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The Puget Sound Veterans’ Monthly | January, 2013

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The Oak Harbor Area Council of the Navy League and the Oak

Harbor Rotary Club joined forces in December to honor the best of the best at the groups’ 39th annual Sailor and Marine of the Year awards.

At a ceremony held Dec. 14 at the Officers’ Club on Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Naval Aircrewman Mechanical 1st Class David Smith, Cryptologic Technician Technical 1st Class Stephanie Henning and Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Albert Goodson were selected the Sea Sailor, Shore Sailor and Marine of the Year, respectively.

“This is our opportunity to recognize the best the Navy and Marine team has to offer and to honor them for the superb job they do,” said Rotary Club President Mike Hakanson.

The packed room gathered for the award ceremony included many active duty person-nel, community leaders and members of the

SailorS, Marine of year choSen

By KATHY ReeD

Navy League and Rotary. NAS Whidbey Island commanding officer Capt. Jay Johnston welcomed those present and commended both organizations for their contributions to Team Whidbey. To the personnel being honored, Johnston said they are the epitome of what sailors and Marines should be, adding he was honored to be their base commander.

“This was not an easy decision, but it is well-deserved,” he said. “Please accept my personal congratulations on a job well done.”

“This is just a small way for us to thank them for their exceptional service to our nation and to show our appreciation for the many sacrifices they, and their families, endure in that service,” said Navy League President Jim Slowik.

After the sea sailor, shore sailor and Marine of the year were announced, they were literally showered with gifts from the community. Oak Harbor Mayor Pro-tem Danny Paggao pre-sented the honorees with a proclamation from the city declaring it their day and they received gifts and recognition from several businesses and organizations.

Each of the honorees took a few moments to share their thanks and appreciation.

“I am truly pleased to receive this recogni-tion,” said Goodson, who serves with Marine

Air Training Support Group (MATSG) 53.“We don’t do this for recognition,” said

Henning, from Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing 10, whose hours of volunteer service in the community helped in her selection as Shore Sailor of the Year. “But thank you for giving us this award.”

“I appreciate all the support I’ve had over the years and I hope I will have the same opportu-nity to help other sailors the way I was helped,” said Smith, Sea Sailor of the Year from Patrol Squadron 69.

The sailors and Marine of the year were chosen from a large pool of candidates. The finalists for shore and sea sailor were also recognized. Shore sailor finalists included: AT1(AW) Sonny Composano, Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training Unit; IT1(IDW/AW) Brandon R. Smith, Naval Information Operations Command; LN1 Shannon Banks, Electronic Attack Wing, U.S. Pacific Fleet; and AM1(AW) Paul R. Donner, Fleet Readiness Center Northwest.

Sea sailor finalists included: CTR1(IDW/NAC) Matthew J. Strauss, Naval Information Operations Command; AME1(AW) Joel Pacleb, Electronic Attack Squadron 136; and PR1(AW/SW) Elton R. Kaler, Fleet Readiness Center Northwest.

As the ceremony drew to a close, Slowik once again expressed his appreciation to the awardees as well as the thousands of other sail-ors and Marines.

“We are grateful for all you do to protect our freedom,” he said. “We hold you highest in our regard, always.”

Kathy Reed photoMarine of the Year, Staff Sgt. Albert Goodson, Sea Sailor of the Year AWF1 (NAC/AW) David Smith and Shore Sailor of the Year, CTT1(NAC/AW) Stephanie Henning smile as they pose for photos at a luncheon in their honor Friday, Dec. 14 at the Officers’ Club on NAS Whidbey Island.

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Honoring a Legacy of ServiceA local veteran has the honor of participating in a ground breaking ceremony for the new Education Center at The Wall in Washington, D.C.12

fancy footworkHave breakfast or dinner at the VFW, then work it all off in dance classes at the American Legion in Langley. This vet-erans group is also getting creative in getting the word out to its community. 7

I don’t know what it is about the New Year that inspires such a burst of good intentions. Anyone who remembered my

commitment last year to get my husband to come up with space for me in the garage for a craft area will be thrilled to know I was able to see that resolution through. The fact that my husband has now filled my space up with paraphernalia doesn’t take away from the fact that the space exists, right? Of course, having the space isn’t synonymous with using the space. I did, however briefly, get to enjoy it, which leads me a simple renewal of last year’s resolution.

A more important resolution for anyone might be to see how we can invest in our com-munity — not financially, but with action.

Our veterans groups are a prime example of service. The VFW has claimed an active role in the community, providing meals for our senior community at the holidays, providing clothes and household items twice a year at the

Ladies Auxiliary’s Giveaway Days and turning fundraisers like serving breakfast and dinner into ways to interact with the community and build its membership.

The American Legion in Langley is also using unconventional means to get its message into the community. Dance lessons and kara-oke are fun ways to meet people and to break the ice. But the Legion, both in Langley and in Oak Harbor, as well as the VFW and Disabled American Veterans, know what service is all about.

Perhaps it started with their military ser-vice. At any rate, all those organizations will bend over backwards to serve our community of veterans on Whidbey Island as well as our communities. If ever you need an example of what community service looks like, any one of those organizations would be a good place to start.

Resolutions of service

wHat’S cooking?The local Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 7392 is cooking up some creative ways to help build membership and community good will.5

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Right: The four Marines were reunited for the first Oak Harbor Veterans Day Parade, Nov. 10, 2012.

Firearms class oFFered

The North Whidbey Sportsmen’s Association is offering a series of monthly safety classes to the public.

The next NRA Basic Pistol Class will be held Jan. 18 and 19 at the NWSA range, located at 886 Gun Club Road, off Oak Harbor Road in Oak Harbor. This class introduces students to the knowledge, skills and atti-tude necessary for owning and using a pistol safely.

Through this course, the students will learn about pistol parts and operation, ammunition, gun safety, pistol-shooting fundamen-tals and pistol shooting activities.

The course will also help prepare students for participation in other NRA courses.

The class includes shoot-ing on the NWSA pistol

range. Cost of the class is $25 and includes a book.

For questions or to reg-ister, call NRA instructor John Hellmann at 360-675-8397 or email [email protected]. Additional information is also available at www.northwhidbeysportsmen.org.

Hymas sHares HisTory

The PBY Memorial Foundation will hold its monthly no-host luncheon at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 22 at the Chief Petty Officers’ Club on Ault Field Road in Oak Harbor.

The speaker will be Leo D. Hymas, who will relate his experience of the libera-tion of the prisoners from the Buchenwald concentra-tion camp following the surrender of Germany in World War II.

Hymas was 19 years old at the time, but the experi-

ence haunted him forever, ultimately leading him to the Washington State Holocaust Resource Center, where he has worked for the center’s speakers’ bureau. He has traveled throughout the Northwest teaching history by sharing his past.

The PBYMF board of trustees will meet at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 8 at Flyers restaurant in Oak Harbor. For information, call 360-240-9500.

laugHs are on THe House

Enjoy a night of free comedic entertainment starting at 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 12 in Oak Harbor.

The Whidbey Playhouse Improv Team invites all interested in a night of laughter to sit back and laugh or join in the fun — the more, the merrier.

Tickets are free and are first-come, first-served, so organizers urge those inter-ested to arrive early. Doors open at 7 p.m.

The Whidbey Playhouse is located at 730 Southeast Midway Blvd. in Oak Harbor. Call 360-679-2237 for information.

VFW serVes breakFasT

Those interested in eating a hearty breakfast have only to travel to the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 7392 in Oak Harbor for two opportunities to chow down.

The VFW Men’s Auxiliary will serve break-fast from 10 a.m. to noon on Sunday, Jan. 13. The meal will include French toast, eggs, hash browns, biscuits and gravy, bacon, sausage and toast. Cost is $6.50 a plate and all pro-ceeds benefit programs of the Men’s Auxiliary.

The Post will serve breakfast from 10 a.m. to noon on Sunday, Jan. 27, featuring pancakes, eggs, hash browns, breakfast meats and biscuits and gravy. Cost is $7 for adults, $4 for seniors over 62 and children under 12. A chick-en-fried steak breakfast is available for $9. All are welcome.

The Post is located at 3037 N. Goldie Road. Call 360-675-4048 or go to vfwpost7392.org for infor-mation.

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Hanson has been provid-ing direct services to veter-ans for the past 20 years; initially working as an intern for the Tacoma Vet Center, then as a case man-ager for homeless veterans at the King County Veterans Program until opening a pri-vate practice. In her practice, she provided counseling and outreach for over 16 years to veterans and their family members as a WDVA con-tract therapist.

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WHAT’S COOKING?By Kathy Reed

Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 7392 is cooking up all kinds of new ways to help raise awareness of the

organization, raise money for its many programs and raise its membership.

What’s cooking at the VFW?Breakfast: 2nd Sunday of each month, 10 a.m.-noon Last Sunday of each month, 10 a.m.-noon

dinner: Cajun night every other Wednesday 5-8 p.m. dinner specials every Monday, Wednesday and thursday from 5-8 p.m.

the VFW is located at 3037 N. Goldie Road, Oak harbor. Call 360-675-4048 or go to www.vfwpost7392.org for information.

And when we say cooking, we mean that quite literally.

“Food? We have the facility to do it, so why not?” said Thomas Catoire, president of the VFW Men’s Auxiliary, which serves up a buffet breakfast from 10 a.m. to noon the second Sunday of every month.

For $6.50 diners will get a plate loaded with bacon, sausage, French toast, scrambled eggs, bis-cuits and gravy, toast, coffee and juice. Proceeds from the second Sunday breakfast benefit the Men’s Auxiliary.

Attendance varies widely from week to week, although Catoire has a good-natured theory on that.

“It seems like every second Sunday is a holiday — Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Veterans Day,” he said.

Catoire, who grew up in Louisiana and spent 12 years in the Navy, is also putting his other culi-nary skills to good use. He’s begun a Men’s Auxiliary Cajun Night from 5 to 8 p.m. every other Wednesday.

“I’ve been cooking since I was 5,” he said. “People in San Francisco think a blackened steak is a burned steak. A lot of people like the Cajun food restaurants serve, but that’s not authentic.”

A recent Wednesday evening found Catoire stirring a giant kettle of Shrimp Étouffée, a tasty mixture of shrimp, garlic and vegetables in a not-too-spicy sauce served over a bed of rice and accompanied by garlic bread. Other Cajun night meals have included jambalaya and chicken and sausage gumbo.

“I don’t make it too spicy. I let people add their own spice,” Catoire said. “I love to cook. I like seeing people come in and eat.”

Post 7392, despite the fact it is one of a few VFWs in Washington with a canteen, sells more food than anything else, according to canteen manager Kevin Collins, who took over as manager about a year ago.

“We’ve made great strides. Food outsells everything, even beer,” he said as he prepared King Salmon slices with a white wine marinade.

Collins has several years of expe-rience in the restaurant industry and says he’s got a “knack” for it. Although not a veteran himself, he was very interested in working with the VFW.

“Because of what it stands for and what they do,” he said.

And the VFW is not just for members. Invited guests are always welcome and the post holds sev-eral functions throughout the year for members of the public. Most recently, the post was full of senior citizens, who came to the post’s annual Senior Christmas Party, which included a buffet lunch of ham, mashed potatoes and gravy, corn, salad and dessert, plus a visit from Santa, who passed out hugs, kisses and gifts, with the help of his trusty elf, Sugar Plum.

Post members recently remod-eled part of the facility, which is available for group parties, dinners and meetings. Full service catering is also available. The Post hosted its first squadron holiday party in December, which earned rave reviews, Collins said.

“We’ve raised the bar,” said Collins. “We’ve brought gourmet food to a VFW-priced venue.”

Price is another thing that Catoire feels appeals to a lot of people these days.

“Military people don’t have as much money as some people think,” he said. “We try to make it where it’s inexpensive.

“That’s why a lot of people are joining the club,” he continued with a laugh. “It’s a lot cheaper on the pocket.”

The VFW serves dinner every Monday, Wednesday and Thursday, but there is a canteen menu patrons can order from seven days a week.

“You can get a six-ounce steak and fries for $7,” said Collins. “Nobody else is crazy enough to do that.”

Bottom line, Collins thinks busi-ness is growing because people are learning the VFW’s secret.

“The secret is outstanding food,” he said. “The food has to be spec-tacular.”

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The Lancers operate the EA-6B Prowler out of NAS Whidbey Island and are cur-rently assigned to Carrier Air Wing Two (CVW-2) aboard the USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76).

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Wizards stand out

The VAQ-133 Wizards recently completed a port call in Bahrain after sup-porting Operation Enduring Freedom in the 5th Fleet area of operations from the flight deck of USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74).

The stop in Bahrain offered the Wizards some much deserved liberty and a chance for some holiday shopping.

Also while in the Arabian Gulf, sailors continued to strive towards earning their Enlisted Aviation Warfare Specialist and Enlisted Surface Warfare Specialist pins while studying for their advance-ment exams and supporting daily flight operations.

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“These young sailors are getting their EAWS pins much earlier in their careers than I did,” said AZ1 Giles, who runs the Wizard EAWS

program. “It is great to see their initiative and desire to accomplish this while on deployment.”

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The 2012 second cycle advancement results were recently published and many Wizards were rewarded. The newest 1st Class Petty Officers are: AD1(AW/SW) Arios, AD1(AW) Johnson and AT1(AW) Silvey.

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C’mon, I’ll teach you to two-step,” Bill Hughes tells me.

With that, I find myself out on the dance floor as Hughes patiently runs through the steps to the sim-ple dance.

“Step-together, step, step; step-together, step, step,” he chants, directing me around the dance floor.

It is similar to the lessons Hughes has started teaching from 7 to 8 p.m. every Friday evening at the American Legion Post 141 in Langley. From two-steps to waltzes to line dances like the “Electric Slide,” everyone is welcome to join in an hour of free lessons, followed by an hour of karaoke. No Legion mem-bership is required for either.

The lessons and singing are part of the American Legion’s effort to remind the Whidbey community of its presence and to get people to think of trying a night out at the local legion for some good, clean fun. All ages are welcome until 9 p.m., at which time state regulations prohibit anyone under age 21.

“It’s a way to draw people

in and get new members,” Hughes said. “We’re trying to get something going every week.”

Hughes said it’s part of his duties as the post’s second vice commander to handle promotion and public rela-tions. That explains how the former Navy SEAL has found himself on the dance floor every Friday evening. Of course, it doesn’t hurt that he loves to dance.

“My grandfather always told me that if anything every enters your mind, you should go do it,” he said. “So, I took a couple of dance classes, then a couple of more. It’s fun for me and it’s a real release.”

Hughes, a Vietnam vet-eran, said he has found that dancing is very good for help-ing him deal with symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome.

“I think it’s the music and the rythmn,” he said. “It allows me to concentrate on something pleasant and takes my mind off every-thing else.”

The lessons are just one more way for the legion to plug into the community,

said Hughes. “It’s a social club, yes, but

it allows veterans and their families to get together. It’s a big family,” he said.

That is certainly true for Georgia and Pat Meehan, of Freeland. Their member-ship in the American Legion helped whenever they took a long driving trip.

“We used the legion as our Chamber of Commerce,” said Georgia, who took sev-eral turns on the dance floor with Hughes.

“It’s like home,” said Pat. And it seems as though the

effort is paying off. Dance lessons are followed immedi-ately by an hour of karaoke, which appealed to Melissa Downard of Freeland.

“I come for the dancing and I stay for the karaoke,” she said. Downard took les-sons for about a month, then joined the Legion Auxiliary.

Membership in the American Legion is open to anyone who is on active duty, who has been honor-ably discharged or anyone who served one day during any of the eligible war eras. Men and women who are

veterans or who have a close family connection to someone who served, such as a spouse, parent, sibling, grandparent or great-parent, can join Sons of the American Legion or the American Legion Auxiliary, respectively. Post 141 has an active chapter of each, plus a fairly new and quickly grow-ing Legion Riders motorcycle group. All the groups take their commitment to veterans and to their community seri-ously.

“It is the most amazing thing to watch the giving,” said Auxiliary president Melody Bryant of Langley. “The last few years we’ve done Santa pictures, we sponsor girls for Girls’ State, we offer scholarships, we collect for Sweats for Vets and coupons for service members to use in commissaries overseas.”

The Legion Riders are also getting an early start on serv-ing the community. A ride and barbecue in November

brought in nearly $700 that the group was able to to pres-ent to Good Cheer Food Bank in Langley. The group also collected canned food and was able to donate almost a quarter ton of food.

“There are a lot of people here who care,” said Hughes.

Contact South Whidbey American Legion Post 141 by calling 360-321-5696 or go to www.southwhidbeypost141.com.

Fancy footworkBy KATHY REEDKathy Reed photos

Bill Hughes shares dance tips with Georgia Meehan, left and center, and Melissa Downard, right.

Legion helps people of all ages cut a rug

JOIN US INJJOIN US INJOIN US INJ

250 SW 3rd Avenue • Oak Harbor(Behind K-Mart)

Sunday Morning Services • 9:00am Traditional Worship • 10:00am Sunday School (All Ages) • 10:30am Contemporary Worship

Children and Worship675-4837

www.frcoh.org [email protected]

House of Prayer Faith Tabernacle of Praise

Monday Prayer Meeting - 6:00 P.M.Tuesday Night Bible Study- 6:30 P.M.Friday High Praise Service- 6:30 P.M.

Sunday Celebration/Children’s Ministry – 9:30 A.M.Sunday Morning Worship Service – 11:00 A.M.

Church Telephone Number (360)679-1003Bishop Charles And Pastor Effie Boyles (360)929-3127

620 A/B Erin Park DriveOak Harbor, WA 98277

(NEXT TO U-HAUL BLDG.)

490 NW Crosby Ave., Oak Harbor 675-5008

Sunday Services8:00, 9:30 & 11:00 am

Living Word Kids: 3 mos–5th grade all servicesMiddle School Youth: Sundays 4:00 PMHigh School Youth: Sundays 6:00 PM

Weekly Adult Groups

Russ Schlecht ~ Senior Pastorwww.elivingword.org

CALVARY APOSTOLIC TABERNACLE(The Pentecostals of Island County)

3143 Goldie Rd Unit B • Oak Harbor(behind Precision Tire)

SOULS HARBORA SAFE PLACE TO CALL HOME

Sunday Morning...............10amSunday Evening ............ 6:30pmWednesday ..........................7pm

632-7243Pastor Greg Adkins

Word OfEverlastingLife & FaithChurch

721 S.E. Barrington • Oak Harbor360-632-3642Sunday

Bible Study 9:00amWorship Service 10:00amEvening Service 6:00pm

Come Worship With Us!Thursday Bible Study 7:00p.m.950 S.W. Upland Ct • Oak HarborPastor Dr. Thomas Stoneham Sr.,

Minister Donald Cole

679-1288

Whidbey IslandChurch of Christ

3143-G North Goldie RdOak Harbor

Sunday Worship ........9:00 a.m.Sunday Bible Study 10:00 a.m.Sunday Evening ........5:00 p.m.Wednesday Evening .6:00 p.m.

For more information call:Gary 675-5569Jerry 679-3986

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Grace By The SeaAnglican Church

The Rev. Paul OrrittSUNDAY SERVICE

8:00 am Traditional Service

9:15 am Adult & Children’s Education

10:30 am Family Service & Children’s Ministrywww.gracebythesea.org•

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9:15 am Adult & Children’s Education

10:00 am Worship Service

10:30 am Children’s Ministry

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Oak HarborChurch of Christ

1000 NE Koetje Street(Just North of Offi ce Max)

“To Know Christ & Make Him Known”

Sunday Morning:Worship Assembly .......................9:30 amBible Classes for all ages............11:00am

[email protected]

675-3441

Oak HarborLutheran ChurchNW 2nd Avenue & Heller RoadAcross the street from OHHS Staadium

Nursery Available

Sunday Evening Prayer 6:30 PM at St. Mary Catholic Church in Coupeville

Pastor Jeffrey SpencerPastor Marc Stroud, Caring Minstry

679-1561

Sunday Worship ......8:00 & 10:30 amSunday School ......................... 9:15 am

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Church1148 SE 8th Ave

Oak Harbor 11:00 a.m. Traditional Worship 9:30 a.m. Contemporary Worship

Dave Templin, PastorBethany Popkes, Youth DirectorKurt Imbach, Adult Facilitatorwww.whidbeypres.org

679-3579Child Care is available and Everyone Welcome

ConcordiaLutheranChurch

Missouri SynodWorship Service ......................Sunday 10:00amAdult Bible Study & Sunday School ...11:15am

Nursery Available

Pastor Noel Koss 360-675-2548

Preschool 360-679-1697590 N. Oak Harbor St • Oak Harborwww.concordialutheranwhidbey.org

Worship Hours:Prayer & Praise: 9:00 am

Blended Worship Service: 10:30 am

Everyone is welcome to join us!Youth Ministries-Choirs-Bible Studies

Dave Johnson ...............................PastorChet Hansen ..................Music MinisterLaura Kvam..Children & Youth Ministry

675-2441 • oakharborfumc.org1050 SE Ireland St • Oak Harbor

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Coming homeBy Dr. Fred mcCarthy

Dr. Fred McCarthy

For one of our veterans on South Whidbey “coming home” each

day was getting to be a chal-lenge because of the deep ruts in his graveled driveway and an unfortunate brush with a medical challenge.

His home is nestled onto the top of a knoll and is sur-rounded by verdant pastures populated with horses, dogs, cats, and family including a special grandson. It’s the kind of pastoral scene a veteran pic-tures when in a trench, fox-hole, the jungle or desert of some far away war zone.

The veteran who lives on this farm in South Whidbey is a volunteer board member and coordinator of volunteers for the Veterans Resource Center. His fellow veterans were aware of the hours he invested calling volunteers to cover the phones. They were also aware of the many other veterans he had helped with

information and referral ser-vices and the hours he spent helping veterans know where to go for medical help and how to navigate the VA health system.

In October he was afflicted with an illness that caused him a great deal of back pain and limited his mobil-ity significantly. It has been a long road to recovery and was marked by regular doc-tor appointments, ferry trips, tests, and a painstakingly slow recovery. He had to pull back from his daily interaction with fellow veterans, board respon-sibilities and the work of the Veterans Resource Center to focus on getting better. His fellow veterans continued to visit him in his home and noticed the approaching win-ter season and the deep ruts in the roadway leading into his farm.

The veterans I have met tend to be very independent

and industrious people. At this particular place, this vet-eran enjoyed fixing the fences, tending the grounds, feeding the animals, and owning a little piece of the American dream.

A local business was approached and agreed to donate half of a 10-yard dump truck full of driveway gravel. Friends from the veteran sup-port group he attended week-ly chipped in the remainder of the cost of the gravel. One

day in October five veterans showed up, met the truck driver and spread the gravel into the ruts and smoothed out the driveway. His wife and he had purchased donuts and maple bars and had made coffee for the workers. He came out on the porch, taking small painful steps to say “thank you” to his friends and to welcome them in to his home. The next day the rains came and the winter season began in earnest.

He wouldn’t have asked for the help fixing his driveway. That’s not the way veterans approach their challenges. But his friends were there in the difficult times just the way he had been there to help others in their need. It’s what veterans do. They are there when they are needed to help each other and the people in need in their communities.

The VRC is a nongov-ernmental charitable tax deductible Veteran Service Organization made up of volunteers. We are supported by your donations.

Photo courtesy of Frank McCarthyVolunteers from the South Whidbey Veterans Resource Center help fill in potholes and smooth the driveway of a fel-low volunteer and veteran.

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It was a humbling, surreal experience for Coupeville resident

and U.S. Marine Corps veteran Mike McClung.

That’s how he described taking part in the groundbreaking ceremony for the Education Center at The Wall, which took place at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. in November.

“It was hum-bling to be there,” McClung said. “Rubbing shoulders with some of the most influential peo-ple in the country was quite an interest-ing feeling; for me it was a somewhat sur-real experience.”

McClung was one of the speakers at the ceremony, shar-ing that honor with Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, among others. A Vietnam veteran, McClung is also the Gold Star Father of Maj. Megan McClung, the first female Marine officer killed in action in Iraq. His speech on the legacy of service earned him a standing ovation.

“I talked about my family’s legacy — my father was in the Army, my father-in-law was in the Navy and flew PBYs out of Oak Harbor. I served in Vietnam and then of course, there’s Megan,” he said. “I also talked about the wives and mothers of the World War II era who served this country in their own way.

“And I talked about Lt. Joe Laslie, who was killed May 25, 1968, in Vietnam,” McClung continued. “His family is gone.

No one remembers Joe. Those are the people whose stories need to be retold.”

And that is exactly the purpose behind the Education Center at The Wall. Based on the premise that there is a face and a story behind every name on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, the goal is to bring those stories to

life. Through digi-tal technology, the faces of the 58,282 whose names are on the wall will be displayed and a collection of per-sonal items left at the memorial will be on display. The center will also fea-ture a history of America’s conflicts and an exhibit cap-turing the home-coming experience. A portion of the display will serve as an interim national memorial to those

lost in Iraq and Afghanistan.“If we don’t remember those who have

gone before us, we’ve lost part of our history,” McClung said.

McClung said it’s important to try to remember why the US did what it did in Vietnam and that it’s important to remember the same thing about Iraq and Afghanistan. And, considering how long it has taken to complete national memorials for conflicts like Vietnam and World War II, McClung is pleased those lost in Iraq and Afghanistan will be recognized sooner rather than later.

“It’s recognition,” he said. “We don’t want to make the families of the fallen to have to wait 30 years to get it.”

The Education Center at The Wall is sponsored by the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, the non-profit organization that raised the funds to build the Vietnam Veterans Memorial (The Wall) in Washington, D.C.

For information or to make a donation, go to www.buildthecenter.vvmf.org.

Honoring a legacy of serviceBy KATHY REED

Photo courtesy of Mike McClungMike McClung speaks about his family’s legacy of service during the groundbreaking cer-emony for the Education Center at The Wall in Washington, D.C. in November.

Courtesy photoMike McClung, far right, helps break ground for a new education center at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C., along with Dr. Jill Biden, third from left and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, center.

whidbey crosswind, december 28, 2012

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