Smithville Review/Reed Vanderpool

Smithville Elementary School students hosted a program honoring local veterans Friday. Kelly Birmingham led pre-K to second grade students in a patriotic program of music, and Adrienne McCormick read a poem by Cheryl Dyson called “Veterans Day.” Veterans attending the program were Edsel Frazier, U.S. Army in World War II, Walter Johnson, U.S. Army in the Korean War, Joe Goodwin, U.S. Army, a POW in Germany during World War II, Paul Cantrell, U.S. Navy in Korea, James Spradley, U.S. Air Force in Vietnam, William Edmonds, U.S. Army in Vietnam, Erin Vaughn, U.S. Army, Eric Atnip, U.S. Marine Corps in Desert Storm/Desert Shield, Darrell Young, U.S. Navy, Gary Davis, U.S. Army in Vietnam, Don Rigsby, U.S. Air Force in Vietnam, James Cantrell, U.S. Air Force in Korean War Edward Frazier, U.S. Army in World War II, Chad Polk, U.S. Army in Afghanistan and Iraq, Ronnie Redmon, U.S. Air Force in Vietnam Alan Stengel, U.S. Navy and Air Force in Vietnam (USS Enterprise, USS Kitty Hawk, and USS Saratoga), Connie Ketzner, U.S. Air Force, Scott Buckley, U.S. Navy in Desert Storm, Jimmy Sprague, U.S. Army in Operation Just Cause, William Russell, U.S. Marine Corps, Michael Hattaway, U.S. Air Force, Corbin Keith, U.S. Army in Korea and Vietnam Wars, Mark Collins, U.S. Air Force in Panama, Dale Pedigo, U.S. Army, Richard Widener, U.S. Marine Corps in Vietnam, Melvin Young, U.S. Army in Vietnam, Clyde Thomas family. He served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War, Guy Mathis, U.S. Army in World War II. He received the Purple Heart and Bronze Star, Bill Winter, U.S. Army,