Salute

to Veterans
This News-Review special section remembers
and honors those who have served in the military
for the United States of America
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Veterans Day forever tied to ‘The Great War’
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
World War I, known at the time as “The
Great War,” officially ended when the Treaty
of Versailles was signed on June 28, 1919,
outside the town by the same name in France.
However, fighting ceased seven months earli-
er when an armistice, or temporary cessation
of hostilities, between the Allied nations and
Germany went into effect on the eleventh
hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh
month. For that reason, Nov. 11, 1918, is gen-
erally regarded as the end of “the war to end
all wars.”
In November 1919, President Wilson pro-
claimed Nov. 11 as the first commemoration
of Armistice Day with the following words:
“To us in America, the reflections of
Armistice Day will be filled with solemn
pride in the heroism of those who died in the
country’s service and with gratitude for the
victory, both because of the thing from which
it has freed us and because of the opportunity
it has given America to show her sympathy
with peace and justice in the councils of the
nations … ”
The original concept for the celebration
was for a day observed with parades and pub-
lic meetings and a brief suspension of busi-
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November 11, 2010
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Whereas the 11th of November 1918, ON THE COVER: A soldier at
marked the cessation of the most destructive, the Oregon National Guard
sanguinary, and far reaching war in human Armory in Roseburg salutes
annals and the resumption by the people of
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other nations, which we hope may never Sullivan of The News-Review
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Whereas it is fitting that the recurring TABLE OF CONTENTS
anniversary of this date should be commemo-
rated with thanksgiving and prayer and exer-
cises designed to perpetuate peace through History of Veterans Day ...... 2
good will and mutual understanding between Joe Brumbach ......................3
nations; and
Whereas the legislatures of twenty-seven Orlo Handy ............................4
of our States have already declared Novem-
ber 11 to be a legal holiday: Therefore be it Three generations ................5
Resolved by the Senate (the House of Repre-
Thomas Sheehan ..................6
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Ted Osborn .............................7
Pauline Clark ..........................8
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Veterans Herb Johnson ..........................9
Matt Munsey ..........................12
Fred Nelson ...........................13
Lonnie Williams ......................14
Doreen Butler .........................15
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Dixonville veteran recalls shock of Pearl Harbor bombing
JOE BRUMBACH
As told to Craig Reed
For The News-Review
It was Dec. 7, 1941.
I was stationed at the Kaneohe Bay
Naval Air Base on Oahu, across the island
from Pearl Harbor. I was in a Navy PBY
seaplane squadron and was at the time an
aviation machinist mate second class.
That’s a mechanic.
I’d been on watch that morning, had got-
ten off a little early and was headed to the
mess hall for some food. When I left the
hangar area, I saw some planes flying
around, but didn’t think
anything about it
because planes in the
air was common. But
then when the planes
banked, I saw the red
dots and immediately
knew they weren’t
ours.
I ran up to the bar-
racks to rouse people.
Then I ran back to the
Brumbach hangar and a friend and
I got in a plane that
was sitting next to the hangar waiting for
repairs. The plane had a 50-caliber
machine gun and a 30-caliber gun. We
were working both guns, shooting at
planes as they went over.
The enemy dropped bombs on our
planes on nearby ships and on our planes
on the dock. Some of them were full of
fuel. The enemy sent in fighters first and
then light bombers. They hit all our planes.
I saw one bomber coming over and it
looked like it was trying to get the plane
we were shooting from. I just hunkered
down and figured it was over.
But the bomb landed in the hangar and
the steel hangar doors were strong enough
to protect us from other than some shrap-
nel.
I remember one plane being shot down.
It made a 180-degree turn and crashed on
the base. I don’t know who hit it because
there were so many of us shooting. One
guy was standing out in the open, holding
and firing a machine gun. He was present-
ed a Medal of Honor for his effort.
Time completely escaped me. I don’t
know how long it lasted. All our planes
were gone. Out of my squad, we lost 25
crew members.
All our facilities were gone, our fuel
supply was all shot up. It was complete
devastation as far as we were concerned.
We were pretty much in shock.
The good Lord must have been looking
after me.
We could see explosions coming from
Pearl Harbor.
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When things finally died down, the deci-
sion was made for us to go up a nearby
hill, take the machine guns with us and dig
in. We were planning to repel any enemy
landing on the ground. Nothing happened
that night.
We came down the next morning and
could see that in our Navy whites we were
easily seen at night. So we dumped our
whites in coffee, then went back up the
hill. But a ground attack never came.
“
I saw one bomber coming
over and it looked like it was
trying to get the plane we
were shooting from. I just
hunkered down and figured it
was over.
Joe Brumbach
Dixonville
”
On the second day, a squad of PBYs
came in from Seattle and landed at Pearl
Harbor. I was sent to Pearl to operate with
that squadron. I was there for a couple
weeks before my squadron got new planes
from San Diego and I moved back to it.
We set up a base on Barking Sands Beach
on Kaui island. The planes landed on the
water and then rolled up on the sand.
After the Battle of Midway, I was
ordered to Pensacola, Fla., where I spent
nine months in flight training to become a
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flew 44 different types of aircraft for test-
ing.
During the Korean War, I was a flight
instructor and a transport pilot. I flew
troops and supplies to Korea and brought
the wounded home.
I retired from a 20-year career in the
Navy in 1960 and returned to a ranch in
the Dixonville area.
I did what I thought I should do while
serving. I never regretted it. I’d do it again
if I was asked. I thought World War II was
a just cause. We did what we had to do. I
did my part and I think I did it well.
Joe Brumbach, 88, was born and raised
in the Dixonville area and continues to live
there on Brumbach Road. He initially
spent two years in the Oregon National
Guard before enlisting in the U.S. Navy.
He retired from the Navy as a lieutenant
commander. He says as far as he can
determine, he’s the only Pearl Harbor sur- Photo courtesy of Joe Brumbach
vivor still living in Douglas County. He
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years in the U.S. Navy. He was stationed in
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In memory of Army Staff Sgt. Orlo P. Handy
JENNIFER HIGH
For The News-Review
This is in memory of Staff Sgt. Orlo P.
Handy of the 162nd infantry 41st Div. Co. D.
This is a story that almost did not get writ-
ten as the process of remembering a loved
one, especially a parent, can be very emo-
tional. The story is big-
ger than one person and
yet so personal. It has
been written in the lives
of so many and in histo-
ry.
The beginning started
in Douglas County in
the early 1940s. My
father, Orlo P. Handy,
was called to duty along
with many others and
Young Handy reported to Fort Lewis,
Wash., to train. They
then went by boat to New Guinea, where
they made a beach landing at Nasha Bay in
the Solomon Campaign. It was such a world
away from their farm and logging communi-
ties. New Guinea was filled with creatures of
beauty, but also some that were deadly.
The soldiers went to fight an enemy who
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This reunion photo of U.S. Army soldiers who served in New Guinea in the early 1940s was taken in 1966 at the Douglas
County Fairgrounds. Many of the soldiers were from Douglas County. Orlo Handy is in the middle row, third from the right..
was a threat to them and their country’s free- Purple Heart and also contracted malaria. He
dom. It was a very tough and long campaign went to Australia to recover from his wounds
and they lost many friends and suffered and he had much respect for the Australians.
many hardships. They fought alongside the natives of New
My father was wounded and received a Guinea, who put themselves at great risk to
help the Americans and Australians.
When the war was over they came home
and married, started families and started
careers. My father chose logging, which he
loved. Many started small businesses in
Roseburg.
He did impart to his children the horrors of
war and the losses, but also the lifelong
friendships that were forged and experiences
shared. He liked to tell the story of putting a
soldier’s bunk up in the rafters. When he
came home from a long night out in the dark,
he still crawled up into the bunk. Another
story was being hopelessly pinned down by
enemy fire. One of the commanding officers
had a plan that felt less than doable to the
men on the front line, so someone posted on
a tree “Beal’s Plan of Retreat” as a joke. I
guess the message is that even in the worst
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of circumstances one can fine hope and
humor.
I had the honor of meeting with a group of
his fellow soldiers from Company D at a
restaurant in Roseburg a few years ago and it
was amazing to me that 60 -lus years after
coming home, they continued to meet as a
group to support and care for each other and
their families. It is my understanding from
one of the last survivors that there are only a
handful left and they have discontinued
meeting. But the widows, children and
grandchildren will continue the stories and
remember the courage and valor of these
brave men of Company D.
In closing, this is a tribute to Orlo P.
Handy , who was a machine gunner of a 30-
caliber water-cooled machine gun and to all
the men of Company D. They lived through
tough conditions and never gave up on each
other or themselves.
Some continued to fight their own person-
al demons when they came home, but they
were lucky to have a VA Hospital near for
support. They also had a group of supportive
men who had been together in the toughest
times and came out as men of honor and
bravery.
When my father was dying of lung cancer
20 years ago, a Roseburg VA nurse said
when she saw his radiation tattoos, “It looks
like he gave a good fight.” I think that is how
I remember him and how he survived life,
war and would like to be thought of. So if
you read this story, remember to “never give
up the fight, cherish your friends and family
as there are always brighter days ahead.”
Jennifer High is a resident of Roseburg.
She is the oldest of Orlo and Bernice
Handy’s three children. The Handys raised
their family in Sutherlin.
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Generations of Oregonians opt to serve their country
Jim Bray served in the U.S. Army
from 1948-54
JAMES BRAY
For The News-Review
My U.S. Army basic training was at Fort
Jackson, S. C., in 1948. After a seven-day
leave, I was assigned to 7840th ordinance
depot in Karlsfeld, Germany, for the next
three years with the U.S. Army European
Command.
Karlsfeld was a facility where engines
damaged in World War II were rebuilt. It
was located eight kilometers out of
Munich and was close to Dachau, where
so many people were put to death. It was a
sad place to see.
To perform this huge task of rebuilding
all these engines, we had about 5,000 Ger-
man men and women helping accomplish
the job.
During my time in Karlsfeld, the army
started the integration program and I was
transferred to a small town just south of
Bordeaux, France, where I spent the next
year. I was then transferred back to Ger-
many near Frankfurt, where I remained
until I returned to the U.S. There I was
assigned to Camp Chaffee, Ark., as a pla-
toon sergeant until I was discharged in
1954. I then moved to Oakland, Ore.,
where I went to work for Martin Box.
I have two others in my family who at
Teen enlistee follows in the footsteps of his grandfather and uncle
Kyle Haddock re-enlisted in
October, plans to apply for
Warrant Officer School
DIANA HADDOCK
For The News-Review
My son, Kyle Haddock, joined the U.S.
Army at 17, deciding that he would forgo
the formal high school graduation ceremo-
ny to get a “kick start” to his military
career.
It was so hard for me to sign his docu-
ments to allow him to join before he
turned 18, but I knew that he was dedicat-
ed to his new career and I would support
him any and every way that I could.
He has excelled in his three years of
active duty, has obtained the rank of spe-
cialist and is working hard to obtain his
next promotion to sergeant before this
deployment ends. His goal after that will
be to apply for Warrant Officer School.
In his career to date he has only man-
aged to be in the states for a grand total of
six months. The remainder of his time has
been in Korea and Iraq. We have not been
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Photo courtesy of Jim Bray
Jim Bray was a staff sargeant in the
U.S. Army in 1949 when this photo was
taken. His duties included patrolling in
Germany near the Russian border.
present are proudly serving their country:
My son, Lt. Col. Dan Bray and my grand-
son, Cpl. Kyle Haddock.
James Bray is a resident of Oakland.
When discharged from the army in 1954,
he was a staff sergeant.
Kyle Haddock, right, is shown re-enlisting in the U.S. Army on Oct. 29. Haddock is
in his third year with the Army.
able to spend the last three birthdays,
Thanksgivings and Christmas together due
to his being in another country and not
able to come home. Hopefully in 2011 we
Dan Bray nears retirement
from active duty
DAN BRAY
For The News-Review
As a member of the military, I have served
in many places and have gone on two deploy-
ments to the Middle East. In between deploy-
ments, my immediate family has been able to
travel with me to various assignments. We
were fortunate to live in Germany for six
years during the 1990s. Additionally, we have
served in multiple states including Texas,
New Jersey, Washington and California.
We have learned many life lessons while in
the military. While touring a castle in Ger-
many one day, our sons complained about
having to visit yet another castle. We tried to
explain to them that they are experiencing
history while many of their friends can only
read about history in school. I must admit that
they did not totally buy into that speech. But I
believe now that they are older they can
appreciate that statement.
As I near retirement from active duty, I
have discovered that no one serves in the mil-
itary alone. Generally, we all need support
systems to make us resilient and determined
to achieve our goals. I am grateful for my
wife, Patti; sons, Tyler and Jordan; parents,
James Bray and Juanita Schaak of Roseburg;
and sister, Diana Haddock of Roseburg, for
encouraging me along the way.
Photo courtesy of Kyle Haddock
will be able to celebrate them all together!
As a single parent, having my only child
choose this career path has been a very
crazy roller coaster ride of emotions. The
Roseburg Oregon, Page 5
Photo courtesy of Dan Bray
Dan Bray, right, shares water with a
man on a camel in the Middle East.
Here are some principles I discovered
along the way that have helped me survive.
Never lose sight of your goal in spite of the
people around you. People will change,
but one’s faith should remain constant. Spend
time with those dearest to you. Quality time
is good, but quantity of time can never be
overlooked. Do not be shy at telling how
much you love those close to you.
Dan Bray was raised in Roseburg and grad-
uated from Roseburg High School in 1976. He
is a chaplain and lieutenant colonel in the U.S.
Army and lives in Harker Heights, Texas.
mom in me wishes that perhaps he would
have chosen a path that would keep him a
little less in harm’s way, but joining the
Army has been something that he has
wanted to do for several years.
I worry almost nonstop about him. How
is he doing? Does he have everything that
he needs? How unbearably hot has it got-
ten? Has he run into any more creatures
such as the camel spiders, sand snakes,
scorpions and vipers? When will he be
able to contact me again? When will I get
to see him again and for how long? Where
will he go next in his service to our coun-
try?
All military parents face these and many
other obstacles in the journey they take
alongside their family members. Some
days are great and they have such exciting
news to share they are talking a mile a
minute. Other days are not so enjoyable,
such as the day they receive the orders of
deployment. You start counting down the
days from that point forward trying to
make each minute that you have left special
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SALUTE TO VETERANS
Memories of Dachau were strong decades later
Editor’s Note — Thomas J. Sheehan,
Jr., passed away on Feb. 19 at the age
of 91. Shortly before his death, he dic-
tated the following story from his memo-
ry to Norm Gershon, his son-in-law,
about his battalion and its encounter
with the Dachau concentration camp in
April 1945. Sheehan was a 1st Lieu-
tenant in Patton’s tank corps. He moved
from New York (where he was born and
spent virtually his whole life) to Rose-
burg to live with the Gershons in 2009.
He was a loyal New York Mets fan.
THOMAS J. SHEEHAN
As told to Norm Gershon
On or about April 29, 1945, I was in
Service Company, 27th Tank Battalion,
20th Armored Division, moving south-
east from Le Havre, France, to Salzburg
in Austria. After an all-night approach
from the area of Ulm, we came to a
small village, a military installation,
which I later found out was Dachau.
This was the worst day of my life.
There were U.S. infantry in the village
and they were in possession of the
entrance to the camp. My best recall is
that this was the 45th Division (New
Mexico National Guard).
Many German civilians were present
to work in the camp. They were turned
away by the infantry as we were also,
but not until we had observed the ovens,
which were still quite warm.
This installation seemed to be run by
the SS. As the SS withdrew, they turned
artillery fire on us, and we did have one
tanker who was wounded at his tank.
The rest of the camp was in the hands of
our infantry.
As we waited for orders (I had a
radio), we noticed on the northwest cor-
ner of the camp a long train full of
apparent prisoners in very little clothing
(the morning was cold). They asked us
for food and water, which we couldn’t
provide.
Daughter: My dad spoke of his Army service ‘proudly’
BARBARA SHEEHAN GERSHON
For The News-Review
My father, Thomas J. Sheehan, Jr., spent
five years in the U.S. Army (1941-46). He
was among the first group of American
men drafted to respond to the dangers of
the developing world war.
Like so many men and women who have
gone off to war, he was profoundly affect-
ed by the experience.
He spoke of his service proudly and
often. Aided by the G.I. Bill and while
Lt. Thomas Sheehan stands for a photo while on duty with the U.S. Army in Eng-
land on July 28, 1944. Sheehan sent the photo home to his wife, Irene. Note her
name on the Jeep.
Several SS officers were met by our
infantry. They seemed to be medics with
baggage, which was removed from what
I would call a clinic. Our medics treated
wounded Americans in the clinic.
Eventually, we, the 27th Tank Battal-
working full time, raising a family and
going to school in the evening, he
achieved his life long dream of becoming
an attorney.
During his final years, I encouraged him
to use the medical services offered by the
Veterans’ Administration. It was something
he had never done. He felt he had done his
duty, he had taken advantage of the G.I.
Bill and nothing more was due him.
I did finally persuade him that his
severe hearing loss might have been the
result of his years in the tank corps. He
Roseburg Oregon, Thursday, November 11, 2010
Photo courtesy of Norm Gershon
ion, were ordered to move southwest to
the neighborhood of München, and so
we did.
Norm Gershon lives in Roseburg.
reluctantly submitted to testing at the
Roseburg VA facility and received hearing
aids, which greatly added to his safety and
to the quality of the last months of his life.
He was touched by the care and generosity
of those at the Roseburg VA and believed
he had received a “gift” from them.
It was a gift for me to have been able to
help a proud, independent, self-reliant
patriot.
Barbara Gershon lives in Roseburg.
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way to stay in touch
Continued from page 5
and memorable. You do that because hon-
estly you don’t know when you will see
each other again or under what circum-
stances.
My son and I keep in touch utilizing the
systems that are available in today’s tech
world. We use e-mails and Facebook and
Skype when the connection on his end
will hold up, at times only lasting a few
minutes then disconnecting. Then you
start the calling process over again, but
those few minutes to see and hear are the
most precious. At times you just look and
smile and laugh and then talk as fast as
you can trying to catch up on everything
possible. Phone calls with the use of
phone cards or the DSN lines — when he
can locate an available phone— are pre-
cious as well.
I mail “care” packages every couple of
weeks. They will be packed full of treats
and snacks of all of his favorites and even
those of his buddies. I always have orders
for cookies, snack mixes, candies, jerky,
anything that is homemade and really just
about anything I can send he loves to get.
He will send me messages of what he
would like in the next box before they
have even emptied the current one.
Whenever one of his packages arrives
he tells me everyone gathers around to
share in the joy of something from home.
He also seeks out the soldiers who don’t
seem to receive any mail or packages and
makes sure that they can enjoy in all the
goodies sent from home. Movies, music,
books and magazines are always in
demand as well as basic items such as
lotion, sunscreen, soap, baby wipes and
lip balm.
Support and volunteer groups are avail-
able such as Adopt A Hero, Blue Star
Moms, The USO and Wounded Warriors,
just to name a few. The list grows almost
daily. The internet can provide a wealth of
information to anyone who is interested in
showing support to our military guys and
gals.
I am so very proud of my son and I
admire the path he has chosen. At times
this can be extremely difficult, but I will
stand beside him and support him every
step of the way. He has chosen to serve
our country and to protect every one of us
so we may continue to enjoy the freedoms
that we have.
Kyle Haddock is just one of thousands
of fantastic military individuals.
Thank you for allowing me to share
some of his story with you. God willing,
this tour will end for him in March or
April and he will be home for a well-
deserved month of leave.
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Retired Army enlistee reflects on 20-year career
THEODORE OSBORN
For The News-Review
I entered the Army in 1955 and have
served in some interesting posts.
After going through military police
training at Fort Gordon, Ga., I worked
as a turnkey at the U.S. Army discipli-
nary barrack at Lompoc, Calif., (a
branch of Leavenworth Federal Prison)
for one year and spent two years in
Munich, Germany,
where I did town
patrol as an M.P.
I also had an inter-
esting 16 months in
South Korea while
assigned to the mili-
tary police and was
the officer in charge
of a 55-man South
Korean security force
Osborn in the early ’60s. Dur-
ing off duty I some-
times volunteered at Father Joe
Sweeney’s orphanage and leprosarium.
That was real sorrowful.
In 1969, after completing four years
in Europe (two in France and two in
Belgium), I was eager to return to the
states. I had been involved in trans-
porting 375 tons of engineer material
and equipment from Paris to Brussels.
I made 45 trips through the heart of
Paris, around the Arc de Triomphe,
driving a Citron truck. The first few
trips were kind of nerve- wracking
until I learned to drive like the French.
Instead of being sent stateside, I was
sent to Vietnam for a year and stationed
at Tonsonnhut Air Base in Saigon with
the U.S. Army Mortuary. A very somber
job, quite the opposite of the two years
pleasantly spent on the personal staff of
Maj. Gen. Lloyd R. Moses, 5th Army
HQ in Chicago in the early ’60s.
While in Vietnam the one bright spot
was when I had a week of R&R in
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Hawaii and my wife and three kids flew
over from Oregon. They lived in Myrtle
Creek during my time in Vietnam.
As my tour of duty ended, I again
looked forward to an assignment in the
states. Instead, I received orders for
Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany, near
“
If I get out of here alive, I
am never going to be hot
again!
Theodore Osborn
Oakland
”
Stuttgart. We were there three years,
completing eight continuous years of
duty outside the U.S. before finally
returning home.
I retired in 1975 and moved to land
that we purchased 10 years earlier on
the Umpqua River in the Kellogg/Tyee
area.
We spent the really hot days at Win-
chester Bay. I had made a vow to myself
while in sweltering hot Vietnam that “if
I get out of here alive, I am never going
to be hot again!”
That vow also makes me a churchgo-
ing person.
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would I do it all again? In a heartbeat.
The U.S. Army enabled a young lad
from Oakland, Ore., to see such things
as Napoleon’s tomb, King Louis XII’s
Palace of Versailles (where the
armistice, Treaty of Versailles, was
signed), Reims Cathedral where Charles
VII, in the presence of Joan of Arc, was
crowned King of France, the mass grave
at Waterloo, the infamous concentration
camp at Dachau where thousands of
Jews were killed by Nazis, Louvre
Museum where the Mona Lisa, Venus de
Milo and other works of art were
viewed, several castles located in the
Alps, Luxembourg cemetery and the
grave site of Gen. George Patton and
most of all, most of “America the Beau-
tiful.”
Theodore Osborn, 74, continues to
live on the banks of the Umpqua River.
After his military career, he worked for
the Oakland School District and for the
Campfire Girls Campground at Tyee.
Osborn was awarded the Bronze Star Photo courtesy of Theodore Osborn
Medal for meritorious achievement in a Theodore Osborn served for 16
ground operation against hostile forces months as a military policeman in South
while serving in Vietnam. Korea in the early 1960s.
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Newspaper advertisement led to role as ‘Rosie the Riveter’
PAULINE CLARK
as told to Anne Creighton
For The News-Review
In 1940, when I was 19, I left my fami-
ly’s chicken farm in Centralia, Wash., to
attend Northwest Nazarene College in
Idaho.
I paid for half of my tuition by working
three nights a week as a server in the
women’s dormitory cafeteria.
Back then, there were very strict rules
about studying on Sundays, but I did it any-
way so I wouldn’t fall behind.
However, my roommate told on me, and I
got scolded by the dean. I was so angry, and
I knew after I finished the semester I
wouldn’t be back.
It was around that same time that Pearl
Harbor was bombed, and I remember it was
all over the front page of newspapers and
on the radio.
I moved back to Centralia shortly after
and told my mother I wanted to join a
branch in the service. She said, “Pauline,
those women are just there to service the
men.”
Whether she was right or not, I’ll never
know, but I knew I had to get out of Cen-
tralia somehow.
One of my friends from college lived in
Newberg, Ore., and she invited me to live
with her for the summer and find a job. I
ended up working at a cafe for a year, but I
never made much money.
While I was in Newberg, I saw an adver-
tisement in the paper that said the Oregon
shipyards were hiring women welder’s
helpers, and I immediately took a bus to
Portland and applied for the job. I was hired
shortly after.
I commuted from Newberg to Portland
for about a year, but finally found housing
in the Portland area with a new roommate,
Ruth Miller, who also worked in the ship-
yards.
I was on the graveyard shift, and I wanted
to be because we only worked seven hours
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Pauline Clark of Roseburg is proud of
her work in the Oregon shipyards during
World War II.
and got paid for eight. I was earning about
75 cents an hour back then.
I learned quickly that welders made quite
a bit more so I decided to go to welding
school. For about a week, I took classes in
the mornings after I got off my shift and
was soon welding Liberty and Victory
cargo ships on my own for about $2 an
hour.
It was hard work, but it was fun, too.
Ruth and I worked six days a week, but we
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had Saturday nights off, and we would go
dancing at the Knob Hill Club in Portland.
One night while I was at the club, this
sailor came over and asked me to dance.
His name was Harry Byron Clark, but
everyone called him Barney.
Barney worked on a minesweeper, which
was in port for repairs. After our night of
dancing we continued to spend time togeth-
er, and before long he was waiting for me at
my doorstep every morning when I got off
“
I’m proud of what I did,
although at the time I
thought of it as just a job.
Pauline Clark
Roseburg
”
Courtesy photo
work. This carried on for about a month
until he left on his ship to the Aleutian Clark, right, is pictured with Ruth Miller
Islands for his last tour of duty. in Portland. The friends and roommates
A few weeks after Barney deployed, I got embodied the image of Rosie the Riveter.
a letter in the mail from him asking if I
would marry him. I said yes, and we were because all of the metal went to the war
married in 1945 after the war ended. effort. There was a shortage of everything,
We were together for more than 40 years including butter.
before he passed away. The people during that time understood
I’m proud of what I did, although at the why this was happening, and we never
time I thought of it as just a job. I didn’t complained. I met a lot of great people dur-
realize the importance of what I was doing ing my stint as a welder.
until toward the end of the war. It took a It was a growing-up time for all of us,
while for all of it to sink in. and I would do it all over again in a heart-
The war was hard on everyone. There beat.
weren’t any new appliances or cars made
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Norwegian native
honored to have
served in U.S. Navy
B.J. ENGEN
as told to Craig Reed
The News-Review
Being a veteran to me is having a priv-
ilege that a lot of people don’t have. I
feel honored by having served in the
U.S. military.
Being a veteran is an honorable pro-
fession.
A veteran of course has seen the
effects of wars, of conflicts. I saw war
early in life. I was born and raised in
Norway, a Nazi-occupied country during
World War II. Even though I was very
young, I still remember what was going
on and how the Nazis were treating peo-
ple.
I came to the U.S. in 1958 at the age
of 21. I flew into Seattle. I settled in the
Canyonville area, but I knew I had to
serve in the military. That was part of the
immigration laws at the time.
In 1960, I received the notice that said
I was going to be drafted. I joined the
U.S. Navy and was fortunate to be trans-
ferred to a transport squadron because I
wanted to fly. I was a load master on a
C130 Hercules (plane). The Navy and
Air Force worked together. At the begin-
ning of the Vietnam War, we flew troops
and supplies into Saigon.
I feel really proud to be a veteran. I
feel very appreciative of what the Rose-
burg V.A. has done for me. That’s why
I’m volunteering my extra time to the
V.A. Being a veteran, I have an under-
standing of what other veterans go
through coming back after serving the
country overseas.
I feel real obligated to help any veter-
an I can who’s coming back from war.
They have all served and done their
duties for their country. They deserve the
“We honor those
— past and present —
who have risked their lives in defense of
our country’s freedom.
Thank you.”
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B.J. Engen of Winston served in the U.S.
Navy from 1960 to 1966. He’s now retired
and lives in Winston with his dog, Bisha.
best they can get.
Veterans Day to me is one special day
of the year that I feel very fortunate to
be here, and to be able to participate in
events based on veterans.
I belong to the Southern Oregon War-
birds and participate in the Veterans Day
Parade in downtown Roseburg.
Veterans Day has significant impor-
tance because it’s a time to recognize
and honor vets.
Winston’s B.J. Engen, 73, was a mem-
ber of the U.S. Navy from 1960-66. He
said that based on research he did with
friend Dirk Kruysman of Roseburg, they
believe they are are the only two Dou-
glas County veterans who lived in Nazi-
occupied countries as youngsters. Kruys-
man was born and raised in Holland.
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Herb Johnson rushed to serve
Editor’s Note: The following is an Great Lakes Naval
excerpt from a biography, “One of Ten,”
written by Herb Johnson of Roseburg.
Training Station, there
were not enough facil-
Johnson wrote one chapter about the war ities to handle us all.
years, 1941 to 1946. We were shipped south
to New Orleans to get
HERB JOHNSON us out of the January
For The News-Review cold. I was eventually
assigned to a
I remember the telephone jingling. The minesweeper.
operator in a very nervous voice told us It took 45 days for
that Pearl Harbor had been attacked by Johnson our squadron of 15
the Japanese. We had to find a world map ships to reach Aus-
to locate Pearl Harbor. tralia.
A few nights later, President Roosevelt We then headed north to the Philippines
was on the radio with a message to the and proceeded to have numerous engage-
American people. The one passage that ments with the Japanese in the Phillipines
stood out was, “We have nothing to fear and Borneo until the end of the war in
but fear itself.” August 1945.
I decided to volunteer. Dad took me to Our thoughts of going home were
Huron, about 40 miles away. I wanted to dashed when we were assigned to sweep
join the Air Force, but that office in the our own mines off the China coast.
federal building was closed. We finally made it home in February
I inquired at the office across the hall. 1946.
That was the Navy Recruiting Office.
Five minutes later, I was signed up for the Herb Johnson of Roseburg was one of
Navy. 10 children in the family of Henry and
There were so many volunteers signing Alice Johnson in South Dakota. Johnson,
up that when we finally arrived at the 80, is now retired.
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VETERANS DAY … A DAY TO REMEMBER

ALL WHO HAVE SERVED
Six young men from Douglas County gave their lives
serving our country in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Since 2005, US Army PFC Dean Bright, US Army Specialist Daniel Leckel,
US Marine Corporal James Lee Moore, US Army Specialist Ricky W. Rockholt, Jr.,
and US Army PFC Joshua A.R. Young died serving our country. Last January,
US Marine Corporal James Lee Moore
US Army Sgt. Joshua Lengstorf became the sixth Douglas County mortality. US Army Specialist Ricky W. Rockholt, Jr.
February 3, 1980 - January 26, 2005 October 28, 1976 - April 28, 2005
Freedom is not free.
From WWI to the present, over half a million US Military personnel
died serving this country during war or conflict.
Over 25 million US Veterans are alive in the United States today.
Remember all of them…always.

US Army PFC Dean Bright US Army Specialist Daniel Leckel

October 13, 1973 - October 4, 2006 August 13, 1987 - July 25, 2007

US Army PFC Joshua A.R. Young 2371 NE Stephens St . 541.672.9405 US Army Sgt. Joshua Lengstorf
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VETERANS DAY … A DAY TO REMEMBER

ALL WHO HAVE SERVED
Six young men from Douglas County gave their lives
serving our country in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Since 2005, US Army PFC Dean Bright, US Army Specialist Daniel Leckel,
US Marine Corporal James Lee Moore, US Army Specialist Ricky W. Rockholt, Jr.,
and US Army PFC Joshua A.R. Young died serving our country. Last January,
US Marine Corporal James Lee Moore
US Army Sgt. Joshua Lengstorf became the sixth Douglas County mortality. US Army Specialist Ricky W. Rockholt, Jr.
February 3, 1980 - January 26, 2005 October 28, 1976 - April 28, 2005
Freedom is not free.
From WWI to the present, over half a million US Military personnel
died serving this country during war or conflict.
Over 25 million US Veterans are alive in the United States today.
Remember all of them…always.

US Army PFC Dean Bright US Army Specialist Daniel Leckel

October 13, 1973 - October 4, 2006 August 13, 1987 - July 25, 2007

US Army PFC Joshua A.R. Young 2371 NE Stephens St . 541.672.9405 US Army Sgt. Joshua Lengstorf
August 8, 1986 - January 28, 2008 Roseburg, Oregon 97470 www.cowcreek.com December 3, 1985 - January 3, 2010
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Son’s commitment to country sparks pride in father
Matt Munsey, a Sutherlin High
School grad, reached the rank of
senior chief about two years ago
TODD MUNSEY
For The News-Review
When my oldest son, Matthew, called
from college to tell me he didn’t know
what he really wanted to do, that he real-
ized it was costing a lot of money to be
there and that he had decided he was
going to enlist in the Navy, my reaction
was simple.
Throughout his young life, Matt had
always made good decisions and given
me every reason to trust this one as well.
Besides, I think most of us have a per-
ception that if you’re in the Navy, you’re
a little safer riding around on a big boat,
hopefully staying out of harm’s way.
While it started out that way, 9/11
changed all that. Without going into
detail, Matthew is extremely good at
what he does. When others who are
extremely good at what they do took
notice, the war scenery for Matt changed
from waves to caves.
When I’m trying to describe how I feel
about my son and his commitment to
keeping our country safe and free, words
like “pride” seem so inadequate. To put
it in perspective, most folks think about
the war when they see or hear something
about it in the media. For me, however,
Matthew and the brave souls he serves
with are on my mind and in my prayers
constantly.
As he has just finished his ninth tour
of duty in Afghanistan, our occasional
phone conversations while he’s over
there have always had a common theme.
I can’t ask him where he is, what he’s
doing, what time it is, what the weath-
er’s like or when he might be coming
home.
But I’m able to ask, ‘How ’bout those
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Matt Munsey of the U.S. Navy has
served nine tours in Afghanistan.
Patriots?” and to talk football.
Matthew was elevated to senior chief
almost two years ago as one of the
youngest to reach that honor. I took the
opportunity to fly back east to be with
Matt and his family and I shared these
words with him:
“To my Senior Chief,
“I salute you and congratulate you on
a phenomenal accomplishment. I know
you have the respect and admiration of
your peers and people who love you. I’m
proud to be at the front of the line and
lucky to be here to celebrate yet another
incredible moment in your life.
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“I hope I tell you often just how proud
I am of you. The incredible work that
you do often goes unnoticed by people
outside of your circle. Most people in
this country take their freedom and secu-
rity for granted. While I don’t even have
a good grasp on everything you do, I
promise you that I appreciate you and
your colleagues every minute of every
day.
“On a personal note and from a father
and son perspective, I’ve tried to raise
you to be polite, courteous and respect-
ful … mission accomplished.
“
Because I can’t think of a
better word, I am so proud of
my son. I would be proud to
have my younger son,
Andrew, follow in Matthew’s
footsteps.
Todd Munsey, father
Sutherlin
”
“My hope was also to perhaps have
you grow up to be kind of like me ….
the good parts. A funny thing happened,
somewhere along the way I came to real-
ize that the tables had somehow turned
and I began to hope and wish that I
could be more like you. As a Dad, your
Dad, I can’t imagine a better feeling.”
The reason words seem so inadequate
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to describe my feelings is because hav-
ing a son, daughter, husband or wife in
the military adds such a personal and
emotional element to our lives. It’s
appreciated when an acquaintance, a
friend or a relative says, “I know how
you must feel.”
But they can’t. They can’t know how
I fight back tears of pride when I wit-
ness a stirring rendition of the Star
Spangled Banner, a fighter jet flying
over a parade or ball game, or the sight
of a little girl welcoming her dad home
with her little arms wrapped around his
neck.
They can’t know what it’s like for a
father and son to celebrate their Patriots’
first Super Bowl Championship or Red
Sox first World Series Championship,
together in spirit, but a half a world
apart.
They can’t know how I feel when
someone gives me the greatest compli-
ment possible, “Please thank your son
and tell him how much I appreciate his
service to our country.”
Because I can’t think of a better word,
I am so proud of my son. I would be
proud to have my younger son, Andrew,
follow in Matthew’s footsteps, and I’m
even naïve enough to hope that it would
be in a more peaceful world.
I’m so proud of our other men and
women who are currently serving and
the veterans who have gone before them.
I seldom miss an opportunity to extend
my hand and thank them for their service
when I see them in the airports, restau-
rants or on the street.
Here at home where we are all busy
with work, school, ball games, birthdays
and life in general in a free world, it’s
the least we can do.
Todd Munsey is a Sutherlin resident
and works at Douglas Electric Coopera-
tive in Roseburg. His son, Matthew, is a
1995 Sutherlin High School graduate.
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Unification key to
country prevailing
FRED NELSON
For The News-Review
I am a young octogenarian who is a World
War II veteran. I served overseas in the
Pacific Theater for one year and was in the
Army Reserves for nine years with the rank
of staff sergeant.
My wife and I moved from California in
1990 and to Roseburg in 1994. We have been
blessed with six grandchildren and have
found life most wonderful here.
With this writing, I will use three quota-
tions. The first is by Randy Pauch and was a
quote from his father: “If you dispense your
own wisdom others will dismiss it, but if you
offer the wisdom of others it will seem arro-
gant and more acceptable.”
The second from James Reston: “The first
casualty of war is common sense, the second
is communication via open discussion, i.e.
debate.”
The question I ask is: How do we speak to
those whose sole purpose of existence is to
kill all, including themselves, who are not
willing to confirm to their tenets?
Now that our nation is currently involved
in two land wars (Iraq and Afghanistan) and
very possibly may be required to commit
ourselves to two or more in Pakistan, Yemen
and at sometime Iran, how can we prevail
and obtain a peaceful solution?
We were victorious after World War II
largely because we were a nation united and
everyone did what they had to do to achieve
the complete victory. This is the price we
paid in blood, sweat and sacrifice. We had at
that time rationing of gas (needed a card),
rubber, food (coffee, sugar, butter, etc.).
I advise all the younger generation to ask
their grandparents about what the circum-
stances were then and then compare that
with what we have today. Those who fought
during this conflict had to suffer many losses
suffered by Kamikaze pilots who were will-
ing to die for their emperor and their belief in
Shintoism. Does history not repeat itself?
Who will be the winner after the world is
nuked? This planet will be uninhabitable
with bodies and debris everywhere just as it
was in Germany in 1945. Except with radia-
tion lasting for centuries what crops will
grow? Who will be here to tend and harvest
them?
In 1945, I saw what remained between
Shinagawa (a suburb of Tokyo) and Yoko-
hama. There was nothing with the exception
of some reinforced concrete smokestacks.
The third quotation was by Albert Ein-
stein: “I do not know what weapons World
War II will be fought with but any later con-
flict will be fought with sticks and stones.”
Therefore, is it not prudent that any
responsible government must be prepared for
any eventual future attacks by those who
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Photo courtesy of Fred Nelson
This picture of Fred Nelson of the U.S.
Army was taken in a Tokyo studio in
1945. The backdrop is a picture of Mount
Fujiyama.
wish to destroy our way of life?
My prayer is that we cease to argue among
ourselves as with Democrats versus Republi-
cans or right against left, red versus blue or
any other colors. What we need is change for
the better with less debt, taxes, welfare, regu-
lations, wasteful spending, less government
(which lately seems to be expanding), more
honesty and transparency (as promised) with
adherence to our Constitution and live by the
10 Commandments, if possible, to end all the
obvious corruption, then we can truly be a
United States.
Fred Nelson, now 84, and his wife, Leticia,
have lived in Roseburg for 16 years. Nelson
worked in the construction industry for 37
years before retiring.
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Vets: An act approved in 1938 made
Nov. 11 of each year a legal holiday
Continued from page 2
Resolved by the Senate (the House of
Representatives concurring), that the
President of the United States is request-
ed to issue a proclamation calling upon
the officials to display the flag of the
United States on all Government build-
ings on November 11 and inviting the
people of the United States to observe aggression in Korea, the 83rd Congress,
the day in schools and churches, or at the urging of the veterans service
other suitable places, with appropriate organizations, amended the Act of 1938
ceremonies of friendly relations with all by striking out the word “Armistice”
other peoples. and inserting in its place the word “Vet-
An Act (52 Stat. 351; 5 U. S. Code, erans.” With the approval of this legisla-
Sec. 87a) approved May 13, 1938, made tion (Public Law 380) on June 1, 1954,
the 11th of November in each year a November 11th became a day to honor
legal holiday—a day to be dedicated to American veterans of all wars.
the cause of world peace and to be Veterans Day continues to be
thereafter celebrated and known as observed on November 11, regardless of
“Armistice Day.” Armistice Day was what day of the week on which it falls.
primarily a day set aside to honor veter- ... It helps focus attention on the impor-
ans of World War I, but in 1954, after tant purpose of Veterans Day: A celebra-
World War II had required the greatest tion to honor America’s veterans for
mobilization of soldiers, sailors, their patriotism, love of country, and
Marines and airmen in the Nation’s his- willingness to serve and sacrifice for the
tory; after American forces had fought common good.
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War experiences from a pair of Vietnam tours recalled
LONNIE WILLIAMS
For The News-Review
Editor’s Note — Lonnie Williams
served two six-month tours, in 1969 and
1970, in Vietnam during the Vietnam War.
He wrote a book, “In the Shadow of
Peril,” from his war experiences. The fol-
lowing is Chapter 6 — “It’s a Jungle Out
There” — in the book.
Walking “point” or being “point man,”
as it was often referred to, was a presti-
gious position,
reserved for the more
experienced and
respected among us. It
wasn’t a job for the
rash, reckless or
impetuous, for the
lives of those he pilot-
ed depended on his
discretion and discern-
ment as much as his
eyes and ears.
Williams
If your point man
suddenly felt that
“something just wasn’t right,” then that
was serious stuff, carrying nearly as much
clout as an actual tangible threat.
Another qualifying trait of being “up
front” was that it wasn’t for the faint of
heart. The “point and drag” (last in line)
positions both carried with them the terri-
ble price of aloneness and vulnerability. It
was the point man who, if he missed see-
ing that deadly trip wire at his feet, would
be the first recompensed for his oversight.
If others died or were injured having been
led into an ambush, it was he who bore
the guilt. Needless to say, it was no place
for those who charged blindly on, think-
ing more of the goal ahead than those
who followed behind. A typical point man
encounter might have sounded something
like this, an experience I, myself, had.
What a helpless, hopeless and paralyz-
ing sensation. I’m talking about the
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Lonnie Williams is pictured in front of one of the tracks he drove while serving in
the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. He was wounded twice during combat.
dreadful feeling that some unseen enemy
is pointing a rifle right at you. Leading a
patrol along a well used trail could make
you imagine all kinds of things, some of
which you couldn’t just brush aside like
another thorn-studded vine.
You stop, you look, you listen, but all
you hear is your own heart beating faster
and louder with each passing moment.
You don’t see or hear anything threaten-
ing, yet you “feel” a dangerous presence.
Startled, you jump as a dry, dead leaf
overhead floats downward, colliding first
with one branch, then another, as it spins,
rocks and tumbles to the ground beside
you. Unconsciously, you thumb the safety
off your rifle, causing those behind you to
do the same. Back down the line of
teenage soldiers, a newbie is hushed as he
questions what’s going on up ahead.
You can’t see him, but you know he’s
Roseburg Oregon, Thursday, November 11, 2010
Photo courtesy of Lonnie Williams
there. His sights are on you. You have
become a walking (and for the moment)
breathing human target. You can perceive
his finger shifting on the trigger, search-
ing for that “sweet” spot that makes man
and rifle one. You’ve been that very agent
of death yourself: you know the drill.
He’s concentrating on his breathing now,
timing his breaths with the moment his
finger chooses to drop you or one of
yours to the jungle floor.
“What’s he waiting for?” you wonder.
Is there something blocking his shot?
Maybe he’s having second thoughts about
his position. Whatever is going on, you
long for something to hide behind, but
there’s nothing nearby. Besides, any
movement on your part may make things
worse, not better.
Now, for some bizarre reason, your
mind envisions that 7.62 mm round set-
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(“Oh God,” you think to yourself, “not
the flag draped coffin scene again.”). You
consider diving to the ground or “hosing”
down the area with your own bullets in a
reckless response to the panic welling up
inside. “Fight or Flight” — what do you
do when every choice is the wrong
choice? What a typical Vietnam experi-
ence. Once again, there is no right
answer. You’re damned if you do and
damned if you don’t.
The guy behind you, your “slack” posi-
tion, is staring at you; you can feel that
too. He’s wondering why you’re tensed
like a man who’s just stepped in front of
an oncoming train. You know you’re scar-
ing him and the rest of the guys as well,
but you’re afraid to turn and explain.
Besides, what would you say to him?
“I’ve got this ‘feeling’ that one of us is
about to be killed?”
Just as you start to take a courageous
step forward, your mind betrays you. It
begins playing a graphic, full-color movie
of a young man choking on his own
blood. Shot through the chest, he falls to
his knees, then on his side, vainly gasping
for air.
“No!” you accidentally blurt out, shak-
ing the morbid scene from your head.
Mustering every ounce of courage you
can find, you ignore your fears and take
that first step, then another. Soon, all is
well again; it was just your imagination ...
except you could have sworn you saw a
faint shadowy figure melt into the jungle
ahead.
Lonnie Williams of Winston is a twice-
wounded combat veteran of the Vietnam
War and was a recipient of the Bronze
Star. He served in Vietnam and Cambo-
dia. He wrote his book, “In the Shadow of
Peril,” to honor his friends who died in
the war, and for his children.
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SALUTE TO VETERANS
Tragic
death,
treasured
letter
DOREEN BUTLER
For The News-Review
In the summer of
1945, a terrible thing
happened to my mother
and her family.
She was 10 years old.
Her family had moved
from Eureka, Calif., to
Stockton, Calif., so that
my grandfather could
work in the assembly
yards.
My mother, LaDora,
her sister, Donna, and a
friend visiting from
Eureka went swimming.
The three girls were
skipping down some
rocks that were like
stair steps when my
Aunt Donna tripped.
She went ahead and
dove in.
When she didn’t
come back up, my
mother and their friend
went for help. They
dragged the river and
two days later the body
of my mother’s sister
was found.
Donna Downey was
13 years old. It was
Aug. 20, 1945.
My mother’s older
brother, Billy, was serv-
ing as a Marine then.
Several weeks after
Donna died this letter
(to the left) arrived.
Uncle Billy had written
her. It was dated Aug.
14, 1945 “VJ Day.”
The death of my Aunt
Donna became a family
tragedy. My Uncle
Billy’s letter became a
family treasure.

Doreen Butler of
Roseburg submitted the
adjacent letter that was
written by her Uncle
Billy (Wilmer Patrick
Shea) in 1945 following
the end of World War
II.
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War injury ended the career of a ‘100 percent’ U.S. Marine
The News-Review
Editor’s Note: A version of the follow-
ing story about John Danville appeared
in the 1988 Umpqua Edition of The
News-Review.
A “Bouncing Betty” blew the top off
19-year-old Marine Lance Cpl. John
Danville Jr.’s head near An Hoi, Viet-
nam, in December 1967.
“Bouncing Betty.”
With typical sardonic humor, the GIs
gave an alliterative female nickname to
the foot-activated grenade favored by
the Viet Congo. It was a cunning
weapon, calculated to kill by bouncing
off the ground and exploding at waist
level or higher.
It didn’t quite do the job in Danville’s
case. He survived. Barely.
He wasn’t expected to live. He says
more than one telegram was sent to his
parents announcing their son’s death
was imminent. He says he spent four
and a half years in veterans hospitals
and during that time his head was oper-
ated on nine times.
Danville is disabled for life, with a
thick fiberglass plate implanted in his
Douglas County Veterans Forum service organizations
Roseburg Oregon, Thursday, November 11, 2010
SALUTE TO VETERANS
head. He’s dependent serving in World War II. Father, howev-
on heavy medication er, didn’t want son to go into the Marine
to quell injury- Corps.
induced epilepsy. But young John couldn’t wait.
Because of the brain As soon as he turned 18 in 1965, he
injury, there are holes quit Roseburg High School, one credit
in his memory and he shy of graduating, and headed to the Los
sometimes has diffi- Angeles area, where his mother lived, to
culty explaining what enlist in the Marines.
he means. After basic training in San Diego and
But Danville’s a infantry training at Camp Pendleton, the
Danville proud man. He does young man shipped out for Vietnam, rar-
what he can. Three ing to fight.
times a week he volunteers at the Veter- “I hoped I’d be going to Vietnam,” he
ans Administration Medical Center. He’s says.
contributed 2,000 hours to the center. He calls his 18-month tour with the
He’s an active member of the Disabled Marines “the most wonderful time of my
American Veterans and the Military life.”
Order of the Purple Heart. He’s partici- Despite the brain injury, his memory
pated in the March of Dimes WalkAmer- of that time remains vivid. He shares his
ica. memories with the same pride that he
Danville says he has no regrets about wears the big brass belt buckle that pro-
his tour of duty in Vietnam. His only claims, “Vietnam ... We served our time
regret is that he still isn’t an active in hell. “
Marine. A grainy black-and-white photo shows
“Semper Fi — do or die,” he says res- Danville in a hospital bed, receiving the
olutely, raising his arm in a salute. Purple Heart from an officer Danville
To be a Marine was Danville’s only identifies as General Walt. Emaciated
ambition “since I was born,” he says. and covered with bandages, the patient
His dad, John Sr., had been a Marine, barely resembles the strapping, cocky
young Marine infantryman who had
enlisted a couple years earlier.
After his years of hospitalization,
Danville settled in the Roseburg area to
be near his family. Although he fought
to get out of the VA hospital, he spends
much of his time there as a volunteer.
It’s as close to the military as he can get.
His allegiance to his country, the mili-
tary and the Vietnam War remains
unswerving.
“I don’t think it was good,” he says of
the war. “But I don’t think it was bad. I
think anybody who was asked to go over
there should have gone.”
Any ill-will he carries from the 1960s
is aimed at the antiwar protesters.
“I feel very resentful of people in the
U.S. treating us like we were (crap)
when we came back,” he says.
No matter what the personal and phys-
ical toll extracted by the Vietnam War,
Danville considers himself a military
man.
“I’m a 100 percent retired Marine,” he
says.
John Danville lives in Green and vol-
unteers about 15 hours a week at the VA
Roseburg Healthcare System.
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On Veterans Day, November 11, 2010

So Proud of So Proud of
we honor the men and women who have Lt. Joshua Talcott
T5 Neil Talcott
CURRENTLY SERVING
served and those that are serving our SERVED 1943 - 1946
US ARMY
Country in the Armed Forces. We are so proud US ARMY
We Support You and We Thank You! of you, Joshua GO COMBAT INFANTRY MEN!

So Proud of Honoring In Memory Of So Proud of We Salute

Rod Adams PFC. Harold A. Roady PFC Harold Rogers P.F.C. James Kuper Cpt. Natalie Hayes
SERVING 2004 - PRESENT SERVED 1943 - 1946 SERVING 2009 - PRESENT SERVING FROM
SERVED 1942 - 1945 CURRENTLY IN IRAQ
WORLD WAR II MAY 2002 - PRESENT
NATIONAL GUARD US MARINES UNITED STATES ARMY ARMY NATIONAL GUARD US ARMY
WE ARE SO PROUD Lifetime Resident of Yoncalla WE’RE VERY PROUD OF YOU.
OF YOU AND HAPPY
We were proud then &
Passed at 101. We Miss you. Love & Prayers, WELCOME HOME
even more proud now! Love, your wife Martha &
YOU’RE HOME. Love, your Grandkids. The Whole Rogers Family.
Grams & family FROM IRAQ

In Memory of

Dean Robert
Bright
US ARMY CAV. SCOUT
KIA IRAQ 10-04-06

So Proud Of We Salute “No Father Ever

Don Jenkins Curtis Hannevold
SERVED SERVED Had A Better Son”
1962-1966 2004-2008
UNITED STATES MARINES UNITED STATES NAVY Dad, Mom, Sandra, Emily,
Love, Joell, Love, Grandma, Grandpa,
Chris, Ron, Jarrod, Maddie,
John and Shellee Mom, and John Myah & Evan
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In Memory of Honoring Honoring So Proud Of We Salute

Sgt. Calvin F. Marshall Capt. Tex Marshall PFC Roy D. Marshall E-5 Petty Officer
SERVED 1947 - 1949 SERVED 1949 - 1970 SERVED 1954 - 1956
Chris Johnston Lewis
SERVED 1987-1997
US MARINES OREGON NATIONAL GUARD US ARMY Johnston
US NAVY
Love, Love, Love, I’m so Proud of You! US NAVY
Your Family Your Family Your Family Love, Alsy We Love You Dad!

Gone...Never Forgotten In Memory of William J. Duncan Honoring We Salute You!

John Wesley Hughes SFC John L. SERVED 1944 - 1951 Col. Richard L. Michael J. Ardito, Sr.
SERVED UNITED STATES MARINES
1943 - 1945 Armstrong Meredith VIETNAM
U.S. NAVY SERVED 1950-1952 Join The Heroes. SERVED 1963-1989 1968-1969
We Love You Daddy Jack! US ARMY Become a Hospice UNITED STATES ARMY UNITED STATES MARINE CORP.
We love you,
Your Wife, Children,
Grandchildren and
Once in a lifetime
Love, Dottie
Volunteer at the Cheryl, Mike, Christi, Beth, From your
Great-Grandchildren V.A. in Roseburg Shelli & Staci Wife, Susan

So Proud Of So Proud Of So Proud Of So Proud Of Honoring

MK-2 Jack Reilly Ken Barnes, Msgt. Msgt. Ken Barnes, Ret Lance Corporal Melvin Cheney
SERVED SERVED SERVED Nathan Cheney SERVING 1971 - 1977
1971 - 1977 9/8/1987 TO 9/1/2009 9/8/1987 TO 9/1/2009
SERVING 2009 - PRESENT UNITED STATES ARMY
US Coast Guard UNITED STATES MARINES Thank You
UNITED STATES MARINES UNITED STATES MARINES
“SEMPER PARATUS” Semper Fi for your service
LOVE ALWAYS, YOUR WIFE. We Love You, Thank you, to our country
Love Mom & Dad
Dad & Mom Russ & Vangie
Thursday, November 11, 2010–The News-Review, Veterans Day Tribute Roseburg Oregon, Page 19

We Salute In Memory Of So Proud Of We Salute In Memory of

2nd Lt. CPL Calvin Coolidge Sam Morris Jacob Tobias Notenboom Jess Portlock
Poncho SERVED SERVED 1967 & 1968
Harry Burton Black SERVED 1967 - 1969 (VIETNAM)
1967 - 1968 UNITED STATES ARMY
Our beloved husband, UNITED STATES MARINES
SERVED WWII UNITED STATES ARMY
father, g. father & gt. papa VIETNAM Night Hawks
US ARMY SERVED 1943-1947 You made it! 131st AVN Co.
Still Loved,
ARMY RANGER, UTAH BEACH, EUROPE We love you. From, your family
Badly Missed
Gone, but not forgotten
You’re in our Hearts

We Salute In Memory of So Proud Of So Proud Of So Proud Of

Winston Bridges Jr. Lt. Commander SP4 Michel Cpt. Trenton W. Ryan Simshauser
SERVED 1964-1965 Winston Bridges Sr. Robert Kresky Simshauser SERVING 2007 TO PRESENT
SERVED 1942-1945 SERVED 1969-1971 SERVING
US ARMY US ARMY 3/4 CAV
U.S. COAST GUARD
US NAVY US AIR FORCE
From, Pat, Barby & Sean Forever in our Hearts Love, Your Family
Love, Lore, Daniel, Tania Thank you for serving in Iraq
From, Pat, Barby & Sean
Love, Your Family

In Memory of
Dean
Robert
Bright
US ARMY
CAV. SCOUT
KIA IRAQ You’re Our Hero
10-04-06 Casey Dawley So Proud Of In Memory Of
Sergeant 1st Class Robert R. Weaver
I Love You SERVING 1998 - PRESENT
UNITED STATES ARMY
Robert C. Weaver
UNITED STATES
We Love You, United States Army ARMY AIR FORCE
Dad, You make us proud FOR SERVING TIME IN We miss you
Mom, Dad, Dana, Jason, VIETNAM Love, your family.
Jarrod A.J. & Emily LOVE, MOM.
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Honoring Honoring In Memory Of Honoring So Proud Of

Gary Cross
SPE 4 John D. Weaver PFC Franklin G. Weaver SFC William R. Weaver Sr. Sgt William R. Weaver Jr. Vietnam Medic
SERVED SERVED SERVED SERVED 82nd Airborne
1971 - 1977 1969 - 1971 1942 - 1967 1962 - 1968 SERVED 1970 - 1973
United States Army United States Army United States Army United States Army The World is Better
FROM THE WEAVER FAMILY FROM THE WEAVER FAMILY FROM THE WEAVER FAMILY FROM THE WEAVER FAMILY For Having You

In Loving Memory
Honoring In Honor Of So Proud Of In Memory Of of Fallen Heroes &
Robert “Bob” Pearson E4 Lloyd O. Nelson SGT. Stephen D. Guido Sr. A Ryan Matthews Brothers
SERVED 1966-1970 SERVED Cpl. James L. Moore, USMC
SERVED SERVED
UNITED STATES NAVY
1941-1945 1966 - 1969 6/08 - 11/09 Esau Ivan
Thank You US AIR FORCE Deapena-Hernandez
Love, Sherry, Wanda WAKE ISLAND POW WWII Grandpa, We love you! USMC & USA
& Bobbi and rest of Sierra, Arielle, Kennedy, Forever in our hearts
LOVE, MOM, ANDREWS,
your loved ones Love, Mary Ann & Nels Love, Mom, Dad & Kody
Dylan & Khloe LAKES, STEWARTS

In Memory of

Dean R.
Bright
US ARMY
KIA 10-04-06 We Salute So Proud Of So Proud Of
Darin T. Kell Lt. Col. Eric Riley Leonard A. Dyer
Love Forever... SERVED 1988-1995 SERVING 1993 TO PRESENT
United States Army
Becky, Jarrod United States Army ARMY NATIONAL GUARD
and Maddie SO PROUD TO CALL YOU DAD! Congratulations on your
WOUNDED IN OKINAWA, YOU
MADE YOUR FAMILY, FRIENDS
LOVE, COLLIN & AUSTIN promotion. Love Kristin, Cole, & COUNTRY PROUD.
Logan & Kaitlyn