Pass It On – Veterans Project
The following is a series of interviews with Boonsboro veterans, conducted at the Clopper-Michael American Legion Post #10 in Boonsboro as part of a series created by Kai Fairhall (an 8th grader at the time of the interviews).
It is part of an Eagle Scout project through Boonsboro Troop 20 to record the living history of Boonsboro’s military veterans, our local heroes.
To capture these life stories, Troop 20 Scouts and Kai arranged interviews of local veterans through the American Legion and other sources and make video recordings of their military experiences, collect pictures and make them available on our website with a brief biography.
Today, World War II veterans are in their 90’s, Korean War veterans are in their 70’s and 80’s. Kai hoped to capture their experiences for the future generations of Boonsboro residents – a great community service and legacy of our town’s military heroes.
Boonsboro Veterans
U.S. Air Force
U.S. Army
David Ambrose Scott Bakka James Bowers Gary Hough
Eldon Jake Jones Daniel O’Connell Howard Patterson Gary Shank
U.S. Coast Guard
U.S. Marine Corps
George Harting Tim Wheeler Kevin Holtz
U.S. Navy
Pass It On David Ambrose
David Ambrose served from 1954 to 1977 in both the United States Army and Navy.
Pass It On Scott Bakka
Scott Bakka served in the United States Army from 1982 to 1984.
Pass It On Jim Bowers WWII
James Lee Bowers, born 1926, was sent directly to the front lines just after Christmas 1944. He landed in Liverpool, England. With freezing water halfway up their legs, they crossed the English Channel and got off near LeHavre, France. Carrying a 90 pound pack on his 123 pound frame, he scrambled up the hill toward Camp Lucky Strike….
Pass It On Paul DeLloyd
Paul DeLloyd served in the U.S. Navy in Vietnam between 1965 to 1967.
Pass It On Glenn DeShazo
Glenn DeShazo was born in 1938 and served in active duty and reserves between 1957 and 1965.
Pass It On George Harting
George Harting served from 1960 to 1990 with the United States Marine Corps.
Pass It On Kevin Holtz
Kevin Holtz served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1977 to 1981.
Pass It On Gary Hough
Gary Hough served in active military duty from 1969 to 1971 and in the reserves from 1971 to 1975.
Pass It On Ronald Moats
Ronald Moats served in the United States Navy from 1964 to 1968.
Pass It On Daniel O’Connell
Daniel O’Connell served in the U.S. Army in the Philippines and Vietnam.
Pass It On Howard Patterson
Howard Patterson served in the United States Army from 1951 to 1953.
Pass It On Clark “Bud” Price
Bud Price served in the Navy in active duty from 1969 to 1972.
Pass It On Albert Resh
Albert Resh served in the U.S. Air Force from 1964 to 1968, including service in Vietnam.
Pass It On Gary Shank
Gary Shank served in the U.S. Army in active and then reserve duty from 1969 to 1975, including the Vietnam War.
Pass It On Tim Wheeler
Tim Wheeler served in active duty from 1991 to 1999 in the U.S. Marine Corps.