Garland Parker
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Garland Parker
Army Air Corp 1945-46, served in Germany.
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Veterans Day Facts
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► Nov. 11, 1918, was largely considered the end of the “war to end all wars,” even though the Treaty of Versailles, which officially ended World War I, was signed roughly seven months later on June 28, 1919.
► While Veterans Day is an American holiday, Canada, Great Britain, Australia and France also honor the veterans of World War I and World War II on or near Nov. 11. Canada celebrates Remembrance Day, while Britain observes Remembrance Sunday each year on the second Sunday of November.
Michael James Booher
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By Jesse Hardy
(Brian Rukes’ AP English 3 class)
Michael James Booher went to Cherokee High School and graduated in 1991.
William Roberts Laird
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William Roberts “Billy” Laird
1940 graduate of El Reno High School.
Born March 16, 1921
Died Feb. 7, 1943
Laird enlisted in the U.S. Navy on May 18, 1942, just about six months after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
SM3c Laird was one of two signalmen assigned to the troop transport ship the Henry R. Mallory.
Harry Eugene Bradly
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Harry Eugene Bradly
Born Dec. 13, 1922
Died Jan. 25, 1943
Died in a crash of an AT-6 Texan trainer aircraft along the coast of Texas.
Bradly only attended El Reno schools through the seventh grade, at which point his family moved to Chicago, Ill., his father working for the Rock Island Railroad and being transferred there from El Reno.
Harry J. Moss
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Harry J. Moss
Born Sept. 10, 1910
Died March 4, 1945
Graduated from El Reno High School in 1928.
Played semi-professional baseball for a time.
Was an engineer on an early version of the B-17 Flying Fortress, based at Clark Field in the Philippines when the Japanese attacks occurred in December 1941.
Homer Don Wright
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Homer Don Wright
Born May 29, 1915
Died June 14, 1944
EHS graduate Class of 1935.
A Ship’s Cook in the U.S. Navy whose services were highly desired.
Perished at sea aboard the submarine USS Golet off the coast of Japan just two weeks before his son was born.
Josh McVay
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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
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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.
Lloyd W. Carroll
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Lloyd W. Carroll
1958-1960 and 1961-1962
U.S. Army
A 143 SIG. BN 3 AM DIV.
Frankfurt, Germany.
Carroll was a radio operator that did the Morse Codes.