PIO - Saluting Our Soldiers on Veterans Day - 11/08/2025

“On this Veterans Day, let us remember the service of our veterans, and let us renew our national promise to fulfill our sacred obligations to our veterans and their families who have sacrificed so much so that we can live free.” - Dan Lipinski

Veterans Day hasn’t always been celebrated on Nov. 11

In 1968, Congress passed the Uniform Holiday Bill, which ensured three-day weekends for federal employees by celebrating four national holidays on Mondays: Washington’s Birthday, Memorial Day, Veterans Day, and Columbus Day. This bill assigned the fourth Monday of October as Veterans Day, but many states disapproved of this decision. In 1975, President Gerald Ford returned Veterans Day to Nov. 11, anchoring it to this historically significance day.

Source: AARP.com

“The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.” - G.K. Chesterton

THOMAS RUNDQUIST

2nd Lt. Infantry Commission

DAN MCDONALD

1967-69 US Army. One year was in Vietnam

EDWARD PHILLION

CHRISTOPHER KNOWLES (CHIEF)

served 30 yrs in the Air Force, as a flight medic

Thank You for Your Service

ARTHUR CARL REHKOPF

served our country for over 20 years. He served both the Navy then went to the Army, served in Afghanistan.

BAAR

First Lieutenant U.S Army Nurse WWII

Korean War Veteran. drill sergeant for US Army Airborne

BAAR Captain

1970 Vietnam U.S Army

BROGAN BODENMULLER

9 years of service

24 years of service in the Army

All in the Family

1LT

E5

Cameron A. DeWitt Serving Presently Army Nat’l Guard

Daniel Goltz

1979 - 1985

U.S. Army

E5 Cody T. DeWitt Army Nat’l Guard

Austin Eaton 2011 - 2013 U.S. Army

E8

Duane E. Goltz 1962 - 2000 Army Nat’l Guard

Paula Rae Goltz 1979 - 1985

U.S. Army Reserves

E5

Richard E. Goltz

1982 - 1990 Army Nat’l Guard

All in the Family

YOU WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN

Mike Brueker

1968 - 1970

U.S. Army

Thank You!

Jacob Brown

2004-2011

U.S. Army

James L. Brown

2004-2008

U.S. Air Force

SSGT

Caleb Costello

U.S. Air Force

Serving in Afghanistan

Thank You!

SRA

Nathan Costello

U.S. Air Force

Serving in South Korea

Thank You!

Sr. Airman

Dylan Ducharme

Barksdale AFB

Bossier City, LA

Thank You!

Tom Doyle

U.S. Army

Thank You!

Chris Finkbeiner

1945-1947

U.S. Army

Major

Angela Fleming

1992 - Present

U.S. Air Force

Love, Your Family

PFC

Joseph Fleming

1998 - 2001

U.S. Marines

Love, Your Family

Bill Gregory

U.S. Marines

Thank You!

Scott Gregory

U.S. Marines

Thank You!

PVT

Robert Hanlon

1981 - 1982

National Guard

Thank You!

A1C Airman

Andrea Hemond

June 2009

U.S. Air Force

Thank You!

Dan Hickman

1966 - 1968

U.S. Marines

Thank You!

Jack McGowan

U.S. Navy

Thank You!

Alfred J. Kibble

8/194211/1945

U.S. Coast Guard

With thanks and love Dad. Your family

SPC4

Gerald Klose

1967 - 1971

U.S. Army

Thank You!

John R. “Jack”

Matson Sr.

1945 WWII

U.S. Army

Thank You!

SGT

Allen T. McMyler

1966 - 1968

Vietnam

U.S. Marines

Love, Your Family

Lon Morin

1969 - 1973

U.S. Coast Guard

Thank You!

Bill Nielsen

U.S. Marines

Thank You!

Bruce Nielsen

U.S. Army

Thank You!

Bruce Olsen

1968 - 1971

U.S. Army

Thank You!

SGT

Gene Reid

Vietnam

U.S. Marines

Love, Your Family

MSGT

John Satevock

1959 - 1982

Vietnam

U.S. Air Force

Thank You!

S/SGT

Harold Tessin

U.S. Army

Thank You!

SGT

Albert J. Vanderhaag

7th Cavalry, 1st Cav. Div.

1948 - 1970

U.S. Army

Thank You!

SGT

Butch

VanEllen

1967 - 1969

Vietnam

U.S. Army

Love, Your Family

Barry Wainman

1969 - 1971

U.S. Army

Don Wainman

1973 - 1976

U.S. Navy

Thank You!

Melvin Wein

WWII

U.S. Army

Cavalry

Thank You!

Ron Welsheimer

U.S. Army

Thank You!

Doug Welsheimer

U.S. Army

Thank You!

Jack Zuberink

Sept. 24

Thank You!

Thank You!