DeVaughn James and KSN News 3 Honoring Veterans through the Veteran Salute!
We’re showing our appreciation for the veterans that make it possible to enjoy living in a free county by sharing their stories. Be sure to watch KSN News 3 Wednesday’s at 10:00 p.m. as DeVaughn James Injury Lawyers and KSN News 3 honor our veterans with a Veteran Salute!
Veteran Salute Recipients!
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Veteran Salute: Alice Gaines
Alice Gaines was the first in her family to go to college, but she was certainly not the first to sign up to serve. Her father was in the Navy, her brothers were in the Army, and they wanted their sister to find a different branch.
Gaines landed in the Air Force.
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Veteran Salute: Paul Ybarra
A Wellington veteran, who survived arguably two of the most brutal battles of WWII, says when he arrived back on U.S. soil, he felt lucky to be alive.
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Veteran Salute: Raymond Whited
A veteran, who now calls Wichita home, says he volunteered to serve so he could go to Alaska. He was able to accomplish that lifelong goal, and he saw much more of this country and the world in the process.
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Veteran Salute: Ed Archer
When Ed Archer looks back to his time in Vietnam, he first thinks about what he and his fellow soldiers went through.
"It made a man out of me, I guarantee you that," said Archer.
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Veteran Salute: Governor's platoon of pretty women
During the Vietnam War, as more and more men were deployed overseas, many military jobs were left unmanned here at home. A local Marine was part of a movement that was formed to try to get more women to enlist.
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Veteran Salute: Dick Sheets
He may be 95-years-old now, but Dick Sheets was just a young man when he headed to sign up to serve. He may be 95-years-old now, but Dick Sheets was just a young man when he headed to sign up to serve.
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Veteran Salute: Larry Buczinski
As traffic was building in the skies above Vietnam, Larry Buczinski was operating the radar.
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Veteran Salute: Larry Emerson
Larry Emerson loved photography and just knew that was what he would be doing in the service.
If the Air Force had allowed him to go that way, he would have been sent directly to Vietnam, but the branch chose a different direction for him, once they saw Emerson’s scores in electronics.
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Veteran Salute: Myron Fabrizius
Myron was a squad leader in Vietnam. He said although there were too many close calls to count, all these years later he’s finally able to share what it was really like for him and his boys, in the thick of the Vietnam jungle.
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Veteran Salute: Bill Sloan
Bill Sloan signed up to serve when he was 17, and in no time, he was off to boot camp in San Diego. He then headed to torpedo school, but that doesn’t mean he ever fired one.
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Veteran Salute: Rebecca Richardson
First Sergeant Rebecca Richardson originally signed on to the Army Reserves for three years. “Then I just fell in love with it and stayed for 37 years.”
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Veteran Salute: Ken Pitetti
“Life isn’t fair, or unfair, life just is bloody what it is and you’ve got to go forward, you’ve got to find ways to go forward,” says Vietnam Veteran Ken Pitetti.
He lives by that mantra and stressed that so do many other Vietnam veterans.
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