Voices from the Korean War - Douglas Rice [211]
He does volunteer work at the senior center helping with Meals on Wheels.
He lives in Hampstead, North Carolina. Tony has one daughter.
Raymond Cesaretti – When Raymond left the Marine Corps he attended college where he graduated with a degree for an elementary school teacher. He taught fifth, seventh, and eighth grades. After teaching for thirty-four years, he retired in 1989.
Every Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday mornings, he swims a mile at a local gym.
He and his wife currently live in Eureka, California.
Floyd “Gene” Combs – After retiring from the U.S. Navy in 1967, Gene moved to central Florida where he leased several gasoline stations. He ran a service station training center for an Arkansas oil company. When it merged with a major company, he went to work for the state of Florida in the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
Then in 1980 he worked a few years in the real estate business, but decided to retire when he reached the age of sixty. However, a few months after retiring, he went to work at a local electric power company in their security department. Reaching the age of seventy-one, he retired for good.
He and Wanda live in Deltona, Florida. They have four sons and one daughter.
Donald Thomas – After twenty years of service, Donald retired from the U.S. Army in 1967. Under the GI Bill he completed two years of college. For the next twenty years, he worked as an insurance claims adjuster for the California State Auto Association in Merced, California.
In 1984 he began to write about his experiences in Korea. After retiring, he continued to write. During the summer of 2003, Donald began writing weekly for the California Mid-Valley Publications, Merced, Atwater, and Winton Times Newspapers.
He still resides in Merced, California.
John Rick Kennedy – In 1953, he received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Marketing from Indiana University. After graduating he went to work for the Reynolds Metal Company in Louisville, Kentucky. He worked there until 1962 at which time he went to work for the R.C. Can Company. From 1968 until 1999 he worked for Tenneco Packaging (formerly known as Owens-Illinois).
He retired to Orange Port, Florida, where he lives today. He has seven children.
Byron Dickerson – After his discharge, Bryon moved to Dallas, Texas. There he met his future wife (they have been married fifty-seven years). He retired in 1986 from the U.S. Postal Service, after thirty-three years of employment.
He and his wife live in Duncanville, Texas. They have one son and one daughter.
Donald Barton – Donald passed away on May 14, 2010 in Portland, Oregon.
Ernest Everett Edge – Killed in Action on May 18, 1951.
John Ebnet – He returned to Holdingford, Minnesota after his discharge from the Army. John returned to work at the same hardware store he was working at when he was drafted. A year later the owner of the store passed away and his widow gave John first chance to buy it. So, he and his wife borrowed the money from her uncle. In 1997 they retired from the store. Ten years later, John’s wife passed away.
He still lives in Holdingford. They have two sons.
Delbert Rice – He was discharged on July 5, 1953. The following day, he and Shirlene Fuchs were married. They moved to Evansville, Indiana, where he went to work for the Servel Company.
In 1955, Delbert and his family moved to Fordsville, Kentucky, where he took a job with the U.S. Postal Service. After forty years as a rural mail carrier, he retired in 1995. When he retired, his route was over 120 miles long.
He and Shirlene live in Fordsville, Kentucky. They have three sons.
Fred Redmon – Fred passed away on February 17, 2009 in Lake Havasu, Arizona. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
William McCraney – After leaving the service, William returned to college to complete his education. While attending college he met Laurie, a lovely student nurse. When they both graduated, they married. He went to work for the USDA and after thirty-five years, he