| WASHINGTON
- March 11 - In a letter delivered yesterday to President Bush,
U.S. war veterans questioned the wisdom of invading Iraq now and
sought a meeting with the White House to discuss their concerns.
Initiated by the Washington-based veterans' group Veterans for
Common Sense, the letter was e-mailed to veterans this weekend
and quickly gathered nearly 1,000 signatories, including high-ranking
officers and Kris Kristofferson.
The letter
(see below) "strongly question[s] the need for war at this time,"
noting signatories are "not convinced that coercive containment
has failed, or that war has become necessary." It argues that
unlike 1991's desert campaign to liberate Kuwait, invading Iraq
now would likely entail "protracted siege warfare, chaotic street-to-street
fighting in Baghdad, and Iraqi civil conflict," raising fears
of "casualties not witnessed since Vietnam."
Citing UN predictions
of massive Iraqi casualties, including 1.26 million children under
age five at particular risk, it states "excessive civilian casualties
like those predicted by the UN pose a grave risk to our national
security, making the U.S. more of a target of retaliatory attacks
by terrorists." Its signatories describe themselves as "patriotic
citizens and veterans who respect the office of the President,"
requesting a meeting at his "earliest possible convenience."
The following
signatories are available now for media interviews:
* Specialist
ERIK K. GUSTAFSON, Gulf War Army veteran, co-founder, Veterans
for Common Sense, an organization started by Gulf War veterans
questioning the wisdom of invading Iraq. * Captain KRIS KRISTOFFERSON,
former 82 Airborne helicopter pilot, celebrated actor, Grammy
Award-winning singer/songwriter. * Colonel DAVID H. HACKWORTH,
Army veteran of 30 years, and a veteran war correspondent who
covered the Gulf War. * Vice Admiral JACK SHANAHAN, former commander
of the U.S. Second Fleet, former director, Center for Defense
Information. * Specialist CHARLES SHEEHAN-MILES, Gulf War Army
veteran and co-founder, Veterans for Common Sense * Lt. Colonel
GRETCHEN VANEK, a veteran of the Vietnam and Gulf Wars. * Colonel
LARRY WILLIAMS, served 27 years in Marine Corps including in Vietnam
and Beirut. * Vice Admiral RALPH WEYMOUTH, Veteran of WWII, Korea
and Vietnam.
These and other
veteran signatories are available for interviews starting March
11. They are based in major cities, including Washington DC. All
interview requests are being handled by electronic mail. If you
are press, contact egustafson@igc.org and include "PRESS REQUEST"
in the subject heading.
LETTER TO THE
PRESIDENT
Dear Mr. President:
We, the undersigned
veterans who have served our country in World War II, Korea, Vietnam,
the 1991 Gulf War and other military conflicts, respectfully request
an opportunity to meet with you about the threat of war between
the United States and Iraq.
Mr. President,
we are patriotic citizens and veterans who respect the office
of the President and the ethics and values binding us together
as Americans.
As such, we
feel duty-bound to share with you our serious concerns regarding
issues of national security, the appropriate use of our military
strength, and the health and welfare of our active duty soldiers,
sailors, airmen and marines. Those of us who are veterans of the
1991 Gulf War can offer particular insight into the ongoing troubles
in the Middle East, and the likely consequences of another war
in that volatile region.
A dozen years
ago, we helped liberate Kuwait from Iraqi occupation, and in the
course of combat operations came face to face with brutality and
the consequences of modern warfare. We learned how unpredictable
the nature of war can be. And we learned that war-related losses
are not simply experienced on the battlefield.
Following the
1991 Gulf War, we collectively failed to prevent Saddam Hussein's
violent repression of a popular uprising and the unprecedented
refugee flight that ensued. As a result, tens of thousands of
innocent civilians died. In addition to those deaths, the war
and immediate post-war conditions resulted in the excess deaths
of 46,900 children under the age of five, according to the New
England Journal of Medicine (September 24, 1992).
Over the long
term, the 1991 Gulf War has had a lasting, detrimental impact
on the health of countless people in the region, and on the health
of American men and women who served there. Twelve years after
the conflict, over 164,000 American Gulf War veterans are now
considered disabled by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
That number increases daily.
The possibility
of large-scale war between the U.S. and Iraq looms before us once
again. For this urgent reason we would like to meet with you to
discuss steps the United States and its allies can take to protect
U.S. soldiers, allied forces, and Iraqi civilians from known and
suspected hazards that would result from military operations.
We understand
the risks that come with war and that there are times when such
risks are necessary. However, we strongly question the need for
a war at this time. Despite Secretary of State Colin Powell's
report to the Security Council and the testimony of others in
the administration, we are not convinced that coercive containment
has failed, or that war has become necessary.
Our own intelligence
agencies have consistently noted both the absence of an imminent
threat from Iraq and reliable evidence of cooperation between
Iraq and Al Qaeda. Again, we question whether this is the right
time and the right war.
Further, we
believe the risks involved in going to war, under the unclear
and shifting circumstances that confront us today, are far greater
than those faced in 1991. Instead of a desert war to liberate
Kuwait, combat would likely involve protracted siege warfare,
chaotic street-to-street fighting in Baghdad, and Iraqi civil
conflict. If that occurs, we fear our own nation and Iraq would
both suffer casualties not witnessed since Vietnam. We fear the
resulting carnage and humanitarian consequences would further
devastate Iraqi society and inflame an already volatile Middle
East, and increase terrorism against U.S. citizens.
Our concerns
about the potential human and material costs of a military conflict
in Iraq are well substantiated. In the event of a war, the UN
warns that 1.26 million children under the age of 5 in Iraq will
be at risk of death. Within the initial weeks of conflict, the
World Health Organization estimates 500,000 Iraqis would need
immediate medical attention. Ten million Iraqis would need immediate
humanitarian assistance and over 2 million Iraqis would be made
homeless.
The scale of
the crisis would be so large that the international community
would be unable to prevent widespread suffering. For these reasons
and more, it remains in our nation's best interest to avoid another
war. The risk of excessive civilian casualties like those predicted
by the UN pose a grave risk to our national security, making the
U.S. more of a target of retaliatory attacks by terrorists.
Mr. President,
as our Commander-in-Chief, we recognize the immense responsibility
you have to protect our homeland and keep our nation secure. As
veterans who honorably served our nation in its wars, we believe
that our perspectives, knowledge and expertise can aid you at
this crucial time, as you continue to deliberate on whether or
not to commit our nation to war.
We therefore
request a meeting at your earliest possible convenience. We look
forward to any opportunity to come together with you to discuss
the matters we have raised.
Sincerely,
Vice Admiral Ralph Weymouth, USN, Retired Vice Admiral Jack Shanahan,
USN, Retired Brigadier General Evelyn P. Foote, USA, Retired
Colonel David
H. Hackworth, USA, Retired Colonel Larry Williams, USMC, Retired
Colonel James E Unterseher, USA, Retired Colonel James B. Burkholder,
USA, Retired Colonel Roger F. Strand, USAF, Retired Colonel Virginia
A. Metcalf, USA, Retired Colonel Mary H. Yeakel, USA, Retired
Colonel Henrik O. Lunde, USA, Retired Colonel Bruce S. Jarstfer,
USA, Retired Colonel Thomas Patrick Chisholm, USA, Retired Colonel
James Steven Chandler, USA Colonel James J. Kent, USA, Retired
Colonel Grace E. Squires, USA, Retired Colonel Carol Anne O'Donnell,
USA, Retired
Captain Kris
Kristofferson, USA, Retired Captain Thomas C. Tindall Jr., USNR,
Retired Captain Herbert A. Blough, USN, Retired Captain M. David
Preston, USCG
Lieutenant
Colonel Elizabeth K. McGillicuddy, USMC, Retired Lieutenant Colonel
Ron T. Coley, USMC, Retired Lieutenant Colonel Walter M. Langford,
USAF, Retired Lieutenant Colonel Ben T. Granade, Jr., USAF, Retired
Lieutenant Colonel Frank L. Houde, USAF, Retired Lieutenant Colonel
Richard M. Renfro, USA, Retired Lieutenant Colonel Gretchen T.
Vanek, USA, Retired Lieutenant Colonel Richard L. Schmitt, USAF,
Retired Lieutenant Colonel Vernon E. Whitney, USA, Retired Lieutenant
Colonel Graydon Causey, USAF, Retired Lieutenant Colonel William
R. Smith, USAF, Retired Lieutenant Colonel David C. Dellinger,
USCG, Retired Lieutenant Colonel Anne N. Philiben, USA, Retired
Lieutenant Colonel James A. Adams, Jr., USAF, Retired Lieutenant
Colonel Rupert Eldridge Pate, USA, Retired Lieutenant Colonel
William J. Jacobs, USA, Retired Commander Robert A. Wood, USNR,
Retired Commander John J. Kaso, USN, Retired Commander Eugene
M. Maresca, USNR, Retired Commander William H. Busse, USNR, Retired
Commander David Bailey, USCG, Retired Commander Philip Butler,
Ph.D., USN, Retired Commander Michael A. Kennedy, USN, Retired
Commander Theodore I. Bahn, USN, Retired Commander Theodore Curtin,
USN, Retired Lieutenant Commander Daniel Fecko, USNR, Retired
Lieutenant Commander Jim W. Turnage, M.D., M.P.H., USN Lieutenant
Commander John Paul Brennan, USMC, Retired Lieutenant Commander
Thomas A. Egleston, USN Lieutenant Commander Robert Swan Lawrence,
USCG Lieutenant Commander Dennis C. Hayzlett, USN Lieutenant Commander
Howard L. McFann, USN Lieutenant Commander Lawrence George Thorne,
USN Lieutenant Commander David H. Gundy, USN
Major Kenneth
E. Mayers, Ph.D., USMCR, Retired Major Thomas J. Treadway, USA,
Retired Major William McEwan Cross, USA Major Donald McNellis,
USAF Major Jon Bjornson, MD, USA, Retired Major James W. Strader,
USAF Major Dean Wilson, USA, Retired Major Willie Fuller, Jr.,
USAF, Retired Major Ford A. Anderson, USAF, Retired Chaplain Major
Kenneth J. Nettles, Ph.D., USAF, Retired Major Christopher M.
Robinson, USA, Retired Major Heidrun Mlodzik, USAF, Retired Major
William D. Cooke, USA Major Mark W. Gieringer, USAF, Retired Major
Jon Bjornson, MD, USA Major James E. Kinzer, USAF, Retired Major
Johan M. S. Muller, USAF, Retired
Captain William
Clifford Ellerman, USA Captain Paul A. Hellweg, USA Captain Jerry
Dowling, USA Captain David P. Leaf, USA Captain James C. Ryan,
USA Captain Charles P. Dillon, USA Captain James Clayton Lockwood,
USA, Retired Captain Daryl Hobbs, USA Captain Raymond E. Kemble,
USA Captain Herbert S Hathcock, USA, Retired Captain Dr. Delphia
M. Clarke, USA Captain John R Phelan, USA Captain Bert A. Bender,
USA Captain Simeon K. Heninger, Jr., USA Captain Philip Zipser,
USA, Retired Captain Dorothy Pakula Whittaker, USA Captain Thomas
N. Stern, USA Captain Dan W. Holbrook, USA Captain David Berlin
Eye, USA Captain Robert Joel Master, USA Captain Brenda Lasarzig,
USA Captain James J. Jablonski, USA Captain Robert W. Ferrell,
USA, Retired Captain Bob Gaiek, USA Captain John L. Long, USAF
Captain John J. Blase, USAF Captain John Lovejoy, USAF Captain
Troy Carlyle, USAF Captain Lawrence Hugh Boyd, USAF Captain Theodore
T Odell, USAF Captain Gregg A. Matous, USAF Captain Larry T Harnish,
USAF Captain Karl Schmitt, USAF Captain Hugh F Cline, USAF, Retired
Captain Kathryn J. Hammond, USAF Captain Neal F Bowyer, USAF Captain
Lucia Jameson, USAF Captain Michael L. Glenn, USAF Captain Landon
Kimbrough, USAF, Retired Captain David Louis Harris, USAF Captain
Karl W. Frederick, USAF Captain Vincent Phelps Ward, USAF Captain
Carlo S. Ascari, USAF Captain Robert Gregg Chilton, USAF Captain
George Georgieff, DDS, USAF Captain Joe Stern, USAF Captain Steven
Dellaporta, USMC, Retired Captain Wesley Scott Hannon, USMC Captain
Fred Johnson, USMC, Retired Captain Thomas T. Carpenter, USMC
Lieutenant
Thomas M. Liston USN Lieutenant John Dobson West USN Lieutenant
Jerome P. Wallingford USN Lieutenant David Felix USN Lieutenant
Michael Jay Herbert USN Lieutenant John Orrin Purkey USN Lieutenant
Ricki J. Estes USN Lieutenant Walter E. Ziegenhals USN Lieutenant
Frank Lloyd Kramer, Jr. USN Lieutenant Harvey Bennett USN Lieutenant
William R. Jones USN Lieutenant Gilbert Marek Zemansky USN Lieutenant
Jordan R. Carpenter USN Lieutenant Gerald A Burnett USN Lieutenant
John Edward Houx USN Lieutenant Michael Bruce Elder USN Lieutenant
Kenneth L. Lang USN Lieutenant Francis C. Zanger (Chaplain Corps)
USN Lieutenant Michelle Birdseye, M.D. USN Lieutenant Robert James
Bournique USN Lieutenant Glen N. Foss USN Lieutenant Benjamin
Senauer USN Lieutenant Chris Gleason USMC Lieutenant Douglas Timothy
McGetchin USMC Lieutenant John Stoddard Glascock Senior USCG Lieutenant
Albert C. Germann USAF Lieutenant Timothy L. Hanley USAF Lieutenant
John T. Urban USAF Lieutenant William Henry Reynolds USAF Lieutenant
J.E.O'Kelly McCluskey USAF Lieutenant Alex Wormser USAF Lieutenant
William Spencer Hall USAF Lieutenant Roderick D Raabe USAF Lieutenant
Roger Fitch USAF Lieutenant Dr. Charles DeFreitas USAF Lieutenant
Barry Wolfer USAF Lieutenant Robert Lowell Hickerson USAF Lieutenant
Danny Paul Dennis USAF Lieutenant John Milton Wallace USA Lieutenant
Steven Richard Cartwright USA Lieutenant Robert F. Hornbeck USA
Lieutenant Richard Kenny Sink USA Lieutenant Donald Pinkel USA
Lieutenant James F Balderson USA Lieutenant Steven Eli Schanes
USA Lieutenant Hugh Scanlen USA Lieutenant Barry Dixon Copp USA
Lieutenant Ellie Kennedy USA Lieutenant Todd Stuart Kneeland USA
Lieutenant Charles DePuy USA Lieutenant Patrick Maurice Flannery
USA Lieutenant Dennis Spector USA Lieutenant Alta J. Minthorn
Stephens USA Lieutenant Henry W. Plohr USA Lieutenant Michael
J. Sebetich USA Lieutenant John DuBois USA Lieutenant Harold Glickman
USA Lieutenant James L. Sheehan USA Lieutenant David L. Harten
USA Lieutenant Randall Joel Hain USA Lieutenant Gary Eschman USA
Lieutenant Roger Simon USA Lieutenant Robert Lloyd Stebbins USA
Lieutenant Reysha Silverhair, formerly Hoyt Sherman Griffith USA
Lieutenant Douglas Parker Shaw USA Lieutenant William M. Whitby
USA Lieutenant Robert W. Buttel USA Lieutenant Thomas W. Shepard,
Jr. USA Lieutenant William J. Simmons, Sr. USA Lieutenant Robert
M. Land, USA Lieutenant Edmund William Hoelker, USAF Lieutenant
Junior Grade Arthur Lewis Solomon, USCG Lieutenant Junior Grade
Joe Martin Cantrell, USN Lieutenant Junior Grade Richard Ralph
Groseclose, USN Lieutenant Junior Grade Robert A. Collins, USCG
Lieutenant Junior Grade Bruce S. Ertle, USN Lieutenant Junior
Grade Charles H Nadler, USN Lieutenant Junior Grade Richard Fredrick
Hickey, USN Lieutenant Junior Grade Gregory H. Carter, USN Lieutenant
Junior Grade Jeff Markell, USCG Lieutenant Junior Grade John Ise
Jr, USN Lieutenant Junior Grade DeWitt Linn Sage, USN Lieutenant
Junior Grade Craig A. Bicknell, USN Lieutenant Junior Grade Charlton
M. Lewis, USN
Command
Sergeant Major Robert Grover Smith, Jr., USA, Retired Aerographer's
mate third class Alice B. Gilmore, USN Airman Albert W. Wilson,
USAF Airman Aram Attarian II, USAF Airman Cheryl Davis, USA
Airman David Alan Dix, USAF Airman French Tickner, USN Airman
Irvan F. Adams, USAF Airman James F. McGowen, USN Airman James
J. Hogan, USAF Airman John Paul Coakley, USAF Airman John Stephen
Pielaszczyk, USAF Airman Joseph S. Sims, USAF Airman Joseph
Wistar Huey III, USAF Airman Lewis Kirk, USAF Airman Mark Torrey,
USAF Airman Mazie H. Todd (Rogers), USAF Airman Merl Moncer,
USAF Airman Michael P.Corridon, USAF Airman Michael R. Philiben,
USAF Airman Pedro Rivera, USAF Airman Philip G. Brown, USAF
Airman Robert J. Hoffmeister, USAF Airman Robert T.Hogan, USAF
Airman Roger Peirce, USAF Airman Ronald Bostick, USAF Airman
Steven T Raynis, USAF Airman Timothy Charles Frazer, USAF Airman
William H. Davis, USAF Airman William J Leary, USAF Aviation
Ordnanceman 3/C John Howard Beam, USN
Chief Master
Sergeant USAF Donald H. Kroeber, USAF, Retired Chief Petty Officer
Art Baskel, USN Chief Petty Officer Art Rogers, USN Chief Petty
Officer Bart Coyle, USAF Chief Petty Officer Joanna M. Clark,
USN Chief Petty Officer Kenneth R. Davis, USN, Retired Chief
Petty Officer Richard L. Weiche, USN, Retired Chief Petty Officer
William Bennett, USN Chief Warrant Officer Frank V. Santos,
USA, Retired Chief Warrant Officer Robert O'Donnell, USN, Retired
Chief Warrant Officer Scott A. Wendt, USA, Retired Corporal
Abel Perez Ochoa, USA Corporal Alfred Herrada, USA Corporal
Arthur T. Cannon, USA Corporal Bernard H. Soffer, USA, Retired
Corporal Brian X Fitzgibbon, USMC Corporal Charles Weyand Heitsch,
USA Corporal Cora Tula Watters, USMC Corporal Daniel E. Meurin,
USA Corporal Daniel Miller, USAF Corporal Daniel V. Herrera,
USMC Corporal David Shupp, USA Corporal Don F. Hull, USA Corporal
Ernest Goitein, USA Corporal Fred Pipkin, USA Corporal George
J. Bryjak, USMC Corporal George S. Sutherland, USA, Retired
Corporal George Valle Jr., USA Corporal Gregory Gerald Boyer,
USMC Corporal Harold G. Schneider, USA Corporal Heather Radcliffe,
USMC Corporal Herman Milton Heyn, USA Corporal Jack Earl Holman,
USA Corporal Jerry D. Riley, USA Corporal John A Ragsdale, USA
Corporal John Banagan, USA Corporal John F. Beirne, USA, Retired
Corporal John L. Schweitzer, USA Corporal John Maxwell Gault,
USA Corporal John P. Thomson, USA, Retired Corporal Joseph R.
Attamante, USMC Corporal Lloyd D.Beery, Junior, USA Corporal
Manus J Campbell, USMC Corporal Marvin Kantor, USMC Corporal
Maurice Bender, Ph.D., USA Corporal Michael Czarnecki, USA Corporal
Michael E. Stewart, USMC Corporal Michael H. Riordan, USMC Corporal
Noel H. Bransford, USMC Corporal Norman F. Williams Jr., USMC
Corporal Paul G. Zolbrod, USA Corporal Philip S. Miller, USA
Corporal Ralph Wessel, USAF Corporal Randy Belden, USMC Corporal
Richard Lyon Castner, USA Corporal robert e richards, USMC,
Retired Corporal Robert F. Bisson, USA Corporal Robert Kinsey,
USMC Corporal Robert Richard Barracca, USA Corporal Stephen
George Fournier, USMC, Retired Corporal Stewart Nusbaumer, USMC,
Retired Corporal Temur Perkins, USMC Corporal Theodore Radamaker,
USA Corporal Thomas C. Gale, USA Corporal Thomas E. Simmons
Jr., USMC Corporal Thomas L.Vassilaros, USA Corporal Vinnie
Van Wyen, USMC Corporal William Paul Williamson, Jr., USMC Corporal
William R. Stanton, USMC Corporal William Roland Bailey, USA
Corporal Yoshiro Sanbonmatsu, USA Corporal Ziskind R. Lieb,
USA E-5 Medical Specialist James Clinton Wright, USA Ensign
Kenneth Martin Stevenson, USN Ensign Richard A. Laurick, USN
Ensign roxy hills, USA Ensign Thomas A. Toomey, USN, Retired
Ensign William A. Swain III, USN, Retired First Lieutenant Paul
W Morgan, USA First Lieutenant Richard E. Albert , USA First
Sergeant Dennis W. Smith, USA, Retired First Sergeant Mary Lou
Mayes, USAF Gunners Mate 3rd Class James Starowicz, USN Gunnery
Sergeant Robert W. Carman, USMC Gunnery Sergeant Robert W. White,
USAF Hospital Corpsman Norman T. Davis, USN, Retired Hospital
Corpsman Donald A. Blickens, USN Hospital Corpsman Thomas Richard
Imboden, USN Hospitalman Raymond E. Chamberlain III, USN Lance
Corporal Bob M. Tanner, Jr., USMC Lance Corporal Donald Dean
Hedgepeth, USMC Lance Corporal Gary Akito Maehara, USMC Lance
Corporal Jerome Garger, USMC Lance Corporal Roy Edward Stanford,
USMC Lance Corporal Thomas Melchior, USA Lance Corporal Tom
Blanchard, USMC Master Chief Petty Officer E. Victor Mereski,
USN, Retired Master Chief Petty Officer Larry Bucher, USN, Retired
Master Sergeant Adam DeLuna, USA, Retired Master Sergeant Anthony
M. D'Amato, USA, Retired Master Sergeant Anthony M. D'Amato,
USA, Retired Master Sergeant Charlie Day, USAF, Retired Master
Sergeant Curtis R. Campbell, USAF, Retired Master Sergeant James
T. Dunn, USA, Retired Master Sergeant Larry B. Daniels, USAF,
Retired Master Sergeant Linda Wilkins-Daniels, USAF, Retired
Master Sergeant Louis W. Bender, USA Master Sergeant Mark D.
Brooks, USAF, Retired Master Sergeant Michael Cosenza, USAF,
Retired Master Sergeant Scott W. Kirby, USAF, Retired Master
Sergeant Wilmar F. Bernthal, USA, Retired Operations Specialist
James Steven Clement, USN Personnelman Richard Almy Wortman
Ph. D., USN Petty Officer 2nd Class Alberto Sifuentes, USN Petty
Officer Al Heisler, USN Petty Officer Albert L. Rankin, USN
Petty Officer Alton J. Travland, USN Petty Officer Benjamin
Isaac Taylor, USN Petty Officer Bill Lewis, USN Petty Officer
Charles F. Nawrocki, USN Petty Officer Charles J. Shoens, USN
Petty Officer Charles Lewis Yates, USN Petty Officer Craig Simpson,
USN Petty Officer Dan Onerheim, USN Petty Officer Daniel Jacobson,
USN Petty Officer Dave Edwards, USN Petty Officer David C. Smith,
USN Petty Officer David Ralph Travis, USN Petty Officer David
W. Martin, USN Petty Officer Donald Ball, USN, Retired Petty
Officer Donald Graves, USN Petty Officer Dr. Roland von Huene,
USN Petty Officer Duane Douglas Crimmins, USN Petty Officer
Duane Douglas Crimmins, USN Petty Officer First Class Alexis
T Bell, USN Petty Officer First Class Christian Francis Curry,
USN Petty Officer First Class Dennis L. Elleflot, USN, Retired
Petty Officer First Class Louise Leonard, USN Petty Officer
First Class Norman R. Brown, USN Petty Officer First Class Richard
William Zeiner, USN Petty Officer First Class Robert C. Haines,
USN Petty Officer First Class Robert Lawrence Mead, USCG, Retired
Petty Officer First Class Ron Cleeve, USN Petty Officer First
Class Terry Wayne Wilson, USN Petty Officer Floyd Hallberg,
USN Petty Officer Francis E. Hanisch, USN Petty Officer Francis
J. Powers, USN Petty Officer Franklin James Cole Gwartney III,
USN Petty Officer Gene Whitney, USN Petty Officer George E.
Davis, USN Petty Officer James Clemons Parkinson, USN, Retired
Petty Officer James E. Gregg, USN Petty Officer James M. Lewis,
USN, Retired Petty Officer James M. McIntyre, USN Petty Officer
James Rex Baird, USN Petty Officer James V. Long, USN Petty
Officer Janine E. Sotomayor, USN Petty Officer Jay Earl Anderson,
Jr., USMC Petty Officer Jean L Stimmell, USN Petty Officer Jerzy
M. Brozyna, USN Petty Officer John Dainotto, USN Petty Officer
John L. Ebel, USN Petty Officer Jon Norstog, USCG Petty Officer
Jose L. Romero, USN Petty Officer Joseph A. Bedell, USN Petty
Officer Kenneth B. Bever Jr., USN Petty Officer Kevin J. Lenaghan,
USN Petty Officer Larry L. Williams, USN Petty Officer LEO F.
SCHWEITZER JR, USN Petty Officer Leo R. Sandy, Ed.D., NCSP,
USN Petty Officer Louis Schwartz, USN, Retired Petty Officer
Louis Martin Sinniger, USN Petty Officer Louis Schwartz, USN,
Retired Petty Officer Lynn Burriss Webler, USN Petty Officer
Max Elliot, USN Petty Officer Michael Craig, USN Petty Officer
Michael M. Chevalier, USN Petty Officer Pat Chefalo, USN Petty
Officer Patrick Arthur Ouellette, USN Petty Officer Philip Perry,
USN Petty Officer Richard J Thomas, USN Petty Officer Richard
J. Shorthouse, USN Petty Officer Richard Ora Moore, USN, Retired
Petty Officer Robert Rostedt, USN Petty Officer Robert Topmiller,
USN Petty Officer Robert Vernon Hill, USN Petty Officer Roberta
Rose Bailey, USN Petty Officer Roger Dale Phillips II, USN Petty
Officer Ronald Edward Dyer, USN Petty Officer Ronald Mills Gerughty,
USN Petty Officer Ronald Salvo, USN Petty Officer Russell J.
Buckardt, USN Petty Officer Samuel Devereaux Hathaway, USN,
Retired Petty Officer Second Class Bruce S Cotton, USN Petty
Officer Second Class Darrell G. Miller, USN Petty Officer Second
Class Gary K. Grice, Jr., USN Petty Officer Second Class George
Chandler, USN Petty Officer Second Class George Edward Hammerbeck,
USN Petty Officer Second Class Joseph Thomas Miller, USN Petty
Officer Sidney M. Peck , USN, Retired Petty Officer Stephen
M. Osborn, USN Petty Officer Stuart Naismith, USN Petty Officer
Third Class Dale Wayne Allen, USN Petty Officer Third Class
Robert Keilbach, USN Petty Officer Thomas Michael Kumpf, USN
Petty Officer Tod Chester TIbbetts, USN Petty Officer Todd Philip
Feiler, USN, Retired Petty Officer Violet Dawn Colley, USN Petty
Officer William O. Jenkins, USCG Petty Officer Wolfgang H. Rosenberg,
USN Pharmacists Mate 1st class Paul Charles Obler, USN Private
Christopher H. Barben, USN Private David M. Smith, USA Private
Deborah L Schneider, USA Private First Class Alfred G Hale,
USA Private First Class Allan H. Laite, USA Private First Class
Armand DeLaurell, USA Private First Class Bill A Whitney, USA
Private First Class Brian W Jones, USA Private First Class Charles
Scarlott, USA Private First Class Cheryl Marland, USA Private
First Class Chester C. Kraszewski, USA Private First Class Constance
Brockmeyer Heiman, USCG Private First Class Dale E. Mix, USA
Private First Class David A. Lurie, USA Private First Class
David Fugere, USA Private First Class David Robert Klein, USA
Private First Class David W. Otto, USA Private First Class Dennis
John Lynds, USA, Retired Private First Class Dennis Lee Barnum,
USA, Retired Private First Class Donald David Bachman, USA Private
First Class Douglas Allen Thompson, USA Private First Class
Edwaqrd Beechert, USA Private First Class Edward C Oehlers,
USA Private First Class Eugene M. Powell, USA Private First
Class Eugene Wilhelmi, USA Private First Class Gary Lee Scriver,
USA, Retired Private First Class Gene Glazer, USA Private First
Class Gene Glazer, USA, Retired Private First Class Gerald J
Kresge, USA Private First Class Gilbert Tibbetts Ireland, USA
Private First Class Herman Duane Johnson, USA Private First
Class James M. Jeffrey, USA Private First Class James McDonald
, USMC Private First Class James W. Hunt, USMC Private First
Class Jeffrey P. Rowlett, USA Private First Class John C. Schmertz,
USA, Retired Private First Class John Clinton Fowler, USA Private
First Class John Dale Warner, USA Private First Class John Hockman,
USA Private First Class John Joseph Martin, USA Private First
Class Kathleen Quelland, USA Private First Class Kenneth David
Sharp, USA Private First Class Kord E. Roosen-Runge, USA Private
First Class Laverne (Verne) C. Huser, USA Private First Class
Michael B. Gehl, USA Private First Class Michael LaRue, USA
Private First Class Montague S. Berman, USA, Retired Private
First Class Monte G. McKenzie, USA Private First Class Paul
F Collins, USA Private First Class Peter West Youell, USA Private
First Class Philip J. Felix, USA Private First Class Philip
S Philiben, USA Private First Class Ray L Huffman, USA Private
First Class Raymond A. Coulombe, USA Private First Class Richard
D. Nethercut, USA Private First Class Richard E.Becker, USA
Private First Class Richard L. Simpson, USA Private First Class
Rick Martin Duiker, USA Private First Class Robert B. Raisor,
USA Private First Class Robert R. Gronko, USMC Private First
Class Robert S. Tate, USA Private First Class Rodger Carroll,
USA Private First Class Rodman Earl Miller, USA, Retired Private
First Class Roger R. Armstrong, USA Private First Class Ronald
W. Ziwisky, USA Private First Class Ruth Brown O'Neil, USA Private
First Class Stephen McCourt, USA Private First Class Terence
J. Murphy, USA Private First Class Thomas Orr, USA Private First
Class Thomas R. Eckenrode, USA Private First Class Vernon Joseph
White, USA Private First Class William A. Bailey, USA Private
First Class William Everett Hammond, USA Private First Class
William Jeffery Martin, USA, Retired Private James Lewis LaGarde,
USMC Private Jerry M. Withers, USA Private Lloyd Johnson, USA
Private Louis A. Valla, USA Private Mari Erin Roth, USA Private
Peter J. Haughwout, USA Private Robert S. Houston, USA Private
Roy W. Pneuman, USMC Private Steven E. Saelzler, USA Seaman
1st Class (radioman) Louis Wilker, USN Seaman 1st Class Richard
A. Williams, USN Seaman Dennis Ledden, USN Seaman Edmund Keeley,
USN Seaman Edward R Daley, USCG Seaman First Class Robert C.
Holloway, USN Seaman George Veronis, USN Seaman Gerald P. Lenaghan,
USN Seaman gordon duggan, USN Seaman Harold Howard Horn, USN
Seaman Hector Sosa, USN Seaman Henry Douglas Johnson, USA Seaman
James F. Dargon, USN Seaman Jim S. Cassell, USN, Retired Seaman
Nathaniel Paul Davis, USN Seaman Richard I. Trenholm, USN Seaman
Richard Sidney Salmon, USN Seaman Robert Edward Miller II, USN
Seaman Todd Boyle, USN Seaman Vaughn N. Pol, USN Seaman Warren
L. Lewellyn, USN Seaman William L. Crozier, USN Seaman William
Roberts Voorhies, USN Senior Airman Charles W. Daniels, USAF
Senior Airman Edward A. Waters, USAF Senior Airman Eugene Thomas
Giovanazzi , USAF Senior Airman Gail E. Chandler, Ph.D., USAF
Senior Airman James J. Ramage, USAF Senior Airman John Mark
Jorgensen, USAF Senior Airman Katelyn N. Allers, USAF Senior
Airman Lisa G. Grandstaff, USAF Senior Airman Mark D. Lusher,
USAF Senior Airman Neal C. Melton, USAF, Retired Senior Airman
Roger C. Steffens, USAF Senior Airman Vera Millar, USAF Senior
Airman William Charles Mitchell, USAF Senior Master Sergeant
Fred W. MacArthur, Jr., USAF, Retired Sergeant Albert E. Akers,
USAF Sergeant Alexander Mackenzie, USA Sergeant Andre Maria
Boersma, USMC Sergeant Arthur John Fry, USA Sergeant Arthur
William Garrett, USA Sergeant Bobby Lee Alexander, USMC Sergeant
Borhan Mohammed Khatib, USA Sergeant Charles E. Goode, USMC
Sergeant Clifford J. Wells, USMC Sergeant Conrad Borovski, USA,
Retired Sergeant Craig Etchison, USA Sergeant Danny L Shaw,
USA Sergeant David Kettenhofen, USAF Sergeant Denise Lockren
(Brinkman) Gathman, USMC Sergeant Dennis M. Conboy, USA Sergeant
Edward P. Morrissey, USA Sergeant Edwin B. Bergeson, USA Sergeant
Elton Duane Wilkerson, USAF Sergeant Eugene W. Edinger Jr.,
USAF Sergeant Fernando Cruz-Villalba, USA Sergeant First Class
Hugh W. Somerton, USA Sergeant First Class Jason Lenox, USA,
Retired Sergeant First Class Kenneth C. Robinson, USA, Retired
Sergeant First Class Mark J. Bielanski, USA, Retired Sergeant
First Class Robert J. Roberts, USA Sergeant First Class Timothy
M. Williams, USA, Retired Sergeant Francis D. Polley, USA Sergeant
Francis Peter Juranic, USAF Sergeant Frank Pizzardi, USAF Sergeant
Fredy Champagne, USA Sergeant Gary L. Thomas, USA Sergeant Gerald
Kennedy, USA Sergeant Gilbert Charles Gordon Jr., USA Sergeant
Gregory Storm Cunningham, USA Sergeant Harold Schwartz, USA
Sergeant Harry P. Brown, USA Sergeant Henry I. Bornstein, USAF
Sergeant Henry Peterson, USA Sergeant James A. Wilson, USA Sergeant
James Gordon Nelson, USA Sergeant James Landrith, USMC Sergeant
James Otto Daubenberger III, USA Sergeant Jerry D. Gilley, USAF
Sergeant Jerry Genesio, USMC Sergeant Joe A. Blocher, USA Sergeant
John A. Keggler Junior, USA Sergeant John DiFusco, USAF Sergeant
John Houlihan, USA Sergeant John M Hubble, USAF Sergeant John
P. Haslinger, USAF Sergeant John W Covey, USAF Sergeant Joseph
A. Rosado, USAF Sergeant Katherine I. Menges, USA Sergeant Lawrence
Joseph Griffin, USA, Retired Sergeant Leona Maltz, USMC Sergeant
Lloyd Eugene Wagner, USAF Sergeant Major Frank J. Rankins, USA,
Retired Sergeant Major Jerry (Roger) Ferragallo, USAF Sergeant
Marcus Jansen, USA, Retired Sergeant Mark douglas Ivey, USA
Sergeant Mark Raymond Dongu , USA Sergeant Michael Antares,
USA Sergeant Michael Antares, USAF Sergeant Michael Gerard McIntosh,
USAF Sergeant Neil Stuart, USAF Sergeant Oliver V. Hines, USA
Sergeant Orville O. Gilmore, USA Sergeant Paul Cox, USMC Sergeant
Philip A. Prichard, USA Sergeant Ralph T. Conroy, USA Sergeant
Raymond Bentman, USA Sergeant Raymond L Strischek, USMC Sergeant
Raymond Reed Hardy, USA Sergeant Rebecca S. McAlary, USA Sergeant
Richard Beck Peacock, USMC, Retired Sergeant Richard Egenriether,
USA Sergeant Richard Gillock, USMC Sergeant Richard L. Tradewell,
USA Sergeant Richard S. Fye, USA Sergeant Rick Venturi, USAF
Sergeant Robert A. Fischer, USA Sergeant Robert O. Shaw, USMC
Sergeant Rodney James Owen, USA, Retired Sergeant Russell Scott
Stoermer, USA Sergeant Sean Antonio Rosas, USA Sergeant Seth
Pollack, USA Sergeant Stephen Constantine Demos, USMC Sergeant
Steven Schauer, USAF Sergeant Susan K Metheny, USAF Sergeant
Theodore James Schapp, USA Sergeant Thomas Barnes, Jr., USA
Sergeant Thomas D. Voigts, USAF Sergeant Timothy D. Lord, USAF
Sergeant Timothy R. Mc Grady, USA Sergeant Victoria J D Lewis,
USAF Sergeant William C. Watson, USAF Sergeant William D. Hoffman,
USA Sergeant William Joseph Appel, USAF Sergeant William Max
Hooks, USAF Sergeant William Robert Smiddie, USA SP-5 E-5 Garreth
L. Sanders, USA Specialist 3 Ralph Conrad Hohneke, USA, Retired
Specialist 4 Winson C. Hinkle, USA Specialist 4th Class George
P. Russell, USA Specialist 5 Bernstein, Simon L., USA Specialist
5th Class Thomas J. Worrell, USA Specialist Al Knickerbocker,
USA Specialist Albert R. Kallock Jr., USA Specialist Anthony
Lawrence Aiello, Jr, USA Specialist Arthur Lisciandro, USA Specialist
Barry Warren Riesch, USA Specialist Bernard L. Edelman, USA
Specialist Bertus E. Nederlof, USA Specialist Betty Read Scott,
USN Specialist Blaine C. Gaustad, USA Specialist Brian M. Davis,
USA Specialist Bruce Day Macdonald, USA Specialist Byron A.
Metcalf, USA Specialist Candy Sweet Lovett, USA, Retired Specialist
Carl B. Courtnier, USA Specialist Charles Marsh, USA Specialist
Charles Naef, USA Specialist Christian J. Arnold, USA Specialist
Christopher Michael Turner, USA Specialist Christopher T. Lavone,
USA Specialist Clark Buffington Lohr, USA Specialist Clyda M.
Jackson, USA Specialist Constance Mantini, USA Specialist Dahrl
H. Bartlett, USA Specialist Dan Gomez, USA Specialist Daniel
Pourkesali, USA, Retired Specialist David A. Kisslring, USA
Specialist David Jon Damstrom, USA Specialist David L. Curley,
USA Specialist David Maxwell Young, USA Specialist David O.
Depker, USA Specialist David Ray Roop, USA Specialist Dennis
A. Good, USA Specialist Dennis Leslie Storm, USA Specialist
Desmond P. Glynn, USA Specialist Donna Barr, USA Specialist
Douglas M. Troutman, USA Specialist Douglas Ward, USA, Retired
Specialist Dwayne Knox, USA Specialist Edward Mikel, USA Specialist
Edwin G. Bergmann, USA Specialist Fifth Class Richard E Klosterman,
USA Specialist Five Patrice Titterington, USA Specialist Floyd
Striegel, USA Specialist Frank Griglonis, USA Specialist Frank
Zinno, USA Specialist Fred M. Donner, Ph.D., USA Specialist
Frederic Morrison, USA Specialist Gary A. Chipman, USA Specialist
Gary Horne, USA Specialist Gary L. Davis, USA Specialist Gary
P. Novosielski, USA Specialist Gary Schark, USA Specialist George
F. Gladis, USA Specialist George John Asimos, USA Specialist
George P. Seaman, USA Specialist Gerald R Perdue, USA Specialist
Giovanni Vassallo, USA Specialist Ivory Leondias Shortt, USN
Specialist J. Clayson Dennis, USA Specialist James Gregory Sutherland,
USA Specialist James LaFate Griffin, USA Specialist James Twomey,
USA Specialist James W. Amato Jr., USA Specialist James Welms,
USA Specialist Jan E. Smith, USA Specialist Jeffrey Herman,
USA Specialist Jeffrey Lawrence Bauman, USA Specialist Jimmy
Dwain Parks, Ph.D., USA Specialist Joe Carlos Aguirre, USA Specialist
John Harry Shockley, USA Specialist John J. Gee, USA Specialist
John K. Jessup Jr., USA Specialist John Lawrence, USA Specialist
John M West, USA Specialist John Russell Storbeck, USA Specialist
John T. Hughes Jr., USA Specialist Jon H. Larimore, USA Specialist
Joseph C. Galbreath, USA Specialist Joseph Cassidy, USA Specialist
Joseph J. Cieplak, USA Specialist Karen Rytlewski, USA Specialist
Kenneth Edward Nelson, USA Specialist Kenneth James Dawe, USA
Specialist Kenneth Martin Stevenson III, USA Specialist Kenneth
R. Smith, USA Specialist Kenneth R. Smith, USA Specialist Leanne
Senter-Barbour, USA Specialist Leanne Senter-Barbour, USA Specialist
Les Dabney, USA Specialist Malcolm Brown, USA Specialist Martin
Ray Mills, USA Specialist Matthew Charles Plummer, USA Specialist
Merri Elizabeth Keeton, USA Specialist Michael Alan Fox, USA
Specialist Michael Baxter, USA Specialist Michael C. Lund, USA
Specialist Michael Earl Baker, USA Specialist Michael Edwin
Crider, USA Specialist Michael F. Zello, USA Specialist Michael
Lawrence Job, USA Specialist Mike Budd, USA Specialist Neil
David Harrison, USA Specialist Nikki Coyote, USA Specialist
Owen Berio, USA Specialist Patricia A. Oliver, USA Specialist
Patrick Joseph Gilligan, USA Specialist Paul B. Cumpian, USA,
Retired Specialist Paul Campbell Imrie, USA, Retired Specialist
Philip Edward Dynan, USA Specialist Ralph Chandler Daniels II,
USA Specialist Ralph E. Manon, USA Specialist Richard Adams
Lyon, USA Specialist Richard Graham Crerie Jr., USA Specialist
Richard J. Bourgeois, USA Specialist Richard R. Wall (now Richard
W. Frieden), USA Specialist Richard Stuart, USA, Retired Specialist
Robert A. Gould, USA Specialist Robert E Hebrank, USA Specialist
Robert Hammers Stagg, USA Specialist Robert Layton, USA, Retired
Specialist Robert McNulty, USA Specialist Robert Samson Bloch,
USA, Retired Specialist Robert W. Reilly, USA Specialist Rodger
A. Herbst, USA Specialist Roger J. Nittler, USA Specialist Ronald
Edmund Ambes, USA Specialist Russel Hickman, USA Specialist
Samuel William French, USN, Retired Specialist Stephen Arnold
Martin, USA Specialist Stephen Christopher Jacobs, USA Specialist
Stephen D Purnell, USA Specialist Steve Tudisco, USA Specialist
Steven Andrew Black, USA Specialist Terence M. Lenaghan, USA
Specialist Theodore W. Ketcham, USA Specialist Thomas Cederquist,
USA Specialist Toby Tahja-Syrett, USA Specialist Tom Gibson,
USA Specialist Troy Thomas Heikkala, USA Specialist Wallace
Woolfenden, USA Specialist William H Marchant, USA Specialist
William H Miller, USA Specialist William J. McManus, USA Specialist
William Monroe Campbell, USA Specialist William R Wofford, USA
Specialist William Rivera, USA Specialist Zbynek Hakos, USA
Staff Sergeant Arthur O. Washburn, USAF Staff Sergeant Arthur
S. Johnson, III, USAF Staff Sergeant Brad Walden, USA Staff
Sergeant Carroll R. Thomas, USA Staff Sergeant Daniel W. Warvi,
USA Staff Sergeant David T. Gray, USAF Staff Sergeant David
Zapsky, USAF Staff Sergeant Gary E Kelly, USA Staff Sergeant
Gatch N. Maxey , USAF Staff Sergeant Harold A. Schiffman, USA
Staff Sergeant Henry Beverly, USA Staff Sergeant Jeremy Otis,
USA Staff Sergeant Jimmie L. Wright, USAF Staff Sergeant John
C. Salzsieder, USA Staff Sergeant John Edward Niemi, USA Staff
Sergeant John H. Redue, Jr, USAF Staff Sergeant John Lischalk,
USA Staff Sergeant John Olaf Frakie, USAF Staff Sergeant John
V. Chambers, USAF Staff Sergeant Joseph Clarke Van Dine, USAF
Staff Sergeant Kathleen May Alley, USAF Staff Sergeant Kevin
Bokay, USA, Retired Staff Sergeant Marcell Norbert Benoit, USAF
Staff Sergeant Mary Ann Parker, USAF Staff Sergeant Millard
Vincent Turner, USAF Staff Sergeant Philip Bradford Cobb, USAF
Staff Sergeant Philip D. Yarter, USAF Staff Sergeant Randall
Richard Platt, USA Staff Sergeant Raymond LeRoy Ensley, USAF
Staff Sergeant Robert D. Pilkey, USAF Staff Sergeant Rollin
Lind, USA Staff Sergeant Russell W. Thompson, USAF Staff Sergeant
Ruth M. Saffry, USA, Retired Staff Sergeant Sharon Haller, USAF
Staff Sergeant Stanley J. Bass, USAF Staff Sergeant Terry Gabrich,
USA, Retired Staff Sergeant Thomas Nuzum, USAF Staff Sergeant
Thomas Richard Judd, USAF Staff Sergeant William Cody Reynolds,
Jr., USA Staff Sergeant William Stanwood, USAF Technical Sergeant
Bill ONeil, USA Technical Sergeant Daniel D. Scarlett, USA Technical
Sergeant Douglas Lloyd Perrin, USA Technical Sergeant Eliot
Freidson, USA Technical Sergeant Gayle E. Woodul, USAF Technical
Sergeant George J. Feigenbaum, USAF, Retired Technical Sergeant
Harvey Wheeler, USA, Retired Technical Sergeant Joseph C. Behm,
USA Technical Sergeant Joseph J. Needleman, USA Technical Sergeant
Joseph J. Perlongo, USA Technical Sergeant Richard T. Nordland,
USAF Technical Sergeant Robert L. Bloch, USAF Technical Sergeant
Robert S Frederick, USA Technical Sergeant Stephen H. Eddy,
USAF Technical Sergeant Steven Albert Beatty, USAF Technician
Fifth Class Elihu Edelson, USA Technician Fifth Grade Paul Rogers
Barstow, USA Warrant Officer III Lavelle Amos Ormsbee, USA
Specialist
David Cortright, USA Specialist Charles Sheehan-Miles, USA Specialist
Erik Gustafson, USA Ensign Daniel Fahey, USN Sergeant Erin Cole,
USA Lieutenant Barry Romo, USA Private First Class John Zutz,
USA Private First Class David Cline, USA Airman First Class Woody
Powell, USAF
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