By Ann Bailey Herald Staff Writer Being at war hasn’t deterred UND stu- dents from signing up for the ROTC. A total of about 180 students in their fresh- man, sophomore, junior and senior years at UND, are enrolled in UND’s Army ROTC pro- gram, said Lt. Col. Josh Sauls. “We’re one of the one of larger programs in the country.” They are a group of cadets with a strong sense of patriot- ism, he said. “The biggest reason is they want to serve their country, which is somewhat surprising since our country has been at war for several years,” he said. “I think a large part of it is be- cause of the values and beliefs in this part of the country, where mili- tary service is looked on as favorable.” UND ROTC students are good recruiters for the program, Sauls said. “Our cadets are our best advertisers. They say, ‘You ought to try this.” The ROTC program is demanding, so the stu- dents who make it through all four years are motivated, Sauls said. During their train- ing, students take mili- tary science courses, military laboratory courses and do military conditioning. Head of the class “They’re just quality students. They’re the ones, you looked at their biographies, they’re going to have higher GPAs, lower drop-outs. They’re just solid, solid citizens.” Between the students’ junior and senior years at UND, they go to Fort Lewis, Wash., where they are accessed on their leadership ability and are ranked to see how they stack up against other cadets across the United States. The total number of cadets nationwide is 5,646. “We had No. 3, we had No. 12, we had No. 6 and several more who were in the top thousand,” Sauls said. “Our cadets do amazingly well.” After they graduate, the cadets are required to do eight years of serv- ice which can be active duty, U.S. Army Re- serve, or a combination of the two. “The vast majority ask for active duty,” Sauls said. By Ann Bailey Herald Staff Writer Military service runs in Miranda Alexander’s fam- ily. Alexander’s father, pa- ternal grandparents and maternal grandfather also served in the same branch of the service, she said. Alexander, a U.S. Navy information systems tech- nician senior apprentice, enlisted in the Navy in February 2011. That May she graduated from Red River High School in Grand Forks and a month later went to Chicago for eight weeks of boot camp. After Alexander finished boot camp, she went to Pensacola, Fla., for train- ing in military information systems. She now serves in the U.S. Pacific Fleet and is stationed in Hawaii, near Pearl Harbor. The Pacific Fleet is the world’s largest fleet command and is made up of 100 million square miles, about 2,000 aircraft and 125,000 sailors, Marines and civilians, ac- cording to the U.S. Pacific Fleet website. Honors Admiral Patrick M. Walsh, U.S. Pacific Fleet commander, has com- mended Alexander for her service in the Navy, giving her an admiral’s coin after she helped on his barge when he was giving a tour of the USS Arizona. Alexander also was hon- ored recently as Sailor of the Month for her work as information systems tech- nician. “You have to do a better job than the other 30 peo- ple your division,” she said. She says she has become more patriotic since join- ing the U.S. Navy. “You see everything the military does. There’s a lot more to it than people see,” she said. For example, her U.S. Navy division helped with the relief effort to Japan after the tsunami hit, she said. Military Appreciation November 11, 2011 Supplement to the Grand Forks Herald, Friday, November 11, 2011 GrandForksHerald.com By Ann Bailey Herald Staff Writer THIEF RIVER FALLS — Serving as a color guard is an honor for 24 Thief River Falls American Legion mem- bers. The members of the Thief River Falls American Legion Post 117 Color Guard, march in parades, attend fu- nerals and burials of veterans and hold annual dignified flag disposal ceremonies. They also hold flag cere- monies at schools. The Thief River Falls Color Guard was formed 28 years ago. Today it has two dozen members between the ages of 24 and 92. Six or seven color guard members typically attend funerals. They attended 34 funerals in the Thief River Falls area last year and have attended 29 so far this year. The funerals now mostly are Korean War veterans. Besides marching in parades, at- tending funerals and burials and holding flag disposal ceremonies, color guard. Privilege Jim Mattson said he serves in the color guard “for the honor and re- spect of a fellow veteran,” he said. “Everyone who belongs to this feels it’s an honor.” “They gave the ultimate sacrifice and that’s the least we can do for them,” said Bill Hume. Color guard members hope to re- cruit younger members so the tradi- tion of honoring veterans will carry on. “We would like to see more young people join when they have fulfilled their military duty,” Mattson said. Loyal members John Lovly, a member who is a Viet- nam War veteran, believes that, while younger veterans aren’t joining in large numbers, there always will be a Thief River Falls Color Guard. “I don’t think the Color Guard will ever dissolve,” he said. “If it comes to push and shove, we’ll have to push and shove harder.” Lovly is impressed by the dedica- tion and commitment that his fellow members have to the color guard. “These guys are the best. They are the most dedicated people I’ve worked with.” Tradition of honor ■ The Thief River Falls Color Guard was formed 28 years ago The members of the Thief River Falls American Legion Post 117 Color Guard, march in parades, attend funerals and burials of veterans and hold annual dignified flag disposal ceremonies. They also hold flag ceremonies at schools. Submitted photo Miranda Alexander, a U.S. Navy information systems technician senior apprentice, enlisted in the U.S. Navy in February 2011. Submitted photo Commendable service ■ Miranda Alexander has been commended for her service in the U.S. Navy Photo by Ann Bailey Admiral Patrick M. Walsh, U.S. Pacific Fleet commander, has commended Alexander for her service in the Navy, giving her an admiral’s coin after she helped on his barge when he was giving a tour of the USS Arizona. “You see everything the military does.There’s a lot more to it than people see.” Miranda Alexander Answering the call ■ A total of about 180 students in their freshman, sophomore, junior and senior years at UND, are enrolled in UND’s Army ROTC program Sauls French remember World War II pilot, honor NC kin By Michael Barrett Associated Press GASTONIA, N.C. — After her brother was killed while piloting a plane in World War II, 6-year- old Patricia Ross held onto what little memory she had of him through the decades. She relied heavily on old pho- tographs and accounts that her parents and older relatives passed along, though even they were told little about the circum- stances of his death. Only this year did Ross come to realize how well regarded Lt. Ferris Suttle’s name is among an entire city in northern France, where residents there have es- tablished a memorial in his honor. And during a recent trip overseas to attend the monu- ment’s dedication, she was fi- nally able to meet many of the people who — like her — have refused to let her brother’s legacy die. “It was the most awesome thing in the world,” said Ross, a resident of Gastonia, her voice welling with emotion. “It was as if my brother’s presence was right there with us.” Suttle was born and raised in Lancaster, S.C. But several of his kin now live in Gaston County, in- cluding his sister, and her sons, Tom Ross, 49, a Gastonia insur- ance agent, and Jamie Ross of Dallas. The memorial that honors Sut- tle features a stone base, mounted with a propeller from his plane that French historians uncovered last year from the field where he crashed in 1944. The blade has given residents there a tangible artifact to place with the name they have revered for so many years. It is now the focal point of a newly named square that com- memorates Suttle for saving their city from German destruc- tion before his death. Mission Ferris Suttle, one of five chil- dren, was an adventurous teenager who joined the Army Air Corps to fulfill his dream of piloting a P-51 Mustang. He was paired with the 359th Fighter Group Association, 369th Squadron. On Aug. 28, 1944, his team was charged with taking out a convoy of German trucks and trains that were carrying munitions and field guns toward the French city of Dombasle-sur-Meurthe near the borders of Germany and Switzerland. Suttle flew low, strafed the convoy and destroyed it. But after he failed to return to formation with his squadron, his superiors learned his plane had crashed, killing him. In 1965, Ross and her mother received a letter from a French villager who had witnessed the crash and wanted to share what he knew of it. He traveled here to meet them in 1972 and shared an eyewitness account of Suttle’s heroism. After destroying most of the convoy, Suttle had attempted a second pass. But when the tail of his plane clipped a tall cypress tree, he was ejected and killed instantly. Suttle’s mother gained comfort from learning her son had not suffered, and that a priest and grateful villagers had conducted a burial service. His PILOT: See Page 2
A total of about 180students in their fresh-man, sophomore, juniorand senior years atUND, are enrolled inUND’s Army ROTC pro-gram, said Lt. Col. JoshSauls.
“We’re one of the oneof larger programs inthe country.” They are agroup of cadets with astrong sense of patriot-ism, he said.
“The biggest reasonis they want to servetheir country, which issomewhat surprisingsince our country hasbeen at war for severalyears,” he said. “I thinka large part of it is be-cause of the values andbeliefs in this part ofthe country, where mili-tary service is looked onas favorable.”
UND ROTC studentsare good recruiters forthe program, Sauls said.
“Our cadets are ourbest advertisers. Theysay, ‘You ought to trythis.”
The ROTC program isdemanding, so the stu-dents who make it
through all four yearsare motivated, Saulssaid. During their train-ing, students take mili-tary science courses,military laboratorycourses and do militaryconditioning.
Head of theclass
“They’re just qualitystudents. They’re theones, you looked at theirbiographies, they’regoing to have higherGPAs, lower drop-outs.They’re just solid, solidcitizens.”
Between the students’junior and senior yearsat UND, they go to FortLewis, Wash., wherethey are accessed ontheir leadership abilityand are ranked to seehow they stack upagainst other cadetsacross the UnitedStates. The total numberof cadets nationwide is5,646.
“We had No. 3, we hadNo. 12, we had No. 6 andseveral more who werein the top thousand,”Sauls said. “Our cadetsdo amazingly well.”
After they graduate,the cadets are requiredto do eight years of serv-ice which can be activeduty, U.S. Army Re-serve, or a combinationof the two.
“The vast majority askfor active duty,” Saulssaid.
By Ann BaileyHerald Staff Writer
Military service runs inMiranda Alexander’s fam-ily.
Alexander’s father, pa-ternal grandparents andmaternal grandfather alsoserved in the same branchof the service, she said.
Alexander, a U.S. Navyinformation systems tech-nician senior apprentice,enlisted in the Navy inFebruary 2011. That Mayshe graduated from RedRiver High School inGrand Forks and a monthlater went to Chicago foreight weeks of boot camp.After Alexander finishedboot camp, she went toPensacola, Fla., for train-ing in military informationsystems.
She now serves in theU.S. Pacific Fleet and isstationed in Hawaii, nearPearl Harbor. The PacificFleet is the world’s largestfleet command and ismade up of 100 millionsquare miles, about 2,000aircraft and 125,000 sailors,Marines and civilians, ac-cording to the U.S. PacificFleet website.
HonorsAdmiral Patrick M.
Walsh, U.S. Pacific Fleetcommander, has com-mended Alexander for herservice in the Navy, givingher an admiral’s coin aftershe helped on his bargewhen he was giving a tourof the USS Arizona.
Alexander also was hon-ored recently as Sailor ofthe Month for her work asinformation systems tech-nician.
“You have to do a betterjob than the other 30 peo-
ple your division,” shesaid.
She says she has becomemore patriotic since join-ing the U.S. Navy.“You see everything themilitary does. There’s a lotmore to it than peoplesee,” she said.
For example, her U.S.Navy division helped withthe relief effort to Japanafter the tsunami hit, shesaid.
Military AppreciationNovember 11, 2011
Supplement to the Grand Forks Herald, Friday, November 11, 2011 GrandForksHerald.com
By Ann BaileyHerald Staff Writer
THIEF RIVER FALLS — Serving asa color guard is an honor for 24 ThiefRiver Falls American Legion mem-bers.
The members of the Thief RiverFalls American Legion Post 117 ColorGuard, march in parades, attend fu-nerals and burials of veterans andhold annual dignified flag disposalceremonies. They also hold flag cere-monies at schools.
The Thief River Falls Color Guardwas formed 28 years ago. Today it hastwo dozen members between the agesof 24 and 92. Six or seven color guardmembers typically attend funerals.They attended 34 funerals in theThief River Falls area last year andhave attended 29 so far this year. Thefunerals now mostly are Korean Warveterans.
Besides marching in parades, at-tending funerals and burials andholding flag disposal ceremonies,color guard.
PrivilegeJim Mattson said he serves in the
color guard “for the honor and re-spect of a fellow veteran,” he said.“Everyone who belongs to this feelsit’s an honor.”
“They gave the ultimate sacrificeand that’s the least we can do forthem,” said Bill Hume.
Color guard members hope to re-cruit younger members so the tradi-tion of honoring veterans will carryon.
“We would like to see more youngpeople join when they have fulfilledtheir military duty,” Mattson said.
Loyal membersJohn Lovly, a member who is a Viet-
nam War veteran, believes that, whileyounger veterans aren’t joining inlarge numbers, there always will be aThief River Falls Color Guard.
“I don’t think the Color Guard willever dissolve,” he said. “If it comes topush and shove, we’ll have to pushand shove harder.”
Lovly is impressed by the dedica-tion and commitment that his fellowmembers have to the color guard.
“These guys are the best. They arethe most dedicated people I’veworked with.”
Tradition of honor � The Thief River Falls Color Guard wasformed 28 years ago
�� The members of the Thief River Falls American Legion Post 117 Color Guard,march in parades, attend funerals and burials of veterans and hold annual dignifiedflag disposal ceremonies. They also hold flag ceremonies at schools.
Submitted photo
�� Miranda Alexander, a U.S. Navy information systems technician seniorapprentice, enlisted in the U.S. Navy in February 2011.
Submitted photo
Commendable service� Miranda Alexander has been commended
for her service in the U.S. Navy
Photo by Ann Bailey
�� Admiral Patrick M. Walsh, U.S. Pacific Fleetcommander, has commended Alexander for herservice in the Navy, giving her an admiral’s coin aftershe helped on his barge when he was giving a tour ofthe USS Arizona.
“You see everything the militarydoes. There’s a lot more to it
than people see.”Miranda Alexander
Answering the call� A total of about 180
students in their freshman,sophomore, junior and
senior years at UND, areenrolled in UND’s Army
ROTC program
Sauls
French remember World War II pilot, honor NC kinBy Michael BarrettAssociated Press
GASTONIA, N.C. — After herbrother was killed while pilotinga plane in World War II, 6-year-old Patricia Ross held onto whatlittle memory she had of himthrough the decades.
She relied heavily on old pho-tographs and accounts that herparents and older relativespassed along, though even theywere told little about the circum-stances of his death.
Only this year did Ross cometo realize how well regarded Lt.Ferris Suttle’s name is among anentire city in northern France,where residents there have es-
tablished a memorial in hishonor. And during a recent tripoverseas to attend the monu-ment’s dedication, she was fi-nally able to meet many of thepeople who — like her — haverefused to let her brother’slegacy die.
“It was the most awesomething in the world,” said Ross, aresident of Gastonia, her voicewelling with emotion. “It was asif my brother’s presence wasright there with us.”
Suttle was born and raised inLancaster, S.C. But several of hiskin now live in Gaston County, in-cluding his sister, and her sons,Tom Ross, 49, a Gastonia insur-ance agent, and Jamie Ross of
Dallas.The memorial that honors Sut-
tle features a stone base,mounted with a propeller fromhis plane that French historiansuncovered last year from thefield where he crashed in 1944.The blade has given residentsthere a tangible artifact to placewith the name they have reveredfor so many years.
It is now the focal point of anewly named square that com-memorates Suttle for savingtheir city from German destruc-tion before his death.
MissionFerris Suttle, one of five chil-
dren, was an adventurousteenager who joined the ArmyAir Corps to fulfill his dream ofpiloting a P-51 Mustang. He waspaired with the 359th FighterGroup Association, 369thSquadron.
On Aug. 28, 1944, his team wascharged with taking out a convoyof German trucks and trains thatwere carrying munitions andfield guns toward the French cityof Dombasle-sur-Meurthe nearthe borders of Germany andSwitzerland. Suttle flew low,strafed the convoy and destroyedit. But after he failed to return toformation with his squadron, hissuperiors learned his plane hadcrashed, killing him.
In 1965, Ross and her motherreceived a letter from a Frenchvillager who had witnessed thecrash and wanted to share whathe knew of it. He traveled here tomeet them in 1972 and shared aneyewitness account of Suttle’sheroism.
After destroying most of theconvoy, Suttle had attempted asecond pass. But when the tail ofhis plane clipped a tall cypresstree, he was ejected and killedinstantly. Suttle’s mother gainedcomfort from learning her sonhad not suffered, and that apriest and grateful villagers hadconducted a burial service. His
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By Martha GrovesLos Angeles Times
LOS ANGELES— Theyamble in with overgrownmanes and beards, lookingas if they’ve spent the nighton the street. Some of themhave.Eyes downcast, they
climb three metal stairs,duck through the doorwayand sink into the blackvinyl chair, where the pro-prietor begins to snip. Bythe time he has brushedtheir necks with talc andpatted their cheeks withclove-scented after-shave,they could pass for any-one’s impeccably coiffedfather or brother or uncle.In reality, they are veter-
ans whose haggard facesreflect the psychic scars ofservice in Korea, Vietnam,Iraq or Afghanistan and oftheir ongoing battles withaddiction, grief and pain.The Freedom Barber
Shop, a star-spangledtrailer anchored in a park-ing lot on the West Los An-geles Veterans Affairscampus, is their haven.Barber Tony Bravo, aka theDreamer, is their shaman,helping to heal them withclippers, corn-pone humorand Patsy Cline.Few people understand
the plight of homeless vet-erans the way he does.Like many of them, heserved in the military. And,although he owns what hedescribes as a 200-acre cat-tle ranch in Benson, Ariz.,the Dreamer lives severaldays each month on thestreet, voluntarily, in LosAngeles — in solidarity, hesays, with the rootless vetshe meets and in memory ofhis unfettered youth.“Don’t let them know
you’re hurting,” he adviseshis fellow gypsies. “Thekey is to stay invisible.”
Back in the dayStarting in the 1970s,
Bravo owned a successionof San Vicente Boulevardsalons that catered to a dif-ferent clientele: the West-side elite. Political moversand shakers, venture capi-talists and film honchosshelled out $100 or morefor a cut and styling. Today,the Dreamer is much morelikely to take payment inapples or oranges, or a ballmade of rubber bands.Outside his 1950s-vintage
Terry trailer, a barber polestands before an Americanflag. The 28-foot vehicle ispainted with red, whiteand blue stripes and bluestars. Camouflage spattersand netting decorate oneend.“Command Post” reads a
sign over the door. “Nosmoking. Explosive ammu-nition” says another. Ablue awning shades a cou-ple of picture windows,one of which showcases asign featuring two neonpeace symbols and pro-claiming “Peace! Victory!”The trailer’s interior is
an ever-evolving exhibitionof objects, many of themmystically or patrioticallythemed and donated inlieu of tips. A poster showsNative Americans cradlingweapons: “Homeland Se-curity, Native Americans,Fighting Terrorism Since1492.” There’s also a life-size cardboard cutout ofElvis Presley in his Armyuniform.Bravo’s typical work en-
semble includes a western-style navy shirt with whitepiping and stars (naturally)and the word “Dreamer”embroidered across theback in hot pink. He wearscuffed and faded jeansover polished two-tonewingtips that resemblespats, like something FredAstaire might have worn.The shoes are two sizes toobig, to allow for multiplepairs of socks for comfortand warmth as he makeshis nighttime rounds.His black, wavy hair is
slicked back and combedclose to his scalp over hisbrown, weathered face. Toamuse himself and his cus-tomers, he sometimeswears yellow-lens goggles
and a black Billy Jack hat— after all, he says, he’shalf Yaqui and halfApache.On a recent afternoon,
TomWalton stepped intothe Freedom Barber Shopwearing a red straw cow-boy hat over long, stragglyhair. The 62-year-old Navyveteran had spotted a flierfor free haircuts at the VAand stopped by without anappointment. It was hislucky day. The Dreamerwas in.“I don’t want a Marine
haircut,” Walton said as hesettled into the barber’schair.With the Everly Broth-
ers’ “All I Have to Do IsDream” playing over thesound system, the Dreamerwent to work.Walton, a self-described
alcoholic with missingteeth, told the Dreamer heonce worked in the mort-gage business, making asmuch as $12,000 a month,before the savings andloan crisis of the 1980s and’90s.In 1975, he said, he
watched as a friend on thedeck of an aircraft carrier“got squeezed like agrape” when a helicoptertoppled onto him. Today,Walton lives on about$3,100 a month from a mili-tary pension and paymentsfor post-traumatic stressdisorder. He has beenhomeless for much of thelast eight years.The Dreamer put the fin-
ishing touches on Walton’shaircut and turned thechair so that he could seehis reflection.“When you look in the
mirror, what do you see?”the Dreamer asked him.“Tom Cruise,” Walton
replied.
Free haircuts forvetsAnthony Bravo Esparza
was born in 1944 in Corona,Calif. As a youngster, hesaid, he picked tomatoeswith his father, nappingunder oak trees, bathing incanals and sleeping underthe stars at night.“To me, it was like
heaven,” he recalled. “Iwas good for $10 a day, 40boxes of tomatoes by 2 inthe afternoon.” One daytruancy officers called ahalt to his outdoorlifestyle, saying it wascruel and inhumane for achild. “To this day I havecontempt for that observa-tion,” he said. “It was abeautiful time and place.”Unable to read or write,
he entered school, wearingscruffy, oversize clothesfrom an Army surplusstore. Children totingHopalong Cassidy andFlash Gordon lunch boxesmade fun of him.According to California
National Guard records inSacramento, he joined theguard in 1965, training atFort Leonard Wood, Mo.,where as a private he re-ceived a citation for “out-standing accomplishments
in physical fitness.” Hewas among the troopscalled up to help bringorder to Watts during the1965 riots. After six yearsof service, he was honor-ably discharged as a spe-cialist in 1971.After Bravo established
himself as a stylist inBrentwood just blocksfrom the VA campus, hebegan getting visits fromvets. Word spread that hegave free haircuts to thosein need. Several years ago,he contacted Marianne W.Davis, chief of voluntaryservice for the West LosAngeles VA, and said hewas a semi-retired veteranwho wanted to give back.
KismetIt was kismet. He arrived
as the VA was struggling tofind funds to cover its$35,000-a-year contract forbarber services. Eachmonth, the Dreamer pro-vides 100 to 150 free cuts toveterans. In exchange, hegets to park his trailer oncampus and take in payingmembers of the public, in-cluding many of those well-heeled fellows whofrequented his San Vicentesalons.“He’s an awesome fix-
ture on campus,” Davissaid. “The vets all comeout of there feeling kind ofuplifted … and looking socool. He listens to themand lightens their burdena little bit.”The trailer’s down-home
atmosphere works itsmagic on the wealthy guys,too.“He treats everybody ex-
actly the same, whethermillionaire or homeless,”said Berge Kipling “Kip”Hagopian, a venture capi-talist who migrated fromBravo’s salon to the trailer.“He’s a very good bar-
ber,” said director-pro-ducer Roger Corman, whowas thrilled to rediscoverhis old stylist from theboulevard at the VA cam-pus.Not all of the Dreamer’s
clients are ambulatory.Some are confined to theVA hospital. When theycan’t make it to the trailer,he packs his shears andgoes to them.One recent morning, the
Dreamer visited Victor A.Goldbaum, 54, of La Puentein his four-bed room at theVA hospital. Cancer in
Goldbaum’s spine left hislegs paralyzed. TheDreamer leaned over theback of the former Armyspecialist’s raised hospitalbed and began to clipGoldbaum’s locks. “Howabout the eyebrows andears?” the Dreamer asked.“That’s one thing guys incaptivity don’t see. Nos-trils, eyebrows, ears. Engi-neers have hairy ears.”Goldbaum smiled at his
barber’s banter.“President Lincoln said:
‘Never underestimate thepower of a haircut,’ ” theDreamer said. “Intellectu-als say he never said that.Well, he should have.”
Hard lifeWhen he locks the
trailer each evening atdusk and ventures out tothe boulevards of Brent-wood, the Dreamer wearslayers of denim and fleecetopped by his “New Yorkcoat,” a long, dark woolgarment that falls almostto the ground. “It’s going tobe a long night, a coldnight,” he said one recentunseasonably chillyevening. “This is the timeof the evening where it’shardest.”He sleeps no more than
an hour at a time on astoop or behind a tree,striving to stay out of sightof all but the other side-walk ramblers.If he wants to hang out
undisturbed in a 7-Elevenparking lot, he wears ashirt bearing the conven-ience store’s logo. “Peoplethink I’m an employee,” hesaid. “It’s all part of stayinginvisible.”To keep onlookers guess-
ing, he alters his gait.“There’s the old-man gait,the wounded-warrior gait,the power gait,” he said.“If people see a guy limp-ing, it can be a defense.They figure he’s alreadymessed up.”At a coffee shop on San
Vicente at Barrington Av-enue, he greeted JonWyninegar, 63, a homelessveteran who had lost halfhis tongue to mouth can-cer. The Dreamer askedhow he was doing and of-fered some encouragingwords.“We look out for each
other,” the Dreamer said.“Regiments need to sticktogether.”
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gravesite was adorned withflowers afterward.
Famed propellerLast year, Char
Baldridge, a group histo-rian for the 359th FighterGroup Association, wascontacted by Gerard Louis,a World War II historianand resident of Dombasle-sur-Meurthe. Louis’ friendJacky Guillaume hadfound a P-51 propeller in ameadow near the town ofLuneville years ago, andworking with Baldridge,they soon realized it be-longed to Suttle’s plane.The Frenchmen began
making plans to incorpo-rate the propeller into amemorial. WithBaldridge’s help, theymade contact with PatRoss and her brother,Phillip Suttle of Ecuador,and invited them to attendthe recent dedication.“These gentleman are
very thankful to this day ofwhat America did for themand their freedom,” saidBaldridge.Ross traveled to the ded-
ication ceremony lastmonth with her brother, acousin, a niece and severalother relatives. Guillaumefirst escorted them to thefield where Suttle’s planehad crashed, and ex-plained what he had wit-nessed of the convoy attackas a wide-eyed, 13-year-oldboy.While they were there,
another 83-year-old vil-lager approached them. Hetold Ross he has a daugh-ter who lives in Sanford,N.C. And he described run-ning with others to recoverSuttle that day in 1944,helping to wrap his blood-ied body in his parachuteand carrying it to the local
morgue on a cart.The man produced a
rusted hose clamp he hadrecovered from the bat-tered aircraft.“He said, ‘I’ve had this
for 67 years, since I was 16years old. And I want youto have it,’” said Ross. “Ithought that was the mostwonderful gesture.”Another villager who
was 9 years old in 1944pulled a folded, dog-earedpiece of paper from hispocket and showed it toRoss. The copy of herbrother’s death certificatewas further proof of howmuch the townspeoplethere appreciated what hehad done.Ross visited the ceme-
tery where Suttle was firstburied, before the Armylater relocated his remainsto the nearby LorraineAmerican Cemetery. Guil-laume told them that Ger-man soldiers in the areahad told nearby townspeo-ple they were not allowedto come to his initial fu-neral. But they turned outin full force anyway.“There was nothing the
Germans could do to stopthem,” said Ross. “I justthought that was so re-markable.”The dedication of the
newmemorial took placein a section of the townnow known as FerrisSquare. It was held as partof several annual libera-tion ceremonies, which in-cluded attendants inperiod military uniforms,and authentic World War IIvehicles.Ross said she is proud
and grateful that herbrother’s sacrifice contin-ues to mean so much totownspeople in northernFrance.“It was a huge event. You
could not have asked forpeople to be nicer or moreappreciative,” she said.
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Soldier has exit strategy for dog he adopted inAfghanistanBy Brian SlodyskoChicago Tribune
CHICAGO — There ismuch about his deploy-ment in Afghanistan thatArmy Sgt. Tim Johannsencan’t discuss, includingwhere he’s stationed andwhy a tank specialist suchas him is serving in amountainous region wheretanks can’t operate.
But those secrecy re-quirements didn’t stop Jo-hannsen from talkingabout his adopted dog — aloyal mutt namedLeonidas, who whines out-side Johannsen’s hoochwhile he’s gone.
The dog brings a touch ofnormalcy to an otherwisechallenging environment,the soldier says.
“You’ll come back andyou’re walking up to thechow hall, and he comesover, eyes big, happy as allget-out to see you,” Jo-hannsen said recently fromAfghanistan, where he hasbeen stationed since earlythis year. “You forget aboutthe stuff that’s going onover here.”
When his tour ends in2012, Johannsen wants tobring Leonidas — Leo forshort — home to his wife,Kaydee, in Downers Grove,Ill.
Rescue missionThat kind of commitment
by a serviceman to an ani-mal is increasingly com-mon, said Anna Maria
Cannan, of the nonprofitPuppy Rescue Mission, aColorado-based group thatraises money to bring sol-diers’ dogs back fromAfghanistan.
So far, about 130 adopteddogs have been sent state-side, she said.
“Soldiers from all acrossthe U.S. are finding theselovely companions theydon’t want to leave be-hind,” Cannan said. “Toleave them there, left todie, is hard.”
The dogs can be thera-peutic in helping soldiersreadjust to civilian life,said Cannan, who startedthe program after her hus-band brought a dog homefrom a deployment inAfghanistan.
She said that if the mili-tary made it easier to senddogs home, there would befewer cases of post-trau-matic stress.
Although soldiers offi-cially aren’t allowed toadopt pets while servingoverseas, strict enforce-ment of that order isn’t al-ways a priority, especiallyin a war zone, said aspokesman for U.S. CentralCommand in Tampa, Fla.
Those loosely enforcedrules leave troops on theirown if they want to bringan adopted animal home.
And that can be a longjourney, Cannan said.
First a dog has to betransported by courierfrom a soldier’s outpost toa shelter in a departurecity, where it’s vaccinated
and quarantined to ensureit doesn’t harbor disease.
It can take time toarrange a flight home be-cause the nonprofit is lim-ited to shipping two to fourdogs a week, Cannan said.A backlog of 20 animals iswaiting to go to the states,she said.
There also are fundrais-
ing hurdles. The PuppyRescue Mission pays $3,500per dog for kenneling, vac-cination and the air flight,Cannan said.
The soldiers have toraise the money to pay thelocal couriers — many ofwhom are forced to drivethe dogs hundreds of milesthrough often dangerous
country. This can cost asmuch as $800 — a financialchallenge for many mili-tary families, Cannan said.
Covert opsJohannsen and his wife
are working to solve thatproblem, he said, and haveset up a website to acceptdonations.
“I have to find a way toget (Leo) to Kabul withoutlocals or the Taliban find-ing out,” Johannsen said.“I know I can give him abetter home back therethan he can ever get here.”
A few months into hisdeployment, Johannsensaw a group of dogs gang-ing up on a puppy whowandered into camp look-ing for food.
“Average hoodlums,” hesaid, describing the pack.
So he peeled the dogsoff, fed the pup and gavehim a flea bath. The twoquickly became insepara-ble.
Having a dog helps him“escape the reality ofbeing deployed, beingaway from family andfriends,” Johannsen said.“You’re stuck with thesame guys all the time,” hesaid. “It’s like being in afraternity or a club. Youhave a dog, and it breaksup the monotony.”
Leo has gradually beenaccepted by the other dogsat the compound, though ittook awhile.
“He’s like me,” Jo-hannsen said. “No matterwho attacks him, he willstand his ground, he won’tgive up.”
There’s an old battle-field truism, he says:“Leave no man behind.”
The soldier said thesame goes for his dog. Hehas no plans to leave Leobehind.
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�� Army Sgt. Tim Johannsen poses recently with his dog, Leonidas, in Afghanistan.The Downers Grove man says he plans to have the dog sent home when hisdeployment is up.
By Dennis McLellanLos Angeles Times
LOS ANGELES — FrankWoodruff Buckles, a one-time Missouri farm boywho was the last known liv-ing American veteran ofWorld War I, in Februarydied. He was 110.
Buckles, who later spentmore than three years in aJapanese POW camp as acivilian in the Philippinesduring World War II, diedof natural causes at hishome in Charles Town,W.Va.
A total of 4,734,991 Amer-icans served in the mili-tary during World War I.
When 108-year-old HarryLandis died in Sun CityCenter, Fla., on Feb. 4,2008, Buckles became thewar’s last standing U.S. vet-eran.
“I always knew I’d beone of the last because Iwas one of the youngestwhen I joined,” Buckles,then 107, told the NewYork Daily News. “But Inever thought I’d be thelast one.”
HonorsEarning that distinction
resulted in numerous hon-ors for Buckles in 2008.
In March 2008, he met
with President George W.Bush at the White House,then attended the unveil-ing of an exhibit at thePentagon of recent photo-graphic portraits of nineWorld War I veterans, in-cluding himself, who hadlived to age 100 or older.
In April, then-West Vir-ginia Gov. Joe Manchin for-mally dedicated a sectionof the new, four-lane stateRoute 9 in honor of Buck-les, who lived with hisdaughter, Susannah Flana-gan, and her husband on acattle farm near CharlesTown, a small communityin West Virginia’s easternpanhandle.
And on Nov. 11 — the90th anniversary of thesigning of the armistice —Buckles was recognized bythe secretary of the De-partment of Veterans Af-fairs as “our last livinglink” to World War I.
He was born Feb. 1, 1901,on a farm near Bethany,Mo., and moved with hisfamily to a farm in Okla-homa’s Dewey County as ateenager.
When the United Statesentered the war in April1917, Buckles was eager toenlist — even though hewas only 16.
After being rejected by
Marine and Navy re-cruiters, Buckles tried theArmy. When the recruiterasked to see his birth cer-tificate, Buckles said Mis-souri didn’t keep birthrecords when he was bornand the only record waswhat was written in thefamily Bible.
His word was goodenough for the Army.
‘Snappy soldier’Buckles enlisted on Aug.
14, 1917, and went through
basic training at FortRiley, Kan.
“I was a snappy soldier,”he told USA Today in 2007while looking at a sepia-toned photo of himself inhis uniform. “All gung-ho.”
In his Daily News inter-view, Buckles recalled thatan old sergeant told him,“If you want to get toFrance in a hurry, thenjoin the ambulance serv-ice.”
He shipped off to Eng-land in December 1917 on
the RMS Carpathia, theocean liner that had res-cued survivors of the Ti-tanic in 1912.
Initially stationed inEngland, where he drovedignitaries around, he suc-cessfully hounded his offi-cers for an assignment inFrance. He never got closeto the action. But, as hetold columnist George F.Will in 2008, “I saw the re-sults.”
When the war ended,Buckles remained in Eu-rope to help escort prison-ers of war back toGermany.
After returning home acorporal, he attended abusiness school in Okla-homa City for severalmonths and, among otherjobs, worked for a bank.But he grew bored.
Satisfying a desire foradventure, he got a jobwith the White Star Lineshipping company andtraveled the world. He wasin Manila when the Japan-ese attacked the Philip-pines on Dec. 8, 1941, andwas among the Westerncivilians later taken pris-oner.
Buckles spent about 3 ½years at the Santo Tomasand Los Banos internmentcamps. At Los Banos, he
said in a 2009 interviewwith The Philadelphia In-quirer, he once saw threeprisoners nearly beaten todeath.
“There was no mercy asfar as the Japanese wereconcerned,” he said.
Buckles, who led dailyfitness classes in the camp,said food became scarce asJapan began losing thewar. He had gone in weigh-ing 140 pounds and hadlost more than 50 poundsby the time the camp wasliberated in February 1945.
After returning home,Buckles married AudreyMayo, whom he had met inCalifornia before the war.In 1954, they moved to the330-acre West Virginia cat-tle farm.
“I had been bouncingaround from one place toanother for years at sea,”Buckles told theCharleston Daily Mail in2007. “It was time to settledown in one place.”
As for living long enoughto be the last U.S. militaryveteran of World War I, hegrinned and said, “If it hasto be somebody, it might aswell be me.”
He is survived by hisdaughter, Susannah Buck-les Flanagan.
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�� The casket of U.S. Army Corporal Frank Bucklesarrives at Arlington National Cemetery in VirginiaMarch 15. Buckles who was the last verified Americanveteran of World War I, died on Feb. 27 at the age of110.
By Lesley ClarkMcClatchy Newspapers
WASHINGTON—Fiftyyears ago, a group ofCuban exiles who eagerlyvolunteered for a clandes-tine mission to toppleFidel Castro were leftlargely abandoned in Cubawhen U.S. support for themission evaporated.The Bay of Pigs would go
down as one of the UnitedStates’ biggest strategicblunders: More than 100men were killed, includingfour U.S. pilots, and Castroremained at the helm. Hisbrother, Raul, succeededhim five years ago.But the survivors of
Brigade 2506 have neverlost their resolve. On April13, eight of the estimated1,100 surviving membersbasked in a congressionalsalute: a resolution putinto the Senate record andremarks from the floor ofthe House of Representa-tives.“Though the operation
was not successful, thededication and commit-ment that these brave indi-viduals illustrated duringthe conflict was excep-tional,” Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., said onthe House floor. “The menwho fought courageouslyon that historic day camefrommany backgrounds,but all cared for the free-dom and liberty of Cuba.”
‘Proud patriots’The men were in their
teens and 20s when theyleft to fight Castro. Theirhearing has faded now andthey’re not as spry as theinfantrymen, paratroopersand frogmen they oncewere. But they beamed asRos-Lehtinen took themaround the Capitol, intro-
ducing them as “proud pa-triots” to everyone fromCapitol Police officers toher fellow members ofCongress.The veterans mark the
anniversary of the invasionevery April 17 and honorthose who died. But theysaid it was the first timethey had been so touted in
Congress.“In 50 years we’ve not
had anything like this,”said Max Cruz, 73, as he satat lunch listening to a se-ries of senators and Housemembers thank the veter-ans for their service. “Thisone is really special.”They heard from Cuban-
American members of Con-
gress, including FloridaRepublican Reps. MarioDiaz-Balart and DavidRivera and DemocraticSen. Robert Menendez ofNew Jersey, as well asFlorida Democratic Sen.Bill Nelson and independ-ent Connecticut Sen. JoeLieberman, who calledthem “an inspiration.”“I’m leaving the Senate
in two years,” Liebermannoted. “And I’ll tell you, I’dsure like to see Castro gobefore I leave.”Sen. Marco Rubio, a
Florida Republican whowas born in the U.S. toCuban parents a decadeafter the Bay of Pigs, cred-ited the veterans for“keeping watch over thisissue.”“Younger people, like
myself, who have neverknown Cuba, have nevervisited there, feel alignedwith that cause becausethey kept it alive,” Rubiosaid.
Keep hope aliveAmado Cantillo, trained
as a frogman for the as-sault, said he never ex-pected the CIA-trained,U.S.-led exile group to loseto Castro, though at onepoint the 1,300 men faced60,000 members of Castro’smilitary.“Unfortunately, we all
know what happened,” hesaid, referring to the U.S.decision not to order more
air cover. “I always thoughtwe were going to go back.”With the Castros still
firmly in power, some saidthey were pessimisticabout changes to Cuba. Butthey’re buoyed by the ex-plosion of Cuban bloggersand activists taking on thegovernment. Several saidthey remained confidentthat they would see democ-racy in Cuba in their life-time — or those of theirchildren and grandchil-dren.“This event has given us
hope that Washington isstill wanting Cuba to befree,” said Julio Rebull Sr.“It’s late for us, but there’sanother generation.”The optimistic include
Jorge Gutierrez-Izaguirre,who showed the curiousthe bullet hole in his chest,sustained a month beforeBay of Pigs when his unitwas in Cuba doing surveil-lance for the operation.After Cuban troops shothim in the side, the bulletexited his chest and left agaping wound. He was cap-tured after the shootingand Fidel Castro com-muted his death sentence,but he spent 18 years in aCuban prison.Still, the 75-year-old
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50 years later, Congress honors Bay of Pigs veterans
�� Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen rests her hands on Felix J. Rodriguez, 69,from Miami while Maximo Cruz, 73, also from Miami, watches during a lunch at theFlorida House on Capitol Hill for a small group of veterans of the Bay of Pigs whomeet in Washington D.C. for the 50th anniversary of the failed invasion of Cubaunder President John F. Kennedy.
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By Joe BonwichSt. Louis Post-Dispatch
ST. LOUIS — Fourteenmilitary veterans andspouses sit behind a U-shaped set of tables, aboutto receive some basictraining. Their mission:Shopping healthily and ona budget, and then learn-ing or relearning tech-niques for cookinghealthful meals.Instructor Kayla Hans-
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torium at the JeffersonBarracks Division of theVeterans Affairs MedicalCenter, marks the begin-ning of a partnership be-tween the VA andOperation Food Search, aSt. Louis-area food bank.Operation Food Search isthe local coordinator for aprogram called CookingMatters that provides nu-tritional, cooking and food-budgeting classes tocommunity organizations.“This is part of a new
model of disease-preven-tion health care on the out-patient side for us,” says
Amy Knoblock-Hahn,health promotion and dis-ease prevention programmanager for the VA.(“HPDP for short. Peoplecall me the hippie dippie,”she jokes.)“Typically, we’d see peo-
ple who were attending nu-trition classes but didn’tknow how to shop or cookon a budget — or some-times didn’t even havebasic cooking skills,”Knoblock-Hahn explains.“About 90 percent of ourpatients are men, many ofwhom just never learnedhow to cook.”Knoblock-Hahn had met
Leslie Bertsch, nutritionaleducation manager for Op-eration Food Search, whenboth were graduate stu-dents in Saint Louis Uni-versity’s School of PublicHealth. Operation FoodSearch has been holdingCooking Matters coursessince 2000 and hosted 61 ofthem last year.
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the need for classes inbasic food-shopping andcooking skills, Knoblock-Hahn saw Cooking Mattersas a natural fit. Once thefirst set of classes hadbeen scheduled, Knoblock-Hahn set out flyers in the
primary-care clinics thatserve veterans. The six-week course is free, andOperation Food Search re-quires attendees to committo attending at least four ofthe classes. Afterward, Op-eration Food Search fol-lows up to see whetherthey attendees are makingany of the recommendedchanges in diet andlifestyle.
In addition to basic foodsafety and knife skills, thefirst class included anoverview of the U.S. De-partment of Agriculture’sMyPlate system, which re-placed the Food Pyramidas a template for a healthydiet.One of the attendees
asks, somewhat in jest,about what kind of oil touse in a deep-fat fryer.
Bertsch, who is teachingthe class with the help ofHansmann and severalother volunteers, uses thequestion as a teaching mo-ment to reinforce threegoals that Cooking Mattersstresses for daily dietarychoices: variety, balanceand moderation.“I don’t think any food is
off limits,” she says. “It’sabout doing it all in moder-ation.”The class later moves on
to preparing quesadillasand a simple yogurt dip forfruit. Some people usetheir new knife skills whileothers help to mix or cookthe food. Everyone sam-ples the food, and on theirway out, class members getgroceries suitable forpreparing the recipes athome, minus perishablessuch as yogurt.
LearningGeorge Loeschner, 62,
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with patient relationshipswith the VA, and as part ofthe sign-up process,Knoblach-Hahn identifiedhealth issues that betterdiets could help to ad-dress. During the upcom-ing weeks, Bertsch willinclude tips and recipestailored to the attendees’medical profiles.And although she’s had
relative ease finding vol-unteer instructors who,like Hansmann, have nutri-tion and dietetics training,Bertsch has one group ofculinary professionals thatshe’d really like to tap.“I’d really like to recruit
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�� Donnie Korn, of French Village, prepares a yogurtand cinnamon sauce for fresh cut fruit during acooking class at Jefferson Barracks in St. Louis. Theclass marks the beginning of a partnership betweenthe VA and Operation Food Search, a St. Louis-areafood bank.
“I don’t think any food is off limits. It’sabout doing it all in moderation.”
