{"id":45504,"date":"2013-11-11T16:14:26","date_gmt":"2013-11-12T00:14:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=45504"},"modified":"2013-11-14T13:58:09","modified_gmt":"2013-11-14T21:58:09","slug":"honoring-all-who-served-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2013\/11\/11\/honoring-all-who-served-2\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Honoring All Who Served’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Veterans<\/a><\/p>\n

LANCASTER \u2013 More than 200 people came together at the Veterans Court of Honor in the Lancaster Cemetery Monday morning (11\/11\/13) for a Veterans Day celebration titled \u201cHonoring All Who Served.\u201d<\/em> The hour-long ceremony was held to honor and thank all who served in the United States Armed Forces.<\/p>\n

A highlight of the ceremony was a tribute to five Hometown Heroes \u2013 Kurt F. Ullman,<\/strong> Army Air Corps, World War II; Ray Santana<\/strong>, U.S Marine Corps, Vietnam; Rick Nolte<\/strong>, U.S. Navy, attached to the\u00a0U.S. Marine Corps, Vietnam; Luis Gaxiola<\/strong>, U.S. Army, Gulf War\/ Bosnia\/ Iraq; and Lani Glasscock<\/strong>, U.S. History Teacher, Hillview Middle School.<\/p>\n

More on the Hometown Hero Honorees…<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\"Kurt<\/a>
Kurt F. Ullman, Army Air Corps, World War II<\/strong>. Ullman, along with the 440th Troop Carrier Group, received the Distinguished Unit Badge for his efforts on July 6, and 7, 1944, along with the Purple Heart Medal. He also received the Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters and the European-African-Middle Eastern Service Medal with 7 bronze service stars. Read\u00a0Kurt Ullman\u2019s story here<\/a>.
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Ray Santana, U.S Marine Corps, Vietnam<\/strong>. In April 1969, Santana was shot by a sniper and received another combat injury before he was medevaced from the jungles of Vietnam. His medical records were lost, and for several years, there was nothing on record to prove that Santana was a combat Marine in Vietnam. Finally, in 2004, copies of his medical records were found and he was hospitalized and diagnosed with Post Traumatic-Stress Disorder (PTSD). Read\u00a0Ray Santana\u2019s story here<\/a>.
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\"Rick<\/a>
Rick Nolte, U.S. Navy, attached to the U.S. Marine Corps, Vietnam<\/strong>. U.S. Navy veteran Rick Nolte spent his 21st birthday going through a fierce firefight on the front lines in the outskirts of Da Nang in Vietnam. Rick was the head corpsman attached to the 3rd Battalion, 26th Marine Regiment and the 1st Medical Battalion in Vietnam. After his military service, Nolte spent 34 years with the L.A. Co. Sheriff\u2019s Department in the Antelope Valley. Read\u00a0Rick Nolte\u2019s story here<\/a>.
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Luis Gaxiola, U.S. Army, Gulf War\/ Bosnia\/ Iraq<\/strong>. 2013 marks 25 years Gaxiola has served in the military. He has participated in several peace keeping missions in Thailand and was deployed to Bosnia in 1997. He was deployed twice to Iraq, the last time being in 2009. When not serving as solider, Gaxiola is a Deputy Sheriff stationed with the Santa Clarita Sheriff\u2019s Department. Read\u00a0Luis Gaxiola\u2019s story here<\/a>.
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\"Lani<\/a>
Lani Glasscock, U.S. History Teacher, Hillview Middle School<\/strong>. For the past two decades, Glasscock has taught thousands of local children about military sacrifice. \u201cFor years and years, and thousands of students at Hillview Middle School, [Glasscock] made sure every year that those children knew the sacrifices that the soldiers of this great country laid down for them so that they can have classrooms to go in there and get a good education,\u201d said Air Force veteran Bob Alvis in describing why Glasscock was a hometown hero. \u201cAs soldiers\u2026 when we come home from the battle fields, it\u2019s always nice to know that somebody has our back,\u201d Alvis continued.<\/figcaption><\/figure>Other key moments of the Veterans Day service at the Lancaster Cemetery included the Presentation of the Colors and Flag Salute by Joe Walker Middle School Civil Air Patrol; the singing of the \u2018Star Spangled Banner\u2019<\/em> by Remnant Acapella Group; \u2018Taps\u2019<\/em> played on trumpet by Col. Art McGettrick; a short play about the World War II Christmas Truce performed by Joe Walker Middle School Civil Air Patrol; and the singing and signing of \u2018God Bless America\u2019<\/em> by Brownie and Daisy Troop 1002.<\/span><\/p>\n

For many more pictures from this event, visit our Facebook page here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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