Statement to Troops
Jan 30 at 1:01am by Anonymous
We are veterans of the United States armed forces. We stand with the majority of humanity, including millions in our own country, in opposition to the United States’ all out war on Iraq. We span many wars and eras, have many political views and we all agree that this war is wrong. Many of us believed serving in the military was our duty, and our job was to defend this country. Our experiences in the military caused us to question much of what we were taught. Now we see our REAL duty is to encourage you as members of the U.S. armed forces to find out what you are being sent to fight and die for and what the consequences of your actions will be for humanity. We call upon you, the active duty and reservists, to follow your conscience and do the right thing.
In the last Gulf War, as troops, we were ordered to murder from a safe distance. We destroyed much of Iraq from the air, killing hundreds of thousands, including civilians. We remember the road to Basra — the Highway of Death — where we were ordered to kill fleeing Iraqis. We bulldozed trenches, burying people alive. The use of depleted uranium weapons left the battlefields radioactive. Massive use of pesticides, experimental drugs, burning chemical weapons depots and oil fires combined to create a toxic cocktail affecting both the Iraqi people and Gulf War veterans today. One in four Gulf War veterans is disabled.
During the Vietnam War we were ordered to destroy Vietnam from the air and on the ground. At My Lai we massacred over 500 women, children and old men. This was not an aberration, it’s how we fought the war. We used Agent Orange on the enemy and then experienced first hand its effects. We know what Post Traumatic Stress Disorder looks, feels and tastes like because the ghosts of over two million men, women and children still haunt our dreams. More of us took our own lives after returning home than died in battle.
If you choose to participate in the invasion of Iraq you will be part of an occupying army. Do you know what it is like to look into the eyes of a people that hate you to your core? You should think about what your “mission” really is. You are being sent to invade and occupy a people who, like you and me, are only trying to live their lives and raise their kids. They pose no threat to the United States even though they have a brutal dictator as their leader. Who is the U.S. to tell the Iraqi people how to run their country when many in the U.S. don’t even believe their own President was legally elected?
Saddam is being vilified for gassing his own people and trying to develop weapons of mass destruction. However, when Saddam committed his worst crimes the U.S. was supporting him. This support included providing the means to produce chemical and biological weapons. Contrast this with the horrendous results of the U.S. led economic sanctions. More than a million Iraqis, mainly children and infants, have died because of these sanctions. After having destroyed the entire infrastructure of their country including hospitals, electricity generators, and water treatment plants, the U.S. then, with the sanctions, stopped the import of goods, medicines, parts, and chemicals necessary to restore even the most basic necessities of life.
There is no honor in murder. This war is murder by another name. When, in an unjust war, an errant bomb dropped kills a mother and her child it is not “collateral damage,” it is murder. When, in an unjust war, a child dies of dysentery because a bomb damaged a sewage treatment plant, it is not “destroying enemy infrastructure,” it is murder. When, in an unjust war, a father dies of a heart attack because a bomb disrupted the phone lines so he could not call an ambulance, it is not “neutralizing command and control facilities,” it is murder. When, in an unjust war, a thousand poor farmer conscripts die in a trench defending a town they have lived in their whole lives, it is not victory, it is murder.
There will be veterans leading protests against this war on Iraq and your participation in it. During the Vietnam War thousands in Vietnam and in the U.S. refused to follow orders. Many resisted and rebelled. Many became conscientious objectors and others went to prison rather than bear arms against the so-called enemy. During the last Gulf War many GIs resisted in various ways and for many different reasons. Many of us came out of these wars and joined with the anti-war movement.
If the people of the world are ever to be free, there must come a time when being a citizen of the world takes precedence over being the soldier of a nation. Now is that time. When orders come to ship out, your response will profoundly impact the lives of millions of people in the Middle East and here at home. Your response will help set the course of our future. You will have choices all along the way. Your commanders want you to obey. We urge you to think. We urge you to make your choices based on your conscience. If you choose to resist, we will support you and stand with you because we have come to understand that our REAL duty is to the people of the world and to our common future.
Name, Branch, Years
Carl C. Abrahamson, Air Force, 1971-1974 Lee Abrams, Marine Corps, 1963-1967 Terry Scott Adams, Army, 1964-1966 Stacy Adams, Navy, 1998-2002 “Chicken” David Allen, Army, 1989-1992 Kelly A. Allison, Navy, 1975-1979 Joe Amarone Jr., Army, 1974-1976 Fred H. Anderson, Marine Corps, 1956-1959 Gary Andrews, Army, 1962-1967 Arvid Antonson, Air Force, 1942-1945 Ed Armas, Army, 1962-1965 Roy A. Armstrong, Army, 1968-1970 Dan C. Armstrong Sr., Navy, 1943-1946 Norman J. Arnett, Coast Guard, 1972-1973 Beatrice Arva, Air Force, 1985-1986 & Army, 1991-1993 Niall Aslen, Royal Air Force, 1962-1986 Stephanie R. Atkinson, Army, 1984-1990 Aram Attarian II, Air Force, 1965-1966 Paul L. Atwood, Marine Corps, 1965-1966 Henry Ayre, Coast Guard, 1942-1945 Collin Baber, Air Force, 1994-1998 Eric Bagai, Marine Corps, 1958-1961 Mack Bailey, Marine Corps, 1964-1966 David E Baker, Army, 1988-1991 Norman Balabanian, Army Air Corps, 1943-1946 Brett Baney, Marine Corps, 1998-2002 Jack Barbour, Air Force, 1966-1970 Therese Bissen Bard, Army, 1951-1956 Thomas E. Barden, Army, 1968-1971 Tony Bartel, Marine Corps, 1959-1965 Lari R. Bartschi, Army, Korean War Michelle L. Bastian, Army, 1976-1979 Russell Bates, Navy, 1967-1970 George Batton, Marine Corps Victor H. Bausch, Army, 1966-1968 Michael J. Beards, Army, 1988-1993 & 1999-2001 (Spc.4) Lila I. Bendkowska, Army, 1974-1976 Andy Benson, Army, 1992-1995 Philip L. Bereano, USPHS, 1966-1970 Chester V. Berry, Navy, WW2 Patricia Berry, Army, 1979-1988 Dannie Lewis Berry, Navy, 1964-1966 Frank Bessinger, Army, 1968-1971 James F. Bichford, Army & Army National Guard, 1989-1997 Anton Black, Navy, 1977-1984 Kenneth T. Blackshaw, Air Force, 1959-1975 Dave Blalock, Army, 1968-1971 Michael Blankschen, Army, 1972-1973 David Bledsoe, Air Force, 1987-1997 Louis Block, Army, 1966-1972 David Blodgett, Navy Reserve, 1943-1946 Carl Boggs, Army, 1959-1962 Charles H. Bogino, Army, 1981-1986 Yoon Bok-dong, Marine Corps, 1972-1973 Robin Bolster, Navy, 1980-1983 Charlie Bonner, Marine Corps, 1963-1972 Blase Bonpane, Marine Corps Reserve, 1948-1950 Ronald L. Bontsema, Navy, 1943-1946 & Navy Reserve, 1946-1951 Brad Borland, Navy, 1961-1965 Fr. Bob Bossie SCJ, Air Force, 1955-1959 Allan Bostelmann, Army, 1953-1955 Reber Boult, Navy, 1958-1961 Roy Bourgeois, Navy, 1962-1966 Norman Angus Bowen, Air Force, 1962-1967 Lester Bowles, Army, 1968-1970 Terry Bown, Navy, 1969-1973 Kathleen Boyd, Army, 1974-1975 & 1984-1989 Horace R. Boykin, Marine Corps, 1979-1982 Todd Boyle, Navy, 1970-1972 Terry Braddock, Navy, 1974-1976 Peter Bradley, Army, 1960-1963 Gary Bramstedt, Air Force, 1960-1965 Lt. Col Harlan E. Branby, Ret., Air Force, 1957-1979 William P. Brandt, Army Blanton Breece, Army, 1969-1971 Jon Brenard, Marine Corps, 1965-1969 Steven D. Brewer, Marine Corps, 1974-1976 Dorothy Brewington, Army, 1979-1987 Bernad Brightman, Air Force, 1941-1945 Bill Britt, Army, 1952-1955 & 1976-1996 Marjorie Broadbent, Australian Army Medical Women’s Service, 1939-1945 Don Broadwell, Marine Corps, 1960-1966 Jerry Brooks, Air Force, 1956-1959 Ron Brooks, Air Force, 1977-1998 Jere Brower, Army, 1993-2002 Geoffrey Brown, Army, 1969-1971 Roger W Brown, Marine Corps, 1957-1960 Peter Brush, Marine Corps, 1966-1968 Jon Bryan, Navy, 1964-1968 Robert Burke, Marine Corps, 1969-1976 Bill Burkett, Army, 1971-1999 William C. Burns, Navy, 1965-1967 Michael Duane Bury, Navy, 1967-1970 Greg Busby, Air Force, 1980-2000 Paul Busby, Navy, 1956-1958 Larry Bush, Army, 1968-1971 Michael Busich Sr., Marine Corps, 1965-1970 Jack Bussell, Army, 1959-1979 Dan Butts, Army, 1960-1963 Adrian Byers, Navy, 1990-1996 Philip J. Byler, Army, 1992-1996 Betty Byrd, Navy Reserve, 1968-1970 Leo Cachat, Army, 1951-1953 Scott R. Cade, Army, 1968-1971 Kevin A. Cahalan, Marine Corps, 1967-1970 Calvin, Air Force, 1982-1984 Scott Camil, Marine Corps, 1965-1969 Rick Campos, Air Force, 1969-1971 Thomas Canaday, Army, 1991-1994 James A. Cardin, Army, 1966-1969 James Carrall, Army, 1963-1965 Jane A. Carter, Marine Corps, 1957-1964 & Army Reserve, 1970-1980 James Michael Case, Navy Reserve, 2.5 yrs Thomas Casey, Navy, 1988-1992 Stephani Castillo, Army National Guard, 1996–2003 Gordon Catlin, Navy, 1984-1990 Janice Causey, Navy, 1990-1999 William J. Cavanaugh, Army, 1951-1953 & Army Reserve, 1953-1982 Brian Chambers, Army, 1968-1971 Fredy Champagne, Army, 1965-1966 David Chelimer, Army, 1954-1956 Guy Chichester, Navy, 1952-1956 Charles Chiodo, Army, 1968-1970 Gary A. Chipman, Army, 1970-1972 Elwood A. Chirrick, Navy, 1970-1972 Dale Choppin, Army, 1962-1965 Russ Christensen, Army, 1950-1954 Harold C. Christiansen, Army, 1964-1966 Paul Christmas, Army, 1987-1991 Patricia Tibbetts Churchman, Navy, 1944-1946 Joseph Ciarrocca, Navy, 1967-1970 Andrew Clark, Army, 1994-1999 Debra J. Clark, Army, 1976-1984 Arthur W. Clark M.D., Army, 1971-1973 John Clarke, Air Force, 1951-1955 Judith Coates, Air Force, 1966-1970 Edward Coburn, Army, 1969-1972 Rich Cohen, Army, 1963-1966 Joy A. (Lippert) Cohen, Army, 1981-1991 Earl M. Cohen, Army, 1968-1971 John Cole, Army, 1990-1994 George J. Collins, Army, 1967-1973 Marco Coloma, Army, 1989-1992 Robert S. Colson Jr., Army, 1960-1979 Rockney Compton, Army, 1967-1974 Howard R. Conant, Army, 1943-1946 Gerry Condon, Army, 1967-1975 David Connolly, Army, 1967-1971 Thomas J. Connolly, Army, 1965-1967 Graham Conrad, Army National Guard, 1995-2001 Lee Conrad, Navy Reserve James R. Cook, Air Force, 1969-1972 Raymond W. Cook, Air Force, 1969-1975 Cindy Marie Cooley, Marine Corps, 1992-1996 David Coombs, Navy, 1995-1999 Edward P. Copelin, Army, 1970-1971 Frank Corcoran, Marine Corps, 1968-1969 Willis Cornes, Army, 1966-1969 David Cortright, Army, 1968-1971 Roger D. Corvin, Coast Guard, 1971-1975 Scott Cossette, Marine Corps, 1999-2001 James Coty, Army, 1959-1962 Dave Coull, Scotland British Royal Air Force, 1959-1964 Davey Coull, Scotland SNP, 1939-1945 Dave Counsman, Army, 1982-1986 John W. Covey, Air Force, 1970-1974 Carrol B. Cox, Air Force, 1951-1955 Gary Cox, Army, 1952-1955 Mark Cox, Marine Corps, 1989-1992 Charles Craig, Navy, 1963-1965 Daniel Craig, Army, 1981-1993 Howard L. Crary, Navy, 1962-1992 James M. Craven, Army, 1963-1966 Jack M. Crich, Army & Air Force, 1940-1960 Charlotte Critcher, Army, 1969-1971 Steve Crocker, Army, 1984-1087 Rick Crockett, Navy, 1969-1971 Gary Phillip Crosby, Air Force, 1966-1970 Francis Crosby, Army, 1970-1976 Jay Crosby, Navy, 1965-1969 Jack L. Cross, Air Force, 1942-1946 Samuel Cross Jr., Air Force, 1959-1961 Roy Culver, Navy, 1942-1946 Milton Cunningham, Navy, 1943-1945 Diane Curran, Army, 1969-1975 Gerald Curtis, Army, 1953-1955 & Air Force, 1955-1974 Nancy L. Curtis, Navy, 1968-1971 Tamara L. Dagenais, Air Force, 1981-1988 Robert Danko, Army Reserve, 1964-1970 Daniel N. Daugherty, Air Force, 1976-1980 Candice Davis, Navy, 1975-1979 Herbert Davis, Army, 1965-1967 Patrick Davis, Army, 1970-1971 Paul Davis, Marine Corps, 1964-1968 William Davis, Navy, 1967-1971 D. Daxx, Marine Corps, 1952-1954 Frank De Leon Jr., Air Force, 1985-1992 Robert D. Denham, Army, 1964-1966 Robert B. Dennis, Army, 1953-1955 Frank M. DePaul, Navy, 1958-1961 Ed Desmond, Navy, 1967-1971 Dario Diaz, Air Force, 1996-1999 Eladio Diaz, Air Force, 1974-1976 Nick Diliberto, Air Force, 1951-1959 Carl Dix, Army, 1968-1972 Burwell Dodd, Army, 1956-1958 Emile Doering, Army, 1997-2001 Pete Doktor, Army, 1986-1989 James C. Donaldson Jr., Army, 1965-1967 Harold P. Donle M.A., Marine Corps, 1966-1969 Barry Donnan, British Army, 1987-1993 Thomas W. Donovan, Army, 1981-1992 Colleen Donovan-Batson, Army, 1978-1981 Jennifer Dorsey, Air Force, 1996-1997 Pat Driscoll, Navy, 1972-1975 John DuBois, Army, 1962-1965 Kenneth Dugan, Navy, 1984-1988 Chritopher D. Dugan, Marine Corps, 1995-1999 John Dunker, Army, 1964-1968 Roy Dunn, Navy, 1965-1971 Fred Duperrault, Army Air Force, 1944-1946 Dan Duvelius, Army, 1968-1972 Robert Frank Eadie, Air Force, 1962-1966 John P. Echavarria, Air Force, 1965-1969 Thomas Eck, Army, 1970-1972 Stephen Eddy, Air Force, 1968-1972 & Reserves, 1985-1997 Thomas Edson, Army, 1971-1973 Stephen R. Edwards, Army, 1963-1965 Brenda Eggleston, Air Force, 1973-1979 Timothy D. Eickholt, Army, 1966-1969 Richard Eime, Navy, 1982-1986 Bernie Eisenberg, Army, 1954-1956 Joe Eldred, Army, 1985-1998 David Eldredge, Navy, 1953-1955 Jake Elkins, Marine Corps, 1965-1969 Daniel Ellsberg, Marine Corps, 1954-1957 John Ericson, Army, 1954-1956 Marcus Eriksen, Marine Corps, 1985-1991 Edward M. Erlandson, Marine Corps, 1968-1970 & Army, 1976-1986 Orlando Espino, Marine Corps Joi Estep, Army, 1983-1987 Douglas C. Estes, Navy, 1966-1969 John A. Evans, Army Air Corps, 1943-1946 Edward A. Everts, Air Force, 1941-1946 David Eytcheson, Army, 1965-1971 Lis D. Fano, Coast Guard, 1987-1992 Joseph C. Farah, Army, 1960-1963 Carole Farris, Navy Reserve, 1966-1970 George V. Fatsi, Air Force, 1950-1954 Bob Fehribach, Navy, 3 yrs Frederick Feied, Air Force, 1943-1946 Amber Ferenz, Army, 1998-2001 Mike Ferner, Navy, 1969-1973 Robert L. Fields, Army, 1966-1969 Rhys Fleig, Marine Corps, Active Duty Billy Floyd, Navy, 1984-1991 T. Patrick Foley, Navy, 1997-2000 Bob Foley, Army, 1957-1959 David J. Fonda, Army, 1968-1971 Joseph G. Foran, Marine Corps, 1969-1970 William P. Foran, Coast Guard, 1965-1971 Frank D. Ford, Air Force, 1950-1953 & 1961-1964 Joe Forgy, Army, 1944-1945 Dr. Ray Foster, Army, 1972-1975 Joe Fowler, Air Force, 1966-1970 Lou Fox, Army, 1965 Melanye Francisco, Navy, 1992-1999 Stephen Franke, Air Force, 1956-1956 John Fredericks, Army, 1987-1991 John W. Freeland, Army, 1966-1969 Samuel R. Freeman, Army, 1968-1970 Robert Freis, Navy, 1951-1955 Dean Friend, Marine Corps, 1981-1985 Jason Fritz, Marine Corps, 1996-2001 Joseph P. Furayter, Army, 1938-1940 & 1942-1945 Edward F. Gadziemski, Army, 1973-1976 John M. Gallagher, Air Force, 1967-1969 Bart Gambardello, Navy, 1977-1982 India Mahdi Gamboa, Air Force, 1985-1987 Carl Gant, Air Force, 1965-1986 Alfonoso Garcia, Army, 1970-1972 Kevin Gardner, Air Force, 1977-1983 David B. Gardner, Army, 1953-1955 John Gear, Navy, 1978-1989 Michael B. Gehl, Army, 1973-1976 Heather Gehron-Rice, Coast Guard, 1992-1996 Jim Gibson, Army, 1968-1970 Stuart R Gillespie, Army, 1958-1961 Jack Gilroy, Army, 1953-1956 Eugene T. Giovanazzi, Air Force, 1951-1954 Paul Glazzard, British Army, 1977-1984 Robert B. Godwin, Army, 1953-1955 Stanley A. Goff, Army, 1970-1996 Ernest Goitein, Army, 1943-1945 Jay R. Goodman, Army, 1969-1970 Theodore W. Goodman, Air Force Reserve, 1943-1946 & 1951-1955 Amy C. Goodrich, Army, 1997-2002 R. Thomas Goodwin, Marine Corps, 1969-1971 Sissy Goodwin, Air Force, 1965-1976 James F. Gorman, Marine Corps, 1966-1968 John Gourley, Army Air Corps, 1944-1946 Darrell L. Gray, Army, 1948-1952 Todd Greenwood, Marine Corps, 1993-2001 Warren R. Greer, Navy Reserve, 1943-1945 Nona Lee Gregg, Air Force, 1962-1969 A.J. Grimm, Navy, 1946-1946 & 1951-1953 R. C. Guerrero, Marine Corps, 1964-1968 Josef Gutenkauf, Army, 1943-1946 Edmonde Haddad, Air Force, 1951-1954 Lawrence Hagerty, Navy, 1966-1969 Steven Haines, Navy, 1963-1966 Dennis Haldeman, Navy, 1971-73 Linda J. Halford, Army, 1968-1969 Kev Hall, Navy, 1973-1978 Harry G. Hall, Navy, 1965-1979 Ray Hambleton, Army, 1968-1970 Robert Charles Hamilton III, Navy, 1986-1990 Jane D. Hamm, Marine Corps, 1943-1945 James Hamon, Air Force, 1954-1956 Robert Hanegan, Army, 1966-1969 & Air Force, 1981-1989 John Hanrahan, Army, 1961-1963 John Hanscom, Air Force, 1968-1990 Bob Hanson, Army, 1954-1956 James F. Harrington, Air Force, 1966-1967 David Harris, Air Force, 1965-1967 Phillip Harris, Air Force, 2000-Present Charles D. Hartik, Army, 1964-1966 BJ Hartzell, Army, 1969-1972 Martin Harwayne, Army, 1843-1946 Gayle J. Hasley, Navy, 1963-1984 Mike Hastie, Army, 1969-1972 William T. Hathaway, Army, 1964-1967 Mike Havenar, Marine Corps, 1958-1962 Edward Havitz, Army, 1951-1953 Kim Hawkins, Navy, 1985-1991 Robert G. Hawthorne, 1943 1946 Carl M. Hay, Air Force, 1968-1969 Mike Hazard, Coast Guard, 1970-1976 Rev. Richard K. Heacock Jr., Navy, 1944-1946 Gordon Cliff Heegel, Army, 1979-1986 Glenn Helkenn, Army, 7 yrs Benjamin B. Henderson, Navy, 1979-2001 Cheryl B. Henderson, YN1, USNR-R, Navy Reserve, 1974-1998 Dud Hendrick, Air Force, 1963-1967 Daryl Henegar, Air Force, 1977-1996 Robert L. Hennel, Army, 1969-1970 Edwin H. Hennesey, Marine Corps, 1957-1967 & Air Force, 1971-1975 Rodger Herbst, Army, 1969-1971 Andres Hernandez, Navy Reserve, 1979-1985 Cesar F. Hernandez, Marine Corps, 1967-1970 Steven A. Hessler, Air Force, 1973-1975 John Heuer, Merchant Marine, 1967-1968 James Hibbard, Army, 1955-1957 Douglas Higgs, Army, 1969-1971 Percy Hilo, Air Force, 1966-1970 Steve Hines, Coast Guard, 1989-1994 Oliver Hirsch, Air Force, 1966-1968 Francis L. Hiser III, Navy, 1980-Present Carl Hitchens, Marine Corps, 1967-1969 John Hockman, Army, 1963-1965 Steve Hoffman, Navy, 1977-1983 Dale Hoffmann, Navy, 1956-1959 Larry Holmes, Army, 1971-1972 Gary Hornfeld, Navy Reserve, 1968-1970 Michael Hovey, Navy, 1971-1976 Arthur M. Howard, Army Air Force, 1944-1947 Walter Hrozenchik, Navy, 1951-1955 Mark Huber, Navy Reserve, 1961-1971 & 1951-1955 Ed Hutchinson, Navy, 1942-1946 James Patrick Hynes, British Army, 1940s A. S. Mahdi Ibn-Ziyad, Air Force, 1961-1969 Todd Ikard, Navy, 1961-1965 Theresa Ikard, Air Force, 1974-1978 David M. Ionno, Army, 1970-1971 Michael Isabell, Navy, 1990-1992 Susan Ives, Army, 1977-1992 Leo Jacobs, Army, 1942-I946 Juliet Jacobsen, Air Force, 1997-2002 Anasazi James, Marine Corps & Navy, 1983-1997 Arthur James, Army, 1969-1970 Harold B. Jamison, Air Force, 20 years Charles Jannuzi, Army National Guard, 1980-1988 & Army Reserve, 1988-1989 Allen L. Jasson, Australian Army, 1972-1974 Thomas Jelf, Army, 1950-1953 Joseph A. Jennings III, Army, 1967-1970 Michael L. Job, Army, 1968-1970 Ralph Johansen, Army, 3 years Eric Edward Johansson, Army, 1989-1992 Jewel R. Johnson, Navy, 1944-1946 Lance Johnson, Army, 1992-1996 Mark Johnson, Army, 1988-1992 Steve Johnson, Army, 1967-1970 William Johnson, Navy, 1961-1965 Amber Johnson, Army National Guard, Aug 2000-Present James C. Johnston, Army, 1966-1968 Mike Jordan, Navy, 1966-1970 Timothy G. Jordan, Air Force, 1971-1974 & Army National Guard, 1979-1981 & Army Reserves, 1985-1987 Laurie Josue, Air Force, 1986-1990 Eric Joyal, Army, 1989-1996 Sharon Joyner, Army, 1976-1979 Olaniyan Kanissa’ai, Navy, 1972-1974 Jim Karas, Army, 1968-1981 Thomas V. Karlin, Navy, 1956-1960 James Michael Kearney, Army, 1963-1965 Eric Kees, Navy, 1975-1981 Shelly R. Kekes, Army National Guard, 1978-1982 Ray Kell, Army, 1945-1946 Gerald Keller, Army, 1977-1981 Jim Keller, Navy, 1987-1991 Keith Keller, Air Force, 1966-1972 Charles Kelley, Marine Corps, 1965-1967 Elizabeth A. Kelly, Navy, 1975-1977 Gary E. Kelly, Army, 1989-1998 Harold E. Kelly Jr., Air Force, 1977-1984 Jesse E. Kern, Army, 1953-1954 George Kerschen, Army, 1966-1969 George M. Kesselring, Air Force, 1942-1963 Gerald Kessler, Air Force, 1940-1945 Talat Khan, Air Force, 1986-1992 Peretz Kidron, Israeli Defense Force, 1954-1957 Richard L. Kilgore, Marine Corps, 1965-1967 Melanie Carlone Kilmarx, Navy, 1987-1993 Charles Kilmer, Army, 1967-1970 Harold LM Kimball, Army, 1990-2001 Neil Howard King, British, 1984-1998 Robert A. Kinsey, Marine Corps, 1955-1961 Robert Kirkconnell, Air Force, 1967-1994 Karl Kitchen, Air Force, 1981-1985 Michael G. Klaff, Navy, 1969-1973 Ralf Klein, German Airforce, 1974-1986 Gregory John Kleven, Marine Corps, 1966-1976 Greg Kleven, Marine Corps, 1966-1968 Leif Klokkevold, Army, 1994-2000 Ronald Knarr, Marine Corps, 1950-1952 Daniel Knowles, Army, 1998-2001 Ibrahim Kobeissi, Marine Corps Reserve, until 2006 Justin Kodner, Army, 1952-1954 Ron Kovic, Marine Corps, 1964-1968 Raymond Krauss, Marine Corps, 1969-1972 Robert Krezewinski, Navy, 1973-1977 Col(Ret) Duane A. Kuhlmann, Air Force, 1943-1974 Marty Kunz, Navy, 1970-1976 Krystal Kyer, Navy, 1993-1997 Michelle LaBrosse, Air Force, 1980-1987 Mike Ladich, Marine Corps, 1943-1946 Edwin Lainhart, Navy, 1964-1968 Jack A. Lancaster, Navy, WW2 Dustin S Langley, Navy, 1986-1994 Greg D. Lanning, Navy, 1982-1986 Dennis LaPlant, Army, 1966-1969 Doug Laughlin, Air Force, 1987-1992 Dwight Lawton, Navy, 1953-1957 Michael Lawton, Navy, 1962-1965 Mark Laythorpe, Air Force, 1976-1980 Robert Brittain Leach, Army, 1961-1964 Bryan J. Ledoux, Army, 1976-1980 & 1988-1999 Kenneth M. Lee, Army, 1970-1973 Norm Lee, Air Force, 1947-1954 Larry Lefler, Navy, 1966-1970 William T. Leichner, Marine Corps, 1967-1969 Tim Lennon, Army, 1965-1968 Bob Leslie, Army, 1968-1969 Lew Levenson, Navy, 1948-1985 Michael Levin, Navy, 1956-1960 John L. Levy, Navy Reserve, 1942-1946 Oswald Lewinter, Army, 1950-1985 Brian Lewis, Air Force, 1982-1988 Dan Lewis, Navy Reserve, 1976-1995 Janet Marie Lewis, Army, 1989-1993 Neal Liden, Navy, 1965-1969 Norman Linton, Army, 1951-1954 Janine Lockwood, Army, 1975-1978 Edward M. Long, Army, 1943-1945 William L. Lord, Army, 1962-1965 Tom Lorenz, Air Force, 1967-1989 Charles Luce, Air Force, 1955-1959 Jon David Lucore, Army, 1992-1996 Larry Lugar, Army, 1960-1966 Jerome M. Lui, Army, 1944-1946 Keth Luke, Army, 1967-69 Carrie Lundberg, Air Force, 1983-1991 James Lynch, Army, 1971-1973 Donald M. Lyng, Army Reserve, 1991-1995 & Army, 2001-Present John Lynn, Army Reserve, 1962-1968 John Thomas Mac Lean, Army, 1943-1946 Fred W. MacArthur Jr., Air Force, 1958-1983 Lee Magnuson, Navy Reserve, 1956-1962 Denis Maguire, Navy, 1941-1942 & Army Air Corps, 1942-1946 Anthony Mallin, Navy, 1943-1945 & Navy Reserve, 1950-1951 Donald F. Maple, Navy, 1945-1946 George Mariscal, Army, 1968-1970 Gary D. Martin, Army, 1966-1968 Brandy Martinez-Rogers, Army, 1996-1997 Alan C. Maskell, Army, 1968-1971 Roger N. Matherly, Navy, 1972-1976 Jonathan O. Matteson, Army, 1983-1991 Joseph May, Marine Corps, 1953-1955 Robert Mayer, Army National Guard, 1970-1971 Kenneth E. Mayers, Marine Corps, 1958-1966 & Reserve, 1966-1978 Rela Mazali, Israel Defense Force, 1966-1968 George McAnanama, Army, 1966-1968 Mark McCleary, Navy, 1996-2002 O’Kelly McCluskey, Navy, 1944-1946 & Air Force, 1953-1957 Jim McCombe, Army, 1953-1955 Perry McCorkle, Army, 1981-1985 Carl B. McCoy, Army, 1966-1969 Paul James McCoy, Navy, 1943-1945 James P. McCrumb, Navy, 1967-1970 Bruce McFarland, Navy, 1982-1986 Joe H. McFatter, Jr., Air Force, 1969-1972 Jim McGowen, Navy, 1969-1972 C. Andrew McGuffin, Marine Corps, 1990-1994 Capt. Jim McIntyre, Navy Reserve, 1962-1968 Allen McKinnis, Marine Corps, 1972-1974 Jim McWatt, Army, 1.5 yrs Sheila Meadows, Air Force, 1979-1985 Norman Meadows, Air Force, 1982-2000 Carl Mease, Marine Corps, 1965-1969 Teresa Media, Navy, 1972-1977 Al Melville, Navy, 1985-1991 Katherine I. Menges, Army, 1984-1994 Lloyd D. Mercer, Army, 1965-1968 Norman T. Merkel, Army, 1967-1969 Nathaniel I. Merwin, Army, 1993-2001 Barbara Michael, Army, 1977-1980 & Army Reserve, 1980-1997 Dale Miller, National Guard, 1978-2003 Greg Miller, Army, 1966-1968 Norman S. Miller, Army, 1939-1946 Ronnie D. Miller, Army, 3 yrs Will Miller, Army Security Agency, 1957-1962 Dr. Dennis W. Mills, Army, 1966-1969 Jack Minassian, Army, 1943-1945 Joshua Minchen, Army, 1997-2000 Hank Missenheim Jr., Marine Corps, 1979-1982 Rob Moitoza, Navy, 1965-1971 George Molina, Marine Corps, 1968-1970 James W. Moore, Air Force, 1950-1954 Michael Moore, Army, 1975-1979 Paul S. Moorhead, Navy, 1943-1946 Austin Moran, Navy, 1978-1985 Dale L. Morgan, Air Force, 1956-1960 David Rees Morgan, British Royal Air Force, 1948-1950 Catherine Morris, Marine Corps, 1981-1985 & Army National Guard, 1989-1996 Rob Morris, Army, 1965-1969 William Morris, Air Force, 1979-1999 Bryan Morrison, Air Force, 1994-1998 Paul Pat Morse, Air Force, 1965-1968 Steve Morse, Army, 1969-1971 Nancy Mrazik, Navy, 1979-1992 Sheree A. Mullen, Army, 1974-1980 Charles F. Munat, Army & Navy, 1979-1985 Carlos Munoz Jr., Army, 1959-1962 Eric W. Munson, Army, 1985-1995 Joanne Murphy, Army Corps of Engineers, 2 years Robert J. Murphy, Navy Reserve, 1943-1967 & Navy, 1950-1953 Frederick A. Murray, Army, 1976-1980 John L. Murray, Army, 1971-1973 Germane Nachious, National Guard, 1994-2000 Dr. Thomas J. Nagy, JROTC, 1958-1960 & ROTC, 1962-1964 Greg Nees, Marine Corps, 1969-1971 John Paul Nettleton, Marine Corps, 1967-1971 Joan Duffy Newberry, Air Force, 1968-1970 John Niemi, Army, 1968-1970 Stan Nishimura, Army, 1964-1967 Jim Northrup, Marine Corps, 1961-1966 Tom Norwood, Army, 1952-1954 Edward J. Novicki, Marine Corps, 1973-1978 Robert Nuzum, Navy, 1950-1953 Aka Oceab, Marine Corps, 1966-1968 Gerard O’Connor, Army, 1985-1991 Jerome P. O’Mara, Army, 1966-1968 William D. O’Neil, Air Force, 1951-1955 Greg A. O’Neill, Navy, 1970-1974 & Army, 1979-1983 John L. Opperman, Navy, 1951-1970 T. E. Origer, Marine Corps, 1967-1969 Victor L. Ortiz, Army, 32 yrs Ralph Osbon, 1969-1971 Clyde J. Oskins, Navy, 1944-1946 Doug Osmond, Army, 4 years Brian Ouellette, Navy, 1996-2000 Raynard Dean Packard, Army, 1985-1988 Wayne Evan Packwood, 1964-1968 Roy 0. Padilla III, Marine Corps, 1984-1992 John J. Pagoda, Air Force, 1965-1968 & 1985-1998 Todd A. Papasadero, Army, 1983-1989 John Pappademos, Navy Reserve, 1943-1946 George W. Pardington, Navy, 1971-1991 Jeff Paterson, Marine Corps, 1986-1990 Tom Pattee, Army, 1969-1972 Paul Pawlowski, Army, 1996-2000 Norman L. Pearman, Army, 1950-1952 Sidney Peck, Navy, 1944-1946 Richard Pedersen, Navy Reserve, 1955-1959 Joe Peitte, Air Force, 1966-1969 Robert Perrotta, Army, 1966-1968 James Perry, Marine Corps, 1966-1968 Phil Perry, Navy, 1968-1972 William Mark Peter, Navy, 1991-1993 Jan M. Peterson, Army, 1974-1980 Michael Phelts, Army, 2001-Present Dean C. Pikoulas, Army, 1968-1971 William A. Pillar, Army Air Corp, 1944-1946 Jerry Pittman, Army, 1972-1975 Mike Plylar, Air Force, 1973-1977 Seth Pollack, Army, 1988-1997 Joseph W. Potts, Marine Corps, 1970-1972 Mark A. Potts, Air Force, 1991-1993 Wilson M. Powell, Air Force, 1950-1954 Joseph M. Powers, Army, 1970-1971 Robert Puett, Army, 1986-1993 George Pumphrey, Army, 1968-1970 Guillermo Quebral, Army, 1966-1970 William Arthur Raab, Navy Reserve, 1943-1946 Father Bob Rademacher, Army, 1942-1946 Charles N. Raines, Army, 1980-1984 Keith Rashall, Air Force, 1964-1967 Douglas Reeves, Army, 1990-1995 John Regan, Army, 1990-1991 Charles A. Reynolds, Army, 1952-1954 Robert E. Reynolds, Air Force, 1950-1957 Tim Richards, Air Force Reserve, 1970-1973 John P. Richardson, Army, 1988-1990 Dana Richter, 1967-1971 Timothy Rieman, Army, 1983-1987 Jerry D. Riley, Army, 1953-1955 Charles Riley Jr., Army, 1962-1965 Ervine M. Rips, Army, 1942-1946 Roger Ritchie, Navy, 1965-1967 Robert Roach, Navy, 1974-1978 Douglas Robbins, Air Force, 1952-1956 Norman M. Roberson, Marine Corps, 1960–1971 Don Roberts, Navy, 1978-1988 Marcia Furayter Roberts, Army, 1983-1991 Joe Rodriguez, Coast Guard, 1983-1991 Robert J. Rogers, Air Force, 1951-1953 James H. Romer, Army, 1954-1956 Irwin A. Rose, Navy, WWII Robert L. Rosenberg, Army, 1944-1946 Samuel M. Ross, Merchant Seaman, 1941-1946 Eric M. Ross, Navy, 1989-1994 Pete Rostow, Marine Corps, 1972-1974 Randy Rowland, Army, 1967-1970 George Rubin, Army Air Force, 1943-1945 John Rueckert, Marine Corps, 1967-1969 Linda S. Ruffini, Army, 1980-1984 Antonio Ruiz, Army, 1983-1992 Joseph A. Ruiz, Army, 1971-1972 Phillip Rumple, Air Force, 2000-2003 Shannon Rumple, Air Force, 2000-Present Felix Rusnak, Army, 2 yrs Steven J. Russell, Marine Corps, 1969-1972 James Ryan, Army, 1962-1967 Rodney A. Rylander, Air Force, 1962-1967 Steven E. Saelzler, Army, 1969-1971 Kenna E. Sander, Army, 1982-1985 Emile E. Sander IV, Marine Corps, 1980-2000 Lee Santa, Army, 1965-1968 William F. Santelmann Jr., Marine Corps & Air Force Reserve, 1954-1957 Luis Manuel Santiago, Army, 6 yrs Patrick Santy, Air Force, 1966-1970 Lisa A. Sarinelli, Army, 1981-1985 Scott Satterwhite, Navy, 1990-1999 Dan Scaarlett, Army, 1943-1945 Dwight E. Scarbrough II, Navy, 1975-1980 Paul Schaefer, Air Force, 1960-1964 Larry Schartman, Navy, 1971-1975 Richard Hermann Schmidt, Navy, 1957-1960 Louis Anthony Schmittroth Jr., Army, 1943-1956 Ken Schneider, Air Force, 1960-1964 Nikko Schoch, Army, 1968-1970 Larry Schwab, Army, 1967-1968 Allen T. Schwartz, Navy, 1990-1991 David Schwenk, Navy, 1976-1980 Ken Schwilk, Army, 1968-1969 Steven R. Kim Scipes, Marine Corps, 1969-1973 Betty R. Scott, Navy, 1943-1945 Richard Scott, Air Force, 1961-1965 Walter M. Scott, Army, 1960-1962 George Seaman, Army, 1971-1975 Briggs Seekins, Army, Gulf War Melanie G. Selby, Army National Guard, 1985-1995 Jason Selders, Army, 2002-present Esther Serrano, Marine Corps, 1968-1969 Patricia J. Sewell, Army, 1969-1971 Burt Shachter, Air Force, 1944-1946 Richard Shaffer, Marine Corps, 1956-1959 Dr. Edward H. Shaffer, Army, 1942-1946 Earl J. Sharp, Army, 1965-1967 Peter B. Shaw, Marine Corps, 1951-1954 Danny L. Shaw, Army, 1966-1968 Paul A. Sheehan, Air Force, 1988-1992 Victoria Shillingford, Army, 1994-2003 James Shockley, Army, 1975-1978 James F. Shockley, Army, 1975-1979 Andrew Showalter, Army, 1966-1971 Larry Shute, Army, 1952-1954 Vern Simula, Army, 1954-1956 Larry Skwarczynski, Army, 1963-1966 William O. Slayman, Navy, 1943-1946 Bob Slentz-Kesler, Army, 1990-1992 Bradley Smith, Navy, 1974-1980 Charles T. Smith, Army, 1969-1971 Robert Smith, Navy, 1971-1974 Thomas Smith, Air Force, 1965-1969 Mark Smith, Navy Robert Grover Smith Jr., Army, 1967-1997 Douglas C. Smyth, Army Security Agency, 1961-1964 Valarie Snell, Army, 1990-2000 Tracey William Snyder, Navy, 1994-1998 Lawrence Sobczyk, Navy, 1966-1969 Matthew D. Sorensen, Army, 1977-1980 Robert Sorrell, Navy, 1963-1967 Ron Southan, Army, 1967-1970 Herbert F. Spirer, Navy, 1943-1946 Steve Springer, Army, 1967-1970 Carl R. Stancil, Navy, 1965-1971 Phil Stanton, Navy, 1959-1971 James Starowicz, Navy, 1967-1971 Joe Steele, Air Force, 1966-1970 John Steinbach, Coast Guard, 1965-1969 Bryce Stephen, Army, 1968-1971 Robert Stephens, Marine Corps, 1966-1970 Joe Stern, Air Force, 1941-1946 Vernon M. Stevens, Army, 1941-present John D. Stickle, Air Force, 1966-1970 Ted Stolze, Air Force, 1979-1980 William B. Strange Jr., Army, 1967-1970 Roy L. Streit, Navy, 1967-1968 Harold Strom, 25 years Tom Sturtevant, Navy, 1950-1954 James Sudduth, Air Force, 1970-1974 Victor Sudik, Army, 1966-1968 Michel E. Sullivan, Navy, 1974-1980 Donovan Sullivan, Air Force, 1972-1976 Darnell S. Summers, Army, 1966-1970 Scott Sumner, Air Force, 1969-1972 Amos Sunshine, Army Leslie W. Sutton, Air Force, 1973-1993 Carole A. Sutton, Air Force, 1979-1982 Charles W. Sweet, Army, 1942-1946 Thomas Swift, Army, 1953-1955 Harold Taggart, Air Force, 1959-1964 Toby Tahja-Syrett, Army, 1992-1996 Bruce William Taylor, Navy, 10 years d’andre Teeter, Navy, 1965-1966 Thomas Tempske, Coast Guard, 1972-1976 Anthony Testa, Army, 1962-1965 Elliott Teters, Army, 1977-1980 John Thigpen, Navy, 1966-1970 Mr. Whallen Thomas, Marine Corps, 1965-1969 Joe Thompson, Army, 1958-1961 William R. Thompson, Marine Corps, 1964-1968 Jeremiah J. Timmins, Marine Corps, 1992-1997 Edward L. Tonningsen, Army, 1943-1946 Willard Tower, Army, 1967-1970 Robert Travaline, Air Force, 1968-1972 Clare Tremper, Marine Corps, 1980-1986 Tom Trigg, Army, 1967-1975 Gregg Tull, Navy Reserve, 1975-1981 Gabriella Turek, Navy Reserve, 1989-2002 Michael F. Turek, Air Force, 1968-1972 Christopher Turner, Army, 1994-1997 Stanley Ray Turpin, Army, 1987-1992 Peggy Tuxen-Akers, Army, 1969-1972 Michael Uhl, Army, 1967-1969 Joe Urgo, Air Force, 1966-1970 Tom Urgo, Army, 1968-1970 Steven Vallee, Air National Guard, 1989-Present Gretchen Vanek, Army, 1970-1972 & 1990-1991 Michael Vaughan, Navy, 1976-1980 Wendy Veith, Army, 1980-1984 Frederick J. Vermillion, 1951-1955 Kurt Vonnegut, Army, 1943-1945 Robert Vreeland, Army, 1967-1969 Gerald Waite, Army, 1967-1982 George Waldman, Air Force, 1966-1970 Paul J. Walker, Air Force, 1974-1978 John Walker, Marine Corps, 1950-1955 Michael Wallschlaeger, Marine Corps, 1983-1986 Robert Lee Jimmy Ward, Air Force, 1954-1963 Jim Ward, Air Force, 1954-1963 Tom Ward, Air Force, 1959-1963 Winston Warfield, Army, 1967-1970 Kevin Warner, Army, 1985-1989 William H. Warrick III MD, Army Security Agency, 1968-1971 John Warriner, Air Force, 1964-1969 Eric Wasileski, Navy, 1993-1999 Brian G. Watko, Army, 1992-1996 Cora Tula Watters, Marine Corps, Korean Era Carl Webb, Army, 1982-present Kenneth Weeks, Marine Corps, 1960-1966 Chris Welch, Air Force, 1984-1988 Jeff Welch, Navy, 1984-1988 Michael Welsh, Army, 1970-1973 Joel Wendland, Army, 1991-1993 Jerry West, Marine Corps, 1965-1970 Phillip Whitaker, Air Force, 1973-1981 Chris White, Marine Corps, 1994-1998 Michael White, Army, 1992-1997 Roy W. White, Air Force, 1949-1953 Tim White, Air Force, 1966-1970 Darrell Widner, Navy, 1977-1981 David Wiggins MD, Army, Gulf War E. Duane Wilkerson, Air Force, 1969-1973 Sonny Williams, Army, 1966-1970 Glenn Winestead M.D., Army Medical Corp, 1971-1972 John P. Wirtz, Army, 1943-1946 Tim Withee, Navy, 1968-1972 James Wojtkowski, Navy, 1969-1972 Gene Wolf, Army, 1953-1955 Mike Wong, Army, 1969-1975 Robert J. “Woody” Woodruff, Army, 1966-1970 Jim Woods, Coast Guard, 1969-1972 Paul Wright, Army, 1983-1987 William Yates, Navy, 1943-1946 Leonard Zablow, Army, 1945-1946 Luis Zamora, Army, 1948-1971 Jeff Zamrzla, Marine Corps, 1974-1976 Richard M. Zaner, Air Force, 1951-1958 Eddie Zawaski, Navy, 1967-1968 Howard Zinn, Air Force, 1943-1945 David C. Zoesch, Navy, 1970-1975 Greg Zolad, Army, 1967-1969 John Zoll, Army, 1982-1996 Tom Zollo, Army, 1958-1961
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