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MOUNTAIN VIEW Funeral Home, Memorial Park and Crematory New Veterans Memorial Section Monday, May 30, 2011 at 2 p.m.
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AMERICAN LEGION Edwards B. Rhodes Parkland Post No. 2 R. Vernon Hill Memorial Post No. 67 Doughboy Memorial Post No. 138 Mt. Tacoma Post No. 148 Joseph E. Johnson Post No. 167 Art Wrye-Lakewood Post No. 187 Dr. Geo. Washington Carver Post No. 222 Greater Gig Harbor Post 236 Bonney Lake Post No. 240
AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARIES Edwards B. Rhodes Parkland Unit No. 2 R. Vernon Hill Memorial Unit No. 67 Doughboy Memorial Unit No. 138 Joseph E. Johnson Unit No. 167 Dr. Geo. Washington Carver Unit No. 222
LA SOCIETE DES QUARANTE HOMMES ET HUIT CHAV AUX Voiture No. 9
AMERICAN EX-PRISONERS OF WAR
FLEET RESERVE ASSOCIATION #104 and Auxiliary
1ST CAVALRY DIVISION ASSN NW CHAPTER
THE RESERVE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION
MARINE CORPS LEAGUE Pierce County Detachment 504
MILITARY OFFICERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
THE MILITARY ORDER OF THE WORLD WARS
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BLACK VETERANS
SPECIAL FORCES ASSOCIATION
US DAUGHTERS OF 1812 Puget Sound Chapter
VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS (VFW) Wild West Post No. 91 Eric G. Sandstrom Post No. 969 Carbon Glacier Post No. 1414 Puyallup Valley Post 2224 Tillicum Post No. 2329 Sumner-Bonney Lk. Victory Post No. 3070 Nisqually Valley Post No. 5580 Art Drexler Spanaway Post No. 9079 Narrows Bridge Post No. 10018 Peter W. Grauwen Post No. 11028 Milton Post No. 11401
VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS AUXILIARIES Wild West Auxiliary No. 91 Eric G. Sandstrom Post No. 969 District No. 3 Ladies Auxiliary Auxiliary No. 2224 Auxiliary No. 2324 Art Drexler Spanaway Auxiliary No. 9079 Narrows Bridge Auxiliary No. 10018 Narrows Bridge Junior Girls Unit No. 10018 Peter W. Grauwen Auxiliary No. 11028
AMERICAN VETERANS OF WWII
KOREA AND VIETNAM (AMVETS) Post No. 1 Post No. 2 Post No. 5
AMVETS AUXILIARY Unit No. 1 Unit No. 5
GOLD STAR WIVES OF AMERICA
DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION (DAR) Mary Ball Chapter Elisabeth Forey Chapter
DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS (DAV) Tacoma Chapter No. 1 Harmony Chapter No. 18
KOREA-AMERICAN VETERANS ASSOCIATION OF WASHINGTON
THE VIETNAM VETERANS CENTER, TACOMA
THE RETIRED ENLISTED ASSOCIATION Puget Sound Chapter 74
LIZ JACKSON HEROTOHERO.US
Liz Jackson, of Lakewood, WA never gives any more for a bio than this ...
Borne of the uniform, Wore the uniform,
Wed the uniform, and Bore the uniform.
But a few other things have filled in the gaps. She is the National Director and Founder of the Hero To Hero Troop Morale Campaign, a
non-political troop support program that went from a small local effort for first responders to be able to show their support for our troops by giving the very shirts off their backs to hometown troops deployed
to war zones around the globe.
After the death of a young cousin, Sgt Jacob Herring, in Talafar, Iraq, 2004, the program went national, and ultimately
international. As of this writing, over 40,000 first responders have stepped up for our troops, and the
program tour has happened 4 times, covering the distance of twice around the equator.
After 7 years, Liz has fulfilled the promise made when their cousin was killed, and the stateside program has stood down. She remains involved with the Canadian part of the campaign and plans to always be a part of honoring our Fallen & Wounded.
"Troops don't choose their battles, any m o r e t h a n f i r e f i g h t e r s o r police." HeroToHero.US
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Daughter of MSG Llewellyn Chilson
ORIA BERNDT Appointed to
President Gold Star Wives Tacoma Chapter
TOM BULGER President
Fleet Reserve Assn, Mt. Rainier Branch #104 JIM CORDEIRO Chilson Chapter
MOPH MARION DAVIS
CLYDE DRURY Manager
GEN WILLIAM HARRISON USA Ret.
Past Mayor of Lakewood PHIL HENDRIX Chilson Chapter
MOPH FROSTY HUSLEY Past Commander
VFW, Dept. of Washington
PAUL JAURON Past Commander
Past National Chaplain MOPH
NORMA MELO Past President
National Historian General MOWW
Past Commander VFW, Dept. of Washington
ELOISE SHARP President
Past National Commander American Ex-Prisoners of War
CLARENCE SLAUGHTER Manager
United States Army 4th Stryker BDE/2nd ID, I Corps, JBLM
VENICIA TILLMAN Vice President
Past President VFW Ladies Auxiliary of District 3
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ADAM SMITH U.S. Congress
District 6
Position 3
KIM JOSUÉ Mountain View Co-Chair
COMMITTEE MEMBERS Curtis Atkinson, PCVAC Tommy Carson, PCVAC Ken Swarner, The Ranger
Butch Twilley, Mountain View Dan Lasham, Mountain View David Riggs, Mountain View
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WEST PIERCE FIRE & RESCUE
For providing traffic direction
CUB SCOUT PACK 472 CUB SCOUT PACK 462
CLOVER PARK HS JROTC
For providing photography services
MSG JAMES E. BURNS Washington National Guard
Honor Guard
4th Landing Support Battalion, JBLM
LS2 TRACEY MURPHY United States Navy
Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 18, JBLM
SRA JACOB STEVENS United States Air Force
62nd ABW Honor Guard, JBLM
SK3 EMMANUEL LUNA United States Coast Guard Seattle Area Honor Guard
Music is provided today by the Brass Quintet of the 56th Army Band, I Corps, JBLM. The 56th Army Band is comprised of 40 musician-soldiers. Soldiers demonstrate the highest professional performance and appearance standards to best represent the Army and to serve the nation.
The 56th Army Band was constituted on 12 October 1943 and activated in Sicily on 29 October 1943 as the Band, 9th Infantry Division. The Band was activated as the I Corps band on 8 July 1991. The Band’s distinguished history includes 13 campaign participation credits for World War II and Vietnam. The Band received many decorations; most notable is the Meritorious Unit Commendation awarded by Presidential Order in 1968.
Excerpt from the Akron Beacon Journal on May 30, 2005 President Harry S. Truman couldn’t believe his eyes. He scanned the war hero’s record and spoke with glowing admiration. President Truman remarked, “This is the most remarkable list of citations I have ever seen.” Never before in American history had one soldier collected so many medals in one day. Llewellyn Chilson, “the fightingest man” in the 45th Infantry Division, was the second most decorated soldier of World War II. He earned 29 medals, including three Distinguished Service Crosses, two Purple Hearts, two Silver Stars, a Legion of
Merit, two Bronze Stars, a Combat Infantryman’s Badge and two French Croix de Guerre.
Born in 1920, Chilson was a scrappy kid on the mean streets of Akron, OH. On March 28, 1942 - just days shy of his 22nd birthday - he was drafted into the U.S. Army for WWII. He trained for a year before joining the 179th Regiment, 45th Infantry Division, which shipped out of Camp Patrick Henry, VA, in June 1943.
The Axis powers would soon know his fury as a warrior. He battled his way across North Africa, Sicily, Salerno, Anzio, France and Germany. The war ended for him two weeks before Germany’s official surrender May 8, 1945. The wounded soldier was transported to the 34th General Hospital in Stockbridge, England.
While he was in the hospital he noticed a pretty nurse named Mary. She was from Santa Barbara, CA. They were married later that year. Llewellyn and Mary had two daughters, Roberta and Marilyn.
He was discharged from the service in 1945 but re-enlisted in 1947 and rose to the rank of Master Sergeant. He was stationed at Ft. Hood, TX and later at Ft. Sill, OK. In 1963 he retired from the Army at the age of 44.
Llewellyn M. Chilson died in October 1981 during a vacation to Tampa, FL. He was 61 years old. “The fightingest man” of the 45th Infantry Division was buried with full military honors here at Mountain View Memorial Park.
Sgt. Chilson and family meet President Truman
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MUSICAL SELECTIONS Brass Quintet of the 56th Army Band, I Corps, Joint Base Lewis McChord
WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION BY MASTER OF CEREMONIES Curt Atkinson of the Pierce County Veterans Advisory Council
WELCOME BY THE MAYOR Mayor Doug Richardson
PRESENTATION OF COLORS United States Army, 4th Stryker BDE/2nd ID Honor Guard, I Corps, Joint Base Lewis McChord
Doughboys of American Legion Post 138
RAISING OF THE NATIONAL COLORS AND NATIONAL ANTHEM Wild West Post 91, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States
Brass Quintet of the 56th Army Band, I Corps, Joint Base Lewis McChord
INVOCATION Chaplain (Cpt) Jacob Snodgrass
United States Army, 4th Stryker BDE/2nd ID, I Corps, Joint Base Lewis McChord
PLACING OF THE WREATH FOR SERGEANT CHILSON His daughter, Roberta Armstrong, Military Order of the Purple Heart and the Gold Star Wives
WREATH CEREMONY Active Duty Service Members
Brass Quintet of the 56th Army Band, I Corps, Joint Base Lewis McChord
INTRODUCTION OF HONORED GUESTS AND KEYNOTE SPEAKER Curt Atkinson of the Pierce County Veterans Advisory Council
KEYNOTE SPEECH Liz Jackson
BENEDICTION Chaplain (Cpt) Jacob Snodgrass
United States Army, 4th Stryker BDE/2nd ID, I Corps, Joint Base Lewis McChord
DEPARTING SALUTE BY FIRING DETAIL Washington Army National Guard Honor Guard, Camp Murray
TAPS Bugler of the 56th Army Band, I Corps, Joint Base Lewis McChord
RETIREMENT OF COLORS AND ADJOURNMENT
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UNIVERSITY PLACE VETERANS MEMORIAL
This Veterans Memorial is being created by the citizens of University Place to honor the men and women of University Place who have so valiantly served their country in times of peace and war.
Lest we forget, for those who gave the ultimate sacrifice, freedom is not free.
The University Place Veterans Memorial is located just south of the intersection of Cirque Drive and Bridgeport Way West, in the pocket park located on the west side of Bridgeport Way commonly known as the Drum Road Greenway Park.
The committee was formed in October of 2009 by the late City of University Place Councilwoman Jean Brooks and her husband Harvey Brooks. It was Jean’s dream to create this lasting memorial in honor of all military veterans from University Place. The committee is currently made up of a diverse group of community leaders, civic leaders, veteran organization members, and community volunteers with the committed goals to:
• Create a permanent place within University Place to honor the service and sacrifice of all veterans from University Place
• Provide a prominent location within University Place to hold veteran related events and memorials such as on Memorial Day, Flag Day, and Veteran’s Day
• Create an opportunity of the residents of University Place to participate in the development of a memorial in honor of its military veterans
All cash donations will go towards the purchase of labor and material for the construction of the memorial facility. Where noted on the website www.upveteransmemorial.org, cash may be donated for the purchase of commemorative paver tile or larger items. Cash donations may be made by personal check, charge card, or paying through PayPal. Checks should be made out to UP Veterans Memorial and sent to University Place Veterans Memorial, 3800 A Bridgeport Way W #405, University Place, WA 98466. Please note on the check memo line if a general cash donation, or if the donation is to be for a specific memorial item. You may also visit the website and click on “Donate Here” to make an online donation.
The University Place Veterans Memorial is a 501©3 non-profit corporation (registration pending, EIN #08-0540857) in the State of Washington.
SURVIVOR OUTREACH SERVICES - www.jblmmwr.com/acs_SOS
What Is It? The Survivor Outreach Services team at Joint Base Lewis McChord is dedicated to providing long-term support to the families of soldiers who have given the ultimate sacrifice. The SOS team currently offers benefits entitlement information, referral services for military and civilian resources, financial counseling, exclusive events, and partnerships with community organizations. At JBLM SOS, there are a number of resources available for surviving parents, children, spouses, friends, siblings, and extended family.
How Can You Help? You may donate to this program by sending a check or money order to Survivor Outreach Services, c/o SOS Coordinator, Bldg 4274 Family Resource Center, Box 339500 MS 112, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, WA 98433-9500.
FISHER HOUSE - www.fisherhouse.org What Is It? A Fisher House is a “home-away-from-home” for families of patients receiving care at major military and VA medical centers. The houses are comfortably furnished 5,000+ to 8,000 square foot homes given as a gift by the Fisher family of New York or Fisher House Foundation. The typical house is designed to provide 8 to 11 suites and can accommodate 16 to 40 family members in a caring environment that allows military and veterans’ families to face a medical crisis together. How Can You Help? Send a check or money order payable to Fisher House to 9999 Wilson Avenue Fort Lewis, WA 98433. Your tax-deductible donation will provide services for the Fisher House at Madigan Army Medical Center. You can also visit the Fisher House website or email info@fisherhouse.org for other options such as donating frequent flier miles and securities.
OPERATION HOMEFRONT - www.operationhomefront.net/washington
What Is It? Operation Homefront Washington provides emergency assistance and morale to our troops, the families they leave behind during deployments, and the wounded warriors when they return home. Military families are struggling not only with emergencies but with the problems of everyday life. Many of these emergencies occur when a spouse is deployed and there is no one else to call. Whether it’s car trouble or a broken washing machine, Operation Homefront Washington does their best to meet those needs. How Can You Help? Send a check or money order payable to Operation Homefront of Washington at PO Box 27347, Seattle, WA 98165. Your tax-deductible donation will fund the emergency needs of military families and the needs of wounded warriors throughout Washington. You can also visit the website to learn how to donate time, money or household items.
HEROES TO HOMETOWNS - www.waheroestohometowns.org
What Is It? Pierce County Heroes to Hometowns has over fifty different agencies associated with providing support to military personnel and their families. Every veteran and family needs something different. Examples are a welcome home celebration; temporary or permanent housing; assistance in adapting a home or vehicle to accommodate physical or mental challenges, with finding employment or educational opportunities, or with obtaining veteran benefits; and/or temporary financial support. The group holds a monthly meetin gto coordinate their individual activities. How Can You Help? If you know of a veteran who needs help or if you would like to give volunteer to assist, please contact Heroes to Hometowns at info@waheroestohometowns.org to request information.
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forget the lesson war has
taught us, nor the brave men and women who
have sacrificed so much
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Mountain View Funeral Home, Memorial Park and Crematory is proud to participate in this important occasion
and salutes the veterans of our area.
As a veteran, did you know that…
♦ You may qualify for a free space at Mountain View?
♦ You may be able to save up to $300 on funeral or $900 on cremation arrangements at Mountain View?
♦ Mountain View has four beautiful Memorial Park areas set aside for veterans and their loved ones?
♦ Husbands, wives, and family can (and should) select their cemetery property together?
♦ You can pay as little as $25 per month for this thoughtful protection?
♦ You need a Pre-Planning Guide to spell out, in writing, what your family will need to know in case of an emergency? Information like: DD214, banking info, wills, investments and other needed information?
♦ Should you move, you can exchange property at a member cemetery anywhere in the country and that investment will go with you?
For more information, clip out this postage-paid return card and send completed to Mountain View.
I would like to know how I can qualify for a free space at Mountain View.
I would like to know how I can save up to $300 on funeral or $900 on cremation arrangements.
I would like to order a Pre-Planning Guide.
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