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Service Above Self

Service Above Self. Saluting our Veterans .

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Service Above Self

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  1. Service Above Self Saluting our Veterans

  2. Every day we live, we live because of the sacrifices of American war veterans. We celebrate Veterans Day to remember those who know better than anyone the horror of war is nothing to celebrate. No day is a day to be thankful for war, yet, because of the courage of those who answered the call to war, when they deeply preferred life without war, we have much to be thankful for. The day to celebrate will come when we can finally say the sacrifice of soldiers is no longer required.-Bob Sweigert, Sierra Sun columnist

  3. Tom & Paula Alston • CDR Tom Alston (Husband of Rotarian Paula Alston) served in the United States Navy from 1978-1998 as a aviation maintenance officer.  Over his 20 year career, he served aboard 4 air craft carriers in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans, as well as Navy bases in Norfolk, Jacksonville and Oakland.  He is a plank owner on the USS John C. Stennis.  He received his masters degree from the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, in 1986.  Paula also served in the USN from 1978-1983 as a cryptology technician. Shown in the photo with CDR Alston and Paula, is their daughter, Brett, who was 12 at the time and an unknown Admiral. 

  4. Al Bowman • Served in the U.S. Navy from 1950 to 1954 with two combat tours in Korea aboard the USS LSMR 412 YN2, taken in Sasebo, Japan, 1952

  5. John Brown • Retired from the U.S. Army Reserves with the rank of Colonel in 1992 Commander of training brigade in the 80th Division of the Army Reserves. On assignment in Germany as a tank platoon leader with the 2d Armored Cavalry

  6. Lee Brown • Served in World War II and was stationed in Europe in the Combat Engineering Battalion of the 35th infantry divisionLanded on Omaha Beach one month after D-DayWhen the war ended, he was sitting near the Elbe River waiting for the RussiansOn the way home from the war he was promoted to second lieutenant Lee celebrated his 96th birthday in October

  7. Roger Brown (husband of Susan Brown) • Served 4 years and was stationed in Iceland

  8. Hank Johnson • Joined the Massachusetts National Guard 101st infantry regiment in 1948Attended Massachusetts Military Academy, 1951-1952Commissioned 2nd Lt March 1952 USARPromoted to 1st Lt. 1955 USARDischarged USAR 1959

  9. Jim Johnson • Served two years in the U.S. Army as an Infantry officer. “In my two years in the Army I got to drive across the country 4 times (3 different routes), spend 6 months in Germany (3 in Berlin during the Berlin crisis) and get to see the northwest.   I got a great education.” At Fort Lewis, Washington in 1963

  10. Joe Jones • After a hard day at Jump School Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan in April 1968

  11. Greg Lemmond • US Army, coming back from a long patrol 1987 in Germany Taken at an airbase in England

  12. Carl McDaniels • U.S. Navy from 1952-1956 We served in the East Coast area till mid-1954 when I was transferred to head up the Education Program at the U S Naval Prison in Portsmouth, N.H. There isn't much more to tell, except I was glad to go back to civilian life after 4 years in the Navy.  Photo taken in 1953 while stationed at Guantanamo Bay Cuba with the Mobil Construction Battalion ONE (better know as MCB # 1)

  13. Clyde Smythers • SGT, U.S. ArmyActive Duty: 1972, Ft Knox, KentuckyReserves: 1972-78, 2174th USAG, Radford Arsenal

  14. Thomas “T.O.” Williams • Went from Virginia Tech to pilot training in the Air Force.  Spent 27 years plus flying (jets, special operations gunships and sneaky pete planes), from the Cuban Missile Crisis to 29 months of combat service in Vietnam • The Pentagon was a challenging place to work, but Director of Operations for the 1st Air Force Special Operations Wing was the epitome.  • Retired and came back to Virginia Tech in the Alumni Association as liaison to the Corps of Cadets and responsibility for Cadet Alumni Affairs. Frances went with me everywhere I was assigned except Vietnam.  She said while she was impressed with my promotions, when I made Colonel, she assumed the rank of General.  Receiving awards from a 4-star General Kingstonfor serving together in Khartoum, Sudan, Africa. 

  15. Gene Wilson • Deputy Commandant of the VT Corps of Cadets from 1983 to 1993In the Army, overseas service included Korea, Alaska, Vietnam, and GermanyAttended the Army's career courses to include the U.S. Army War College, where he ended his 30 years of Army service as a Faculty Member

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