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A photo of my father in 1918 when he served in the war. He never talked about it much, but mentioned France and Belgium. After the war he came back to El Reno and enrolled in the first school for auctioneers. He worked as an auctioneer until his death in 1962. Most people called him “Cal.”

Donnell Hayes Jr. Army and Army National Guard, 1989-2014  

Bill Edwards was a 1954 El Reno High School graduate. He was in the U.S. Navy from 1951-54 and the U.S. Air Force from 1954-59. Bill achieved the rank of Staff Sergeant and was awarded a number of medals and ribbons including the Purple Heart. He is a member of the DAV.

E-4 Sgt. Freddie Hobson, U.S. Air Force, 1961-65.

Albert “Dutch” Musser served in the U.S. Navy during World War II from 1945-46. Musser also served in the Korean War from 1950-54.

Military service in the United States was once more common than it is today. According to the Council on Foreign Relations, the draft for military service was ended in 1973, a point in time when 2.2 million men and women made up the country’s active military personnel.

Memorial Day and Veterans Day each honor the military, though the two holidays are not the same. Memorial Day, which is celebrated annually on the last Monday in May, honors the brave men and women who lost their lives while serving in the American military.

Service members make numerous sacrifices in defense of their countries.

Captain Aaron Youngheim enlisted in the Army Air Corps and was stationed in the South Pacific as a pilot of a B-24 bomber for approximately four years. Aaron was a true hero in the South Pacific and to all who knew him. Estelle Cash is his daughter.

A proposal has been approved to expand a rural water district’s footprint in an area between El Reno and Yukon. Canadian County commissioners voted 3-0 to approve a petition to annex unincorporated land into the Green Valley Rural Water, Sewer and Solid Waste Management District.