortly before I retired in 2006, I was
me not to turn it down. Still, the closest thrilled to get a phone call from one
duty station the Navy offered Pat would of the Flag Officers in the submarine
be nearly 300 miles away. My husband community. By way of “reward” for
made the tough choice to transfer to contributions made over my career to
the reserves, so that he might fully sup- their community, he provided me with
port me in going to MIT to study for my the elusive opportunity to go out to sea
Ocean engineer’s degree. for a few days on an Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine!
I had many challenging duty assignments after MIT, including In the end, my mother was happy with my career choice after
going back to graduate school five years post-MIT to earn my PhD all.
in engineering acoustics at the Naval Postgraduate School in Mon- P.S. Some time after I first enlisted, I learned that my recruiter
terey, CA. That assignment became my new definition of insanity had previously put in a request to get out of the Navy. Recruiting
going back to graduate school with four children at home that were duty was to be his twilight tour. However, he did such an excellent
all six years old and under - Again, I could not have done it without job in talking things up, not only did he himself re-up, but he also
the support of my husband. He simply reminded me that he was a convinced his own wife to join the Navy! What a sales guy…

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Bring Sergeant
Allen Richard
Lloyd Home
SUBMITTED BY HARRY KERR stage, working to separate fact from fiction.
Sergeant Lloyd's first helicopter crash We've connected with a podcaster who
was a deeply traumatizing experience. focuses on fallen law enforcement officers,
When the chopper went down and became and he has agreed to help us create a pod-
submerged, he was trapped inside. Mirac- cast on Sergeant Lloyd’s case. Our goal is to
ulously, he managed to escape, swim to meet with the Department of Defense and
the surface, and stand on the helicopter's other officials to update Sergeant Lloyd’s
roof. To his fellow soldiers, it appeared as if status and add his case to the recovery list.
he was walking on water, earning him the People often ask why, after more than
nickname "Baby Jesus." fifty years, this mission is still important.
Official Department of Defense records Each month, the remains of soldiers, sail-
state that Sergeant Allen Richard Lloyd was ors, airmen, and Marines are recovered
killed in action on February 18, 1971, in from foreign lands and returned to their
Vietnam, with his body listed as "unretriev- families. Just this past summer, the remains
able." However, we now know this account of at least five service members were
is not entirely accurate. returned to families in Minnesota and Wis-
In November 2023, two Rochester, Min- consin, including some from World War II.
nesota, organizations—the Military Order What does this mean to families? Consid-
of the Purple Heart Lloyd-Swenson Chapter er the case of Jacob Wetterling, a young boy
7110 and the Prisoners of War and Missing abducted in Minnesota. For over 25 years,
in Action Riders Association of Minneso- During this operation, several soldiers were his family lived with the agony of not know-
ta—committed themselves to correcting this killed or wounded in action. While recov- ing what happened to him or where he was.
historical error. They began investigating ery efforts were made, Sergeant Lloyd's When Jacob's remains were finally found
the case in December 2023, working with remains were not recovered. Green Berets, and returned, his family gained the peace
government officials, gathering reports, “who were present,” report that his body of mind that comes with knowing. They
and interviewing family members, friends, was left in Laos at coordinates 160431N, can now visit him and grieve. Every family
and military personnel involved in or 1071910E, YC4818S. Despite rumors that his deserves this kind of closure.
knowledgeable about the operation. body was returned to the U.S. and buried, Thousands of military personnel are
The investigation has revealed that family members confirmed that this is not still unaccounted for. We will never forget,
Sergeant Lloyd was part of a classified true. While a military honors ceremony was and we will never stop searching. If we can
operation under the Special Operations held, Sergeant Lloyd's remains were never bring Sergeant Allen Richard Lloyd home,
Augmentation, Command and Control brought home. we can then focus on returning another
North (CCN), 5th Special Forces Group. Our group remains in the investigative Minnesotan to their family.

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Join us in

HONORING ALL
WHO SERVED
This Veterans Day, we honor the bravery and sacrifice of Minnesota men and women
who served our countryy at the official State of Minnesota Veterans Dayy event in Arden
Hills. Join us in offering our heartfelt gratitude and stand with our Veterans.

Veterans Day Event | Arden Hills

NOVEMBER 11, 2024
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For more information,
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SUBMITTED BY JIM LADRICK

The 5th Battalion of the 16th Regiment I joined the unit in October 1969 as the emergency call from Firebase Bravo. I was
Artillery (mobile) was attached to the 4th battalion surgeon. One of my duties as not informed of the exact nature of the
Infantry Division (Ivey) and was part of the a battalion surgeon was to maintain the emergency. Enroute, my imagination con-
defense of II Corps in the Central Highlands health of the unit, and that meant traveling jured a mass casualty situation and when I
of South Vietnam. Camp Enari, near was a to the firebases we occupied. Helicopter landed, I expected to see panic and blood.
base camp. travel was necessary due to the distances When I stepped out of the Loach there was
The 5th of the 16th consisted of four between firebases, and I usually traveled in a relaxed, party-like atmosphere.
artillery batteries of 155mm and 8-inch Self an OH-6A Cayuse— ‘Loach’ helicopter. The captain of Bravo Battery greeted me
Propelled Howitzers stationed at outlying I was making my rounds at Firebase and explained that they had just completed
firebases surrounding Camp Enari. Delta in early 1970, when I received an a mission called “recon by fire.” This means

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that before sending an infantry unit into a The troops being treated at the 71st
suspected enemy outpost, artillery was used EH also made friends with Bravo 6. One
to rid the area of hostile forces. The sus- patient, John, a 2nd lieutenant, formed a
pected area was a hill, Bravo 6, about two strong attachment to Bravo 6 and wanted
clicks to the northwest of the firebase. to adopt him.
After shelling the area with 155mm artil- Adopting this orphan was problematic
lery, an infantry unit went in to reconnoiter because there were no parents to sign
the area. No adults were found. To their legal papers to allow the adoption to hap-
surprise, they heard a baby crying in the pen.
bushes. Carefully removing the baby and But there was hope and a possible solu-
wrapping the baby in a soldier’s cargo shirt, tion. Starting in 1970, General Creighton
they returned to the firebase. This was the Abrams directed US troops to participate
emergency call to Firebase Delta. in a program known as Vietnamization.
My immediate concern was to determine On the company command level that
if the infant had been injured. My exam meant that US troops were to be ambas-
revealed a vigorous, well nourished, male sadors of goodwill and to assist Vietnam
infant. I estimated his age to be less than to be more self-sufficient. As a battalion
one month. We named him Bravo 6. surgeon this meant making trips to the
The priority at this point was to reconnect Montagnard villages around base camp
him to his parents. We informed the nearby and providing requested medical care
Montagnard villagers that we had this infant mostly in the realm of public health. As a
under our care. We wanted the parents con- result, I got to know many of the village
nected to their child and would grant amnes- chieftains.
ty to them in picking up their baby. One chieftain took an interest in the
The next step was to provide medical and dilemma of this orphaned baby. He and
custodial care to Bravo 6. I called Headquar- his wife were willing to sign papers attest-
ters Battery at base camp and had them call ing that Bravo 6 was their child thus per-
the 71st Evacuation Hospital in Pleiku to Even using underground military chan- mitting a legal adoption to happen.
tell them that I was bringing a baby to their nels, we were unsuccessful in finding par- Upon discharge from the Army, John
facility. When we arrived at the 71st EH, the ents who were missing a baby. Bravo 6 was adopted Bravo 6 and settled him with his
nurses were giddy with excitement. This truly an orphan. family in the United States.
was so much better than treating hypovole- While we were trying to sort out our North Vietnam troops invaded the Cen-
mic shock and chest wounds. I am not sure options, Bravo 6 provided a distraction to tral Highlands in March 1975. The village
if the bottles and nipples they found were the horrors of war. Besides visiting him chieftain and his family came to the Unit-
of US Army supply or if there was a run to a at the hospital, I would bring him to my ed States, and with John’s help both fami-
local store to obtain them. hootch for quiet time. lies were reunited in the same city.

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AND THANK THEM FOR THEIR SERVICE
Thank youand thank them for their service.
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An Ode to the
Korean War
Veterans Club
SUBMITTED BY DON BUSKE
It sits just North of the Broadway bridge,
Grandma’s Kitchen is the place,
Where Veterans of the Korean War,
On Monday mornings, occupy the space.

They talk of times, long since past

Of battles that they fought,
Tales they tell each other,
With memories they thought were lost.

Their numbers were in the hundreds,

But time has taken its toll,
The roll calls, not as many now,
The tables sit half full.

But still they stand and salute the flag,

And recite the Pledge of Allegiance,
Bow their heads in somber prayer,
Then sick call, for those not in attendance.

A might group these Korean Vets,

Their Color Guard outstanding,
Winning awards from many parades,
Their Commander, very demanding.

They attend the Funerals of Departed Vets,

Dressed up in Color Guard attire,
Then give a slow salute of honor, to the fallen soul,
Then wait for the final moment, for TAPS to expire.

Yes, I’m proud to be a member,

Of such a group of men,
Those of us that went to war
If asked, would.. DO IT ALL AGAIN!

We Honor Our Veterans We Support

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Together, Let’s
Honor Our Heroes

We proudly salute the brave men and

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HONORING OUR HEROES

Samuel Amundson Floyd J. Baumler Gerald D. Benjamin Michael T. Benjamin Nathan R. Benjamin Larry D Boken
Navy Army Air Force Army Army Army
WWII 1959 5/5/53 12/1/81 4/4/06 Oct 53 - Oct 55

Duane E. Brown Ralph P. Buske Roger P. Daly Duane R. Defries Lyle T. Engesser Herb M. Erickson
Army Army Air Force Army Navy Army Air Corps
WWII WWII 1958 WWll

DONALD BAKER
(2/23/1921 - 1/22/2020) was drafted on July 18, 1942 and
served in the Army Airforce and Army for 3 years, 2 months
and 27 days. Don earned the rank of Sergeant and served as a
Medic in charge or a small infirmary for 2.5 years. In June of
1945 Sergeant Baker received the following citation: Donald O
Baker, Sergeant, Medical Department, 10th Mountain Medical
Battalion, United States Army. “For meritorious service in
combat on 1 May, 1945 near Torbole, Italy. In thefinal drive
on enemy forces fiercely holding
Lowell (Red) Thompson
their mountainous positions,
many casualties werecaused in
ARMY the treacherous region by intense
Lowell (Red) Thompson entered the U.S. Army in November 1944. His basic mortar and artillery fire. Sergeant
training was at Camp Hood, Texas, where he spent 17 weeks training as a rifle- Baker, member of the litter team,
man, MO 745.
courageously made his way down
His company left California for the Philippines in May 1945, and was stationed at
San Fernando, Pampanga. There, they joined the 207 M.P Company doing guard a perilous trail with his team in
duty for General Krueger, commander of the 6th Army. Peace was signed on the effort toevacuate the wounded.
battleship Missouri on September 2, 1945, with General Krueger in attendance. When the enemy guns had been
Red was on guard duty the night General Krueger returned back to his quarters
in San Fernando and saluted him at 11:00 pm before turning in for the night. knocked o9ut, Sergeant Baker,
Red’s company arrived in Wakayama, Japan, on September 27, 1945. From there, though fatigued from many hours
they took a train to Kyoto to serve occupational duty. They were stationed in Donald Baker of arduous labor, gave his assistance
Kyoto for 12 months, integrated with the 800 M.P Company. While in Kyoto Red Army and successfully delivered the
served as battalion carpenter, electrician, plumber and shoe repairman, a general
maintenance person at the garrison camp. casualties to the aid station where proper treatment was
Red returned to the U.S. in October 1946 and married Eunice in 1947. Together, administered. His noteworthy actions justly warrants the
they raised a family in Rochester, MN. finest respect, confidence and praise. By Command of Major
Submitted by Red and Eunice’s children, Kristine, Nancy, Jill and Jim. General Hays. During his service Donald received the Good
(Note: Dad was drafted into the army in 1944.) Conduct Medal and Bronze Star Medal

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HONORING OUR HEROES

Amy K. Espinoza David G. Espinoza Irvie A. Ferguson Arnold L. Fredriksen Jr. Arnold L. Fredriksen Sr. Robert J. Fuller
Air Force Air Force Army Army Army Air Force
2/23/83 8/1/72 WWII 1957-1959 WWI 1978

Carl L. Gildner Cyril J. Gildner Joe C. Gildner Vincent P. Gildner Wilbur F. Gildner Michael R Fredricksen
Army Navy Army Navy Navy US Army Reserves
WWI WWII WWII WWII WWII Iraq

“There is no
group more
deserving of
our respect and
support than our
Veterans…”

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HONORING OUR HEROES

Matthew L. Guenther Wayne H. Helgeson Randy D. Hofbauer Raymond Holst Roy D. Hurlbut Donald A. Jennings
Marines Navy Air Force Marines Navy Navy
Afghanistan 1946 Presian Gulf WWII WWII WWII

Doris L. Jennings James E. Jennings Merle J. Jennings Wilbur F. Jennings Joyce N. Johnson J. Casey Jones
Navy Army Marines Navy Army Air Force Army
WWII 1948 WWII WWII WWII Desert Storm

Duane D. Jones Chester W. Koehler Franklin P. Kottschade Roger Kreinbring Donley D. Lamberg Austin D. McGee
Army Air Corp Army Army Army Navy Army
WWII KIA WWII Berlin Crisis North Africa 10/31/55 Kuwait

Thank You For

Serving & Sacrificing our Veterans
For Our
Great Country

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Jim Sursely

“My victory is proving that a disability is not a limitation.” After losing an arm and both legs to
a land mine, DAV helped Jim put life back together. Every year, DAV helps more than one million
veterans of all generations in life-changing ways—connecting them to the health, disability, and
financial benefits they’ve earned. Help support more victories for veterans.
Jim Sursely, National Commander DAV, 2005-2023 • DAV’s 1993 Disabled Veteran of the Year
Rochester Lourdes High School Graduate 1996. • Mr. Sursely passed away on May 30, 2021.

The Mayo Southeast Chapter

#28 of the Minnesota Disabled
American Veterans is proud to
support veterans in Southeast
Minnesota. Chapter 28 covers
seven counties in Southeast
Minnesota. Over the past two
years, Chapter 28 has provided:

• Delivered more than $367,000

in local support over the past
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and programs benefiting Veterans
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• Free transportation for veterans to their
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HONORING OUR HEROES

Jordan J. McGee Alex K. McNeill Marvin D. Miller Gerald J. Patzner Wayne L. Rauchenstein Eugene W. Russell
Marines MN Army National Guard Army Army Army Army
11/18/13 Kosovo/Kuwait Persian Gulf WWII WWI

Dwayne E. Schacht John A. Spreiter Duane Caryl Spriestersbach Wayne Lee Spriestersbach Brent R. Stowers Vern & Marge Strauss
Army Air Force Air Force Army Army Air Force CPL/U.S. Army Navy
WWII 1962 WWII WWII 1984 - 1992 WWII

Charles H. Strutzenberg Robert E. Sullivan Leon M. Swendsen Duane Vonch Robert R. Wichser Elmer L. Wellik
Army Army Army Marines Corps Marines Army
WWII WWII WWII Okinama WWII WWII

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V I E T N A M WA R

Carl R. Bassler Jerry G. Clausen James Crawley Richard D. Daly Herb M. Erickson III Dallas S. Finseth
Army Navy Marine Corps Vietnam Air Force Army
Vietnam War Vietnam War Vietnam War Vietnam Vietnam War

Lynn A Franko David R. Fredricksen Merlin F. Hare Dennis W. Hayden Kenneth R. Hurlbut Raymond P. Jennings
Army US Army Army Navy Army Army
Vietnam War Vietnam Vietnam War Vietnam War Vietnam War Vietnam War

Thank You for your service!

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V I E T N A M WA R

Roger Johnson Theodore Johnson Roger C. Juhl James J. Karls Larry W. Koehler Duane A. Koehler Eugene Kreinbring
Marines Army Army Navy Navy Seabees Army Vietnam Air Force
Vietnam War Vietnam War Vietnam War Vietnam War Vietnam War 101st Airborne Vietnam War

Steven A. Law Harvey L. Lovejoy James R. McEvoy Bruce M. Mix David A. Ohm Thomas R. Pritchett Lowell R. Quimby
Army Marines Marines Marines Air Force Air Force Army
Vietnam War Vietnam War Vietnam War Vietnam War Vietnam War Vietnam War Vietnam War

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V I E T N A M WA R

Robert J. Ronningen Joseph W.Rouillard James A. Sanford Roger E. Schwartz Terry J. Severson James F. Shaler
Army Army Army Army Marines Marines
Vietnam War Vietnam War Vietnam War Vietnam War Vietnam War Vietnam War

Gary Stelling Timothy T. Sullivan Merton K. Unnasch Richard F. Ward Dale P. Wellik William D. Widman
Army Navy Army Army Air Force Navy
Vietnam War Vietnam War Vietnam War Vietnam War Vietnam War Vietnam War

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KO R E A N WA R

Harlan P. Aakre Lyle E. Abrahamson Tom A. Adams Ronald D. Ahern John L. Ahmann Dale E. Akkerman David Alexander
Army Army Army Army Army Army Army
Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War

Past Commander 2017

John C. Allen Blaine W. Amann Andy Anderson Gordon L. Anderson Wilbur D. Anderson Edward Appel Francis S. Appel
Army Air Force Army Army Navy Navy Marines
Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War

Clayton W. Arvison Leonard D. Babcock Gerald Bacon George H. Baier Edward L. Bailey Alfred E. Bakken Eugene I. Balow
Army Army Army Army Marines Marines Army
Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War

THANK YOU TO ALL

Soldiers Field Veterans Memorial - Our Flag is still there!
VETERANS FOR YOUR SERVICE!
PROUD TO BE SERVING ROCHESTER FOR 30 YEARS
Veterans: Citizens we honor for doing what must be done.

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VETERANS & EMERGENCY SERVICES MUSEUM Our museum is

To Honor & Educate | Open 24 Hours & Free to the Public donor-funded.

Please use the Contact Us

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Veterans & Emergency Services Museum gives our unwavering thanks and support to the
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KO R E A N WA R

Darwin M. Bang Jerald R. Barnhart Richard E. Bartz Duane W. Baxter Merle E. Bearden Maurice “Pete” Bennett Allan B. Benson
Army Army Army Marines Army Navy Air Force
Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War

Jerome S. Benson Roger E. Berg Mike Bernard DuWayne F. Besaw Roger W. Bestland Dwight E. Bisbey Cayton O. Bishop
Navy Air Force Army Army Air Force Army Army
Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War

Oraine (Ole) Bjugan Arnold Boese John C. Boler Edward R. Boxrud Vernon G. Bredeson Kenneth J. Bremer Arnold Brendalen
Air Force Army Navy Air Force Army Army Army
Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War

To all who served,

WE ARE THANKFUL
FOR YOUR SERVICE
Happy veteran’s day

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KO R E A N WA R

Gerald Bridwell Thomas J. Brogan Kenneth C. Brown Wally Brunswold Joyce Bucher Duane W. Buck Kenneth Buck
Navy Navy Army Army Army Army Army
Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War

Harlan V. Buck Robert J. Buehler Ronald Burnes Gary Burt Wendell Burt Dick Buske Donald L. Buske
Army Army Navy Army Army Navy Navy
Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War

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William G. Buske Kenneth J. Byer Robert Byro Donald O. Callen Gerald L. Campbell Max R. Campbell Charles J. Canfield
Air Force Navy Army Army Army Air Force Navy
Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War

Roger H. Carlson Lorne C. Carlson Gerald Carman Robert Carson Clayton R. Carstensen Eugene R. Cassidy Merjldo Chavez
Army Navy Army Army Army Army Army
Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War

Tony A. Chihak Dale C. Christensen Dale E. Christenson Frank W. Churchward Donovan J. Clarey Myron O. Clercx
Navy Air Force Army Army Navy Army
Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War

Donald Cody Kenneth M. Colbenson Theodore H. Conger Robert J. Cordie Richard L. Cotton Max D. Crowley
Marines Army Army Army Navy Marines
Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War

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Warren E. Cummings Jim M. Daley Ralph J. Danielson Cenell Davis Ray J. Davis Rolland R. Derby
Navy Marines Army Army Air Force Army
Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War

Harold E. DeWitz Robert DeWitz Everett W. DeYoung Dallas N. DeYoung Ronald M. Dickie Harold Dison
Army Army Navy Navy 40 Infantry Army
Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War

Richard H. Dison John Knight Dolan Duane A. Douglas David Downhour Carl Duklet Orris S. Durland
Army Army Air Force Navy Navy Army
Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War

Harold Durst Harold Dvorak Harold A. Eggebraaten Kerwin Engelhart Robert G. Engle David T. Enquist
Army Army Navy Air Force Army Marines
Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War

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Roger C. Erickson Corky Falk Keith A. Fee Hollis D. Feeser Lawrence E. Ferguson Bob Fickbohm
Air Force Army Navy Army Army Army
Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War

Les Fields Wilbur O. Fisher James Fister Thomas J. Flick Al Frahm Martin L. Franko
Air Force Navy Army Army Army Air Force
Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War

Nicholas Frederick Mel Frederick Charles E. Fremstad William D. Fritts Ercell E. Frost II Edward F. Fujan
Army Army Army Army Navy Army
Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War

Current Commander 2018

Richard G. Fuller David Funk Thomas Furr Richard D. Geise Robert D. Geise Duane E. Grafe
Army Navy Army Army Army Navy
Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War

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Past Commander 1999-2001

Les M. Griebenow Kenneth W. Grisim Merlon C. Groth George E. Grubb David A. Guenther Walter T. Halloran
Army Army Marines Air Force Air Force Army
Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War

Richard A. Hamann Raymond J. Grabau Calvin Harwick Wenzel J. Hartl Leo Haubenschild Duane W. Haugen
Army Army Army Army Army Army
Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War

Al J. Havlik Russell M. Hayes Lona J. Hebl Norman E. Hecimovich Thomas Heffernan Donald W. Hegeman
Navy Army Army Army Army Army
Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War

Don Hegland Marvin K. Hemker Edward Heppelmann Dennis L. Herman Calvin J. Herzig Ell Heusinkveld
Army Army Army Army Air Force Army
Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War

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Harvey M. Hiebel Jack E. Higgins William Hoehn Earl R. Hoff Conrad Hoffman Howard E. Holets
Army Air Force Army Air Force Korean War Army
Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War

Past Commander 1996 Past Commander 1997

Robert A. Holets Robert D. Holst Lawrence A. Holtegaard Edison W. Houck Howard E. Hunt George R. Ingalls
Army Army Air Force Marines Army
Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War

Obed Jacobson Gerald F. Jarvis Merlyn W. Jeche Roger T. Jennings Nathan A. Jestness Harlan N. Johnson
Army Navy Army Army Army Army
Korean War Korean War Korean War 1953 Korean War Korean War

Lester E. Johnson Dewey Johnson David Jones Kenneth J. Kappauf John A. Kautz Robert L. Keith
Army Army Army Army Army Navy
Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War

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Sandy Keith Francis E. Kennedy John W. Kerr Kermit N. Ketchum Lloyd Ketterling Herman J. King
Marines Army Air Force Navy Army Air Force
Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War

James L. Klingsporn Milton (Bud) A. Kitzman Paul M. Kitzmann Kenneth J. Knoepke Mervin E. Knutson Orrin L. Knutson
Army Army Army Army Marines Air Force
Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War

Past Commander 1995

Stan L. Koch Robert Koenck Charles A. Koening Edward E. Korbel Jerry R. Korstad George C. Kramer
Navy Army Army Army Army Army
Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War

James Kramer Lewis G. Kramer Jerry Kratz Raymond J. Krolak Lucian “Dick” Kroska Richard C. Kruger
Navy Army Air Force Army Air Force Air Force
Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War

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Past Commander 2009-2014

Paul A. Kruger Leo Kubat Cyril W. Kubista Walter E. Kuhlman Wilbur Laffrenzen Darrel G. Lande
Navy Army Army Army Army Army
Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War

Francis R. Lange Keith Larson Gerald F. Lehnherr Clinton Lerfald Derwin E. Lester Ervin D. Lewandowski
Army Air Force Army Army Army Marines
Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War

Past Commander 2014-2017

Floyd R. Lewis Donald F. Lloyd B.J. Loeffler Bob Loos Arvin O. Lubahn Lyle R. Lubahn
Army Army Army Navy Army Army
Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War

Basil C. Luck Gordon Lukehart Clarence C. Lunde Douglas S. Lybeck William E. Lyke Lyle (Mike) Madsen
Air Force Air Force Air Force Navy Army Air Force
Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War

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Past Commander 1998

William C. Madsen John R. Majors Gerald D. Malagrino George Margellos Bob Marks Victor C. Marquardt
Army Army Army Army Navy Army
Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War

Robert O. Mathieson Bud R. Mattson Robert V. McAlpine Dean McConaughey Kenneth McDonald Lorne McDonald
Air Force Navy Army Army Army Navy
Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War

William A. McFarland Alfred E. McGinnis John R. McGuire Ross McInroy Bill D. McNeil Liewellyn D. Means
Army Navy Air Force Air Force Navy Navy
Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War

Vern R. Meister Louis Mejia Jr. Merlin Mestad Sterling D. Mestad Donald E. Meyer Kenneth F. Millard
Army Army Army Army Air Force Army/Navy
Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War

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Elmer A. Miller Loren S. Milne Richard A. Mitlyng Virgil Moffit Harold F. Mohlke Roald Mona
Air Force Army Air Force Air Force Army Army
Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War

Richard H. Moore Wes Moreland Cephas R. Morley Alan Morton Glenn Mulholland William J. Myers
Army Navy Marines Army Army Air Force
Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War

Lowell F. Narveson Donald E. Nash Lewis C. Needles Roger L. Nelson Charles G Nelson Dave E. Nelson
Army Navy Army Air Force Navy Navy
Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War

Bernard O. Nesler Harvey L. Newkirk David F. Newman Loren Nielson Arvid O. Nietz Daryl G. Nolte
Marines Army Army Army Army Navy
Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War

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Clyde E. Norell David A. Norris Duane C. O’Malley Ralph L. Odden Del F. Ollhoff Warren L. Olsen
Navy Air Force Air Force Army Air Force Army
Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War

Past Commander 1993-94

Archer A. Olson Jerry A. Olson Ted E. Olson James Osmonson Robert D. Ostrom Duane L. Overby
Army Air Force Army Army Navy Navy
Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War

David F. Overend Raymond Ozmun Erwin B. Paavola Patricia A. Pasch Jim Patterson Eugene L. Paulsen
Army Army Army Army Marines/Army Army
Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War

Delano G. Paulson William D. Peabody Joseph Pelletier Donald O. Peterson Floyd L. Peterson Merle J. Peterson
Marines Marines Army Navy Marines Army
Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War

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Norman J. Pipho Donald R. Pischke Kenneth V. Plummer Marvin T. Polikowsky Cletus S. Pollack Leonard E. Porter
Army Navy Navy Army Army Navy
Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War

Frank J. Potratz Warren L. Potter James R. Powers Jim Prechel Donald A. Priebe Vern S. Prouty
Coast Guard Army Army Army Army Navy
Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War

Ed Raasch Burton William Ramaker Glenn Ranfranz William C. Reese Sue L. Register Neil E. Richards
Army Army Army Air Force Navy
Korean War Korean War 1954-1957 Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War

Vincent C. Riccioli John L. Ring Floyd Robb James R. Roberts Thomas S. Robinson Ernest A. Roeber
Navy Army Army Army Marines Navy
Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War

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Marvin G. Rose Eugene Rose Arnold G. Roth E. Jerome Ramstad David O. Rowlands G. Edward Rucker
Navy Navy Navy Army Air Force Navy
Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War

Richard W. Rud Darrell H. Ruesink Wayne R. Ruhl Gary A. Russell Santo S. Russo Delbert C. Rybert
Army Navy Marines Air Force Army Army
Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War

Fred W. Saack Donald A. Sabatke James E. Salsman Roman Salz Norman Sampson Wilbert Sas
Air Force Air Force Marines Army Navy Army
Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War

Robert C. Schlee Ray E. Schliesman Daniel H. Schmidt Donald R. Schreiber Arthur G. Schreiber Eugene K. Schueller
Navy Army Air Force Army Army Air Force
Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War

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Walter Schultz Jack A. Schweitzer Sr. Harold Searles Jr. Ron Seeger Robert J. Seidlitz Richard Severson
Army Air Force Navy Army Navy Army
Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War

Roland R. Shanks Richard G. Sheldon Arland B. Shelstad Glenn A. Siercks Charles D. Smith Merle G. Smith
Army Army Army Navy Army Army
Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War

Sandy R. Smith William A. Smith Jerold S. Snook Lyle D. Solem Duane R. Sparks Clarence Speltz
Army Marines Army Army Air Force Army
Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War

Bob St. John Bill St. Martin Claude D. Stafford Albert L. Stanek Leon Steinkamp William J. Stephenson
Navy Air Force Army Army Army Army
Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War

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Gerald E. Stettler Chub Stewart Darrel Stewart Robert C. Stewart Fred Stussy Gerhardt J. Stueve
Army Coast Guard Air Force Marines Air Force Army
Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War

James G. Sullivan Marshall Sveska Clifford W. Swarthout Elmer D. Tate Ken A. Thamert James Thomford
Army Army Army Army Army Army
Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War

THE KOREAN WAR

VETERANS CLUB
Korean War Veterans Club Trailer
sponsored by Rochester Ford

Donald Frederick Carlson

KOREAN WAR
Donald Frederick Carlson was born June 16, 1931 in Vernon County,
WI. He attended Westby High School. Don enlisted in the USAF in
1951 in Milwaukee, WI. He spent the next four years in the Air Force
during the Korean War. Don was stationed in Nagoya, Japan. He held
the position as a Aircraft Landing Radar Operator for about two years
STANDING L TO R KNEELING L TO R Dick Sonsalla after leaving the Air Force in 1955. He worked at Fairbanks Morse in
Cy Kubista Dick Geise Harlan Johnson Beloit, WI as a Machinist before joining IBM in Chicago for Nineteen
Merlyn Jeche Dave Jones Bob Milbrandt years, working as a customer engineer. While living in Chicago Don
Walt Schultz Rich Fuller Swede Anerson married Arlene J. (Smith). In 1974 Don was transferred to IBM Roch-
Del Ollhoff Frank Churchward Bill McNeil ester. Don had two daughters Marcia (Jim) Thompson of Rochester
Ross McInroy Dave Nelson and Sandra (Gregory) Douglas of St. Charles IL and one step daughter
SETTING L TO R Shelly Shelstad Calvin Harwick Tess (Teresa) Bogar. Don had four grandchildren and five great
Ken Thamert Merle Peterson Sterling Mestad grandchildren. Don remarried Teresa (Glynn) Bogar later in life. Don
Wes Moreland Don Buske Brandon Buckingham, was a member of the Bethel Lutheran Church of Rochester. Don was a
Clete Pollack Gen. Mgr. - Ford member of the Golden K Kiwanis and Rochester Wood Carvers. Don
Harold Dison STANDING L TO R Todd Pisarski, was a very caring and grateful man, he loved living at Reallife Co-Op
Lyle Lubahn Roman Salz Sales Consultant-Driver until his passing June 29, 2022 (91 years)
Ell Heusinkveld Walt Kuhlman (pickup)

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Orland E. Thoreson Robert Thorson Donald F. Timbeross Albin “Bud” Timm Leonard K. Tlougan Tillman S. Treangen
Army Army Army Army Army Army
Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War

Past Commander 2002-08

Donald A. Tri David D. Tweite Wayne R. Uptagrafft Richard T. Utley John C. Van De Walker Roger L. Van Der Heyden
Marines Air Force Army Air Force Navy Army
Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War

Roger Van Veldhuizen Lloyd H. Vehrenkamp Gerald Vettel John D. Wade Howard E. Wagner Edward B. Waldo
Army Army Navy Air Force Army Army
Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War

Kenneth D. Wallace Paul Walsh James F. Ward James L. Warren Gerald P. Watros Kenneth E. Weaver
Army Navy Navy Army Navy Army
Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War

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Kenneth J. Weber J. A. Weichart Donald J. Wendt David S. Whitcomb Robert T. White Bill White
Navy Air Force Air Force Army Air Force Army
Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War

Stan E. Whiting David D. Wicklund Don R. Wiegert Ray Wiersbeck James A. Wignes Gerald W. Williams
Air Force Army Navy Navy Army Army
Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War

Warren Williams George E. Winslow Edward A. Wiorek Lanny Witter Wayne C. Witt Robert J. Witt
Navy Army Air Force Army Navy Marines
Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War

Otto J. Wondrasch Dale Zalky Carl R. Zander Donald E. Zeller Mathew P. Zieringer Charles T. Zimmerman
Army Navy Army Air Force Army Army
Korean War Korean War Korean War Korean War WWII/Korean War/Vietnam Korean War

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KOREAN WAR CLUB DEDICATED TO OUR DECEASED MEMBERS

Harlan P. Aakre Carl Duklet Douglas W. Koepsell Donald A. Quam

Lyle E. Abrahamson Orris S. Durland George C. Kramer Neil L. Richards
Richard A. Allen Harold R. Durst Gerald “Jerry” Kratz Donald Risch - x
Lowell Anderson Milton R. Eatchel Raymond J. Krolak Willis R. Rolsch
Wilber D. “Swede” Anderson George W. Ebert Lucian “Dick” Kroska Robert “Bob” J. Ronnigen
Edwards W. Appel - x Harold A. Eggebraaten Keith W. Larson Arnold Roth
Francis S. Appel David Enquist Virgil H. Lee George E. Rucker
Ronald E. Baker - x Roger C. Erickson Gerald F. Lehnherr - x Wayne R. Ruhl
Rev. Jerald Barnhardt - x Richard Evjen Derwin Lester Victor Rysavy
Merle E. Bearden - x Stephen Faust Donald “Don” Lloyd Fred W. Saack
Walter A. “Walt” Benscoter Keith A. Fee Arvin Lubahn Wilbert Sas
Allen B. Benson Lawrence Ferguson Lyle Lubahn Robert L. Scanlan - x
Milt F. Berg Gerald D. Fitzsimmons - x Bazil C. Luck Earl J. Schillo
Roger E. Berg James A. Fister - x Godfrey K. Luck James T. Schmidt
Myron “Mike” Bernard Allan J. Frahm William Lyke - x Kenneth L. Schroeder
Roger Bestland Melvin Frederick Donald R. “Don” Lyman Walter Allen Schultz
Dwight E. Bisbey Earl E. Freshwater Lyle “Mike” V. Madsen - x Arland “Shelly” B. Shelstad
Clayton O. Bishop Richard “Dick” Fuller George Margellos - x Charles D. Smith
John C. Boler - x Thomas A. “Tom” Furr Gerald D. Malagrino Sandy R. Smith
Robert Borst Richard D. Geise Chris Manahan Richard J. Sonsalla
Edward R. Boxrud Robert S. Geise - x Robert Marks - x Duane Sparks
Gerald Bridwell Bernard E. Goihl Duane C. Martin Robert St. John
Lawrence Brown Lyle E. Gosse Bud R. Mattson Leon B. Steinkamp
Robert Brown Everett A. Grant Donald D. McEnany William “Bill” Stephenson
Robert J. Bueler Lester “Les” Griebenow Al E. McGinnis Howard “Chub” T. Stewart
Lester J. Bunnell Lyle T. Grove Ross E. McInroy John Stockman
Ronald L. Burnes George E. Grubb - x William “Bill” D. McNeil James “Sully” G. Sullivan
Gary Burt Karl F. Haag Vern R. Meister Marshall J. Sveska
Wendell Burt - x Russell Hall Merlin Mestad Clifford Swarthout
Richard Buske - x Lawrence A. Hamre Sterling D. Mestad Richard P. Sweeney
Kenneth J. Byer Wenzel “Jay” Hartl Robert L. Milbrandt Kenneth D. Swift
Robert O. Byro - x Leonard Hartwich Kenneth P. Millard Orland E. Thoreson
Gerald L. Campbell Calvin T. Harwick Virgil K. Moffit Dick Thune
Henry M. Canale Leonard Hartwick Harold F. Mohlke Leonard Tlougan
Charles Canfield Leo L. Haubenschild Russell J. Monsoon Wayne R. Uptagrafft
Joseph Canney Norman E. Hecimovich Richard H. Moore Eugene “Jim” Van Lith
Gerald “Jerry” B. Carman Ellsworth “Eli” Heusinkfeld - x James A. Mueller Lloyd Vehrenkamp
Robert L. Carson Edward W. Higgins Glenn E. Mulholland John D. Wade
Eugene R. Cassidy Phil Hitchcock Lewis C. Needles Howard E. Wagner
Donald L. Cavey Robert “Bud” Holst - x Colonel N. Nemec Edward “Ted” Waldo
Robert Chase Dwain A. Hoops Harvey Newkirk Kenneth D. Wallace
Merjildo Chavez Herman Hormel David F. Newman Paul R. Walsh
Adolph “Tony” Chihak Edison W. Houck* - x Arvid O. Nietz James Ward James Ward
Dale Christenson Ann R. Huey - x Clyde D. Norell Dale P. Welik
Harold Christensen Betty Ann Hylden Warren L. Olsen David S. Whitcomb
Richard M. Christenson George R. Ingalls Richard A. Olson - x Stanley “Stan” E. Whiting
Justic D. Clark - x Obed Jacobson Robert D. Ostrom* - x Robert T. White
William Clark - x Gerald F. Jarvis Duane Overby James Wignes – x
Forrest Claussen Merlyn W. Jeche David F. Overend George E. Winslow
Myron Clercx Roger T. Jennings Frank C. Ozman Robert J. Witt
Robert B. Cooper Harlan N. Johnson Erwin B. Paavola Otto J. Wondrasch
Ted H. Conger Lester E. Johnson Patricia Pasch Roger Young
Dale J. Crowley David H. Jones Eugene L. Paulsen Donald E. Zeller
Max D. Crowley Paul G. Jordan WN. D. Peabody Charles T. Zimmerman
James M. Daley Keneth J. Kappauf John “Jack” R. Pendleton x - Charter Member
Ralph Danielson Donald J. Kaster Floyd L. Peterson *Past Commander
Thomas De St. Jean Fred Klutz Donald Pischke
Robert DeWitz Orrin Knutson Jack L. Platt - x
Duane A. Douglas Robert “Bob” Koenck Francis Pulford - x

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