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 country 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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Kansas veteran airman volunteered for Vietnam
As a young airman, Steve Seymour volunteered for Vietnam. His orders were for An Khe, a strategically important town in Central Vietnam.
But after initially landing in Danang, Seymour’s plans were quickly about to change.
View full story on KSN.com: https://bit.ly/3Ovha56
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Kansas veteran's speciality took him to a dangerous place
In 1963, 24-year-old Paul Sanford was drafted into the U.S. Army. Trained to be a radar specialist, Paul found himself in the Korean DMZ using ground radar to monitor North Korean troop movement.
See full video on KSN.com: https://bit.ly/3xW1qmn
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Vietnam-era Kansas veteran runs free resource website for service members
To thousands of veterans across the country, Army veteran James Bower is known by a different name, the ‘Veteran Bargains’ guy.
See full story on KSN.com: https://bit.ly/3my5X80
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Kansas Air Force veteran shares experience with first unit to house tilt-rotors
Dave Winkler always had a love for airplanes and hoped one day to work in aviation. After one of the darkest days in U.S. history, he knew exactly what he had to do next.
See full story on KSN.com: https://bit.ly/3NdYO8I
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Kansas WWII veteran helped train helicopter pilots for combat
As part of Marine Corps Test Unit Number one, Norman Tatum helped train helicopter pilots for combat scenarios.
See full story on KSN.com: https://bit.ly/3MTD5CS
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Kansas veteran talks about keeping U.S. Navy ships in pristine condition
In April 1966, then-17-year-old Gary Rogers, from Valley Center, entered the Naval Reserves on a delayed entry program. One year later, Rogers’ first ship, the USS Porterfield, would set sail across the Pacific to Vietnam.
See full story on KSN.com: https://bit.ly/3MtlSzO
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Veteran Salute: 101-year-old army nurse from Kansas sent around the world
101-years-old and still going strong. Army veteran Mary Nolan's career as a nurse sent her from Marquette, Kansas, all the way around the world.
See full story on KSN.com: https://bit.ly/3w778AR
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CLASSIFIED: Local veteran spent 20 years working on classified assignments
Air Force veteran Ronald Colbert didn't realize when he signed up that he would be a part of several secret programs and classified assignments for the next 20 years.
See full story on KSN.com: https://bit.ly/3yg4zxX
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Veteran's grandfather inspired him to serve
As a child, Marine Corps veteran Eric Johnson loved listening to the stories his grandfather, a World War II veteran who was part of the Normandy Invasion, would tell him — those stories spurring Johnson’s dream of one day becoming a Marine.
See full story on KSN.com: https://bit.ly/3MA6eSN
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Veteran pursues passion of fixing trucks and tanks in the service
As a child, Randle knew he wanted to join the military but hoped simultaneously to pursue something involving fixing cars. Years later, when he spoke to an Army recruiter, retired Army Staff Sergeant Aron Randle was sold on the idea of joining when he learned he could be in the service while pursuing his passion for all things on wheels.
See full story on KSN.com: https://bit.ly/3ExIlsu
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Wichita veteran runs through rankings as an African American
Herman Hicks joined the Air Force expecting to move up to Major. He retired a Colonel.
See full story on KSN.com: https://bit.ly/3iAnBWG
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21 years of service led Kansas veteran to train others
From the end of the Vietnam War to the collapse of the Berlin Wall, Wichita veteran Tim Korte saw a tremendous amount of change in his 21-year career in the military.
See full story on KSN.com: https://bit.ly/3tl7cMe
Veteran Salute is sponsored by DeVaughn James Injury Lawyers.
