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Armed Forces Collection

Stewart Bell Jr. Archives
Handley Regional Library
Winchester-Frederick County Historical Society

P.O. Box 58, Winchester, VA 22604
(540) 662-9041 ext. 17
archives@handleyregional.org
www.handleyregional.org

570 THL

Scope and Content: This collection is comprised of service records and photographs of men and women from the Winchester, VA area who served in the Armed Forces during peacetime. .
(1 box) Last updated 12/13.

Biographical/Historical: The United States Armed Forces are comprised of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, and Coast Guard.

Cite As: Armed Forces Collection, 570 THL, Stewart Bell Jr. Archives, Handley Regional Library, Winchester, VA, USA.

Organization: Box 1

Men and women who served in Armed Forces during peacetime.

(R = military record, P = photograph, O = oral history interview, T = transcript, N = news article)

 

Name

Branch of Service

Major Theaters

Medals

Notes

Campbell, Rebecca (P) Navy     Served 1973-75
Curry, George W.(R)(P) Army Panama Canal

Japan

  1946-1967
Dehavan, Paul Gayle Air Force England   Served 1952-1955
Germelman, William (R,P) Army   Army Achievement Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster  
Golightly, Raymond (P) Army
Nat’l Guard
Tx/Mex Border   Retired at age 60
Jenkins, Jackson K. (P) Army      
McKee, Lester "Toady" Naval Reserves     Served 1945-46
Manning, Lisa Kay (P) USAF      
Martin, Turner Navy Pacific   1955-1959
Michael, Glen ® Army Germany, Viet Nam Bronze Star 1948-1969
Pierce, Robert W. (P)   U.S., Germany   Served 1954-56
Reid, Allen (P) Marines Pacific   1967-1971
Reid, Judy (P) Marines     1963-1971
Ritter, Ben (P) U.S. Air Force Greenland    
Ritter, James Lewis (P) Navy      
Sheehan, Robert R. (P)(O)(R ) Navy Cuba – Served on 1 of 12 Destroyers on the blockade during the Cuban Missile Crisis   Served 1961-1964
Shepherd, Col. Thomas G. Air Force U.S, Germany Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit, Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal 1965-1982
Smith, Alson (R,P) Army Labrador   1950s
Smith, Wayne (P) Navy     Served 1978-1998
Willoughby IV, Hugh USAF     Late 1950s, killed in a plane crash
Wingfield, Timothy W. (P) USAF      
Wingert, Harold E., (P) USAF     1951

Newspaper articles

Oversize

Map case 5, drawer 15

Certificate of Participation given to Sgt. Wayne E. Borden in Recognition of Outstanding Support Performed during first flight of the Space Shuttle, "Columbia" April 1, 19811 leaf, printed (photocopy)