Al Foust 2022 Salute to VeteransHometown: Eagle CreekService Branch: U.S. ArmyTheater of operations: WWII, EuropeYears of Service: 1941-45 PROUDLY SPONSORED BY: WW2 VET RECALLS BATTLE OF THE BULGE Just a teenager, Al Foust joined the U.S. Army in 1941 after Read More

Brian Altman 2022 Salute to VeteransHometown: Lake OswegoService Branch: U.S. NavyTheater of operations: Western Pacific PROUDLY SPONSORED BY: REFLECTING ON A CAREER IN “SILENT SERVICE” Like the underwater vehicles they operate, the United States Navy’s submarine force lurks under the Read More

Ed Johann 2022 Salute to VeteransHometown: NewbergService Branch: U.S. NavyTheater of operations: Pacific Years of Service: 1941-45 PROUDLY SPONSORED BY: WORLD WAR II VET’S “ONLY SKILL” SAVING PEOPLE No one knows for certain how many Pearl Harbor survivors are living Read More

Len Kauffman 2022 Salute to VeteransHometown: TualatinService Branch: U.S. ArmyTheater of operations: Vietnam Years of Service: 1968-69 PROUDLY SPONSORED BY: VIETNAM VETERAN FORMED HIS “BAND OF BROTHERS” While Vietnam veteran Len Kauffman wouldn’t call his 1968 U.S. Army tour in Read More

Harvey Biggs 2022 Salute to VeteransHometown: CanbyService Branch: U.S. Marine CorpsTheater of operations: Korean War Years of Service: 1953-54 PROUDLY SPONSORED BY: “A COLD THAT YOU JUST COULDN’T ESCAPE” There’s cold, and then there’s a cold that settles deep in Read More

William Brandom 2022 Salute to VeteransHometown: HillsboroService Branch: U.S. NavyTheater of operations: United States Years of Service: 1944-46 PROUDLY SPONSORED BY: WWII MEDIC ‘HAD A JOB TO DO’ Talk to just about anyone alive during World War II, and they Read More