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THE RARE BREED
Recognizing Area Veterans Of World War II
TWENTY-NINE of the Palacios area's living veterans of World War II gathered for their first-ever group photo in June 2002 on the lawn of the Luther Hotel. In the front (l-r) are: Jimmie Smith, Navy; Joe Ressler, Navy; Roy Keith Backen, Army; Leroy Jackson, Air Force; Leonard Kunefke, Marines; Frank Hahn, Army; George Kana, Army; Eldon Hill, Air Force; Duane P. Corporon, Air Force; and Bill Lowman, Army. In the back from left are: Vernon Wright, Army; Searcy Standley, Army; Sam Alcorn, Navy; Robert Montgomery, Air Force; Joe Drastata, Air Force; John Toellner, Army; John Ressler, Army; Peter Kocurek, Navy; Julio Alamia, Army; Roger Hoffman, Merchant Marines; Guy Claybourn, Army; Joe Richards, Air Force; Jack Oldham, Marines; Walter C. McBride, Army; Richard Sanders, Army; Earl Adams, Army; Chester Corporon, Air Force; George Sparks, Army; and Robert Wintterle, Marines. Many of the men have submitted information to be included in the Beacon's series The Rare Breed: Veterans of World War II. (Beacon Photo by Nick West)
The following articles on Palacios area WWII veterans
have been compiled and written by Bert C. West of the Palacios Beacon. In April 2002 WWII veterans
were asked to submit information. The deadline for submission was Oct. 2002.
 THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES....Click Here
AL ALCORN....Click Here
JOHN CARROLL CAIRNES....Click Here
GUY CLAYBOURN, JR....Click Here
DELBERT COLVIN....Click Here
CHESTER CORPORON....Click Here
DUANE CORPORON....Click Here
JOAN HOLMES CREWS....Click Here
JAMES CUNNINGHAM....Click Here
JOE DRASTATA....Click Here
ROBERT FLETCHER....Click Here
JIMMIE FLORES, JR.....Click Here
JOHN E. FRANKSON....Click Here
HERMAN & LEON GATICA....Click Here
FRANK HAHN....Click Here
CLAUDE HILL....Click Here
ELDON HILL....Click Here
AL HUDSON....Click Here
LEROY JACKSON....Click Here
J. W. JENKINS....Click Here
GEORGE KANA....Click Here
PETE KOCUREK....Click Here
LEONARD KUNEFKE....Click Here
NATHAN LINTON....Click Here
BILL LOWMAN....Click Here
JAMES G. MALVEN....Click Here
RUSSELL MATTHES....Click Here
ROBERT MONTGOMERY....Click Here
MARCELO MORALES....Click Here
BILLY MORTON....Click Here
HOWARD MOZLEY....Click Here
JACK B. OLDHAM....Click Here
FRANK PEARCE....Click Here
JOHN E. PIERCE....Click Here
BOB PORTER....Click Here
JOHN RESSLER....Click Here
JOE RICHARDS....Click Here
ALFONSO RODRIGUEZ....Click Here
TONY RODRIGUEZ....Click Here
FRANK SANDERS....Click Here
RICHARD SANDERS....Click Here
JIMMIE SMITH....Click Here
GEORGE SPARKS....Click Here
SEARCY STANDLEY....Click Here
EDWARD FRANK VAVRA....Click Here
ARNULF0 VILLARREAL....Click Here
WOODROW WILSON....Click Here
VERNON WRIGHT....Click Here
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