Veterans memories from Bellingham, WA

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Veteran recalls honors given to dad in World War II, brother in Vietnam

William Edwin Phillips served with a B-26 squadron in Europe and Africa during World War II, where he received numerous medals and his unit received the French Croix de Guerre. Phillips' two sons also served in the Army, including Jeff Phillips of Blaine.

I grew up and lived in Kentucky, as did my family, but I moved here in 2007. My father, older brother and I served all served in the U.S. Army at various times.

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Grandma: Bosnia is cold, bleak and bullet-riddled

Dear Grandma Charlotte,
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Father wouldn't trade for his 30 years in the service

I was asked by a millionaire civilian if I would rather trade my flying career for his millions. I said you don't have enough money to do what I do in one week, 10 to 15 hours in a jet, and I get paid to do what I love.
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Husband ran into WWU teacher in Manila

My late husband, Harris Gonsalves, served in the Signal Corps, in the Pacific area during WWII.
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Medic survived heavy fire to treat two wounded soldiers in Vietnam

Dave Loomis, 71, of Bellingham served with the U.S. Army in Panama before serving at Bien Hoa, Vietnam, as a senor combat medic with the 173rd Airborne Brigade. During that time he received an Army Commendation Medal for Heroism.
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Monitored radiation from underwater a-bomb test in 1955

I served in the U.S. Navy Air Force during the Korean War as an aviation electronics technician. In May 1955 I took part in atomic testing. "Operation Wigwam" was the world's only deep-water atomic bomb detonation.
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Airman from Silver Beach survived 86-day German march

STAFF SGT. MERLE W. THOMPSON: NOV. 18, 1923, TO JUNE 25, 1971.
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Father's 37 years in Navy kept him on the move

A hundred years ago, on Oct. 5, 1912, Clayton Forsling Johnson was born in a farmhouse in north-central Kansas.
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Veteran says patrolling Vietnam's rivers was a deadly assignment

Squalicum High School teacher Greg Newman served with the U.S. Navy patrolling rivers in Vietnam for enemy activity in the surrounding jungle. Here is his story.
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Bellingham man stood guard when 'unknowns' buried at Arlington tomb

Dick Stark of Bellingham served as a member of the 3rd Infantry, the Army's famous Old Guard that guarded the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and performed at other ceremonies. Here is his story.
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WW II veteran from Bellingham was in three beachhead landings in Europe

Dave Butenschoen of Bellingham had three brothers who saw combat during World War II: George, in the Navy; Oscar, a tank commander in the Army; and Robert, in the infantry with the Army. This is George's story: