Historical Society plans D Day event to honor Whitley County's WWII veterans
From reports
The committee for the upcoming D Day Commemoration is still looking for Whitley County WWII Veterans to personally invite to the event.
The program is to be held June 4, 2011, at 10 a.m. on the Whitley County Courthouse lawn in Columbia City.
If you click the red link below, you will find a list of veterans who've confirmed their attendance at the event. Anyone knowing of other veterans not on the list are asked to call the Whitley County Museum at 260-244-6372 on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Please leave a contact number, address and branch of military if possible. Should the veteran have trouble getting around, such as those who may be wheelchair bound or who may have difficulty finding transportation to the event, arrangements are being made with the Whitley County Transit to transport them.
The committee for the upcoming D Day Commemoration is still looking for Whitley County WWII Veterans to personally invite to the event.
The program is to be held June 4, 2011, at 10 a.m. on the Whitley County Courthouse lawn in Columbia City.
If you click the red link below, you will find a list of veterans who've confirmed their attendance at the event. Anyone knowing of other veterans not on the list are asked to call the Whitley County Museum at 260-244-6372 on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Please leave a contact number, address and branch of military if possible. Should the veteran have trouble getting around, such as those who may be wheelchair bound or who may have difficulty finding transportation to the event, arrangements are being made with the Whitley County Transit to transport them.
Names:
Adkins, Walter J "Jake"Alles, Dale
Anderson, Donald
Bailey, Ralph
Barney, Bill
Bear, Edwin J
Beers, Adrian
Beers, Ruth (Roberts)
Bennett, Charles Everett
Boggs, Robert Hershel
Borcherding, James A
Boyer, Robert
Braddock, Henry Y
Brock, Robert
Brower, Howard
Collar, Fred I
Cornmesser, Robert
Crawford, Cecil Jr
Culbertson, Donald
Dahms, Bernard
Dear, Frank
Diffendarfer, David Budd
Dunfee, Calvin
Easterday, George
Eckert, Earl B
Feighner, Harold
Ferrell, Donald
Gamble, Paul
Geist, Joe
Gipe, Dick
Glassley, Max
Glassley, Phil
Goodrich, Gerald
Goodrich, Kenneth
Grable, Gerald
Hansen, Carl
Haworth, Richard Julius
Herr, John Benjamin
Herron, Paul
Hess, John M
Hine, John Paul
Hine, Robert Martin
Hollenbaugh, Theda
Jones, Dwight
Jones, Kenneth E
Jones, William Earl
Kessie, Jack
Kiewatt, Richard
Kilby, Roy
Klopfenstein, Don
Lehman, Harold R
Loe, James Eldin
Lohmeyer, Richard E
Long, Joe
Long, Roger
Lundblad, A Keith
McEntire, Earl J
Meyers, Edward J
Miller, E Clayton
Minear, Richard Lee "Doc"
Mitchell, Clarice
Moore, Jack L
Mullett, Harold "Jack"
Norris, Ersil Eugene
Parker, Edwin
Pence, Dale
Pettigrew, Jack
Pittenger, Talbert Wilmot
Ramp, Richard Ira
Reid, Glen
Reid, Marquis, Jr
Roberts, Lawrence
Rudd, Tom T
Rupert, Keith
Schrader, Fred
Sheets, Dale
Sheets, Lester
Sherbahn, Kenneth
Shively, Donald
Stanley, Charles
Steffens, James E
Steman, Ed
Stephens, Don "Joe"
Sullivan, Donald Eugene
Tarleton, Willliam
Thomson, Jack
Walker, Robert
Walters, Duvalle "Bud"
Warner, Jimmie
Waterfall, Clark "Doc"
Weber, Edward E
Weller, Donald
Wells, Homer
Western, Glenn
Wheeler, Bill
Wilkinson, Galen
Wilson, Elmer Raymond
Winters, William
Zolman, Dale
Zolman, Robert