Veterans recall Desert Storm service and Gulf War impact
Area veterans reflect on Desert Storm in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and the Red Sea theater. Navy, Coast Guard, and Marine personnel describe long deployments, boxes from home, and the strain of conflicts while highlighting how support at home helped sustain them, even as they question if the job was finished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kuwait
United States
Arabian Gulf
U.S
Coast Guard
Fred Schram
Lansing
Manana
Bahrain
Schram
Schrum
Navy
Dan Dziubczynski
Palos Hills
U.S. Saratoga
Red Sea
Haifa
Israel
Dziubczynski
Robert Bridgeman
New Lenox
Saudi Arabia
Bridgeman
Saddam Hussein
Iraq
Air Force National Guard
Anthony Rogers
Park Forest
Rogers
Tabuk
State awards road work contracts across Illinois
The Department of Transportation awarded multiple road improvement contracts. James Cape and Sons Co received 1,298,581 dollars for Interstate 80 patching and median work from the Tri-State Tollway to Harlem Avenue in Hazel Crest, Country Club Hills and Tinley Park. Sierra Resources, Inc. was paid 25,176 dollars for concrete repairs on the Route 83 over the Sanitary and Ship Canal near Lemont. Vixen Construction Co. earned 196,664 dollars for Torrence Avenue work over the Grand Calumet River in Burnham. K-Five Construction Corp. of Lemont won 340,998 dollars for patching at three sites including Harlem Avenue on Route 43 and other routes in Oak Lawn and Tinley Park. 230,956 dollars for Route 50 and Steger Road to Governors Highway area. Silvestri Paving Co. of Worth received 502,981 dollars to overlay Tamarack Street in Park Forest. Kustom Construction Co. of Lombard got 878,734 dollars for a U.S. Route 30 bridge replacement over Hickory Creek near Frankfort. Tree and Hand, Inc. in Sheridan won 40,404 dollars for Center Street landscaping. Vixen Construction, Inc. also did the Interstate 80 Metra rail bridge repair for 16,720 dollars in Mokena.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Transportation
Tri-State ‘Tollway
Harlem Avenue
Hazel Crest
Country Club Hills
Tinley’ Park
James Cape and Sons Co
Racine
Wis
Sanitary and Ship Canal
Lemont
Sierra Resources, Inc
Batavia
Torrence Avenue
Grand Calumet River
Burnham, Vixen Construction Co
Chicago
Ilinois
151St Street
159Th Street
179Th Street
Oak Lawn
Tinley Park
K-Five Construction Corp
Cicero Avenue
Steger
Goverors
Monee
Richton Park
K-Five Construction Co
Tamarack Street
Crawford Avenue
Monee Road
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lindsay Gladstone Avery
Conrad Hilton
Dziubcynski
Alaska
Florida
Fred Schrum
Silvestri Paving Co
Hickory Creek
Frankfort
Kustom Construction Co
Lombard
Center Street
East
Tree and Hand, Inc
Sheridan
Metra
Rock Island District
Mokena
Vixen Construction, Inc
Winter Rye
Ore Lotoy Ae
Toe Mase
Homesees and Garden ‘Supply Company
Holland
Toznd
Ashland
Chicago Heights
Joe Orr
Wles
Matic
Ord Very
World Music Theatre
Sms Lee
al Fu
Suzie
Hallmak Shop
SUN
Holiday Tapes
C.D
Sarah Plain & Tall Collection
Hallmark
Ridge RD
Humewood
Olympia Square Governors Hwy
Vollmer RD
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