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NEW HAVEN When Bob McKnight was a boy in Cavendish, he wanted to be a game warden. But, as soon as he graduated Irom Black River High School in Ludlow, McKnight enlisted in the Marine Corps. It was 1964, he was 17, and military tensions in Vietnam were at an all time high. 'We were one oI the frst units into Vietnam, said McKnight, who saw 13 months oI active duty beIore being wounded twice and returning to the United States. 'We went over on troop transport ships with the 1st InIantry Battalion, 1st Marines. McKnight patrolled a seven-mile radius around Da Nang airbase, doing day and night sweeps, rarely sleeping more than a Iew hours at a time. His platoon covered a collection oI small villages. 'We were out in the boondocks, he said. 'Lots oI little tiny hamlets. We saw them every day but didn`t talk with them. One time we were driving (on) a pontoon bridge# between two hamlets every day on patrol. Then we were practically living with them. The proximity was diIfcult Ior McKnight, who sometimes camped within sight oI the villages. 'You never knew who you could trust, he said. 'You couldn`t trust anybody. They`d send kids to spy, to rig up traps. They might be smiling at you in the day and throwing grenades at night. And the night was the scariest time, especially on 'listening post. 'They`d send two men out with a portable telephone about 300 yards in Iront oI the line. Your job was to call back iI you heard anything, he said. 'Just you out there listening Ior the boogeyman. II the marine on duty did hear something, McKnight says he either called on the phone or 'ran like hell back to the line. You didn`t want to Iall asleep on those stations because !"#$%&'()'*+#,--.*&. MIDDLEBURY The Korean Consulate held a reception dinner in Burlington on Oct. 29 to recognize 50 Vermont veterans oI the Korean War. Ernie Cyr, 79, oI Middlebury was one oI those invited to the University oI Vermont event. Cyr called the reception 'really humbling, though he is normally reticent to talk about his military service. 'I don`t know what talking about it`s going to do. That`s all done now, he said. Cyr was in high school when his Army National Guard unit was called to active duty during the Korean War. He spent the next 20 years in military service, in positions ranging Irom regular artillery to drill instructor. AIter his tour in East Asia in the early 1950s, he went to missile school and attained the rank oI warrant oIfcer. During his frst tour, when he was only 19, Cyr was stationed in Japan, where he outftted Iresh troops on their way into battle and presented the ragged, homeward bound men with their medals. But, says Cyr, some oI the most memorable moments oI his service were encountering the Korean people. 'I was a very young man. I couldn`t believe the things I`d seen. You see pictures !/#$%&'()'*+#,--.*&. MIDDLEBURY Roch MacIntyre, 67, has worked Ior the Iamily business, MacIntyre Fuels in Middlebury, almost his whole liIe. But, in 1968, when MacIntyre was 23, his Army National Guard unit was called to active duty and shipped out. BeIore long he Iound himselI on the other side oI the world. 'There`s nothing there that`s like here, MacIntyre said oI Vietnam. 'The animals, insects, critters, they`re all diIIerent. It was NEW HAVEN RESIDENT Robert McKnight hoIds a photo taken whiIe he was at Paris IsIand, S.C., boot camp in 1964. McKnight was wounded twice during his 13-month tour in Vietnam. Independent photo/Trent CampbeII ROBERT MCKNIGHT SHOWS off his Marine Corps sergeant stripes in 1967. PAGE ApublicationoftheAddisonIndependentNovember ApublicationoftheAddisonIndependentNovemberPAGE Veterans Day is November 11 th !"#"$%#&'()"*+',)"')-.+' *+$.+/'0'()"*+',)"'*(%11' *+$.+'%#'"2$'3"2#($45* -$6+/'7"$3+*8 VERGENNES !"#$%&'()*#+%,()-,./)012 *'3%#.)!45%6%'$7)8(%/)012 9,(.),:)/;# !"#$%&'()*#+%,()9<=)012 16 New Haven Road Vergennes 877-2839 5P.Z'FMMPX7FUFSBOT BOLZPV GPSZPVSTFSWJDF UPPVSHSFBUDPVOUSZ 8ub Crosby Sgt. US Air Forcc 19681972 Commandcr Addison County Post 7823 \ctcrans ol Forcign Vars Life Member- SUBMITTED BY CYNTHIA SLATER, MIDDLEBURY !!"#$%&'(!)*#+, Vt. Air National Guard Stationed at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait - February 18 to August 22, 2008 I will always remember your service to our country and your part in the war on terrorism. With much love and pride, your wife. !"#$%&'()* PVT US Army Boot Camp AIT, Mississippi Dad loves ya and is very proud of you. SUBMITTED BY JOHN SMITH, BRISTOL !"##$%&'()*#)+ US Air Force Completed basic military training on July 22, 2011, and technical training on Nov 2, 2011, both at Lackland AFB, TX. Congratulations Matt, we all love you and are proud of you. Grandpa Gorton was very proud of you too. Love, Dad, Mom and family. !"#$#%&'(()*#+,%'-.)#** Airborne Ranger, Company D, 75th Infantry U.S. Army Stationed in Chuchi, Vietnam Thank you for your service. Youre still our hero. Your friends in Middlebury and at Cattails. !"#$%&'()**+' AIC Air Force Stationed at Tinker Air Force Base, OK Thank you for all you do for us, were very proud of your service to our country. SUBMITTED BY DOUGLAS WOODS, BRIDPORT SUBMITTED BY PAM SPATAFORA, MIDDLEBURY !"#$%&'(#)#*+"# Pe|| O||ter 1r1 Cless U.!. Net/erlaes !|e|leae1 la Ollaewe, 1r1 erlae Dlt., Cerjsmea Thank you for your service to our country. I am proud of you. SUBMITTED BY JOHN SMITH, BRISTOL !"#$$%&'%()*+,-# LCPL US Marine Corps Stationed at Camp Pendleton, CA '||:n : n:||a- |:||-|, '-n(-||. !- |:.- : :a1 :|- (|:a1 :| :a. |:.-, |:1.' !"#$%&''()&*+, Fireman First Class U.S. Navy Atlantic Theater of War Mitchell .-|.-1 |:a:|:|| |.- -:|. :a |.'.'. |-||||- I'. !:aa1-1 |a |:|||-, |/\, :a1 n:a n-1:|.. ||:a1 :a1 w:a1-||a| n:a, -a||- :a1 ||a1, |:((|| n:|||-1 // -:|..' Navy vet Robert MitcheII saiIed the eastern seaboard !"#$%&'()'*+#,--.*&. FERRISBURGH When Vergennes native Robert Mitchell joined the U.S. Navy in 1951, he was only 17. His heart has always been here in Vermont, though he served Ior Iour years on ships steaming up and down the East Coast during the Korean War beIore returning home. 'I worked as a boilerman, Mitchell said, recalling his service. 'They called us the black gang, because we were all covered in oil. We went down to Cuba or to the Caribbean, but mostly between Galveston, (Texas,) and Newport, (R.I.). I worked on Iour diIIerent boats. Three destroyer tenders and one destroyer. When he enlisted, 'against my mother`s wishes, oI course, he had recently dropped out oI Vergennes High School to work a carpentry job. 'I dropped out oI high school in the 11th grade, beIore deer season. The principal warned us about skipping school to go hunting, and he told me that I`d already missed so much that I might as well quit. Mitchell worked on what they called a 'kiddy crew until he was 21, maintaining the ship`s boilers with other young men. 'The ships ran on No. 6 black oil, which required preheating beIore we could burn it, Mitchell said. 'It all ran on steam. Lot oI gages down there that you had to keep an eye on. I learned a lot. Though Mitchell never saw combat, he Iought a dirty battle with intractable boilers. 'Every 2,000 hours we had to scrape out the inside oI the boiler. The opening you had to get through was so small we couldn`t get a ladder in there. So we`d sit on each other`s shoulders inside to get the hardened oil oII. When you`d knock down a big chunk oI that on the guy below you, that was the worst. Every month or two, Mitchell`s ship would come into Newport, R.I., and he would travel home to Vermont. 'It was Iaster to hitchhike than it was to (See Mitchell, Page 9) VERGENNES NATIVE ROBERT MitcheII enIisted in the Navy in 1951 and served four years during the Korean War. Independent photo/Trent CampbeII PAGE ApublicationoftheAddisonIndependentNovember ApublicationoftheAddisonIndependentNovemberPAGE Ready-Mixed Concrete Concrete Pumping Pre-Cast Concrete Sand and Stone k|e. B|44|e|cr, VI &&&-&& Crewa Pe|a|, Nf 5&-57I-&&0 )T IS WITH 'REAT 0RIDE THAT WE ACKNOWLEGE THE DEDICATION OF ALL THOSE WHO SERVE AND HAVE SERVED 3108 VT Rte 22A Bridport - 758-3835 Mon. - Fri. 7:30 - 5 Sat. 8-12 BRANDON, VT 247-9500 DE5EL FUEL OL RERO5ENE Thank You to all who have served and are serving! W e S a l u t e Y o u ! !"#$%&'() E6 U.S. Army Stationed in Vietnam SUBMITTED BY MAUREEN KANGLEY, RICHMOND !"#$%&'%()*++*,- ET9 Master Chief Navy Diver U.S. Navy (27 Years) Stationed in Virginia Beach, VA We love you and thank you for your many years of service for our country. Its dedication. SUBMITTED BY STARR PHILLIPS, VERGENNES !"#$%#&'()%*+',-.$$ Sergeant I Class U.S. Army Stationed in Europe SUBMITTED BY MAUREEN KANGLEY, RICHMOND !""#$%&'%()*)"" PFC U.S. Army Stationed at Fort Dix, then Korea To my wonderful brother, he learned to drive tractor trailers in the Army and went on to drive all his life, a real great brother and friend who we all miss. SUBMITTED BY HENRIETTA HASKINS, BRISTOL !"#$%&'()'*"#"+ 1st Lieutenant U.S. Army Stationed in California, Hawaii and Japan, 1943-1946 Paige, Tucker and Kay Keren of Middlebury are proud of their grandpa, Jerry Keren, and of all the men and women who preserved our countrys freedom during World War II. !"#$%&'()$$(*+*",&' Lance Corporal Marines Stationed aboard the U.S.S. Bataan My heartfelt thanks and gratitude go out to you and all who have chosen to serve our country. SUBMITTED BY SHARALYN PRIM !"#$ Dear Marc, I am so proud of you and your desire to help citizens of another country enjoy the freedoms we enjoy here. Stay safe for me, Your Loving Wife !"#$%&'()*(+%,&- PFC U.S. Army Fort Bragg in Fayettville,NC /82nd Airborne Division PFC, Capen joined the U.S. Army in October 2010 and is currently serving his country in IRAQ with the 82nd Airborne Division. We are all very proud of you Michael and miss you so very much. Come home to us soon. We love you! Your Family, Your Wife & Your Friends oI thatched huts all the time, but you couldn`t believe that people actually lived there, Cyr said. 'You`d see elderly women, washing clothes on the ice at the bank oI a river. Back home iI the water isn`t hot enough all hell breaks loose. 'Back home Ior Cyr is Vermont he was born in Orwell in 1932 and lives now in Middlebury. Though he worked briefy on a Vermont Iarm aIter returning home aIter his frst deployment, Cyr re-enlisted in Army National Guard quickly. 'To put it mildly, I thought that society owed me a living, he said, remembering his Iarm job. 'Pretty quick I fgured out that they didn`t. Cyr married in 1953, and valued the military`s job security Ior supporting his Iamily. He signed on Ior a series oI three-year enlistments totaling over 20 years. Even now, Cyr recommends military service to young people. 'II a young man or woman has the chance to be in the military, they should take it, he said. 'There`s plenty oI education to be had there, and it does you good to be with your peers like that. Though neither oI his children enlisted in the military, he jokes with them about how reliable the employment was. 'I couldn`t quit and they couldn`t fre me, he joked. When Cyr fnally leIt the armed services, he worked Ior the U.S. Post OIfce. He also became active in the American Legion he has been a member Ior 25 years and was state commander 1998-1999. Cyr was grateIul Ior the Oct. 29 reception, coordinated with Kangho Park, consul general oI the Republic oI Korea in Boston. Though the Korean confict was more than halI a century ago and is oIten cast as a 'Iorgotten war, the consulate Ielt the Americans who Iought there still deserve thanks. Mun Son, a UVM proIessor who organized the commemorative event, was a toddler living in a South Korean village during the war. Cyr said Mun Son thanked the assembled servicemen Ior liberating his country and paving the way Ior him to immigrate to the United States, where he teaches statistics. The Korean Consulate awarded each oI the 50 veterans a medal, recognizing them Ior their service. Cyr appreciated the gesture. 'They pinned a medal on us, thanking us Ior our service, like a medal oI honor, Cyr said. 'It was a really beautiIul thing. !"# !"#$%&$'()*+,#-*./0(*12 J.D. FULLER PLUMBING & HEATING, INC. Service - nstallation - Repairs Proud to service those whove served. OIIering a liIetime oI local knowledge and providing expert service to Addison County since 1989. John D. Fuller Master Plumber 5118 Case St. Rt. 116 Middlebury, Vt. 05753 388-2019 MIDDLEBURY RESIDENT ERNIE Cyr spent 20 years in the miIitary after joining the Army NationaI Guard whiIe in high schooI. South Korea recentIy thanked him for his service in the Korean War. Independent photo/Trent CampbeII PAGE ApublicationoftheAddisonIndependentNovember ApublicationoftheAddisonIndependentNovember PAGE Bu:s1ot Amvu:cnN Lvc:oN, INc. Pos1 1 Salutes all Veterans- those that served in the past and those currently serving. Bu:c voums vou 1nv mvmou:nt nuv s1:tt nvn:tnntv. Tnv Bu:s1ot Amvu:cnN Lvc:oN Pos1 1 mvv1s n1 ,vm 1nv {1n WvoNvsonv ov vvvuv moN1n. To those who protected and served, !"#$%&'(#)*+ tor the dedication shown and the sacritices made. !"#$%&'()*+,$-./,,. Middlebury 388-3014 !"#$%&%'#(&)#*"+"+,"' #-.'#/"0"'(&1 2#3(4.0"#0%#244# !5%#$(6"#3"'6") !"#$%&'(#)*+,-."&/%)0,#%&"1)2(/% 3VJHSS`6^ULKHUK6WLYH[LK6U:P[L*YLTH[PVU 117 South Main St. Middlebury 388-2311 Still American Made Baskets Still heirloom quality Quality items for your home and life, excellent gifts Brett Axelberg, Middlebury 337-424-1897 Shop With Me at www.longaberger.com/brettaxelberg We salute all U.S. Veterans who have served and those who are presently serving. We oer our sincere gratitude for all that you have given. e Addison Independent Macntyre !"#$%&$'()*+,#-*./0(*12 hot and humid hot all the time. Even though he was 10,000 miles Irom his home in Vermont, the work wasn`t unIamiliar. MacIntyre operated heavy machinery with the 195 other Vermonters in his company, building and maintaining supply lines near the Cambodian border. 'We kept the supply lines open to remote airfelds. Built and kept the road open. When they needed some jungle bulldozed Ior shooting lanes, we`d do that, he said. MacIntyre ran machinery to rebuild bridges and other inIrastructure, but he and those in his company kept combat gear on and M-16s close at hand on at all times. The work was diIfcult enough without being shot at, MacIntyre said. 'II there wasn`t a war going on, it wasn`t a bad job, he said. 'But there was a war on the whole time we were there. Several members oI the company were wounded, though MacIntyre emphasized that they 'never lost a man. 'Vietnam was the kind oI situation where there were no non-combat troops. Anything could happen at any time. We were building roads, but we`d get sniped at, he said. 'Looking back at it, I should have been scared, but I wasn`t. We just did our job. As diIIerent as Vietnam was Irom Vermont, MacIntyre Iound himselI adapting to the stress, danger and heat. 'The human spirit is really something, he said. 'I hate to say it, but we reached a sort oI comIort zone. The creature comIorts oI Vietnam were Iew. MacIntyre describes their Army living quarters as a 'Wild, Wild West Fort Apache made out oI dirt. The cramped, earthen base held 400 soldiers MacIntyre`s company and a combat battalion. 'I`m just thankIul to whatever power it was that got me through, he said. 'I`d give a million dollars Ior the experience, but I wouldn`t give fve cents to go again. When MacIntyre shipped home aIter a year oI service, he jumped right back into the Iuel business. 'I was back on a Friday and Saturday morning I was driving a Iuel truck, he said. He`s worked Ior the Iamily business since. Now, 43 years later, MacIntyre looks back with pride on his service. 'I`m proud that I went, and proud oI the people I served with, he said. 'They gave it all Ior the whole time and we got through it. I`m very proud oI the job we did, and thought we excelled. !"#$%&'() ride a bus or a train, Mitchell recalled. 'Once in the city an old woman came out into the street where I was standing, in uniIorm, to oIIer me some money Ior a bus. I had to show her my wallet. I had money. I really did it because it was Iaster. You don`t have to take those layovers between buses. It took me about fve hours Irom Newport to Ferrisburgh. AIter his discharge, Mitchell worked frst as a carpenter, then Ior 37 years at Simmonds Precision Products in Vergennes. He started in a machine shop, then worked his way to engineering projects. 'The last 10 years I worked there I was an engineer totally unqualifed as Iar as paperwork goes. I took the GED test three times in the Navy, and the third time I got it. But there`s no equivalence test like that Ior being an engineer, he said. Mitchell married within a Iew months oI his discharge, at the age oI 21. He and his wiIe, Ellie, have been married 57 years. They live in a 200-year-old house in Ferrisburgh, within a Iew miles oI where Mitchell grew up. 'I`ve been retired Ior 20 years, said 78-year-old Mitchell, who`s glad to still be in his home state. 'Since then, we`ve enjoyed liIe. We never go anywhere, never even leave Vermont, he said. 'Just a couple weeks ago we drove right up as close as we could get to the Green Mountains, then Iound a dirt road and took it north. It was just as good then as the frst time we did it. Mitchell !"#$%&$'()*+,#-*./0(*32 !"#$%&&$&'($)*"&+(,#'(-&.&'/0*(1/2 (MS) President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed a national holiday called Armistice Day to take place on November 11, 1919 and annually thereaIter to commemorate the signing oI the armistice treaty that ended World War I. The holiday served to honor those who served and lost their lives in the war. However, it wasn`t until 34 years later when a Kansas shoe store owner proposed the holiday should be expanded to remember all veterans, not just those oI World War I. AlIred King, a shoe store owner in Emporia, Kansas, began a campaign to turn Armistice Day into 'All Veterans Day. His town`s Chamber oI Commerce got involved and participated in the cause, urging all business owners to shut down on November 11 to honor veterans. U.S. Rep. Ed Rees, also oI Emporia, helped push a bill through Congress, which President Dwight Eisenhower later signed into law on May 26, 1954. Roughly one week later 'Armistice was changed to 'Veterans and the holiday has honored all veterans ever since. *+,"%-().,/&)$% BRISTOL Fighting in three campaigns across France, Bristol`s Harold MayIorth, 90, put his liIe on the line day in and day out through World War II. He helped Iree numerous European towns Irom German occupation and headed a command oI 3,333 men. As a scout sergeant, platoon staII sergeant and then platoon leader, MayIorth helped liberate France Irom Nazi rule. Almost 70 years later, a French oIfcial last month bestowed his nation`s highest decoration, the Legion oI Honor, on MayIorth Ior his courage and sacrifce during the war. 'Established in 1802 by Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, the Legion oI Honor is exclusively awarded in cases oI exemplary military and civilian services. It is the highest honor in France . awarded to Mr. (Wesley) MetcalI (oI Berlin, Vt.) and Mr. MayIorth by decree oI France`s France bestows its highest honor on a BristoI veteran (See Mavheld, Page 9) current President, Mr. Nicolas Sarkozy, said French Consul Christophe Guilhou at an award ceremony in Montpelier on Oct. 20. 'We wouldn`t be able to enjoy the Iruits oI democracy and Ireedom today, iI it wasn`t Ior the many Americans who took part in World War II. France has never Iorgotten the tremendous sacrifce and contribution that went into helping liberate our country Irom Nazi occupation, said Guilhou. Born in Barre, MayIorth played varsity Iootball at the University oI Vermont. In 1942, at the end oI his sophomore year, the U.S. was getting Iurther entrenched in world`s colossal war. Compelled to help his country succeed, MayIorth decided to enlist in the U.S. Army. 'It was patriotism, he said recently about his decision to enlist. 'We were going to go out and win the war Ior the equality oI the country and other countries. The whole country was behind it. The whole country was conscious oI what was going on. People were rationing at home. Gasoline was rationed. Food was rationed. And people knew a war was going on. Whereas ever since Vietnam, Korea, the GulI War, Gen. Patton was known as Old Blood and Guts, but we popularly said that it was our blood and his guts. Hal Mayforth Mayforth led Gs from Normandy to Germany BRISTOL RESIDENT HAROLD Mayforth heIped Iiberate France during WorId War II and Iast month that nation awarded him the Legion of Honor. Independent photo/Trent CampbeII PAGE ApublicationoftheAddisonIndependentNovember ApublicationoftheAddisonIndependentNovember PAGE !"#$%%#&'(#)(&(*$+,-#!'$+.#/"0#1"* #,"#2"0*$3("0,%/#,(*45+3#"0*#6"0+&*/7 Champlain Valley Orthopedics Dr. Benjamin Rosenberg Dr. Eric Benz George Connelly, PA-C Trina Wilson, PA-C 1436 Exchange Street MiddIebury, VT. 05753 802-388-3194 Thanks does not fully express the depth of our gratitude to the Veterans and the men & women presently serving our country in the Armed Forces. 66 Court St., MiddIebury, 388-1000 268 Main St., Vergennes, 877-3232 e Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 926 meets on the 4th ursday of the month* at 7 pm Bristol American Legion We welcome any Vietnam-era Veteran. Please join us. For more information or questions email bradbedard@comcast.net or call 453-5675 *due the anksgiving, Novembers meeting will be held on 11/17 even now it hasn`t aIIected the public like World War II did. MayIorth got his frst taste oI action in Normandy in 1944. But due to the heavy numbers oI the invasion Iorce, MayIorth didn`t enter France until 24 days aIter D-Day. There simply wasn`t enough room on the transports to get him to France with the frst waves oI soldiers. 'We got our baptism oI fre in the hedgerows oI Normandy, he said. 'It was pretty damn scary. AIter Normandy, MayIorth continued across France with the Third Army, under the leadership oI Gen. George S. Patton. 'He was known as Old Blood and Guts,` but we popularly said that it was our blood and his guts, said MayIorth oI Patton. 'He was a showman and an extravert and very proIane. He talked like a soldier. Although MayIorth didn`t personally know Patton, he played an integral part in Patton`s 10,000-man division, which was broken into three commands oI 3,333 men with tanks and artillery. As the command moved across France, a group oI men in a jeep were charged with the precarious task oI riding out Iront to scout out the enemy. This was called 'riding point, and this is what MayIorth did. 'We spearheaded the Third Army through France, said MayIorth. 'When we lost contact with the enemy, we were out Iront riding point until we engaged the enemy and Iound them. Then we would radio back the disposition and strength oI the enemy as we Iound them. 'There was always an exchange oI fre whenever we met the enemy, and we just had to sit tight and wait Ior the tanks and armored inIantry to neutralize the situation. When his French- Canadian driver was shot, MayIorth was Iorced to rely on his elementary French to communicate with locals Ior the remainder oI the war. The one thing that stayed constant with his crew out Iront was MayIorth`s American Iriend and machine gunner John DiBattista. In DiBattista`s autobiography, he wrote this about MayIorth: 'He was the bravest man I ever met. A little reckless at times. He personifed what Patton called l`Audace` (or audacity). He was daring, cultured and spoke a smattering oI French. A nice guy. When MayIorth and DiBattista arrived in the northwestern city oI NeuIchteau, their platoon oI 30 men was greeted by a garrison oI 300 Germans. 'We exchanged ammunition, so to speak, and then we crossed a railroad bridge. We threw grenades and destroyed the vehicles that the Germans arrived in, and they fed on Ioot, said MayIorth. 'The whole town came out oI the woodwork, realizing they had been liberated. AIter laying a feld oI land mines to protect the town, the platoon rejoined its command and headed up to the Battle oI the Bulge, where the Allied Iorces were caught by a German oIIensive in the densely Iorested Ardennes region oI Belgium. Heading north 164 miles in convoy, the command missed the chaos oI the 'Von Rundstedt oIIensive. 'By the time we got up there things had sort oI settled out, except Baston was surrounded and we had to fght to get in there, said MayIorth. In Baston, MayIorth`s platoon leader was wounded and his command leader was killed. As a result, MayIorth was promoted to the rank oI platoon leader. He had a Iearless sense oI invulnerability throughout his time in war, like nothing could harm him. In Germany, however, this sentiment was jolted Irom him. 'I had eight and a halI months oI combat and they fnally proved that I wasn`t invulnerable, he said. Wounded at the end oI February 1945, he was hit by machine gun fre, destroying his boot and drawing blood at his ankle. 'That was a cheap purple heart, he said. The next day MayIorth went out on patrol. Looking Ior the enemy, his platoon Iound evidence oI Germans spending the night. 'We went into a wooded area and there they were, he said. A skirmish broke out. MayIorth was hit in the leg and the Iorearm. Injured, he spent the next six months in a hospital and didn`t return to action. More 65 years later, MayIorth is still proud oI his accomplishments in the war, and the world hasn`t Iorgotten his service. 'Younger generations must never Iorget that it is due to the sacrifces made by men such as Mr. MayIorth . that we are able to live in a Iree and democratic world today, said French Consul Guilhou at the Oct. 20 award ceremony. 'It is imperative that we honor (veterans like MayIorth) Ior their courage and sacrifces. !"#$%&'( !"#$%&$'()*+,#-*./0(*12 Hal Mayforth was the bravest man I ever met. A little reckless at times. He pctsonlcd uhut Putton cu//cd '/'Auducc' (ot uuducltg}. Hc uus dutlnq, cu/tutcd und spokc u smuttctlnq oj French. A nice qug. John DlButtlstu, a compatriot of Mayforth Wc qot out baptism of tc ln thc hcdqctous oj Notmundg. It was pretty dumn scutg. Hal Mayforth With great appreciation & gratitude to: Bristol American Legion, Post #19 Middlebury American Legion, Post #27 Vergennes American Legion, Post #14 From the Addision County Legion Baseball Players and Coaches ~ past & present PAGE ApublicationoftheAddisonIndependentNovember ApublicationoftheAddisonIndependentNovember PAGE The family and staff of The Shea Motor Co. salute all area veterans, active duty soldiers, and their families. WE THANK YOU! for the dedication shown and the sacrifces made. Rt. 7 South, Middlebury 388-4932 - 863-2308 - www.sheamotorco.com The family and staff of The Shea Motor Co. salute all area veterans, active duty soldiers, and their families. WE THANK YOU! for the dedication shown and the sacrifces made. Rt. 7 South, Middlebury 388-4932 - 863-2308 - www.sheamotorco.com !"#$%&'()* +),'()*, -.-/0$1/)% $%-'2.,3/0.45 Roofng and Custom Sheet Metal Fabrication !""#$%&! 388-2800 We love our Vets!! All Veterans stop by on November 11th and get a free rose! Mon.-Fri. 9-5:3 Sat. 9-2 www.middleburyforalandgiIts.com !"#$!%%$&''! Serving the Champlain Valley Since 1887 ank you for your Service. !"##$%&'($)*+$ ,-'#%.%/00*"#1 Thank you to All of our Troops! 1 Main Street Bristol 453-6337 Hannaford Plaza Middlebury 388-4399 !"#$%&'( !"#$%&$'()*+,#-*./0(*12 iI something came, you were the sacrifce. As scary as that job was, it was on routine day patrol that McKnight frst was wounded by what soldiers in Iraq and AIghanistan reIer to as an improvised explosive devise, or IED. 'First time I got wounded was by what they call an IED these days. Back then we called them booby traps. Just a grenade set up on a string, really. That one took out nine oI us, he said. 'Spent a month at a hospital in southern Vietnam, and the same day I came back Irom the hospital, we were attacked and I was wounded again with hand grenade Iragments. AIter his second wound, McKnight wasn`t immediately hospitalized, but eventually developed an inIection in his leg Irom the 'Ioul water and walking in the rice paddies. InIection isn`t surprising, as hygiene and nutrition were Iar Irom ideal. 'Our shower was a 55 gallon drum with a spigot. We ate C-rations leIt over Irom the Korean War. Chunks oI gristly ham with lima beans. Tins oI canned bread. Beans and hotdogs, which was one oI the best ones. We`d heat them up with Sterno tabs. Sometimes you could fnd local onions to put in there and mix it up. As tough as the war was, McKnight stands by his service to the county. 'I`m proud oI my military service and I don`t regret anything, he said. When McKnight returned to Cavendish in June oI 1967, though, he was ready Ior a change. By mid-July he was married to Rory Conway, whom he had known in high school. 'Rory`s sister was married to my brother, McKnight said To top it oII, McKnight got training Ior his childhood dream job game warden. 'I had a love oI the outdoors, enjoyed people, and had a great respect Ior the warden when I was young, he said. 'And I believe in the enIorcement oI fsh and wildliIe laws. McKnight became a Vermont game warden in 1969 and retired in 2001. Game wardens monitor fshing and hunting laws, but are also occasionally called on search-and-rescue missions. 'We got the same training as all police oIfcers, McKnight said. 'There`s no diIIerence in basic training between a game warden and a sheriII. He was out hunting recently with his two sons, and he refected on his good luck. 'It`s a good thing to have sons, He said. You never knew who you could trust. You couldnt trust anybody. Theyd send kids to spy, to rig up traps. They might be smiling at you in the day and throwing grenades at night. Bob McKnight 'They got me up to do a little duck hunting yesterday. McKnight was born in Springfeld in 1947. He and Rory, his wiIe oI 44 years, moved to New Haven while he was a game warden. 'I was born in Vermont and I`m going to die here, he said. Check-off on Vt. tax returns funds veterans groups NORTHFIELD Gov. Peter Shumlin on Oct. 27 awarded $43,3300 Irom the Vermont Veterans Fund to organizations across the state providing counseling, housing and other support services to veterans. These are frst-ever awards provided through a check- oII program on the Vermont State Income Tax Iorm. The recipients are: The Veterans Place in Northfeld. $20,000. The Veterans Place provides long term transitional housing Ior veterans who are homeless or in danger oI becoming homeless. Each month veterans graduate Irom the program by successIully transitioning to independent living. The grant will be used to support the inIrastructure oI the building. Home At Last in Brattleboro. $10,000. Home at Last supports veterans who are homeless or in danger oI becoming homeless by giving them a stable place to live with the support oI a counselor. Veterans in this program are provided a place to live with subsidized rent. Home at last will use this grant towards the purchase oI another home Ior a veteran and their Iamily. Vermont Vet to Vet. $7,500. Vet to Vet provides peer counseling to veterans across the state with volunteer Iacilitators. The program has done an amazing job oI helping veterans who are at risk oI entering the criminal justice system. The grant will be used to support the costs oI training, transportation, and supplies Ior their Iacilitators. American Legion Post No. 9 in Randolph. $5,830. Approximately 100 veterans each year are laid to rest at the Vermont Veterans Memorial Cemetery with Iull military honors because American Legion Post No. 9 has volunteered their time to augment the honors provided by the Department oI DeIense, primarily through the Vermont National Guard. The grant will be used to purchase uniIorms and other items associated with military Iuneral honors. Decisions about who received Iunding were made by a committee oI three members oI the Governor`s Veterans Advisory Council and representatives Irom government organizations that provide services to Vermont veterans. All oI the committee members were veterans with a lengthy record oI helping veterans in Vermont. Donations to the Vermont Veterans Fund are spent entirely on programs within the state; two oI the Iour recipients are small organizations that have never beIore applied Ior a grant. Vergennes Legion to honor members who died in 2011 VERGENNES On Thursday, Nov. 10, in a poignant ceremony preceding the month- ly general meeting oI American Legion Post 14 in Vergennes, 17 members oI the post who died during the past 12 months will be trans- Ierred to 'Post Everlasting. This solemn ceremony is conducted annu- ally during November to coincide with the ob- servance oI Veterans` Day. The ceremony rec- ognizes that, in the words oI prayer oIIered by post chaplain Martin Casey: 'Our Heavenly Father in His infnite wisdom has transIerred (our) Comrades to the jurisdiction oI Post Ev- erlasting oI The American Legion. Following introductory comments by Post Commander Larney McGrath, a color guard consisting oI three Post 14 members will stack their rifes in Iront oI a brazier containing let- ters summarizing the service and Legion re- cords oI the departed veterans. With the room darkened, the members` records are burned, symbolizing their transmission to Post Ever- lasting. Following this, a bugler sounds Taps, the lights are turned on and the brieI but poignant ceremony is concluded. Vergennes Post 14 members who have died since last year`s ceremony include eight mem- bers oI 'the greatest generation oI World War II veterans. The deceased members are: Richard M. Porter oI Charlotte (Navy, Korea). Theodore J. Krampitz oI Williston (Army Air Corps, World War II). William H. Rose oI Vergennes (Army, Vietnam). Gilbert L. Forte Jr. oI Monkton (Navy, Korea). Paul E. Gauthier oI Richmond (Army, World War II). Robert Myers oI Vergennes (Army, World War II), Theresa Brisson oI Middlebury (Army, Korea). James E. McNulla oI Vergennes (Army, World War II and Korea). CliIIord A. Austin, Vergennes (Army, World War II). Ailene T. Weddell, Ferrisburgh (Navy, World War II). Randall E. Steady, Ferrisburgh (Army, World War II). Philip J. O`Brien, Vergennes (Army, Vietnam). Sam Allo, Vergennes (Marine Corps, Vietnam). Bernard P. Andrews, Addison (Army and Navy, World War II). Larry C. Russell, Bridport (Navy, Viet- nam). Steven C. Clark, Charlotte (Navy, Viet- nam). Thomas Palmer, Hinesburg, (Marine Corps, Korea). As Commander McGrath will intone in his remarks: 'Because oI them our lives are Iree; because oI them our nation lives; because oI them the world is blessed. All of the committee members were veterans with a lengthy record of helping veterans in Vermont. ROBERT MCKNIGHT TRAINS at Camp PendIeton in CaIifornia before shipping out to Vietnam. PAGE ApublicationoftheAddisonIndependentNovember ApublicationoftheAddisonIndependentNovember PAGE The family and staff of The Shea Motor Co. salute all area veterans, active duty soldiers, and their families. WE THANK YOU! for the dedication shown and the sacrifces made. Rt. 7 South, Middlebury 388-4932 - 863-2308 - www.sheamotorco.com The family and staff of The Shea Motor Co. salute all area veterans, active duty soldiers, and their families. WE THANK YOU! for the dedication shown and the sacrifces made. Rt. 7 South, Middlebury 388-4932 - 863-2308 - www.sheamotorco.com !"#$%&'()* +),'()*, -.-/0$1/)% $%-'2.,3/0.45 Roofng and Custom Sheet Metal Fabrication !""#$%&! 388-2800 We love our Vets!! All Veterans stop by on November 11th and get a free rose! Mon.-Fri. 9-5:3 Sat. 9-2 www.middleburyforalandgiIts.com !"#$!%%$&''! Serving the Champlain Valley Since 1887 ank you for your Service. !"##$%&'($)*+$ ,-'#%.%/00*"#1 Thank you to All of our Troops! 1 Main Street Bristol 453-6337 Hannaford Plaza Middlebury 388-4399 !"#$%&'( !"#$%&$'()*+,#-*./0(*12 iI something came, you were the sacrifce. As scary as that job was, it was on routine day patrol that McKnight frst was wounded by what soldiers in Iraq and AIghanistan reIer to as an improvised explosive devise, or IED. 'First time I got wounded was by what they call an IED these days. Back then we called them booby traps. Just a grenade set up on a string, really. That one took out nine oI us, he said. 'Spent a month at a hospital in southern Vietnam, and the same day I came back Irom the hospital, we were attacked and I was wounded again with hand grenade Iragments. AIter his second wound, McKnight wasn`t immediately hospitalized, but eventually developed an inIection in his leg Irom the 'Ioul water and walking in the rice paddies. InIection isn`t surprising, as hygiene and nutrition were Iar Irom ideal. 'Our shower was a 55 gallon drum with a spigot. We ate C-rations leIt over Irom the Korean War. Chunks oI gristly ham with lima beans. Tins oI canned bread. Beans and hotdogs, which was one oI the best ones. We`d heat them up with Sterno tabs. Sometimes you could fnd local onions to put in there and mix it up. As tough as the war was, McKnight stands by his service to the county. 'I`m proud oI my military service and I don`t regret anything, he said. When McKnight returned to Cavendish in June oI 1967, though, he was ready Ior a change. By mid-July he was married to Rory Conway, whom he had known in high school. 'Rory`s sister was married to my brother, McKnight said To top it oII, McKnight got training Ior his childhood dream job game warden. 'I had a love oI the outdoors, enjoyed people, and had a great respect Ior the warden when I was young, he said. 'And I believe in the enIorcement oI fsh and wildliIe laws. McKnight became a Vermont game warden in 1969 and retired in 2001. Game wardens monitor fshing and hunting laws, but are also occasionally called on search-and-rescue missions. 'We got the same training as all police oIfcers, McKnight said. 'There`s no diIIerence in basic training between a game warden and a sheriII. He was out hunting recently with his two sons, and he refected on his good luck. 'It`s a good thing to have sons, He said. You never knew who you could trust. You couldnt trust anybody. Theyd send kids to spy, to rig up traps. They might be smiling at you in the day and throwing grenades at night. Bob McKnight 'They got me up to do a little duck hunting yesterday. McKnight was born in Springfeld in 1947. He and Rory, his wiIe oI 44 years, moved to New Haven while he was a game warden. 'I was born in Vermont and I`m going to die here, he said. Check-off on Vt. tax returns funds veterans groups NORTHFIELD Gov. Peter Shumlin on Oct. 27 awarded $43,3300 Irom the Vermont Veterans Fund to organizations across the state providing counseling, housing and other support services to veterans. These are frst-ever awards provided through a check- oII program on the Vermont State Income Tax Iorm. The recipients are: The Veterans Place in Northfeld. $20,000. The Veterans Place provides long term transitional housing Ior veterans who are homeless or in danger oI becoming homeless. Each month veterans graduate Irom the program by successIully transitioning to independent living. The grant will be used to support the inIrastructure oI the building. Home At Last in Brattleboro. $10,000. Home at Last supports veterans who are homeless or in danger oI becoming homeless by giving them a stable place to live with the support oI a counselor. Veterans in this program are provided a place to live with subsidized rent. Home at last will use this grant towards the purchase oI another home Ior a veteran and their Iamily. Vermont Vet to Vet. $7,500. Vet to Vet provides peer counseling to veterans across the state with volunteer Iacilitators. The program has done an amazing job oI helping veterans who are at risk oI entering the criminal justice system. The grant will be used to support the costs oI training, transportation, and supplies Ior their Iacilitators. American Legion Post No. 9 in Randolph. $5,830. Approximately 100 veterans each year are laid to rest at the Vermont Veterans Memorial Cemetery with Iull military honors because American Legion Post No. 9 has volunteered their time to augment the honors provided by the Department oI DeIense, primarily through the Vermont National Guard. The grant will be used to purchase uniIorms and other items associated with military Iuneral honors. Decisions about who received Iunding were made by a committee oI three members oI the Governor`s Veterans Advisory Council and representatives Irom government organizations that provide services to Vermont veterans. All oI the committee members were veterans with a lengthy record oI helping veterans in Vermont. Donations to the Vermont Veterans Fund are spent entirely on programs within the state; two oI the Iour recipients are small organizations that have never beIore applied Ior a grant. Vergennes Legion to honor members who died in 2011 VERGENNES On Thursday, Nov. 10, in a poignant ceremony preceding the month- ly general meeting oI American Legion Post 14 in Vergennes, 17 members oI the post who died during the past 12 months will be trans- Ierred to 'Post Everlasting. This solemn ceremony is conducted annu- ally during November to coincide with the ob- servance oI Veterans` Day. The ceremony rec- ognizes that, in the words oI prayer oIIered by post chaplain Martin Casey: 'Our Heavenly Father in His infnite wisdom has transIerred (our) Comrades to the jurisdiction oI Post Ev- erlasting oI The American Legion. Following introductory comments by Post Commander Larney McGrath, a color guard consisting oI three Post 14 members will stack their rifes in Iront oI a brazier containing let- ters summarizing the service and Legion re- cords oI the departed veterans. With the room darkened, the members` records are burned, symbolizing their transmission to Post Ever- lasting. Following this, a bugler sounds Taps, the lights are turned on and the brieI but poignant ceremony is concluded. Vergennes Post 14 members who have died since last year`s ceremony include eight mem- bers oI 'the greatest generation oI World War II veterans. The deceased members are: Richard M. Porter oI Charlotte (Navy, Korea). Theodore J. Krampitz oI Williston (Army Air Corps, World War II). William H. Rose oI Vergennes (Army, Vietnam). Gilbert L. Forte Jr. oI Monkton (Navy, Korea). Paul E. Gauthier oI Richmond (Army, World War II). Robert Myers oI Vergennes (Army, World War II), Theresa Brisson oI Middlebury (Army, Korea). James E. McNulla oI Vergennes (Army, World War II and Korea). CliIIord A. Austin, Vergennes (Army, World War II). Ailene T. Weddell, Ferrisburgh (Navy, World War II). Randall E. Steady, Ferrisburgh (Army, World War II). Philip J. O`Brien, Vergennes (Army, Vietnam). Sam Allo, Vergennes (Marine Corps, Vietnam). Bernard P. Andrews, Addison (Army and Navy, World War II). Larry C. Russell, Bridport (Navy, Viet- nam). Steven C. Clark, Charlotte (Navy, Viet- nam). Thomas Palmer, Hinesburg, (Marine Corps, Korea). As Commander McGrath will intone in his remarks: 'Because oI them our lives are Iree; because oI them our nation lives; because oI them the world is blessed. All of the committee members were veterans with a lengthy record of helping veterans in Vermont. ROBERT MCKNIGHT TRAINS at Camp PendIeton in CaIifornia before shipping out to Vietnam. PAGE ApublicationoftheAddisonIndependentNovember ApublicationoftheAddisonIndependentNovember PAGE !"#$%%#&'(#)(&(*$+,-#!'$+.#/"0#1"* #,"#2"0*$3("0,%/#,(*45+3#"0*#6"0+&*/7 Champlain Valley Orthopedics Dr. Benjamin Rosenberg Dr. Eric Benz George Connelly, PA-C Trina Wilson, PA-C 1436 Exchange Street MiddIebury, VT. 05753 802-388-3194 Thanks does not fully express the depth of our gratitude to the Veterans and the men & women presently serving our country in the Armed Forces. 66 Court St., MiddIebury, 388-1000 268 Main St., Vergennes, 877-3232 e Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 926 meets on the 4th ursday of the month* at 7 pm Bristol American Legion We welcome any Vietnam-era Veteran. Please join us. For more information or questions email bradbedard@comcast.net or call 453-5675 *due the anksgiving, Novembers meeting will be held on 11/17 even now it hasn`t aIIected the public like World War II did. MayIorth got his frst taste oI action in Normandy in 1944. But due to the heavy numbers oI the invasion Iorce, MayIorth didn`t enter France until 24 days aIter D-Day. There simply wasn`t enough room on the transports to get him to France with the frst waves oI soldiers. 'We got our baptism oI fre in the hedgerows oI Normandy, he said. 'It was pretty damn scary. AIter Normandy, MayIorth continued across France with the Third Army, under the leadership oI Gen. George S. Patton. 'He was known as Old Blood and Guts,` but we popularly said that it was our blood and his guts, said MayIorth oI Patton. 'He was a showman and an extravert and very proIane. He talked like a soldier. Although MayIorth didn`t personally know Patton, he played an integral part in Patton`s 10,000-man division, which was broken into three commands oI 3,333 men with tanks and artillery. As the command moved across France, a group oI men in a jeep were charged with the precarious task oI riding out Iront to scout out the enemy. This was called 'riding point, and this is what MayIorth did. 'We spearheaded the Third Army through France, said MayIorth. 'When we lost contact with the enemy, we were out Iront riding point until we engaged the enemy and Iound them. Then we would radio back the disposition and strength oI the enemy as we Iound them. 'There was always an exchange oI fre whenever we met the enemy, and we just had to sit tight and wait Ior the tanks and armored inIantry to neutralize the situation. When his French- Canadian driver was shot, MayIorth was Iorced to rely on his elementary French to communicate with locals Ior the remainder oI the war. The one thing that stayed constant with his crew out Iront was MayIorth`s American Iriend and machine gunner John DiBattista. In DiBattista`s autobiography, he wrote this about MayIorth: 'He was the bravest man I ever met. A little reckless at times. He personifed what Patton called l`Audace` (or audacity). He was daring, cultured and spoke a smattering oI French. A nice guy. When MayIorth and DiBattista arrived in the northwestern city oI NeuIchteau, their platoon oI 30 men was greeted by a garrison oI 300 Germans. 'We exchanged ammunition, so to speak, and then we crossed a railroad bridge. We threw grenades and destroyed the vehicles that the Germans arrived in, and they fed on Ioot, said MayIorth. 'The whole town came out oI the woodwork, realizing they had been liberated. AIter laying a feld oI land mines to protect the town, the platoon rejoined its command and headed up to the Battle oI the Bulge, where the Allied Iorces were caught by a German oIIensive in the densely Iorested Ardennes region oI Belgium. Heading north 164 miles in convoy, the command missed the chaos oI the 'Von Rundstedt oIIensive. 'By the time we got up there things had sort oI settled out, except Baston was surrounded and we had to fght to get in there, said MayIorth. In Baston, MayIorth`s platoon leader was wounded and his command leader was killed. As a result, MayIorth was promoted to the rank oI platoon leader. He had a Iearless sense oI invulnerability throughout his time in war, like nothing could harm him. In Germany, however, this sentiment was jolted Irom him. 'I had eight and a halI months oI combat and they fnally proved that I wasn`t invulnerable, he said. Wounded at the end oI February 1945, he was hit by machine gun fre, destroying his boot and drawing blood at his ankle. 'That was a cheap purple heart, he said. The next day MayIorth went out on patrol. Looking Ior the enemy, his platoon Iound evidence oI Germans spending the night. 'We went into a wooded area and there they were, he said. A skirmish broke out. MayIorth was hit in the leg and the Iorearm. Injured, he spent the next six months in a hospital and didn`t return to action. More 65 years later, MayIorth is still proud oI his accomplishments in the war, and the world hasn`t Iorgotten his service. 'Younger generations must never Iorget that it is due to the sacrifces made by men such as Mr. MayIorth . that we are able to live in a Iree and democratic world today, said French Consul Guilhou at the Oct. 20 award ceremony. 'It is imperative that we honor (veterans like MayIorth) Ior their courage and sacrifces. !"#$%&'( !"#$%&$'()*+,#-*./0(*12 Hal Mayforth was the bravest man I ever met. A little reckless at times. He pctsonlcd uhut Putton cu//cd '/'Auducc' (ot uuducltg}. Hc uus dutlnq, cu/tutcd und spokc u smuttctlnq oj French. A nice qug. John DlButtlstu, a compatriot of Mayforth Wc qot out baptism of tc ln thc hcdqctous oj Notmundg. It was pretty dumn scutg. Hal Mayforth With great appreciation & gratitude to: Bristol American Legion, Post #19 Middlebury American Legion, Post #27 Vergennes American Legion, Post #14 From the Addision County Legion Baseball Players and Coaches ~ past & present PAGE ApublicationoftheAddisonIndependentNovember ApublicationoftheAddisonIndependentNovember PAGE Bu:s1ot Amvu:cnN Lvc:oN, INc. Pos1 1 Salutes all Veterans- those that served in the past and those currently serving. Bu:c voums vou 1nv mvmou:nt nuv s1:tt nvn:tnntv. Tnv Bu:s1ot Amvu:cnN Lvc:oN Pos1 1 mvv1s n1 ,vm 1nv {1n WvoNvsonv ov vvvuv moN1n. To those who protected and served, !"#$%&'(#)*+ tor the dedication shown and the sacritices made. !"#$%&'()*+,$-./,,. Middlebury 388-3014 !"#$%&%'#(&)#*"+"+,"' #-.'#/"0"'(&1 2#3(4.0"#0%#244# !5%#$(6"#3"'6") !"#$%&'(#)*+,-."&/%)0,#%&"1)2(/% 3VJHSS`6^ULKHUK6WLYH[LK6U:P[L*YLTH[PVU 117 South Main St. Middlebury 388-2311 Still American Made Baskets Still heirloom quality Quality items for your home and life, excellent gifts Brett Axelberg, Middlebury 337-424-1897 Shop With Me at www.longaberger.com/brettaxelberg We salute all U.S. Veterans who have served and those who are presently serving. We oer our sincere gratitude for all that you have given. e Addison Independent Macntyre !"#$%&$'()*+,#-*./0(*12 hot and humid hot all the time. Even though he was 10,000 miles Irom his home in Vermont, the work wasn`t unIamiliar. MacIntyre operated heavy machinery with the 195 other Vermonters in his company, building and maintaining supply lines near the Cambodian border. 'We kept the supply lines open to remote airfelds. Built and kept the road open. When they needed some jungle bulldozed Ior shooting lanes, we`d do that, he said. MacIntyre ran machinery to rebuild bridges and other inIrastructure, but he and those in his company kept combat gear on and M-16s close at hand on at all times. The work was diIfcult enough without being shot at, MacIntyre said. 'II there wasn`t a war going on, it wasn`t a bad job, he said. 'But there was a war on the whole time we were there. Several members oI the company were wounded, though MacIntyre emphasized that they 'never lost a man. 'Vietnam was the kind oI situation where there were no non-combat troops. Anything could happen at any time. We were building roads, but we`d get sniped at, he said. 'Looking back at it, I should have been scared, but I wasn`t. We just did our job. As diIIerent as Vietnam was Irom Vermont, MacIntyre Iound himselI adapting to the stress, danger and heat. 'The human spirit is really something, he said. 'I hate to say it, but we reached a sort oI comIort zone. The creature comIorts oI Vietnam were Iew. MacIntyre describes their Army living quarters as a 'Wild, Wild West Fort Apache made out oI dirt. The cramped, earthen base held 400 soldiers MacIntyre`s company and a combat battalion. 'I`m just thankIul to whatever power it was that got me through, he said. 'I`d give a million dollars Ior the experience, but I wouldn`t give fve cents to go again. When MacIntyre shipped home aIter a year oI service, he jumped right back into the Iuel business. 'I was back on a Friday and Saturday morning I was driving a Iuel truck, he said. He`s worked Ior the Iamily business since. Now, 43 years later, MacIntyre looks back with pride on his service. 'I`m proud that I went, and proud oI the people I served with, he said. 'They gave it all Ior the whole time and we got through it. I`m very proud oI the job we did, and thought we excelled. !"#$%&'() ride a bus or a train, Mitchell recalled. 'Once in the city an old woman came out into the street where I was standing, in uniIorm, to oIIer me some money Ior a bus. I had to show her my wallet. I had money. I really did it because it was Iaster. You don`t have to take those layovers between buses. It took me about fve hours Irom Newport to Ferrisburgh. AIter his discharge, Mitchell worked frst as a carpenter, then Ior 37 years at Simmonds Precision Products in Vergennes. He started in a machine shop, then worked his way to engineering projects. 'The last 10 years I worked there I was an engineer totally unqualifed as Iar as paperwork goes. I took the GED test three times in the Navy, and the third time I got it. But there`s no equivalence test like that Ior being an engineer, he said. Mitchell married within a Iew months oI his discharge, at the age oI 21. He and his wiIe, Ellie, have been married 57 years. They live in a 200-year-old house in Ferrisburgh, within a Iew miles oI where Mitchell grew up. 'I`ve been retired Ior 20 years, said 78-year-old Mitchell, who`s glad to still be in his home state. 'Since then, we`ve enjoyed liIe. We never go anywhere, never even leave Vermont, he said. 'Just a couple weeks ago we drove right up as close as we could get to the Green Mountains, then Iound a dirt road and took it north. It was just as good then as the frst time we did it. Mitchell !"#$%&$'()*+,#-*./0(*32 !"#$%&&$&'($)*"&+(,#'(-&.&'/0*(1/2 (MS) President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed a national holiday called Armistice Day to take place on November 11, 1919 and annually thereaIter to commemorate the signing oI the armistice treaty that ended World War I. The holiday served to honor those who served and lost their lives in the war. However, it wasn`t until 34 years later when a Kansas shoe store owner proposed the holiday should be expanded to remember all veterans, not just those oI World War I. AlIred King, a shoe store owner in Emporia, Kansas, began a campaign to turn Armistice Day into 'All Veterans Day. His town`s Chamber oI Commerce got involved and participated in the cause, urging all business owners to shut down on November 11 to honor veterans. U.S. Rep. Ed Rees, also oI Emporia, helped push a bill through Congress, which President Dwight Eisenhower later signed into law on May 26, 1954. Roughly one week later 'Armistice was changed to 'Veterans and the holiday has honored all veterans ever since. *+,"%-().,/&)$% BRISTOL Fighting in three campaigns across France, Bristol`s Harold MayIorth, 90, put his liIe on the line day in and day out through World War II. He helped Iree numerous European towns Irom German occupation and headed a command oI 3,333 men. As a scout sergeant, platoon staII sergeant and then platoon leader, MayIorth helped liberate France Irom Nazi rule. Almost 70 years later, a French oIfcial last month bestowed his nation`s highest decoration, the Legion oI Honor, on MayIorth Ior his courage and sacrifce during the war. 'Established in 1802 by Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, the Legion oI Honor is exclusively awarded in cases oI exemplary military and civilian services. It is the highest honor in France . awarded to Mr. (Wesley) MetcalI (oI Berlin, Vt.) and Mr. MayIorth by decree oI France`s France bestows its highest honor on a BristoI veteran (See Mavheld, Page 9) current President, Mr. Nicolas Sarkozy, said French Consul Christophe Guilhou at an award ceremony in Montpelier on Oct. 20. 'We wouldn`t be able to enjoy the Iruits oI democracy and Ireedom today, iI it wasn`t Ior the many Americans who took part in World War II. France has never Iorgotten the tremendous sacrifce and contribution that went into helping liberate our country Irom Nazi occupation, said Guilhou. Born in Barre, MayIorth played varsity Iootball at the University oI Vermont. In 1942, at the end oI his sophomore year, the U.S. was getting Iurther entrenched in world`s colossal war. Compelled to help his country succeed, MayIorth decided to enlist in the U.S. Army. 'It was patriotism, he said recently about his decision to enlist. 'We were going to go out and win the war Ior the equality oI the country and other countries. The whole country was behind it. The whole country was conscious oI what was going on. People were rationing at home. Gasoline was rationed. Food was rationed. And people knew a war was going on. Whereas ever since Vietnam, Korea, the GulI War, Gen. Patton was known as Old Blood and Guts, but we popularly said that it was our blood and his guts. Hal Mayforth Mayforth led Gs from Normandy to Germany BRISTOL RESIDENT HAROLD Mayforth heIped Iiberate France during WorId War II and Iast month that nation awarded him the Legion of Honor. Independent photo/Trent CampbeII PAGE ApublicationoftheAddisonIndependentNovember ApublicationoftheAddisonIndependentNovemberPAGE Ready-Mixed Concrete Concrete Pumping Pre-Cast Concrete Sand and Stone k|e. B|44|e|cr, VI &&&-&& Crewa Pe|a|, Nf 5&-57I-&&0 )T IS WITH 'REAT 0RIDE THAT WE ACKNOWLEGE THE DEDICATION OF ALL THOSE WHO SERVE AND HAVE SERVED 3108 VT Rte 22A Bridport - 758-3835 Mon. - Fri. 7:30 - 5 Sat. 8-12 BRANDON, VT 247-9500 DE5EL FUEL OL RERO5ENE Thank You to all who have served and are serving! W e S a l u t e Y o u ! !"#$%&'() E6 U.S. Army Stationed in Vietnam SUBMITTED BY MAUREEN KANGLEY, RICHMOND !"#$%&'%()*++*,- ET9 Master Chief Navy Diver U.S. Navy (27 Years) Stationed in Virginia Beach, VA We love you and thank you for your many years of service for our country. Its dedication. SUBMITTED BY STARR PHILLIPS, VERGENNES !"#$%#&'()%*+',-.$$ Sergeant I Class U.S. Army Stationed in Europe SUBMITTED BY MAUREEN KANGLEY, RICHMOND !""#$%&'%()*)"" PFC U.S. Army Stationed at Fort Dix, then Korea To my wonderful brother, he learned to drive tractor trailers in the Army and went on to drive all his life, a real great brother and friend who we all miss. SUBMITTED BY HENRIETTA HASKINS, BRISTOL !"#$%&'()'*"#"+ 1st Lieutenant U.S. Army Stationed in California, Hawaii and Japan, 1943-1946 Paige, Tucker and Kay Keren of Middlebury are proud of their grandpa, Jerry Keren, and of all the men and women who preserved our countrys freedom during World War II. !"#$%&'()$$(*+*",&' Lance Corporal Marines Stationed aboard the U.S.S. Bataan My heartfelt thanks and gratitude go out to you and all who have chosen to serve our country. SUBMITTED BY SHARALYN PRIM !"#$ Dear Marc, I am so proud of you and your desire to help citizens of another country enjoy the freedoms we enjoy here. Stay safe for me, Your Loving Wife !"#$%&'()*(+%,&- PFC U.S. Army Fort Bragg in Fayettville,NC /82nd Airborne Division PFC, Capen joined the U.S. Army in October 2010 and is currently serving his country in IRAQ with the 82nd Airborne Division. We are all very proud of you Michael and miss you so very much. Come home to us soon. We love you! Your Family, Your Wife & Your Friends oI thatched huts all the time, but you couldn`t believe that people actually lived there, Cyr said. 'You`d see elderly women, washing clothes on the ice at the bank oI a river. Back home iI the water isn`t hot enough all hell breaks loose. 'Back home Ior Cyr is Vermont he was born in Orwell in 1932 and lives now in Middlebury. Though he worked briefy on a Vermont Iarm aIter returning home aIter his frst deployment, Cyr re-enlisted in Army National Guard quickly. 'To put it mildly, I thought that society owed me a living, he said, remembering his Iarm job. 'Pretty quick I fgured out that they didn`t. Cyr married in 1953, and valued the military`s job security Ior supporting his Iamily. He signed on Ior a series oI three-year enlistments totaling over 20 years. Even now, Cyr recommends military service to young people. 'II a young man or woman has the chance to be in the military, they should take it, he said. 'There`s plenty oI education to be had there, and it does you good to be with your peers like that. Though neither oI his children enlisted in the military, he jokes with them about how reliable the employment was. 'I couldn`t quit and they couldn`t fre me, he joked. When Cyr fnally leIt the armed services, he worked Ior the U.S. Post OIfce. He also became active in the American Legion he has been a member Ior 25 years and was state commander 1998-1999. Cyr was grateIul Ior the Oct. 29 reception, coordinated with Kangho Park, consul general oI the Republic oI Korea in Boston. Though the Korean confict was more than halI a century ago and is oIten cast as a 'Iorgotten war, the consulate Ielt the Americans who Iought there still deserve thanks. Mun Son, a UVM proIessor who organized the commemorative event, was a toddler living in a South Korean village during the war. Cyr said Mun Son thanked the assembled servicemen Ior liberating his country and paving the way Ior him to immigrate to the United States, where he teaches statistics. The Korean Consulate awarded each oI the 50 veterans a medal, recognizing them Ior their service. Cyr appreciated the gesture. 'They pinned a medal on us, thanking us Ior our service, like a medal oI honor, Cyr said. 'It was a really beautiIul thing. !"# !"#$%&$'()*+,#-*./0(*12 J.D. FULLER PLUMBING & HEATING, INC. Service - nstallation - Repairs Proud to service those whove served. OIIering a liIetime oI local knowledge and providing expert service to Addison County since 1989. John D. Fuller Master Plumber 5118 Case St. Rt. 116 Middlebury, Vt. 05753 388-2019 MIDDLEBURY RESIDENT ERNIE Cyr spent 20 years in the miIitary after joining the Army NationaI Guard whiIe in high schooI. South Korea recentIy thanked him for his service in the Korean War. Independent photo/Trent CampbeII PAGE ApublicationoftheAddisonIndependentNovember ApublicationoftheAddisonIndependentNovemberPAGE Veterans Day is November 11 th !"#"$%#&'()"*+',)"')-.+' *+$.+/'0'()"*+',)"'*(%11' *+$.+'%#'"2$'3"2#($45* -$6+/'7"$3+*8 VERGENNES !"#$%&'()*#+%,()-,./)012 *'3%#.)!45%6%'$7)8(%/)012 9,(.),:)/;# !"#$%&'()*#+%,()9<=)012 16 New Haven Road Vergennes 877-2839 5P.Z'FMMPX7FUFSBOT BOLZPV GPSZPVSTFSWJDF UPPVSHSFBUDPVOUSZ 8ub Crosby Sgt. US Air Forcc 19681972 Commandcr Addison County Post 7823 \ctcrans ol Forcign Vars Life Member- SUBMITTED BY CYNTHIA SLATER, MIDDLEBURY !!"#$%&'(!)*#+, Vt. Air National Guard Stationed at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait - February 18 to August 22, 2008 I will always remember your service to our country and your part in the war on terrorism. With much love and pride, your wife. !"#$%&'()* PVT US Army Boot Camp AIT, Mississippi Dad loves ya and is very proud of you. SUBMITTED BY JOHN SMITH, BRISTOL !"##$%&'()*#)+ US Air Force Completed basic military training on July 22, 2011, and technical training on Nov 2, 2011, both at Lackland AFB, TX. Congratulations Matt, we all love you and are proud of you. Grandpa Gorton was very proud of you too. Love, Dad, Mom and family. !"#$#%&'(()*#+,%'-.)#** Airborne Ranger, Company D, 75th Infantry U.S. Army Stationed in Chuchi, Vietnam Thank you for your service. Youre still our hero. Your friends in Middlebury and at Cattails. !"#$%&'()**+' AIC Air Force Stationed at Tinker Air Force Base, OK Thank you for all you do for us, were very proud of your service to our country. SUBMITTED BY DOUGLAS WOODS, BRIDPORT SUBMITTED BY PAM SPATAFORA, MIDDLEBURY !"#$%&'(#)#*+"# Pe|| O||ter 1r1 Cless U.!. Net/erlaes !|e|leae1 la Ollaewe, 1r1 erlae Dlt., Cerjsmea Thank you for your service to our country. I am proud of you. SUBMITTED BY JOHN SMITH, BRISTOL !"#$$%&'%()*+,-# LCPL US Marine Corps Stationed at Camp Pendleton, CA '||:n : n:||a- |:||-|, '-n(-||. !- |:.- : :a1 :|- (|:a1 :| :a. |:.-, |:1.' !"#$%&''()&*+, Fireman First Class U.S. Navy Atlantic Theater of War Mitchell .-|.-1 |:a:|:|| |.- -:|. :a |.'.'. |-||||- I'. !:aa1-1 |a |:|||-, |/\, :a1 n:a n-1:|.. ||:a1 :a1 w:a1-||a| n:a, -a||- :a1 ||a1, |:((|| n:|||-1 // -:|..' Navy vet Robert MitcheII saiIed the eastern seaboard !"#$%&'()'*+#,--.*&. FERRISBURGH When Vergennes native Robert Mitchell joined the U.S. Navy in 1951, he was only 17. His heart has always been here in Vermont, though he served Ior Iour years on ships steaming up and down the East Coast during the Korean War beIore returning home. 'I worked as a boilerman, Mitchell said, recalling his service. 'They called us the black gang, because we were all covered in oil. We went down to Cuba or to the Caribbean, but mostly between Galveston, (Texas,) and Newport, (R.I.). I worked on Iour diIIerent boats. Three destroyer tenders and one destroyer. When he enlisted, 'against my mother`s wishes, oI course, he had recently dropped out oI Vergennes High School to work a carpentry job. 'I dropped out oI high school in the 11th grade, beIore deer season. The principal warned us about skipping school to go hunting, and he told me that I`d already missed so much that I might as well quit. Mitchell worked on what they called a 'kiddy crew until he was 21, maintaining the ship`s boilers with other young men. 'The ships ran on No. 6 black oil, which required preheating beIore we could burn it, Mitchell said. 'It all ran on steam. Lot oI gages down there that you had to keep an eye on. I learned a lot. Though Mitchell never saw combat, he Iought a dirty battle with intractable boilers. 'Every 2,000 hours we had to scrape out the inside oI the boiler. The opening you had to get through was so small we couldn`t get a ladder in there. So we`d sit on each other`s shoulders inside to get the hardened oil oII. When you`d knock down a big chunk oI that on the guy below you, that was the worst. Every month or two, Mitchell`s ship would come into Newport, R.I., and he would travel home to Vermont. 'It was Iaster to hitchhike than it was to (See Mitchell, Page 9) VERGENNES NATIVE ROBERT MitcheII enIisted in the Navy in 1951 and served four years during the Korean War. 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NEW HAVEN When Bob McKnight was a boy in Cavendish, he wanted to be a game warden. But, as soon as he graduated Irom Black River High School in Ludlow, McKnight enlisted in the Marine Corps. It was 1964, he was 17, and military tensions in Vietnam were at an all time high. 'We were one oI the frst units into Vietnam, said McKnight, who saw 13 months oI active duty beIore being wounded twice and returning to the United States. 'We went over on troop transport ships with the 1st InIantry Battalion, 1st Marines. McKnight patrolled a seven-mile radius around Da Nang airbase, doing day and night sweeps, rarely sleeping more than a Iew hours at a time. His platoon covered a collection oI small villages. 'We were out in the boondocks, he said. 'Lots oI little tiny hamlets. We saw them every day but didn`t talk with them. One time we were driving (on) a pontoon bridge# between two hamlets every day on patrol. Then we were practically living with them. The proximity was diIfcult Ior McKnight, who sometimes camped within sight oI the villages. 'You never knew who you could trust, he said. 'You couldn`t trust anybody. They`d send kids to spy, to rig up traps. They might be smiling at you in the day and throwing grenades at night. And the night was the scariest time, especially on 'listening post. 'They`d send two men out with a portable telephone about 300 yards in Iront oI the line. Your job was to call back iI you heard anything, he said. 'Just you out there listening Ior the boogeyman. II the marine on duty did hear something, McKnight says he either called on the phone or 'ran like hell back to the line. You didn`t want to Iall asleep on those stations because !"#$%&'()'*+#,--.*&. MIDDLEBURY The Korean Consulate held a reception dinner in Burlington on Oct. 29 to recognize 50 Vermont veterans oI the Korean War. Ernie Cyr, 79, oI Middlebury was one oI those invited to the University oI Vermont event. Cyr called the reception 'really humbling, though he is normally reticent to talk about his military service. 'I don`t know what talking about it`s going to do. That`s all done now, he said. Cyr was in high school when his Army National Guard unit was called to active duty during the Korean War. He spent the next 20 years in military service, in positions ranging Irom regular artillery to drill instructor. AIter his tour in East Asia in the early 1950s, he went to missile school and attained the rank oI warrant oIfcer. During his frst tour, when he was only 19, Cyr was stationed in Japan, where he outftted Iresh troops on their way into battle and presented the ragged, homeward bound men with their medals. But, says Cyr, some oI the most memorable moments oI his service were encountering the Korean people. 'I was a very young man. I couldn`t believe the things I`d seen. You see pictures !/#$%&'()'*+#,--.*&. MIDDLEBURY Roch MacIntyre, 67, has worked Ior the Iamily business, MacIntyre Fuels in Middlebury, almost his whole liIe. But, in 1968, when MacIntyre was 23, his Army National Guard unit was called to active duty and shipped out. BeIore long he Iound himselI on the other side oI the world. 'There`s nothing there that`s like here, MacIntyre said oI Vietnam. 'The animals, insects, critters, they`re all diIIerent. It was NEW HAVEN RESIDENT Robert McKnight hoIds a photo taken whiIe he was at Paris IsIand, S.C., boot camp in 1964. McKnight was wounded twice during his 13-month tour in Vietnam. Independent photo/Trent CampbeII ROBERT MCKNIGHT SHOWS off his Marine Corps sergeant stripes in 1967.