Veterans reflect on bus trip to Washington, D.C.
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ABOVE: Jerry Corwin, a Vietnam veteran and West Mansfield area resident, reads a letter from county school children while riding on one of two tour buses. Veterans on the trip to the nation’s capital were impressed with and touched by the letters. HOME PAGE SLIDSHOW PHOTO: Braxton Pugh, 4, and his sister, Macie, 2, attended Friday’s send off for the Logan County Vets to DC group. Their great-grandfather, Tom Pugh, 88, a World War II veteran, and their grandfather, Rick Pugh, 66, a Vietnam veteran, were among the 43 veterans to make the trip. (EXAMINER PHOTOS | JOEL E. MAST) |
Veterans in the inaugural Logan County Vets to DC trip were awed Friday as their two-bus entourage with a motorcycle and law enforcement escort traveled up Main Street to U.S. Route 33.
“That’s awesome,” some said as they looked out the window to people who gathered along the street to bid them safe travels.
“Logan County has a lot to be proud of,” another said aloud for the group to hear.
They particularly appreciated the brigade flag hanging from the ladder trucks of the Urbana and Kenton fire departments and the young school children holding flags and signs and hanging out the windows of school buses.
Glenn Gault and Larry Lance, both Vietnam veterans, said it was a tremendous tribute to the 43 veterans on the trip.
Ross Sellars, a Vietnam veteran, and Dick Norton, who served during the Korean conflict, were equally enthusiastic about the send off and more impressed with the letters written to the veterans by Logan County school children.
“It’s a great thing these teachers took the time to tell the kids about the conflicts and then have them write letters to us,” Mr. Sellars said.
“One of the letters to me,” Mr. Norton said, “not only thanked me for my service but said ‘You served not knowing what might happen.’”
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