A salute to Johnson County's Veterans |
| July 2012 |
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RICK BOND
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| Overland Park | |
| Vietnam, Air Force; Sergeant, 2nd Mobile Communications Group, worked with teletype and switchboard, Sembach Air Force Base, Germany, served 1967-71, dealt with classified messages. |
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DEAN JOHNSON |
| Leawood | |
| Korea, Marines; Corporal, lst Marine Division, 7th Regiment, Headquarters Service Company, Machine Gunner, Pusan to north of 38th Parallel, active 1951-52 and reserves until 1959, injured. |
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JOHNNY PIETERS |
| Shawnee | |
| Vietnam, Army; Sergeant, 553rd Float Bridge Company, kept bridges open along Route 1. Stationed near Tuy Hoa, southeast of Pleiku on South China Sea; emigrated to United States from Belgium when 18 months old. |
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ROGER PHILLIPS |
| Overland Park | |
| Vietnam, Army; Judge Advocate General Corps, Captain, Field Army Support Command, went to Army Basic and then sworn in as Captain in Regular Army, spent three years in Germany, served five years. | |
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JIM DOLINSKI |
| Olathe | |
| Vietnam, Navy; 3rd Class Patternmaker, on USS Isle Royale AD-29, made two WesPac cruises, served 1964-67. |
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MARVIN DENTON |
| Overland park | |
Korea, Army; 45th Infantry Division, 299th Infantry Regiment, Corporal, Rifleman, fighting against eight Chinese divisions in Chorwin Valley near 38th parallel, served 1950-52. |
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ANTONIE KATSANTONESS |
| Lenexa | |
| Vietnam, Air Force; 29th Fighter Interceptor Squadron, Staff Sergeant, Air Police, served 1962-66, in Thailand 1965 and 1966, made 12 helicopter rescue missions as door gunner on C-6 "Naked Fanny." |
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KENNETH DUNAWAY |
| Overland Park -- Died in 2012 | |
| World War II, Army Air Corps; P-47 Pilot, 8th Air Force, 78th Fighter Group, 83rd Fighter Squadron, shot down while strafing ammunition train, rescued by partisans and returned to Air Corps safely. |
The Best Times features veterans each month. Some vets outside Johnson County are featured when their family members are Johnson County seniors. To suggest a vet's name, including yours, contact Gary Swanson: call 913-744-8282 or e-mail gswanson@kc.rr.com.
