Page 5 - Lubbock Senior Link Magazine Fall 2019- Online Magazine

Veteran Stories

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indicate a story about a local Veteran

12 Elvin Howell 51 Willard R. Paine 84 Billy Rudd
A Sailor Remembers “Boss” A Case of Mistaken Identity

16 Dr. Tedd L. Mitchell 52 Delbert Hanson 90 Denise Estenson
A Family Dedicated to Service
Called by Example
and Honor Profile of Courage
24 Dale Young 52 Joseph Spaeth 94 Robert Cummings
Collecting Friends Along
Prankster, “Swab Jockey” and
the Way Purple Heart Hero Naval Hero
Thomas E. Tenner, Sr.
Garland Ellis
26 The 4th Armored Division - 53 Freddy Rios 96 From Fear of Cold to Fearless
“Name Enough” A Blessing and A Hero Fighting on a PT Boat in the
South Pacific

30 Sam Parham 53 Gary Martin 98 Dr. Steve D. Eckstein
The Great Uncle Who Could
WWII Aboard the USS Vega
A Message in Every Story
34 Joe Brimberry 56 Claude Mack 100 Loyd Ray Johnson
A Career in the Navy,
Serving, Surviving and
Serving Again A Lifetime of Service “I Love You Most”

36 Burle Pettit 60 Del Wells 102 Robert Betancourt
Putting Himself in Other
Damn Good Newspaperman
People’s Shoes Taking a Seat with a Sergeant
40 Finnis Meeks 64 Eldridge and 104 J.W. Hamby
Kenneth Miller
How Much Paper Have
Join the Navy! See the World!
A Father and A Son You Got?
42 Paul Archinal 68 William B. Boyles 106 Lee Reese
From Airman to Admiral
“Straight into Combat”
The Mistake That Wasn’t
48 Boyce Bryan 74 Luis Daniel DeLuna 108 Carl Gilly
Agriculture, the Army and
Auditory Ability The Hardest Class Ever Cobb’s War

50 James Glueck 76 Elroy Carson 110 Skeet Pollack
He Says It Was “Nothing Big”
He Isn’t Alone
Shaped by the Army
50 Charles Butler 80 Charlie Scarborough
Lifelong “Intelligence”
Recycled for a Reason

50 James Hogan 82 Lloyd Parker
Decorated Air Force Officer
9,000 Miles to the Front