In The Spirit of Service - Military Order of the Purple Heart Sunny ...

Bobby Cheatom
Ernest
H. Collier
Esequiel Briones Leos
Gunnery Sergeant
Philip Bishop
Joseph A. Petrin
Lieutenant Will Whiteman
U.S. Navy
Major Dudley Elmore
Master Sergeant
Torain S. Kelley
Orlow F.Garrett
Robert
Holloway
Solomon K. Espinda
Ulysses Miller, J

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In the Spirit of Service
In The Spirit of Service ... honoring those who serve
The 2010 Spirit of the Fourth Grand Marshals
BOBBY CHEATOM
_fr.Bobby Cheatom is a Korean War
and Vietnam War veteran who was
awarded his Purple Heart while
serving with the 212th Military Police
Company, 519 th Infantry Battalion, of
the 8 th Army in Korea. Mr. Cheatom
"WaSwounded on March 19,1953,
while serving in North Korea, when
his position was overrun.
Mr.Cheatom also served with the
WI" Airborne Division, WI" Military
Police Company, while stationed in
Vietnam.
ERNFST H. COLLIER
:\1r.Ernest H. Collier is a Korean
War veteran whose Purple Heart
was earned in South Korea in 1951.
The battle area was near Pusan,
Korea. The actual award was made
by General Mark Clark at Letterman
Hospital, in San Francisco, CA.
Mr.Collier has the distinction of
entering the U.S.Army as a member
of the 9 th Horse Calvary Regiment
(otherwise known as the "Buffalo
Soldiers") in December 1942.
FSEQUIEL BRIONES LEOS
:\1r.Esequiel Briones Leos is a Korean
War veteran who was awarded his
Purple Heart for wounds received
on May 15, 1953. Mr.Leos was
stationed at an outpost called "Dale,"
which was adjacent to the infamous
location called "Pork Chop Hill,"
Korea. Mr.Briones received his
award during a hospital ceremony in
1953.
GUNNERY
SERGEANT PHILIP
BISHOP
Gunnery Sergeant
Philip Bishop, (ret.)
has served 26 years in
the U.S.Marine Corp
and has seen duty in
World War II, the Korean
War, and the Vietnam
War. Sergeant Bishop
is the recipient of
two (2) Purple Hearts.
He was awarded his
first Purple Heart for
wound received in
Korea during October
1950. His second Purple
Heart was awarded for
wounds received in Vietnam.
JOSEPH A. PETRINI
Mr.joseph Petrini is a Vietnam
War veteran who was awarded
his awarded his Purple Heart
while serving as a U.S.Marine. Mr.
Petrini was walking point in An
Hoa Basin, Quang Nam Province,
South Vietnam, when wounded on
February 17, 1970.
Mr.Petrini and his family are
residents of Rancho Bernardo since
1982. His real estate
office is also in RB.
LIEUTENANT
WILLIAM
WHITEMAN
Lieutenant Will
Whiteman, U.S.
Navy, is an active duty
Iraq Freedom veteran
!ri,=~~~~WhO serves as a Counter-
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Intelligence/Human
Intelligence Officer
with the Multi-
National Force
- Iraq C2 Team.
Lt.Whiteman has
been awarded two
(2) Purple Hearts for
wounds incurred in
battle.
Lt.Whiteman earned
his first Purple Heart on
April 1, 2006, at Mosul, Iraq, during
Operation Enduring freedom. H~
was awarded his second Purple
Heart for wounds incurred on
August 19,2006, in Baghdad, Iraq,
during Operation Enduring Freedom.

In the Spirit of Service
.MAJOR DUDLEY ELMORE
Major Dudley (Doug) Elmore is
an Afghanistan War veteran who
was awarded his Purple Heart for
wounds received on July 2, 2002.
Major Elmore was on a medical
mission while serving with the 1980
Forward Surgical Team (ES.T.),3 rd
Brigade, 101 51 Airborne Division,
stationed at Kandahar,Afghanistan.
MASTER SERGEANT TORAIN S.
KELLEY
MSgt.Torain S.Kelley is an active
duty Marine who is an Iraqi War
veteran. MSgt. Kelley was wounded
on November 11,2004, while
serving with the 1 51 Battalion, 3rd
Marines. He came under fire from
rocket-propelled grenades while
participating in "Operation Phantom
Fury" near Fallujah, Iraq.
ORLOW F. ("Buzz") GARRETT
Mr.Orlow F.Garrett is a World
War II veteran who was awarded
two (2) Purple Hearts. Mr.Garrett
was first wounded in "Operation
Dragoon" near the city of Besancon,
France, on September 7,1944. He
was wounded a second time while
fighting to liberate Germany onApril
12,1945, resulting in the award of
his second Purple Heart.
It is very noteworthy that "Buzz"
Garrett was recently awarded
France's highest honor medal, the
French Legion of Honor, for the
defense of France and the Allied
effort. The medal was awarded on
May 8, 2010, at the French Consulate
in Beverly Hills, CA.
ROBERT HOLWWAY
Mr.Bob Holloway is a Korean War
veteran who was awarded his
Purple Heart for injuries incurred
in battle in the Panmunjon area of
central Korea. Mr.Holloway had the
distinct honor of having his Purple
Heart pinned on his flax jacket, by
his Commanding Officer, Brigadier
General Chesty Puller of the 5 1h
Marines, 2 nd Battalion, Fox Company.
Bob's award was on February 25,
1953.
SOLOMON K. FSPINDA
Mr.Solomon K. Espinda is an Iraqi
Warvetera.
ULYSSFS MILLER, JR.
Mr.Ulysses Miller,Jr., is a Vietnam
War veteran who was awarded the
Purple Heart for injuries incurred
while.performing an Air Force
Special Operations mission in Phouc
Vinh, South Vietnam. The medal was
awarded by Headquarters, 7 1h Air
Force,A.P.O., San Francisco, CA,on
20 December 1969.
Mr.Miller is also the Commander
of Chapter 0049 of the Military
Order of the Purple Heart in San
Diego. Chapter 0049 is the largest
Purple Heart chapter in the state of
California.
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