Monday is Veterans Day. To all the Veterans who served our country … Thank you VERY Much. When vets came back from Vietnam, they were not treated as well as returning vets are today. Today, you do see folks thanking the vets when they are at home. I hope members of the class of 1965 will thank our classmates/vets, who served in the Vietnam era (and after) by adding your words of gratitude at the end of this posting. Last year only a few people added their words of thanks. So to the Vets of our class (and all Vets), please accept these few words of gratitude from all your high school friends. Thank you VERY much.
Our class had many men and women who served their country. Many saw action in Vietnam. Some died while in service to our country. Many will never be the same as they were in high school. All were very young. The names of our Class of 1965 vets are listed below. If you are a member of the class of 1965 and a vet and your name is not listed, please let us know by clicking HERE or by using Contact (to the right under the Main Menu). I will add your name to the list. If you are a vet and have some words to say please feel free to “comment” at the bottom of this posting.
Many companies and restaurants are doing different things as a way of saying thanks to veterans. I did a little digging to find out what freebies and discounts might be available to vets on Veterans’ Day. Our vets may want to take advantage of some of these opportunities. I found five (there are lots more) places on the internet which tell you about different offers. I set up all five places with the links. All you have to do is click on them to go to them. They will open in a separate window or tab.
Lynn English High School’s Class of 1965 Veterans include:
Donald Baillie Naval Reserves
Frederick Bollen Army (saw action in Vietnam)
Robert Bonin Marine Reserves
Richard Bowlby Navy Reserves
Kevin Buchanan Army (saw action in Vietnam)
Richard Burke Army
Howard Burnett Army National Guard
Roger Caldwell Navy (saw action in Vietnam)
Richard Callahan Navy (saw action in Vietnam)
James Cogen Marines (saw action in Vietnam)
Anthony Colangelo Army Reserve
John Collier Army (saw action in Vietnam)
Harry Corson Army
Ralph Cronin Army
Tom Devine Marines (saw action in Vietnam)
John Donovan Army (saw action in Vietnam)
Brian Doucette Navy
Donald Ellis Air Force (saw action in Vietnam)
David Emerton Marines (saw action in Vietnam)
Tom Fabrizio Air Force
Bruce Fisher National Guard
Lawrence Flanagan Air Force (died while serving in Texas)
Arthur William “Bill” Fogarty Army (saw action in Vietnam)
Ronald Gerstenhaber Air Force
Thomas Gillis Navy
John Gotimer Navy
Reverand Arlyne Grant Army Reserves
Norman Grant Marines (killed in action in Vietnam)
Donald Hamel Navy
Mark Hammond Coast Guard
Robert Hartshorn Navy
Robert Johanson Army
Jim Lampes Mass Army National Guard
Allan Leavitt Army (saw action in Vietnam)
Peter Lelecas Air Force (saw action in Vietnam)
Wayne Livermore Army
Richard Lorette Navy
John MacDonald Air Force
John Martin Air Force
Walter Mehm Navy (saw action in Vietnam)
James Middleton Army
Robert Muller Army (saw action in Vietnam)
Haig Nalbandian Air Force
Paul Nardone Air Force
Ralph Nelson Army (saw action in Vietnam)
William Nelson Army Reserve
Robert Newhall Army
Kevin O’Connor Air Force (saw action in Vietnam)
Richard Olson Navy
John O’Neil Air Force
Albert Paradis Army
John Pension Navy
Leland Perry Army
Edward Pettipas Navy
Bruce Phillips Navy
James Prendergast NH Army National Guard
James Prunier Air Force and Army National Guard
Robert Reed Army
John Reppucci Navy
Michael Rodgers Army (saw action in Vietnam)
Charles Sarcia Army Aviation (saw action in Vietnam)
David Schulze Air Force
Michael Schulze Navy
John Sewell Navy
Frank Simone Air Force (saw action in Vietnam)
John Sonia Navy (saw action in Vietnam)
Christo Stratos Navy
John Sturgis Army National Guard
Robert Tibbetts Army
John Warwick Army (saw action in Vietnam)
Douglas Waters Army (saw action in Vietnam)
Bradley Wentworth Army
Joe Whalen Army (saw action in Vietnam)
Paul Yacovitch Army (saw action in Vietnam)
Francis York Navy
Hats off to all our Veterans for their sacrifice and service. We also give thanks to the families of our Vets for their support and sacrifice also.
God Bless the USA!
To all our LEHS 65 vets: Thank you for the sacrifices and service to our country.
Thank you to all our Veterans for your service & sacrifice.