Dan Castrop, 97, served in the Merchant Marines from 1945-46. He was stationed in California.
He then served in the U.S. Army, having re-enlisted for an 18-month tour at the conclusion of the war.
He was stationed then in Japan, operating vehicles to transport different units of service from one location to the next. Castrop had to learn the safest and quickest routes to move the troops and to avoid being ambushed.
Larry Thomason
U.S. Army
1966 - 68
Vietnam 1967 - 68
David Abel Uribe-Shelton
Specialist in 2/504 PIR 82nd Airborne Division.
Served 2017 - 2020.
Part of rapid deployment to Iraq in support of the attack on U.S. embassy during the start of 2020.
Instructor pilot Josh McVay at Vance AFB, Enid
Major Josh McVay is currently a pilot with the Oklahoma Air National Guard.
Josh has served multiple combat deployments across the world including in Iraq and Afghanistan.
He currently flies MC12s out of Will Rogers World Airport in Oklahoma City.
Kit McVay in Iraq, 2007.
SSgt Kit McVay served in the United States Army for 10 years.
Kit also served in multiple combat deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Kit is an attorney in Tulsa.
James H. Turner
Army
1951 - 1953
Fort Irwin, Barstow, Calif.
Sgt. Jim Lane Phariss
12/1/52 to 9/18/54
Army - 7th Infantry Division, Korea
Aaron Dupris
1979 - 1983
82nd ABN RDF
Fort Bragg, N.C.
Stag Sgt. William L. (Bill) Edwards
U.S. Navy Reserve – U.S. Air Force
Korea, Torbay, Travis Air Force Base
Korea assignment wounded in action
Col. A. Gabriel Bass
U.S. Marine Corps
2002 to present
Africa, Kuwait, Afghanistan
