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ADDRESSING FELLOW VETS — Vietnam veteran Lou Covelli was guest speaker at the Victory for Veterans motorcycle ride in September, starting from Wicker Park in Highland. A retired firefighter, Corvelli today is involved with the Disabled American Veterans.
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BIKING FOR BUDDIES — More than 1,600 motorcyclists took part in the Victory for Veterans motorcycle ride in September. The ride through several communities supports a veterans memorial and veterans programming in the township.
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Text and Photos By STEVE EUVINO Feature Writer Like so many who served in the military, Lou Covelli never considered himself a hero. Even after being wounded, he did not see himself as special. “God, country, family — that’s what I was raised to believe,” Covelli said. At age 17, he graduated from high school on June 24, 1963. On July 11, he enlisted as a Marine. His was among the first Marine units to fight in Vietnam. “I served to answer my country’s call,” the St. John resident said. Speaking at the Victory for Veterans motorcycle ride from Wicker Park in Highland in September, Lou Covelli recalled his return home. Following his service in Vietnam during 1965-
66, he returned to the states but was cautioned to quickly change into civilian clothes, due to anti-war protesters. “I’d never heard of anything like that,” Covelli said, adding that upon learning he was near U.S. soil, “that was the greatest sight of my life.” “I never thought I’d make it home alive,” Covelli said. “What we found here was very different.” In a veterans education video on YouTube, Covelli recalled returning home a “young old man. My buddies not in the service, I outgrew them. Their ideas were a lot different than mine.” Covelli confessed he was not proud of how anti-war protesters viewed his military service. Later, he was initially not going on the Honor Flight for veterans. He got talked into going, and he’s glad. “I was convinced to go, and I went,” Covelli recalled. “It was one of the best days of my life.” Continued on page 2
HONORING SERVICE — Craig Brooks of the Celtic Guard Academy in Hobart plays the bagpipes prior to the Victory for Veterans motorcycle ride from Highland.
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