PHOTOS: Saluting our Veterans

Kenneth Metz Wilcox Little Rock, Arkansas
First picture is of my dad Thurston Townsend on his 90th birthday this year could not celebrate because of Covid so we had people mail him cards. Second picture Thurston Townsend basic training 1950 reading mail from home. He resides in Tuscaloosa Alabama.
Our son Sgt. Jason Haworth, Baghdad, Iraq, March 22, 2006. US Army Military Police.
Randy Meneweather II, 2LT Air Force
ARMY Veteran Tina Bailey
My father, Calvin Pope, WWII, USN
Our son Sgt. Jason Haworth, Baghdad, Iraq, March 22, 2006. US Army Military Police.
Official photo 1996
This is my son and his best friend taken 2002 and 2004 respectively.
Veteran. COL Andrea Gayle-Bennett PA-C in the MA Army National Guard. Deployed to Iraq in 2009. Served over 35 years. Photo Taken in 2011
This is my son and his best friend taken 2002 and 2004 respectively.
This is my son and his best friend taken 2002 and 2004 respectively.
My dad, my hero, a man of integrity and a WWII Army Vet. Gone but not forgotten.
This is My Brother In Law Master Sergeant Kenneth Adams of the 82nd Airborne. He served for 24 yrs in the Army and survived 3 World Tours.
My late grandfather, John F. Dillon, who was a pilot in the Air Force during the Vietnam and Korean Wars and flew in Operation Rolling Thunder. He passed away this September, may he Rest In Peace.
Michael Washington, Tsgt. Air Force
My late grandfather, John F. Dillon, who was a pilot in the Air Force during the Vietnam and Korean Wars and flew in Operation Rolling Thunder. He passed away this September, may he Rest In Peace.
My Vietnam photo’s taken in 70-71 on the DMZ
Dad’s Military Service/Michigan State Legislature
My Vietnam photo’s taken in 70-71 on the DMZ
My Vietnam photo’s taken in 70-71 on the DMZ
My Vietnam photo’s taken in 70-71 on the DMZ
My Dad Edward W. Garvey USN Chief Petty Officer.
Leon Goodman WWII Veteran. US Army from 1941 to 1945 from the Bronx Ny
VietNam. 1967-68
My son graduating Nuke School 2003
My Vietnam photo’s taken in 70-71 on the DMZ
My Vietnam photo’s taken in 70-71 on the DMZ
First picture is of my dad Thurston Townsend on his 90th birthday this year could not celebrate because of Covid so we had people mail him cards. Second picture Thurston Townsend basic training 1950 reading mail from home. He resides in Tuscaloosa Alabama.
My dad in uniform 1944 and in his layer years
daughter during a recent training week preparing to be deployed in May to Kuwait
#VeteransDay2020 Me and my Grandpa. May he Rest In Peace. #11/02/2016
Ben Rudin WW2
My sister. January 2020. Retired CW3 Treva Jackson
My son George Nilsson during Desert Storm
Photo of Matt Fasanella taken May, 1964.
My son Harley, in the Navy
My dad Carmine W. Fiore: ACTIVITY DURING WWII ~ SERVED 1942-1944 IN ENGLAND, NORTH AFRICA, SICILY AND ITALY INCLUDING THE CAMPAIGN AT MOUNT CASSINO. HE RECEIVED THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN RIBBON AND 3 BATTLE STARS. HE WAS WITH THE FIRST CONTINGENT OF AMERICAN SOLDIERS TO REACH ENGLAND AT THE OUTSET OF THE WAR AND SERVED WITH THE 125TH FIELD ARTILLERY UNDER GENERAL MONTGOMERY.🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Richard Martin United States Army 1968
My father Joseph A Carosella (on the left) USCG WWII Possibly Hawaii
Grandfathers WWII
My dad, photo taken 1975
My two favorite Marines the Plaza Brothers Jonathan 2 Joshua congratulation to ALL Veterans. Signed proud mom
My brother Cpt. John Nilsson, Combat Engineer. RIP 2015
Grandfather
Afghanistan 2015 Our VetrN💞💞
1945 February. Warren Melrose in U.S. Navy WW2
My older brother, Wm. R. Thygerson’s graduation from USMC West Point in June, 1968. (Captain Thygerson, now retired, after 2 tours in Viet Nam with the US Army. Just celebrated his 50th wedding anniversary with his wife, Lucille Pelligrino Thygerson!
James R Newkirk World War II veteran
My father, Master Sargent Alver J. Partridge, Vietnam, 1968 (Alver is spelled correctly)
My grandson 💙 JAKOB COLE ATON (A in Aton is long a sound) was an Army Soldier stationed in Fort Hood, Texas, when he was killed on his 22nd birthday when he had stopped at a car wreck trying to help them and was hit by another car and killed this year on his birthday, 8-12-2020. He is from Science Hill, Ky. We, his family are morning his death so desperately bad. If you could PLEASE honor him for for giving his live on his birthday ❤️, trying to help someone, on this VETERANS DAY, PLEASE‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️ Thank you so much.
Pvt Claude Napier WW II Purple Heart and 2 bronze stars Pineville, KY
Candace Lightsey US Navy Petty Officer
DANIEL Rudin Iraq
My son, Petty Officer 3rd Class Montgomery
My father Edward Kontul 1942
First week in the army 1982
Veteran date picture 12-1993 Our son Andrew Marshall 9 years in the Navy on a fast attack submarine. He was a 1st class in the nuclear program
Taken at Fort Bellevoure
My parents Helen (Helander) and Urban Rundblad. Both served in WWII.
U.S. Navy Bootcamp Great Lakes,IL , September 1995
WWII. 1943
IC2 Wm. Howard, CVN 68_ USN_8/27/2017. Taken on Deployment Inherent Resolve.
US Army BCT graduation, Fort Leonardwood MO, 1982
My Grandfather, George C. Walker, Sr., served in the Army in WWII.
Veterans Parade in Gillette, Wyoming. Picture taken on 11/11/2020
My father in the Navy. Daniel Mathias Burke Jr.
WWII soldier Dale Charles Gipson
My Father Harry Buckles WW2
marine corps photo. nov. 2001
US Air Force 1968
Command Master Chief (ret) Richard H Malone, Jr US Navy 1977 – 2014, taken at his retirement ceremony where we celebrated his 36 years of dedicated service
Physician assistant class summer of 1980 at Ft Sam Houston, TX

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