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VIETNAM VETS REMEMBERED, continuedscribe how I felt, and still shal.more by helping disabledTrine said.* *• «»—probably thought the kids of the veterans whose cerone.“Several of them have appreciated it.” Weberling said. That lets me knowWeberling said on average, it takes him about three to four weeks to find somecomplishment.” Weberling said. 1 want them to havethem. They were intended for them.two months ago, Weberlinghas located ! 5-20 of the 175veterans and given themthese because they deserve“I feel like it's a real actheir certificates.feel today, is embarrassed.” But Trine explained whatthe truth of war really was.1 remember one day. seeing these kids, probably 6 years old, on a bike,” Trine said. “When the WhiteMice (cops) blow their whistles, everyone knows they are to stop. But these two kids kept pedaling and the White Mice shot them.porters of North Vietnam).They (the White Mice)They were Viet Cong (supcontacting representatives from the Marshall High School classes of 1958-nizing him for his sacrifices, Weberling also has helped him with Ins VA benefitsveterans,Without him. 1 wouldn't bewhere 1 am now.”1973 to see if he can get ad dresses to track down someWeberling is currentlyTrine said besides recogDon has done so muchhad a bomb in their pocket tifieates he has.I’m doing the right thing. One of those men is Vietand 99 percent of the timeIf there are veterans in thenam veteran Donald Trineof Marshall.“It’s just a certificate, Trine said. “But the recognition is great. I’m glad someone is finally recognizing us. Don is really doing aWashington and then San are among the unclaimedgreat job and he's getting nothing for it Actually, he gets paid a lot; he gets paid in satisfaction But I think they did.”Trine said when he got out of the service he went tothe west coast living inDiego. He later came home in 1967 and joined the Battle ('reek Fire Department where he stayed for 27years, retiring as fire mar-area that were never gi\entheir certificate, Weberlineasks that they call him at269-275-9440 to see if theyCorinne Kello^i; can be reached at 269-781-5444. ext211 or chronicle®jasncfo't rks nethe doesn't get the recognition he deservesDeadline to honor educator is TuesiSuccess Fund offersTrine said he enlisted inthe U.S. Naval Air Force inJuly 1962
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Ad-visor and Chronicle
Marshall, Michigan, US
Sat, May 26, 2012
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