[GreenKeys] 2025 MEMORIAL DAY
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Mon May 26 15:01:15 EDT 2025
ATTENTION ALL: - - - -^1^1
THIS LIST WAS STARTED BY GEORGE W7TTY HUTCHISON (SK) A WHILE BACK,
AND I HAVE BEEN EXHORTED TO CONTINUE THE TRADITION WHICH I WILL
PROUDLY PRESERVE AND MAINTAIN.
I HAVE INCLUDED PAST COMMENTS FROM INDIVIDUALS BELOW.
THIS IS THE 2025 MEMORIAL DAY, MONDAY MAY 26TH ITTY VETERANS'
LIST.
THIS LIST IS OPEN TO ALL VETERANS OF THE U.S. MILITARY SERVICE.
THOSE WHO SERVED IN THE MERCHANT MARINE ARE ELIGIBLE, AS ARE THOSE
WHO BELONGED TO UNITS WHOSE EXISTENCE ARE NOT TO BE DISCUSSED.
PLEASE SEND YOUR NAME, RANK, BRANCH, AND THE DATES AND WE WILL
GLADLY ADD YOUR INFORMATION.
ALSO - IF THERE ARE ANY ADDITIONS, CORRECTIONS OR DELETIONS, PLEASE
LET ME KNOW.
E-MAIL ADDRESS IS TIL128 AT JUNO.COM
THANKS TO -ALL- FOR YOUR SERVICE TO AMERICA.
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FROM: HTTPS://WWW.VA.GOV/OPA/VETSDAY/VETDAY_FAQ.ASP
Q. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN VETERANS DAY AND MEMORIAL DAY?
A. MANY PEOPLE CONFUSE MEMORIAL DAY AND VETERANS DAY. MEMORIAL DAY
IS A DAY FOR REMEMBERING AND HONORING MILITARY PERSONNEL WHO DIED IN
THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY, PARTICULARLY THOSE WHO DIED IN BATTLE
OR AS A RESULT OF WOUNDS SUSTAINED IN BATTLE. WHILE THOSE WHO DIED
ARE ALSO REMEMBERED, VETERANS DAY IS THE DAY SET ASIDE TO THANK AND
HONOR ALLTHOSE WHO SERVED HONORABLY IN THE MILITARY - IN WARTIME OR
PEACETIME. IN FACT, VETERANS DAY IS LARGELY INTENDED TO THANK LIVING
VETERANS FOR THEIR SERVICE, TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS
TO OUR NATIONAL SECURITY ARE APPRECIATED, AND TO UNDERSCORE THE FACT
THAT ALL THOSE WHO SERVED - NOT ONLY THOSE WHO DIED - BUT ALSO THOSE
WHO HAVE SACRIFICED AND DONE THEIR DUTY.
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THE VETERANS' 2025 HONOR ROLL...
ABEL MARTINEZ, IT2, USNR - GULF WAR
AL TIPSWORD - CTM2 - US NAVAL SECURITY GROUP
ALBERT LAST, E-5,US ARMY, ASA 1964-1970 FT. MONMOUTH, VINT HILL
FARMS VA, SINOP TURKEY, STRATCOMM, DAVIS CA - W6GSQ
ALEX MENDELSOHN AI2Q, SP5, U.S.ARMY - 1965 - 1971 QUI NHON, DA NANG,
AND PLEIKU VIET NAM
ANDREW T. SEKELY, SGT. USMC 1965-70, SFC U.S.ARMY (RET) 1970-86
AUBREY J. SHELDON, SFC(RET'D), U.S. ARMY SECURITY AGCY, 1961 - 1981
(VIET NAM, MAR 1970 - SEPT 1971)
BILL BYTHEWAY, CAPT., USAF - KH SERIES SATELLITE OPS
BILL CROMWELL - USN ENFN VIET NAM, WESTPAC, PEARL - 1966 TO 1969
BILL RICHES, A1C, USAF - RADIO REPAIR - TEXAS, OREGON, ATHENS,
TRIPOLI, LIBYA, 1960-1964
BOB ROEHRIG, SP-4, U.S. ARMY
BRIAN A. JERKELUND, TSGT, USAF
BRUCE GENTRY - SGT., AIR FORCE COMMUNICATIONS SVC -USAF 1969 - 1973
BYRON CANNON - USAF/USN - SSGT - KOREA
CAROLL 'GENE' KLINGER, ADR2 (AC), USN - VIETNAM
CHARLES F. HOUSE, CAPT. (SC) USN - WWI, WWII, KOREA
CHARLES W. HODGE - AVCM - USN, 1964-1994
CHARLES MORRIS, W7HDF, FORMERLY K6RCB US NAVY, ASW OPERATIONS
AVIATION ET, P2 NEPTUNE CW/VOICE OPS, THEN SWITCHED TO "MITE" RTTY
GEAR.
CRAIG MC CARTNEY, SSGT, USAF 1966 - 1970
CRAIG ZELLER, WA6EKP, SGT., USASSG, ACSI, DA
DANIEL JONES AT2 (E5) USN 2000-2004
DARRYL LEDDEN - US ARMY SP4 - 167 SIG. CO. SETAF, ITALY, 1972-1976
DAVID C. FREED, MSG, US ARMY SIGNAL CORPS, 1965 - 1988 (RETIRED)
DAVID GEORGE, AE2 (AC) USN - VIETNAM
DAVID GUILBEAU, BM3, USN - GULF WAR
DAVID JULIAN, SGT, AIR FORCE, 1976-80
David Stickelman Major Army Signal Corps 1987 - 2023(KF6KAT)
DON ALLMON TEM2 US NAVY KOREA
DON CUNNINGHAM, RM2, U.S.NAVY
DON R. HOUSE, AX2 (AC) USN - VIETNAM
DONALD F. HOUSE, LT, USNR - WWII
DOUG HENSLEY, RM2, USN 1965-71; TSGT, USAF, 30474, 1974-78, VIET NAM
DUNCAN M. BROWN - USASA SP6 - 1966 TO 1970 - VIET NAM
ED SHARPE SGT USAF AFCS 70-74
ED TANTON, SGT, US ARMY 1968 US ARMY FINALLY SGT E5 EARLY OUT FOR
SCHOOL 1970
EDWARD J. WHITCRAFT ADJC (AC) USN - WWII, KOREA, VIETNAM
EDWARD M. HICKEY, FTG3, USN - VIETNAM
FRANCIS SUROVEC - RM2 - USCG - USCGC BLACKHAW - VIET NAM
FRANK NICHOLS, RM1, USN - VIETNAM
GENE BLACKBURN ETN2 USNR NHNF/NIIZ 1966-1968 \ GEORGE A. ENGEMAN,,
FTG2(SS) USN, SUBPAC & SUBLANT
GEORGE HUTCHISON,(SK) ET1(SS), U.S. NAVY - POLARIS BOAT, WESTPAC
GEORGE J. SLINEY, US NAVY, - 1968-1976, SERVED AS AN ET-1 WORKING ON
RADAR, CRYPTO, AND COMM SYSTEMS. VOLUNTEER ABOARD THE USS IOWA B-61.
GIL SMITH, AF7EZ, ELECTRONICS ENGINEER
GLENNON A. GALATI, MSGT USAF(22YRS), USAF JULY 1961 THRU 0CT 1983
GRC TECH PHILLIPINES, VIET NAM 66-67
GREG MENGELL - GOV'T INVESTIGATOR - MANY YEARS
GREG MOORE, RM2, U.S. NAVY 1965-70 VIET NAM
GREGORY W. MOORE - RM2 USN - 1965-1971 (VIETNAM)
HAL AVESON LUDLOW - SEAMAN 1ST CLASS, COAST GUARD, JULY 27, 1943 -
MARCH 26, 1946
HERB GRAEBER - RM1 - U.S. NAVY - 1963-1969
HOWARD L RITTER, JR, COL, USAF, 1967-1991
HOWARD WEEKS, MAJ, ARMY SIGNAL CORPS, 1961 - 1981
JAMES C. BRADSHAW, BTFN, U.S. NAVY
JAMES T. TANTON - USAF A1C - TTY REPAIR - 27 AUG 68 TO 7 FEB 1971
JAMES TOVET, U.S. ARMY, THE 70'S
JASON LYMAN, SSGT, U.S. ARMY SPEC FORCES - IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN, FT.
BRAGG, JBLM LEWIS-MCCHORD
JEFFREY ANGUS, WA6FWI, ELECTRONICS TECH/DESIGNER, COLD WAR THRU GULF
WAR
JERRY LOCKETT, SEAMAN RECRUIT, U.S.NAVY
JIM HAMMOCK, KI0DN, GYSGT, USMC (RET) - 1975 - 1995
JIM PLUMMER, SGT, USAF
JIM TAYLOR, CTR2 USNR SECURITY GROUP KAMI SEYA/YOKOSUKA FORMER OP
KA2KS, KA2NY/N0HSX
JOE DUERBUSCH, RM2, U.S. NAVY, USS INTREPID NBQK VIETNAM
JOE DUSZYNSKI, US AIR FORCE FROM 84 TO 92
JOE LEITSCH, SGT. AIR FORCE COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE, USAF, 1966-1969.
JOHN BURCH, FTG2, U.S. NAVY, SOUTHEAST ASIA
JOHN C. (CHUCK) MC CLURG, SSG(RET'D), 320TH ASA BN, GERMANY 1962-
1963 RTTY OP/REPAIR, 221 ARMD NVNG, 1964-1993 RADIO REPAIR
JOHN GARRETT - US ARMY - 8 MAY 64 TO 12 MAY 67
JOHN KOSTER, SGT US ARMY, FORT LEONARD WOOD, MO, FT JACKSON SC, FORT
BENNING, GA, CAMP CASEY, ROK, AS 04C40 IN 1967. W9DDD (FORMER K9QYM)
JOHNPAUL HARRIS, SP4, MEDIC, GERMANY, 1968-70.
JOSEPH DEANGELO, HMCM (SEAL) USN - VIETNAM
JOSEPH W. MONTANO, SGT USAF 1982-1993 AND 1994-1997 USAFRES
KEVIN N. REILLY, SGT.(E-4), U.S. AIR FORCE, MAY 1976 MARCH 1981.
CONNECTICUT AIR NATIONAL GUARD, SEPTEMBER 1988 SEPTEMBER 1994.
SPECIALTY CODE 304X6
LARRY GODEK, SSGT, USAF, 1959 - 1968 AIRCRAFT MAINT., ZI AND EUROPE
LARRY J. PARKS, SP4, SIG CORPS, U.S.ARMY
LEE BRADLEY, MGYSGT USMC 1953-83 VIET NAM AMONG MANY OTHER PLACES.
LEROY W. (SKIP) OSBORN, CAPT., USAF SAMSO, LAAFS, 1968 - 1972 K2RJF
LESTER VEENSTRA, W8YCM, CTM1 US NAVAL SECURITY GROUP USN 67 - 73
USNR 73 - 83 CIVILIAN DOD CONTRACTOR FOR COMMUNITY LAST POSTING RAF
MENWITH HILL UNTIL RETIREMENT 2012
LOUIS RUIZ, IT1, USN - GULF WAR
MARVIN COLLINS, W6OQI USNR, 1953 - 1961, CT1, COMMUNICATIONS
TECHNICIAN FIRST CLASS
MIKE HELTBORG. W7NPA US ARMY 1970 - 1971 FORD ORD, CALIFORNIA ARMY
SECURITY AGENCY
MICHAEL NATION, LT, USNR - VIET NAM
DAVID STICKELMAN, MAJOR ARMY SIGNAL CORPS, 1987-2023
PAUL PENNINGTON, MSG, US ARMY (RET) 1962-1982 - VIETNAM
PAUL PICKING, SGT, USAF 1970-73, MSGT, OHIO ANG 1974-1995
PERRY BALLINGER, ET2, USN, ETCS(RESERVES)
RALPH IRISH - USN RM3 - USS HANCOCK NWLD - COLD WAR - 1957 TO 1961
RANDY GUTTERY - USN - SUBMARINE TENDERS (FAIR SKIES, RANDY)
RAYMOND COTE - USN ET1(SS) - USN - SUB SERVICE, VIET NAM ERA
RICHARD DAVIS RM1 (SS) SUBMARINE SERVICE 60-72 K8PJQ
RICHARD F. HOUSE, LT, USNR - VIETNAM
RICHARD M. GILLINGHAM A1C USAF 1963 - 1967
RICHARD MCCLUNG, SMSGT (SPOOK), U.S. ARMY - DESERTS AND JUNGLES
RICHARD SCHUMANN KN7SFZ, SGT., USAF, GROUND POWER 1965-1971
ROBERT MCCONNELL, RM2, U.S. NAVY - 1969-77 - VIETNAM
ROBERT P. HIEMENZ - USN IC3 - 1966 T0 1969
ROBERT R. SMITH, SP4, U.S. ARMY, 97TH SIGNAL BATTALION, GERMANY,
OCTOBER 1958 - MARCH 1962
ROBERT S. SCHAEFER - SP5 P2 - U.S. ARMY - 1960-1963 - GERMANY
ROBERT W. DOWNS, CWO4, U.S. NAVY RET'D - VIET NAM - 1964 TO 1996
RON KOLARIK, ATR3, USN - VIETNAM
ROY MORGAN, LCDR, USN, 1966 - 1988, ATLANTIC ASW HELOS
RUDOLF "ANDY" WILLIAMS, AT1, U.S. NAVY
RYAN P. SCOTT, N7QJ USCG, 1991-1994 RADIOMAN 3RD CLASS USCGC ACTIVE
- NRTF USED A MODEL 40 TELEPRINTER FOR ENCRYPTED COMMS.
SCOTT FREEBERG , RM2 US NAVY - WESTPAC
SCOTT JOHNSON, SMSGT, USAF/USAFR/ANG, MAC/SAC/AMC/AFRL 1984-2012
RETIRED
SCOTT PASTOR, CPT, U.S.ARMY 2005 - PRESENT. AFGHANISTAN
SCOTT V. JOHNSON, W7SVJ, REGISTERED P.E., SCOTTSDALE, AZ.
SHELDON DAITCH, SP-5, U.S. ARMY
STEVE CAMPBELL, USMC 1968-1974, USAF 1981-1999, SOUTHEAST AND
SOUTHWEST ASIA
STEPHEN M. RIPPER, LCDR, USN/USNR
STEPHEN REBER (STEVE), SGT., USAF
STEVE GARRISON - SSGT - USAF - 1966-1970
STEVE SHUMAKER / US AIR FORCE SECURITY FORCES (LE) AND AFOSI / SEP
73 - AUG 85
T. ANTHONY MEIER, QM2, USN - VIETNAM
THOMAS R. KELLY II, SRA USAF ACTIVE 2013-2018 STATIONED AT LACKLAND
AFB, SAN ANTONIO TX; KEESLER AFB, BILOXI MS, AND NELLIS AFB NV, 99TH
AIR BASE WING, AIR COMBAT COMMAND.
THOMAS TILLSON, SP4, 319TH USASA BN, GERMANY, 1962 - 1965, TTY
REPAIRMAN
VIRGIL BIERSCHWALE, RM3, USS W S SIMS FF-1059 1976 - 1982
WALT VAN ARSDALE K5SXO, LTC USA (RET), 1965 - 1993 BERLIN VIET NAM
WARREN D. MONTANO, 1ST LT US ARMY, KOREA, DECEASED
WAYNE DURKEE, SGT (E4), USAF, 1964-68
WILBUR H. TURNER, LT(JG), USNR - VIETNAM
WILLIAM BAHLAU ATCS (AC) (SEAL) USN - VIETNAM, GULF WAR
WILLIAM WUTTKE, MSGT, USAF (RETIRED), 1965 - 1986 DANANG 1968,
PHILIPINES, AUTOPILOT TECH, GROUND RADIO TECH - KE3BK
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ALL U.S. VETERANS - - THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE FROM ITTY
COMMENTS BELOW UPDATED 6 DEC 2024.
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FROM SHERRY GUTTERY - - -
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR EFFORTS IN KEEPING THIS LIST GOING. I AM
STILL TIED UP AT WORK BUT I CHECK THROUGH EVERY SO OFTEN.
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FROM D.R. LEGENDRE - - -
THANK YOU ALL, EACH AND EVERY ONE..
AMERICANS DON'T BOW TO ANYONE, BUT I'D BEND A KNEE ANY DAY, FOR YOU
AND ALL OF YOUR COMRADES.
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AND FROM MOUNDS, OKLAHOMA....
FROM MARK HALL, KE5LIB - TO VETERANS HERE WITH US AND ALL ACROSS
THIS LAND
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. MAY GOD BLESS AND KEEP ALL OF YOU.
I COME FROM A LONG LINE OF MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE SERVED OUR COUNTRY
PROUDLY, AND I AM INDEBTED TO THEM NOT ONLY FOR MY FREEDOM, BUT WHO
I AM.
I AM COMPLETING STUDIES FOR MY ASSOCIATE DEGREE SCIENCE OF NURSING
RN, AND WILL FOLLOW IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF TWO AUNTS AND AN UNCLE WHO
SERVED AS NURSES AND MEDIC IN WWII AND KOREA.
MOST OF MY TRAINING HAS BEEN IN VETERANS ADMINISTRATION HOSPITALS,
AND I AM HONORED TO SERVE THOSE WHO NEED OUR HELP, PRAYERS,AND
SUPPORT NOW.
I SALUTE YOU FOR HONORING OUR VETERANS, AND AM HUMBLY GRATEFUL YOU
INCLUDED MY WORDS.
MAY GOD BLESS AND KEEP YOU, GOOD SIR.
RESPECTFULLY YOURS, MARK HALL, LPN/SN KE5LIB MOUNDS, OKLAHOMA USA
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FROM RICHARD KNOPPOW - - -
THIS WAS STILL CELEBRATED AS ARMISTICE DAY WHEN I WAS IN GRAMMAR
SCHOOL.
WE STILL MADE PAPER POPPIES. IT WAS NOT UNTIL YEARS LATER THAT I
UNDERSTOOD THE POPPIES.
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TO ALL OUR VETS:
A GREAT BIG THANK YOU FROM ME AND MY FAMILY!
AND THANKS ALSO TO GEORGE, FOR PUBLISHING THIS VETERANS LIST EVERY
YEAR.
GIL SMITH, AF7EZ, GREENKEYS MODERATOR, (AND MY SON, WHOSE VANITY IS
NOW K7EZX, AND IS HAPPY HE NOW HAS "COOL" PHONETICS)
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FROM DOWN UNDER, DAVE HORSFALL, VK2KFU WRITES:
AND FROM THIS AUSSIE, WHOSE PARENTS WERE IN THE RAF AND BROTHERS IN
THE RAAF.
TODAY IS REMEMBRANCE DAY - LEST WE FORGET.
AND ON 23 MAY 2015 HE ADDS: "THOSE WHO DON'T UNDERSTAND SECURITY
WILL SUFFER"
ADDED 11 NOVEMBER 2015 DAVE AND RICHARD KNOPPOW WRITE -
AND HONOURED AS REMEMBRANCE DAY IN EUROPE/AUSTRALIA, NZ/ETC... THEY
SHALL NOT GROW OLD, AS WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD..
AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM, NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN AT THE GOING DOWN OF
THE SUN, AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.
LEST WE FORGET
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FROM NORM, WB7WEQ - I ALSO WANT TO THANK ALL VETERANS HERE AND
ABROAD AND THE SOLDIERS WHO HAVE AND ARE KEEPING US SAFE AND FREE
BACK HERE ON OUR SHORES.
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09 NOV 2014 - SHERRY GUTTERY WRITES:
THANK YOU SEEMS SO INSUFFICIENT - BUT I THANK ALL OF OUR VETERANS
FOR YOUR SELFLESS SERVICE FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART.
S/ SHERRY GUTTERY
SHERRY, THANK YOU FOR BEING BEHIND RANDY AS HE HELPED KEEP THE BOATS
OPERATIONAL. THE TENDERS MADE SERIOUS REPAIRS EASY. THE GRANT LOST A
STEAMCHEST THROTTLE BODY WHILE ON PATROL, MAKING FULL TACTICAL AC
POWER UNAVAILABLE. WE DID NOT HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF WELDING THE
CRACKED CASTING, BUT THE BEST MACHINIST MATE TRIED. THE TENDER "GOT
'ER DONE!" (AFTER WE GOT BACK).
ED NOTE: RANDY LEFT THIS WORLD HIS WEBSITE, WWW.TENDERTALE.COM, AS A
LEGACY COMMEMORATING THE NAVY'S SUBMARINE TENDERS WHICH SO ABLY
SUPPORTED THE U.S. SUBMARINE FLEET FOR MORE THAN 100 YEARS.
THEY ARE NO MORE AS WE WHO VENTURED FORTH ON SUBS KNEW THEM. A SAD
LOSS!!
S/ G. HUTCHISON - ET1(SS) USS ASPRO, AGSS-309, AND USS ULYSSES S.
GRANT, SSBN-631 (BLUE CREW-4 PATROLS).
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PAUL D. WILLS - I SEND MY THANKS TO EVERYONE ON THE LIST!
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A NOTE FROM CHRIS ELMQUIST UPDATES HIS 15 NOV 2012 NOTE AS FOLLOWS:
"THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE". THERE ARE STILL SOME OF US WHO
KNOW WHAT IT MEANS AND APPRECIATE SO MUCH THE SACRIFICES THAT YOU
MADE.
S/ CHRIS N0JCF --CHRIS ELMQUIST
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JEFFREY ANGUS ADDS THE FOLLOWING ON 05/21/2015:
"I HAVE ALWAYS SUPPORTED VETERANS.
WITHOUT GETTING POLITICAL, THE PROBLEM IS THAT OUR GOVERNMENT HAS
ALWAYS NOT SUPPORTED THEM, WHICH IS A TRAGEDY. UNDERFUND EVERYTHING
EXCEPT THE WARS."
"THANK YOU FOR SERVING."
JEFF - WA6FWI
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11/9/2014 - DAVID EFFA, WD9ITR WRITES:
GOD BLESS TO ALL OF YOU THAT HAVE SERVED OUR COUNTRY!
WITH GREAT RESPECT,
-DAVE
ON 30 MAY 2016 DAVE APPENDS HIS COMMENT WITH:
"AMEN"
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