Aug 07 2024
One of the many enjoyable aspects of interviewing veterans over the years is realizing just how many amazing people who have done incredible things, walk among us. Case in point is Irvin Nelson. When you pull up to his farm out side Ault and start talking with him, you think you’re just talking to a …
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Jul 07 2024
Del Ritchhart had a fascinating and distinguished twenty-four-year Navy career. He served most of it in Naval Intelligence, primarily in anti-submarine warfare. This cat and mouse game with the Soviets took him all throughout the Pacific. He finished his career as Deputy Chief of Legislative Affairs in Washington, DC. One assignment in this long career …
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Jun 07 2024
Honoring our veterans is a common thread that has long weaved through Matt Voris’ life. Military service runs deep in his family. Wanting to honor that family legacy and in particular his grandfather, a Pearl Harbor survivor and huge influence in his life, Matt served seven years in the Army. This thread didn’t end though …
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May 07 2024
George Norton acquired the nickname “One Shot Norton” during the invasion of Okinawa. George was a gunner aboard the merchant ship SS Josiah Snelling and was credited with shooting down a Japanese Kamikaze plane. The shots he took in the Pacific were a far cry from the ones he took back in Kansas. They both …
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Apr 07 2024
Upon graduating from college, Richard Hough assessed his situation regarding military service, as the Korean War had been raging for two years. His exempt status had now ended, and not wanting to wait to be drafted, he enlisted in the Army. He chose and was accepted into the ASA (Army Security Agency). This choice, and …
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Feb 07 2024
Jeff Gruver loved aviation from an early age. He had model airplanes hanging from his bedroom ceiling at age six and at twelve built his own hang glider. Coupling this with the fact his dad was career Air Force, Jeff naturally gravitated to the Air Force. Jeff was flying his beloved T-38 supersonic jet trainer …
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Jan 07 2024
World War II Marine Corporal Veteran Harry Gunther fought in four battles, his last ending by being medically evacuated off Iwo Jima, and he received two Purple Hearts. While telling his story, he said, “I joined the Marines because I liked the Dress Blues. 2 ½ years, four battles, and two Purple Hearts and I …
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Jan 12 2021
Fort Collins resident Bill Powell was a B-24 bomber pilot in WWII. When he arrived in Europe after training, Bill and his crew began flying missions out of Italy. He was now on his 10th mission and everything seemed to be going smooth. After dropping their bombs on the rail yards in Munich, the formation …
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Dec 01 2020
Dwayne Webster wanted to leave school and join the Navy. Being 17, he would need his parents’ permission. His father signed the enlistment papers, a decision that would haunt him the rest of his life. Dwayne enlisted on December 7, 1940. One year to the day he enlisted, December 7, 1941, Dwayne along with 1176 …
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Nov 03 2020
Bob Loner left a carefree childhood to go off to a highly structured high school to study to become a priest. After his senior year, he realized the priesthood wasn’t for him and he scrambled to get into a college to avoid the draft. Bob feels very fortunate in this turn of events as he …
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Oct 06 2020
Doug Enders had a front-row seat to and took part in, some major historical events of the 20th Century. Doug enlisted in the Marines before America’s involvement in World War II. This took him to an assignment in Iceland and he was there when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. Shortly after, he was sent back to …
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Sep 01 2020
I can’t imagine what conditions are like inside a tank, particularly during an attack. Even more so, I can only imagine what it would be like inside a tank in the hot and steamy environment of Vietnam. Clyde Brewer II of Windsor experienced it firsthand. After Army basic training, Clyde was assigned to the tanks. …
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