Tribute to WWII Veterans
As part of the Rio Grande SUN's 50th anniversary, we hosted a dinner in honor of local WWII veterans on August 17, 2007. We also featured several of their stories as part of a series. Please view the links below for complete photos and coverage of the dinner, along with the feature stories. You must have Adobe Acrobat to view some links.
Veteran Dinner Picture Collage
More Veteran Dinner Pictures
Veteran Dinner Story - pub date 8/23/07
Profiles:
Rosendo Garcia 7/19/07
Harold Hays 7/26/07
Clarence Gutierrez 8/2/07
Jose Marquez 8/9/07
Alfonso Atencio 8/16/07
John Martins 8/23/07
Salomon Griego 8/30/07
David Gallegos 9/6/07
Robert Chaffe 9/13/07
Gale Fairchild 9/20/07
Zebedeo Martinez 9/27/07
Harold Hartell 10/04/07
Paul Romero 10/11/07
Fidel Alarid 10/18/07
Harold Law 10/25/07
Raymond Naranjo 11/01/07
Seledon Martinez 11/08/07
Wallace Harelson 11/15/07
Charlie Chacon 11/22/07
Albert Naranjo 11/29/07
Carl Berghofer 12/6/07
Longino Vigil 12/13/07
Ramos Sanchez 12/20/07
Sam Gutierrez 12/27/07
Jose Sanchez 1/3/08
Tony Roybal 1/10/08
Augustine Lujan 1/17/08
Antonio Garcia 1/24/08
David Martinez 1/31/08
Ramon Fresquez 2/7/08
Ross Livermore 2/14/08
Sam Vigil 3/6/08
Christobal Griego 3/13/08
Augustine Martinez 3/20/08
Floyd Alcorn
World War II veterans can also put their picture and a short description of their deployments/medals on the following web sites at no charge:
wwiimemorial.com (all vets)
lonesailor.org (US Navy Memorial, Navy & Marines)
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