Veterans Day Reflections From a Frederick Family
Linda Ranney recalls pride gratitude and tears as her family honors veterans. Daniel Ranney joined the Navy during World War I era while Barbara and Steven Daniel Ranney pursued military paths. Steven, wounded in Vietnam with 93 percent disability, later built a life as a business owner and athlete. Christopher Behr Ranney, a Marine-anchored wedding rescheduled and later an Air Force scholar, embodies the legacy. The Ranneys fly their flag 865 days a year and hope the next generation serves in peace.
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Frederick
Daniel Rodier Ranney
U.S. Navy
Barbara
United States
Pacific
Daniel
Steven Daniel Ranney
U.S. Army
Princeton University
Steve
Vietnam
Christopher Behr Ranney
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Air Force Medical School
Andrews Air Force Base
Chris
Alaska
Jack Brown
Veterans Day reflections from New Market veteran Dorian Pula
New Market resident Dorian Pula recalls Marine Corps service in Vietnam as an infantryman. He remembers fallen comrades, the stigma felt upon return, and the lasting meaning of Veterans Day as tribute to all who served and sacrificed for the United States.
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New Market
Dorian Pula
Marine Corps
Vietnam
Ime
Portraits of a Marine Family Valor and Sacrifice
Laura Breslin recalls her family’s long military service from World War I through the Gulf War. Her grandfather drew maps on front lines and survived gas, earning the Purple Heart, while uncles served as Navy corpsmen. Her Marine husband and son embody a generation’s dedication, faith, and patriotism as they navigate deployments and war.
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Frederick
Laura A. Breslin
Belleau Woods
Navy
Canada
Veterans tale of a paratrooper's forgotten care
Mary C. Marshall writes of a World War II veteran, aged 78, once a paratrooper, who served from 1943 to the end of his three year Army tour and later in Rand Airborne. Now in a VA nursing home, he fights an incurable brain disorder as veterans struggle to receive adequate long term care under VA contracts.
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California
Sa Francisco Bay Area
Mmy Brother
Chambers
Wendy
Vietnam
God
Greatest Dad Who Didn’t Have To Be A Hero
Frederick resident Gary Sullivan honors his father in a tribute recalling wartime sacrifices. The account details the father’s Army service with the Big Red One and Patton’s Third Army, wounds at Omaha Beach, multiple medals including a Silver Star and Purple Hearts, and the emotional moment of returning medals to his son Tim before a farewell shortly before his death from a heart attack.
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Take Time to Thank Vets by Gail Lieb
Gail Lieb honors Veterans Day noting the courage and patriotism of all who defend freedom. She recalls working at a VA Medical Center for 11 years and the daily sacrifices of veterans including POWs from Bataan. She urges readers to thank every veteran and emulate their selfless service.
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Gail Lieb
Bataan
Veteran recalls Vietnam tour and Navy life essay
Retired U S Navy Commander Norm Birzer reflects on 1966 draft, boot camp, and his Vietnam flight training. He recalls national turmoil, generational rebellion, and shifting Navy culture around alcohol while serving with optimism about duty. Birzer links Veterans Day to service and remembers his uncle born 11 11 11.
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U.S. Navy
Norm Birzer
Grad School
Great Plains
Naval Aviation
Canada
Sweden
Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh
Navy
Remembering Our Veterans and A Soldier’s Letter
A veteran recalls a lifelong devotion sparked by his wife and fallen comrades. He reflects on Memorial Day and Veterans Day, praising service, faithfulness, and the sacrifices of nurses, pilots, clerks, cooks, and combat soldiers who stood shoulder to shoulder for freedom.
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America
Service elicits pride across a military family
Frederick resident Tracy Boyett shares a family tradition of service from a Navy father who helped launch naval physical training to a son in Vietnam and a husband who served in Beirut and a DA civilian tied to the Pentagon. Her testimony notes a daughter and grandson in the Air Force, highlighting pride in military and civil service amid 2001 Veterans Day reflections.
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Frederick
Tracy Boyett
Navy
Hickham Field
Hawaii
Pearl Harbor
Europe
France
Vietnam
Beirut
U.S
Pentagon
Air Force
Air Force Reserves
Sam
ROTC Camp Recall From 1935 By Frederick Native
Warren R Evans of Frederick recalls a 1935 ROTC camp with harsh heat and hard marching. He describes long hikes with full packs, hot days, and sloppy instruction, noting he earned a high mark as a sharpshooter and formed lasting friendships before active duty in 1941.
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Gunner's Korean War Mission Over Wonsan Harbor
Charles B Kopelman recounts flying 59 missions as an aerial gunner on an A B 26 in Korea. One night over Wonsan Harbor cloud cover concealed targets until a salvo hit, followed by a massive smoke cloud and fire pillar aloft. Over 24 hours fires burned. reconnaissance later showed 100+ trucks and railcars destroyed.
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North Korea
Wonsan
Father and son honor a World War II hero from Delaware
Sharon Gibbons of Frederick and her brother John Young of Wilmington pay tribute to Ebner J. Young Jr their father. He joined after Navy advice, served 1944-45 on USS Lyman a destroyer escort earning five battle stars including Iwo Jima and Okinawa. He survived the war and later served as a police officer.
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Frederick
John Young
Wilmington
Del
Ebner J. Young Jr
Oliver
Marines
Dad
Navy
Saipan Island
Henry Fonda
William Lundigan
Cesar Romero
Victor Mature
Lyman
Iwo Jima
Okinawa
Tokyo Bay
Japan
Missouri
William M. Smith
China
Marine Division
Philadelphia
John
Man recalls Veteran Day memory of loved ones at sea
The writer, a former service brat, recounts wartime memories of his father’s return from the Far East after WWII. He describes seeing the ship in San Francisco to the tune of Sentimental Journey, and anticipates sharing a similar moment as his daughter arrives on the USS Enterprise in Norfolk after a Gulf and Arabian Sea tour.
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Breterick
San Francisco
Philippines
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