40 men and women and spouses at Veterans Day breakfast
Photos and story by Monty Siekerman
Ada Schools hosted its annual Veterans Day breakfast on Monday, an especially memorable occasion this year due to the 100th anniversary of The Great War with the armistice ending World War I on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month.
Forty men and women who served in the military, and their spouses, attended the breakfast which was paid for by an anonymous donor.
Phil Marshall of Springfield spoke this year. He told about enlisting at the age of 18, going to flight school, and, at the age of 21, then headed to Vietnam to pilot unarmed, medical Huey helicopters. He flew from July 4, 1969, until he was injured in November. The crews of medivac Huey’s saved the lives of many injured soldiers, having a survival rate of 98 percent of those they evacuated.
Marshall has written a dozen books (available on Amazon) about his experience from a diary he kept. He acknowledged the service of the military men and women in keeping our freedoms. He said, “The harder the thing is to do, the more value to you it is."
Stories Posted This Week
Friday, May 2, 2025
Thursday, May 1, 2025
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
- Bulldog softball upset by Delphos Jefferson
- Bulldog baseball edged by Jefferson
- Bulldog boys and girls 2nd at Bloomdale track tri-meet
- ONU classed as "lower access, higher earnings" institution
- Field reports from NW Ohio wildlife officers
- Ohio High School All-State Honors Band, ONU Symphonic Band perform May 4
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
- William Douglas Burris worked for Rockwell International
- Beatitudes style show proves thrift can be fashionable
- Bulldog softball rallies for win vs. Falcons
- Bulldog baseball loss vs. Falcons
- Bulldogs compete in Ada JH track invitational
- Bulldog tennis loss vs. Bluffton
- Letter: The benefits of vaccinating newborns and children
Monday, April 28, 2025
- Anabel R. McBride worked for Ada Exempted Village Schools
- Trash to Treasure STEAM program on May 3
- Student entrepreneurs compete in 2025 Polar Innovation Exchange
- Lifesaving AED installed at One More gym on E. Buckeye
- St. Mark Community Meal is April 30
- Alfes wins Medalist honors at OAC golf championships
- Wilma A. Willeke worked at Ohio Northern