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Question Need for War
From retired admirals to buck privates, U.S. veterans told President
Bush that, "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." The letter,
generated by Veterans
for Common Sense is below.
March 10, 2003
The Honorable George W. Bush
President of the United States of America
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500
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 Husseinıs 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 Powellıs
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 nationıs 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 OıDonnell, 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 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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