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Steve Lyons

Marine Corps Sergeant Steve Lyons served just over 6 years as an active duty Marine. His duties included service with a number of combat ready units as an Artilleryman and as a member of the elite Marine Security for several U.S. Embassies, in Africa and Ireland.

Shannon Edwin Swan

My father was such a strong, patriotic American that he lived it every day of his short life. He taught me the importance of FEELING patriotic. For that I will be forever grateful. He died at age 42 from cancer that he always claimed to have gotten during the war, yet never stopping from loving his country! He was a Naval Fighter Pilot.

Russell Meadows

To his many years of service for the country loves. He loved serving his country and if he could re-enlist he would. He may not have gone to Iraq, but if he would have been told to he was going over, he would have gone over with pride. I find that dedication to his country to be an honorable one.

Rue Cray

My father, Rue Cray served with the 258th Combat Engineer Battalion during WWII. He was a great man of courage and honor. I am proud of my father and the service he gave to his country.

Paul Messier

I am voting in honor of my father, Paul Messier who served in the Pacific in WWII aboard the USS Perkins. He was a torpedoman's mate. His ship was in Tokyo Harbor when the Japanese surrendered, he has pictures of warships in the harbor.

Leonard R. Sanborn

This is a man who put his country first and told me about the war and how it felt to be a WWII veteran. One thing I can say is this man has the biggest heart that any soldier could of ever had he raised me since I was a little boy. I grew up with the utmost respect for people that have lived or are still living like my grandfather. He taught me how to be a man while I was growing up. There is one thing that I have to say ?I could never have had a better way to grow up then to grow up with a true marine?. Thank you for everything you?ve done for me and still do.

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