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Retired from AF with 22 years active service. Best job was teaching history at the AF Academy for 10 years.
... with Douglas H. Tanner, a name on "THE WALL". Sept.25 1969, at Phu Cuong Bridge on the Saigon River.
“I am shoveling and Tanner is holding the sand bag. Tanner was well liked by all in the Company. This was one of the few times we were not out "humping" the boonies; but building a mortar fire base. The morning of Tanner's demise, I ha
... with Douglas H. Tanner, a name on "THE WALL". Sept.25 1969, at Phu Cuong Bridge on the Saigon River.
“I am shoveling and Tanner is holding the sand bag. Tanner was well liked by all in the Company. This was one of the few times we were not out "humping" the boonies; but building a mortar fire base. The morning of Tanner's demise, I had talked to him. He had gotten a letter from his mother. She had said that she understood why he was there. He died that day [early Feb. 1970].”
Phu Bai, Vietnam in early spring, 1967. Rizzuti was 20 years old. His outfit, Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 26th Marines are shown saddled up, awaiting transportation on an unknown mission. He served a tour in the northern I-Corps area of South Vietnam as a “grunt” from October 1966 to November 1967. He was awarded the Purple Heart for shrapnel wounds received on May 2, 1967.
Enlisted June 1965.
Privileged to serve until December 2000.
From Farm Boy to Fighter Pilot, Dan graduated from the United States Air Force Academy (where he learned to love flying!) in 1972 and went on to pilot training. He flew F-4s for his 8 year of active duty and then A-10s in the CtANG for a total of 34 years of service. What a ride!
Balancing service to country and service to family. On deployment in Stuttgart, Germany as the Executive Officer to the Chief of Staff, US European Command. 2019.
With the exception of World War II years, Post 119 has served a Veterans Day Breakfast every year since 1928. That breakfast is free to all veterans and low-cost to all others thanks to the generous donations from local businesses. Click below for photos from the 2018 Veterans Day Breakfast.
Post 119 was honored to participate with the Estes Park Honor Flight committee to fund-raise and develop a Veterans Monument for Estes Park. The monument was dedicated on Veterans Day in 2017.
In honor of the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War, Post 119 held an appreciation dinner for all Vietnam veterans and their families. Certificates and pins were presented by representatives from the Boulder Vet Center.
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