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SES honors vets
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SES students honored military vets with a special program Friday. The Children sang the hymns of the four military branches, as well as a rousing chorus of God Bless the USA.

 

Smithville Elementary School students honored DeKalb county’s war heroes at the school’s annual Veteran’s Appreciation program Friday.

 

Students led by Kelly Birmingham performed "God Bless the USA," as well as the hymns of the four branches of the military. Adrienne McCormick read a poem “Veteran’s Day” by Cheryl Dyson:

 

Veterans recognized for their service or honored in remembrance were:

 

Edsel Frazier, U.S. Army in World War II.

Edward Frazier, U.S. Army in World War II.

Ben Franklin, U.S. Army in Vietnam.

Bethel Golden, U.S. Army in Korean Conflict.

John Washer, U.S. Air Force in Operation Iraqi Freedom.

William Russell, U.S. Marine Corps, Vietnam Era.

Brian Reed, U.S. Air Force in Desert Storm/Enduring Freedom.

Jimmy Sprague, U.S. Army in Operation Just Cause-Panama.

Walter Johnson, U.S. Army in the Korean Conflict.

Tommy Webb, U.S. Army in the Korean Conflict.

Barbara Boehm, U.S. Army Nurses Corps in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Clyde Thomas family. He served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War.

Jerry and Judy Pistole, U.S. Navy in Vietnam.

Jack Allen Midgett, Jr., U.S. Navy in Desert Storm, Operation Iraqi Freedom, and the Global War on Terror.

Ricky L. Fury, U.S. Marine Corps in Vietnam.

James T. Owen, U.S. Army in Vietnam.

Vance Walker, U.S. Army in Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Wayne Storey, U.S. Air Force, Army, and Navy in Vietnam.

Eddie M. Young, U.S. Navy in Vietnam and Desert Storm.

Allen Morse, U.S. Army.

Jason Moseley, U.S. Marine Corps.

Ronald W. Gray, U.S. Army in Desert Storm.

Jason Oakley, U.S. Army in the War on Isis.

William Heath Phillips, U.S. Navy.

Earl Sims, U.S. Army in World War II.

Wayne Vanderpool, U.S. Marine Corps in Vietnam.

Family of Gene Cripps.

 

Veterans Day is Nov. 11. A program will be begin at the DeKalb County Complex Auditorium at 9 a.m.  Lunch for veterans and their families will be sponsored by the Senior Citizens and Director Pam Redmon, and Woodsmen of the World Director Regina Wilhite.

 

The program is sponsored by American Legion Post 122 and Ladies Auxiliary. Transportation for Veterans to Memorial Site compliments of DeKalb County School Board and the school bus garage.