At the Englewood Review, we want to take a moment and truly thank every veteran and active-duty service member. Your sacrifices shape our country, and because of your strength and courage, we get to enjoy a nation founded on freedom and hope. You show us what real dedication looks like, and we never forget the protection you provide.
This year marks the eighth edition of “A Salute to Our Veterans,” and it’s one project we care about most. Every photo, every story. These aren’t just memories, but pieces of our shared history. They remind us that the freedoms we often take for granted come from the people who stepped up and served. It’s a privilege to feature you and recognize the impact you’ve made in our community and across the country.
If you’re a veteran or have a family member currently serving, we invite you to stop by during business hours. We’d love to gather your information and scan your photos for next year’s edition. Keeping this tradition alive means the world to us, and we look forward to honoring even more local heroes in the future.
From all of us at the Englewood Review, thank you for your service, your sacrifice, and everything you do to keep our country strong.

US Army Military Police
E-5
1954-1960

US Army
First Sergeant
2000-2004 Army Ranger 2005-Present Active Reserves

US Air Force
Lt. Col (Ret.)
1989-2022

US Army
Sergeant
1941-1945

US Navy Reserve
LTJG
1/1970-12/1970

US Air Force
Staff Sergeant
1950-1954

US Coast Guard
Lieutenant
Currently Serving

US Coast Guard
Ensign
Currently Serving

US Marine Corp
Sergeant
1952-1956

US Air Force
Senior Master Sergeant E-8

US Navy
AMAN
National Defense Service Medal
1951-1955

US Air Force
Sr A
1980-1984

US Air Force
Air Force Commendation Medal
1977-1980

US Army
Quarter Master
Philippines
During WWII

US Navy
Seaman
1952-1960

US Coast Guard
Boatswain’s Mate 3rd Class
1960-1964

US Navy
Commander
1977-1999

US Marine Corps.
Captain
1967-1971

Hungarian Royal Army
1st Lieutenant
1936-1945

USAF, MSgt (E7)
1966-1970 and 1983-2001

US Navy
Petty Officer 3rd Class
1964-1968

US Army, US Air Force
Technical Sergeant
1978-1991

Marines
Gunnery Sergeant
9 Years of Service

US Army
Private First Class
Good Conduct, M-16 Rifle
1979-1981

US Army Airborne
Private
2016-Present

US Army/ Air Force
Corporal (Surgical Tech.)
South Pacific – 821 Aviation Engineer
1943-1945

US Army
Corporal Spec 4
1971-1978

US Army Reserves
SPC4
1962-1970

US Coast Guard
Chief Yeoman
1980-2000

US Army
Sergeant
1968-1970

US Air Force
Technical Sergeant
Bronze Star
1960-1981

US Navy
TME3
West Pacific
1976-1979

US Army
PFC
Korea
1953-1954

US Navy Seal – Seal Team 2
Lieutenant Commander
WWII, Korean War, Vietnam War
1941-1971

US Coast Guard
Engineman Third Class
National Defense Service Medal
1953-1956

US Air Force
Sergeant
National Defense Service
Eglin AFB-Florida
1966-1970

US Marine Corps.
Corporal
1987-1995

US Navy
Seaman 2nd Class
Good Conduct; WWII Victory Medal
London, England
1942-1945

US Army
SPC4
Germany
1970-1973

US Air Force
Captain
Distinguished Service Medal
Lincoln, NE
1975-1965

US Air Force
Senior Airman
National Defense, Good Conduct
1952-1960

US Army
SP5
Commendation Medal, Expert Marksmanship Badge
1966-1970

US Army
Command Sergeant Major
1998-2021

US Navy
E-4
USS Norfolk, USS Beall (West Pack), Uss Kennedy
1963-1975

US Air Force
SSGT
Korea
1952-1956

US Navy
E-4
1965-1969

US Marine Corps.
Sergeant
1973-1977: 1978-1986 National Guard Reserves

US Navy – Seabees
Commander
1942-1980

US Air Force
Staff Sergeant
1965-1970

US Army Military Police
E-5
State side
1954-1960

US Navy
Petty Officer 2nd Class
Pearl Harbor
1943-1946

US Navy, Sea Bees, 22nd Marines
Motor Machinist Mate Second Class
3 1/2 Years

US Marine Corps.
Corporal
San Diego
1942-1945

US Marine Corps.
Sergeant
South Pacific
1940-1945

US Army
Colonel
1976-2013

US Army
First Sergeant
2000-2004 Army Ranger 2005-Present Active Reserves

US Air Force
Lt. Col (Ret.)
1989-2022

US Air Force
Airman/Aircraft Electrician
AFGCM, 314 AD, SAG 22, AFR-3914
1962-1966

US Navy
Boatswain’s Mate Second Class
1934-1937 & 1944-1946

US Army
Sergeant
Fort Knox, Ky
1970-1972

US Army
E-4
Bronze Star, Combat Infantryman Badge
Vietnam, Cambodia
1969-1971

US Marine Corps.
Corporal
National Defense, Good Conduct
1970-1974

US Army
Sergeant
1941-1945

US Army
Corporal
WWII Victory
1945-1946

US Marine Corps.
Corporal
South Pacific
1943-1945

US Navy Reserve
LTJG
Pensacola, FL
1/1970-12/1970

US Air Force
Staff Sergeant
2007-2013

US Navy
Petty Officer 2nd Class
2012-Present

US Army
Sergeant
Philippines
1939-1945

US Army
SP4
1961-1964


US Army
Sergeant
2000-2004

US Army
Specialist 4
Meritorious Achievement
Vietnam
1964-1966

British Army–Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, 6th Armored Division
1950-1952

US Air Force
Corporal
Legion of Merit
USA
1943-1945

US Air Force
E8 Senior Master Sgt.
Retired Honorably
1996-2018

US Navy
1944-1945

US Army
Sergeant
1944-1946

US Army
Sergeant 1st Class
1952-1953

US Air Force
Sergeant
1965-1969

US Marine Corps
European Ports
1920-1922

US Army
SP4
Good Conduct Medal
1960-1962

US Army
SP4
1960-1962

US Navy
Seaman
USS Valley Forge Aircraft Carrier Pacific Fleet
1945-1949

US Air Force
Sergeant
Senior Crew Chief/509th Bomb Wing
Strategic Air Command
1955-1962

US Army
Technician Fifth Grade
1943-1945

US Army, National Guard
PFC
Sharpshooter Badge, M-16
Fort Lewis, WA
1971-1976

US Air Force
Staff Sergeant
USAF Crew Chief / Photo Recon
Spangdahlem Airforce Base, Germany
1950-1954

US Army
Corporal
NDSM/GCMOL
Europe
1966-1967

US Army
Specialst 4
1975-1978

US Army
1st Lieutenant
Ft. Bliss
1956-1964

US Army
Colonel
LOM, BS, MSM
Vietnam, Germany, West Point, Ft. Bragg, Ft. Campbell, Ft. Sill
1963-1989

US Army
Colonel
1963-1989

US Navy
E-9 MCPO
Vietnam Corpsman
1955-1979

US Army
Major
1987-2016

US Army
Private First Class
Germany
1959-1961

US Army
Private First Class
1959-1961

US Navy
ETR-2
1969-1975

US Army
Specialist 4th Class
Vietnam Service, Campaign Ribbon, Purple Heart
Vietnam, Da Nang – Natrang, Tuy Woa

US Army
Staff Sergeant
1966-1973

US Army
Private First Class
Finance Corp.
1945-1952

US Army
T-5
WWII Victory Medal, Sharp Shooter
Aleutian Island
1946-1948

US Navy
Petty Officer 3rd Class
1962-1966

US Navy
Petty Officer 3rd Class
1968-1974

US Navy
Airman
Pensacola, FL; USS Wasp CVS-18 aircraft carrier
1956-1960

US Navy
Petty Officer 3rd Class
1965-1971

US Marines Corps.
Sergeant
1963-1967

US Army
Specialist 4
1967-1969

US Marine Corp
S6T
1956-1960

US Air Force
Master Sergeant
1966-1991

US Army
1942-1945

US Air Force
Sergeant
Vietnam
1961-1968

US Air Force
E7 Master Sgt.
Retired Honorably
1998-2019

US Air Force
MSGT
Vietnam
1963-1983

US Army 1st Calvary
Master Sergeant
Korea, Japan
1946-1953

US Army 101 Airborne
E7 Door Gunner
1969-1986

US Army
Sgt. – E 5
1964-1966

US Army
SP4
Numerous Commendations
Stuttgart Germany servings as an Intelligence Annalist

US Air Force
Staff Sergeant
Good Conduct, Rifle
1956-1976

US Navy
E5 GMG2
1966-1970

US Army
Private
1970-1972

US Air Force
Captain
1951-1955 Active Duty 1955-1963 Reserves

US Army
E-4
2011-2016

US Army Corps
Air-Force Cadet
Marksman
1941-1948

US Army
T7
1943-1945

US Air Force
Staff Sergeant
1950-1954

US Army
Spec 4
Germany
1972-1975

US Army
Sgt. E5
1959-1962


US Navy
ACAN
2018 – Present

US Navy
Coxswain
Islands in the Pacific
1943-1946

US Army
Sergeant E5
Expert Metal Star, Vietnam
1970-1971

US Army
Corporal
1943-1946

US Navy
CTT-E5
Ft. Meade, MD
1977-1983

US Navy
Petty Officer First Class
1992-2003

US Navy
Petty Officer – Communication
State Side
1962-1966

US Navy
Certified
South Pacific
1944-1946

US Army
Corporal
1953-1955

US Army
First Lieutenant
Vietnam Campaign
1968-1973

US Air Force
Captain
1949-1966

Marine Corp. & US Army
Colonel
Legion of Merit Bronze Star
1979-1991 & 1995-2015

US Army
Communications Specialist
1966-1968

US Army
Spec 4
1972-1974

US Navy
Sergeant First Class
1943-1948; 1950-1953

US Air Force
Senior Airman
1997-2001

US Army
Specialist 4th Class
1965-1967

US Army
Sergeant
1941-1944

US Army/Air Force
Sergeant
1941-1944

US Navy
Seaman First Class
1944-1946

US Marine Corp.
SSGT
1982-1994

US Navy
BMC/SOC–Seal Team; Special Operations Chief
1965-1969; 1973-1989

US Army
Private First Class
1916-1919

US Navy
Chief Petty Officer
1981-2004

US Army
E4 Wireman
1967-1969

US Army
Corporal
1985-1988 Active Duty 1988-1998 Reserve

US Army
GS 11
Letter of Commendation, Service Medal
1954-1957

US Air Force
Senior Master Sergeant
1997-Present

US Army / US Army Air Corp
Private First Class/Airman 3rd Class
WWII, Victory Medal
1942-43/1945-1947

US Army
Sergeant
Vietnam Service
1964-1965

US Army
Private First Class
1980-1983

US Army
SP4
1957-1959

US Army
Sergeant
1949-1953

US Air Force
Staff Sergeant
1956-1967

US Army
Master Sergeant
1954-1955, 1967-1985

US Army Secirity Agency
1970-1972

US Army – Corps of Engineers
Captain
1971-1972

US Army
Captain
Two Army Commendation Medals
1990-1992

US Navy
Lieutenant Junior Grade
1943-1946

US Air Force
Sergeant
1967-1971

US National Guard & US Navy
2nd Class
1957-1959 National Guard 1961-1964 Navy

US Army Airborne
Sergeant 1st Class
Korea, Germany

US Army, 82nd Airborne
Specialist
1958-1961

US Army
Chief Warrant Officer 2
1974–1982

US Army
Corporal
1999-2003

US Coast Guard
Gunner’s Mate
1941-1943

US Army National Guard
SP4
1964-1971

US Air Force
E5
Commendation Medal
2000-2004

US Air Force
Sergeant
1978-1986

US Navy
HM3
1957-1963

US Army Reserve; National Guard
Sergeant
2008-2015

US Marine Corps.
Staff Sergeant
1956-1960

US Army
Colonel
1960-1990

US Air Force
Buck Sergeant
1982-1986


US Army
Sergeant First Class
Korean Medal
1949-1953

US Army
SFC
1975-2005

US Navy
Lieutenant
1962-1973

US Coast Guard
E5
1971-1975

US Air Force
Technical Sergeant
1967-1987

US Navy
O3 Fighter Pilot
1964-1966

US Army
Corporal MP
1977-1980

US Army Reserves
E4 Specialist
6 Years

US Navy
WT 2/C
6 Years

US Navy
EM3
1948-1952

US Air Force
Major
1954-1984

US Navy
Aviation Metalsmith 2nd Class
1950-1956

US Army
E-4
2009-2012

US Army
CW-5
1968-2008

US Navy
Petty Officer First Class
1955-1962

US Army
Sergeant
2010-2014

US Navy
Boatswain Mate 1st Class
1941-1946

US Army
Sergeant
1961-1964

US Navy Seabees
Petty Officer Second Class
1966-1969

US Marine Corp.
E6
2005-2009

US Navy
E5
2007-Present

US Army
E2
Marksman Badge
1974-1976

US Army
Marksman
Germany

US Air Force
AIC
1966-1969

US Navy
HM3 (Medic)
1960-1964

US Navy
Petty Officer 2nd Class
2014-Present

US Air Force
Lieutenant Colonel
1962-1982

US Navy
Chief Mechanic
1941-1945

US Navy
Seaman 1st Class
1940-1946

US Navy
Chief Petty Officer
15 Years

US Navy
Petty Officer 2nd Class
1987-1994

US Army, 4th IO
E5
1966-1967

Army Air Core 51 troop Carrier Wing
Staff Sergeant
2 1/2 Years

US Air Force
Airman Second Class
Nellis Air Force Base, Las Vegas

US Coast Guard SPAR
Lieutenant Junior Grade
1943-1946

US Navy
Lieutenant
1981-1987

US Army
Specialist E5
1968-1971

US Navy
E-9 Command Master Chief
1999 – Present

US Army
Colonel (06)
60-61 Enlisted in Army National Guard; 1962-90 Commissioned Active Duty

US Army
SFC (T) 1
1951-1952

US Navy
Chief Warrant Officer 4
1966-1990

US Navy Submariner
Command Master Chief E9
1982-2012

US Navy
Boatsman Mate 2nd Class
1964-1966 Active Duty 1963-1973 Naval Reserve

US Marine Corps.
Corporal
Bronze Star
3 Years

US Marine Corps.
Full Colonel
30 Years

US Navy
MOMM2
1943-1946

US Army
SP4
1971-1974

Navy SeaBee
CA
National Defense Service Medal
1973-1975

US Army Air Corps, 8th Air Force, 398th Bomb Group, 601Bomb Squadron
First Lieutenant
1944-1945 Active; 1945-1960 Air Force Reserves

US Marine Corp.
E8 First Sergeant
1966-1988

US Army
Sergeant
1968-1971

US Army
Sergeant
2010-2019

US Navy
E-4, AOJ-3
1959-1965

US Marine Corps.
Major
1970-2003

US Army
Private First Class
1945-1946

US Army
Sergeant E-5
1968-1969

US Army Air Corp
Staff Sergeant
1941-1945

US Coast Guard
1983-1987

US Air Force
MSGT
1960-1987

US Marine Corps.
Corporal
1985-1991

US Army
Army Specialist
1962-1965

US Navy
Pharmacist’s Mate 3rd Class
1940-1944

US Navy
E5 (RM2)
National Defense Medal
1963-1967

US Army
PFC
1965-1966

US Army
Captain
1968-1972

Marines, US Air Force
Airman 1st Class
1955-1957 Marines, 1957-1965 USAF

US Army Air Corp
Private First Class
1944-1964

US Airforce
Sergeant
1948-1951

US Army
SFC
1975-2005

US Navy
Pharmacist 1st Class
Honor Flight 2015
1942-1945

US Navy Seabee
PO1
24 Years of Service

US Navy, USNR
Medical Technician
1964-1969

US Navy
Machinist Mate 2nd Class
1943-1946

US Navy
EM1
1980-2001

US Army
SP4
2 Years

US Navy
E5
2007-Present

819th Chemical Co. AO
Technician Fifth Grade
1941-1945

US Marine Corp.
Lance Corporal
1965-1967

US Army
Sergeant
2008-2015

US Marine Corps. Women’s Reserve
Staff Sergeant
1943-1944

US Airforce
Senior Airman
1956-1960


US Army
Corporal
1952-1954

US Army Paratrooper 82nd Airborne
1-A
WWII Victory Medal
1942-1945

US Army
Corporal
2007-2011

US Air Force
1951-1955

US Army
Lieutenant General
1956-1989

US Navy
Vietnam
1968-1972

US Navy
AMH1/E-6
1980-1990 Active & 1991-1993 Reserve

US Women’s Army Corp
1961-1962

US Army
Corporal
1952-1954

US Marine Corp.
Lance Corporal
1978-1980

US Marine Corps.
Corporal
1998-2002

