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A special section of
Honoring veterans and active duty military
Keep the home Fires Burning
Sunday, November 11, 2012
2 PM – Garrett Park, Derby, Kansas
We honor every Derby
InformerTHE DERBY
Published November 7, 2012
Derby Area Veterans MemorialWalk of Freedom
A Special Veteran’s Day Ceremony
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By Theresa [email protected]
I learned the importance of keeping the home fires burning from my father, who served for 27 years in the United States Air Force.
Though he retired when I was quite young, I grew up listening to his stories, many of them about how he dealt with being away from his family while serving his
country.Whether i t was
flying over Berlin as a bombardier and navigator dur ing World War II, or serving a 72-hour shift as a member of a Strategic Air Command team at Lincoln Air Force Base, or shuttling generals to Newfoundland or Greenland while stationed in
England, my father found great comfort in the concept of “keep the home fires burning.”
Dad took great comfort in the idea that life was continuing as usual while he was away from his family. He used to visualize the daily routine at home in order to find relief from the stress of his duties.
“In the mornings I could picture your mother getting the children ready for school, eating
breakfast, brushing teeth, packing sack lunches,” he reminisced. “At lunchtime I’d think of the conversations the children would have with their friends in the school cafeteria and what your mother would be feeding the toddlers at home.”
Even when he was in an airplane over Berlin under enemy fire, he found comfort in thoughts of his parents and siblings sitting at home in Pittsburgh, Pa., listening
to the radio, doing homework, his father smoking his pipe and reading the newspaper.
For my father, the ordinary, simple routines of life were what “keep the home fires burning” meant.
As we celebrate Veterans Day, let us not forget to acknowledge those who keep the home fires burning with simple, daily acts, while loved ones are away serving our country.
Acknowledge daily the ones who stay behind
Entrance Escort .................................................... American.Legion.Riders.Post.408.Derby
Presentation of Colors.......................................... McConnell.Air.Force.Base.Honor.Guard.
National Anthem.................................................... Joy.of.Singing.(Derby.Senior.Services.Choir). Ross.E..Hearn,.Director
Welcome and Acknowledgements....................... Dion.Avello,.Mayor,.City.of.Derby
Keep the Home Fires Burning.............................. Joy.of.Singing.(Derby.Senior.Services.Choir). Ross.E..Hearn,.Director
A Salute to Those Who Kept the........................... Theresa.A..Hearn,.Executive.Director,Home Fires Burning...............................................Derby.Community.Foundation(Dedication of bronze sculpture)
Recognition of Amanda Chastain........................ Lt..Col..Kyle.Korver,.Commander,..McConnell Air Force Base 22nd.Logistics,.2012.National.Air.Force.SquadronSpouse of the Year. .
Because of Them…............................................... Emily.Noe.(teacher).and.students.from.. Wineteer.Elementary.School
Closing Remarks................................................... Theresa.A..Hearn. .
Tours of Walk of Freedom
Refreshments......................................................... Picnic.Shelter
Derby Area Veterans MemorialWalk of Freedom
Veterans Day Ceremony
Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012 • 2 p.m. – Garrett Park
Thanks to the members of the Derby High School AFJROTC, Colonel MichaelJ. Dillard, Commander; and the American Legion Riders Post 408 Derby.
Special thanks to the Derby Public Works Department for its devotionto designing, constructing and maintaining the memorial.
Theresa Hearn
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Sara Coffey “kept the home fires burning” for two full years – her husband, Jim, was in Korea from 1964-65, and in Vietnam, 1968-69.
There was no Skype, email or even direct phone conversation.
“Sara had a serious illness while I was in Vietnam, and Red Cross made contact with me through a ham radio operator,” Jim said. “I didn’t get to talk to her directly – we each relayed our messages to the operator. I told the operator, tell her ‘I love her,’ and he did and then took her message and told me, ‘She said she loves you, too.’”
Jim left for Korea the week their son Michael was born.
“He was late, so the Army extended my leave so I could be there for his birth, since I’d be gone for 12 months after that,” said the retired Army major. “He had three older brothers, so Sara was on her own with a newborn, and three other kids under the age of 7.”
Jim said he was grateful that Melvin and Juanita Godwin helped Sara out during his Korean tour of duty, and that Sara’s sister
Sacrifice included years apart
Courtesy.photo.The bronze statue Patriotic Boy will be a new addition to the veterans memorial.
Courtesy.photo.Sara and Jim Coffey are shown in March 1964, when she was pregnant with their son, Michael, and Jim was preparing to spend a year in Korea.
and brother-in-law, Mary and Tony Rico, helped her when he was in Vietnam.
“It was difficult being away for so long,” he said. “In Vietnam, a chopper came in once a week with the mail, so at most we would hear from each other once a week. She was busy with four kids, though, so sometimes it was tough for her to even find time to write.”
Even when assignments allowed the couple to be together, his career required the family to move often – to Germany, Kentucky, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Ft. Riley and Schilling Manor.
It was in honor of his late wife that Jim was inspired to fund an addition to the Derby Area Veterans Memorial – Walk of Freedom to honor the spouses and family of those who serve or served in the military.
T h e b r o n z e s t a t u e Patriotic Boy, which depicts a young boy dressed in his father’s military gear, will be placed on a pillar in the Walk of Freedom.
“It’s really fitting that the statue is of a boy dressed in his father’s gear,” said Jim. “My four sons all used to play Army and I have pictures of them in uniforms, with the Coffey name on them.”
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By Anne [email protected]
I n m a n y m i l i t a r y families, both spouses play an important role serving their country – and their community.
Amanda Chastain has transformed her husband’s d e p l o y m e n t s i n t o opportunities to strengthen her community, working ardently to help other military families.
W h e n a s p o u s e i s deployed, the family left behind has a responsibility to hold down the fort, said
Chastain. “We learn to do things on
our own we never imagined we could.”
A fellow military wife o n c e d i s a s s e m b l e d a television, learned how to fix it, and repaired the set by herself, Chastain said.
This sort of self-sufficient vigor, reminiscent of Rosie the Riveter, propelled the mother of two to channel the kind of personal pain that might incapacitate some into good works that have brought light to hundreds of lives.
When Chastain’s husband,
Air Force spouse’s strength, perseveranceget her through lengthy deployments
Courtesy.photo.Amanda Chastain, the 2012 Joan Orr Air Force Spouse of the Year, is shown with her husband, Staff Sgt. Beau Chastain and their children, Emma (age 12) and Ethan (age 6).
Staff Sgt. Beau Chastain, an explosive ordnance disposal technician, was wounded by an enemy ambush in action in Afghanistan during his fourth deployment, she maintained perspective and an unceasing dedication to her community involvement.
He was on foot when his platoon was ambushed. Several soldiers were wounded, including Beau, who took a bullet from an AK-47 in his left thigh.
Even after this harrowing expe r i ence , Chas t a in continues to look on the bright side.
“In his line of work, he was lucky it was a gunshot wound and not wounds caused by an IED blast,” she said.
She focused on the fact that her husband is alive and did not lose his leg, saying they were lucky.
Now, only a year and a half after being wounded, her husband prepares to deploy again.
While it will not be easy to say goodbye again, Chastain
takes comfort in her support system.
“I have always been a volunteer at heart,” Chastain said. “Right now, my heart is with helping support military families.”
Chastain advises military spouses to keep their minds busy.
As vice president of the McConnell Enlisted Spouses Club, key spouse in the 22nd Civil Engineer Squadron, Girl Scout leader to girls who are military dependents and leader of a weekly military wives Bible study group, Chastain practices what she preaches.
Winning the 2012 Joan Orr Air Force Spouse of the Year award presented new opportunities to serve military spouses, Chastain said.
Chastain also received national attention for her birthday-in-a-bag idea. To honor Girl Scouts founder Juliette Gordon Low during the 100th anniversary of Girl Scouting celebrated in October 2011, Chastain and Troop 40710 created self-contained birthday-in-a-bag kits and donated them to food banks or similar charitable organizations. The idea caught on and Girl Scout Troops across the country participated.
A year after starting the project, Chastain still receives messages from Girl Scout leaders nationwide who are continuing to join her troop’s Juliette Low’s
Birthday-in-a-Bag Project.“This project showed my
girls that if you have an idea, anything is possible,” Chastain said.
The role of a military spouse is not easy, she said, but focusing on a job, furthering an education, learning a hobby, exploring the community or forging new friendships are great
ways to stay engaged. Chastain encourages
military spouses to maintain strength by putting down roots, getting involved and investing in their community.
“Admire our strength and perseverance, but do not pity us,” she said. “We are proud to serve and sacrifice for our country.”
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Lt. Col. Kyle R. Korver, commander of the 22nd L o g i s t i c s R e a d i n e s s Squadron at McConnell Air Force Base, will recognize Amanda Chastain during the Veterans Day ceremony at Garrett Park on Nov. 11.
Chastain has been named the 2012 National Air Force Spouse of the Year.
Korver is responsible for planning and deploying base personnel and cargo in support of contingency and peacetime operations at McConnell. Those include a 15,000 line-item supply inventory, 4.5 mill ion gallons of aircraft fuel and
Logistics Readiness Squadron commander to recognize Chastain
Lt. Col. Kyle Korver
operation and maintenance of 429 assigned vehicles. The inventory is valued at over $120 million.
Korver commands over 240 military and civilian personnel and provides logistics readiness for the 22nd Air Refueling Wing, 931st Air Refueling Group and tenant units in support of the 63 KC-135R/T Stratotankers and over 3,000 airmen.
Korver was assigned to McConnell Air Force Base in June. He came from Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, where he was operations off icer fo r the 279th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron.
He was commissioned through the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps program at South Dakota State University in Brookings, S.D. He received his bachelor’s degree in landscape design from SDSU and his master’s
of science in business organizational management from the University of La Verne. He completed the LOGTECH Advanced Program in Logistics and Technology from Kenan-Flagler Business School, U n i v e r s i t y o f N o r t h Carolina, in 2011.
H e h a s c o m p l e t e d assignments with the U.S. Transportation Command, A i r F o r c e s C e n t r a l Command and multiple base level duties.
He and his wife, Stephanie, have four children.
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O n O c t . 3 , 1 9 3 9 , Carlton “Tink” Wolf left his hometown for military service which he hoped would improve his ability to make a living in a post-Depression era.
Seven long, and at times harrowing, years later he would return to south central Kansas and embark on a life which would include service to Derby residents and the community.
Wolf’s story of service began even before he enlisted. By the age of 9 he was orphaned and was raised by an uncle until his teen years. At that time, he began working for a dairy farmer near Clearwater, which provided him room and board and the opportunity to finish high school.
Af te r g radua t ing in 1939 and working for the summer, Wolf enlisted and took his love of tinkering with anything mechanical to the military. As with many Kansans at that time, he was headed to Ft. Riley for basic training and then to Hamilton Field in California. He re-enlisted then and was sent to Chanute Field and Scott Field, both Army Air Corps bases in Illinois.
After completing that training, he was off to Sheppard Army Air Field
in Wichita Falls, Texas. The new base had no hangars.
“They went down there to tents,” said Janet Wolf, Carlton’s widow.
The military build-up was ramping into gear. Five hangars were quickly built and the base began rebuilding damaged B-17s.
Carlton Wolf created a name for himself at the base and three years to the day after he first enlisted he was promoted to master sergeant and was serving as the line chief for the structures work on the planes.
With the war on, the military had just as hard of a time getting parts as the private companies and residents. Carlton designed and built a machine to take the main tires off the rims of the B-17. His superiors allowed the move, but told him he would be personally responsible for the over $100 cost of the machine.
“They were going to charge him for it if it didn’t work,” said the Wolfs’ son, Ron.
Carlton also learned the tedious records required for aviation work sometimes pay off. He kept specific logs, many times to justify the needed part, and to show when they were turned down. When a young pilot leaned on the brakes too hard, breaking rotors on his plane and taking the rear end
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off a B-51 Mustang parked nearby, a general came “looking for somebody to hang,” Ron said.
The stack of requests for parts and the logs which supported them were shown to the general.
“He excused my dad,” Ron said, adding that the major which had turned down the requests for parts took the heat for the problem.
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The Derby Community Foundation and the city of Derby plan to further deve lop t he Wa lk o f Freedom in 2013 and host the third and final year of a grand celebration.
“The veterans memorial was envis ioned to be a perpetual project with our commitment to host a community celebration as a three-year effort,” said Theresa Hearn, executive director of the Derby Community Foundation. “Our first two years have been so successful, and year three promises to be the best celebration yet. We look forward to continuing to add to the memorial and are hopeful that another organization in the Derby community will offer to
host an annual celebration at this site.”
In 2011, the memorial began with five stations honoring the five branches of the U.S. military along the existing bike path in Garrett Park. A total of 195 Derby-area veterans were honored with bricks at each station, and benches were installed in memory of Joe Herndon, Jerry Griffith, Paul Damm, Merlyn Dethlefsen, and the John Michael West American Legion Post 408.
Year two highlights of the memorial’s development include a new bronze statue honoring Sara Coffey and other spouses of veterans, expansion of the Air Force memorial, plus nearly 100 more memorial bricks and a bench in memory of Carlton W. Wolf Sr.
In 2012, irrigation was installed and landscaping
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The public is invited, and a special welcome is extended to all veterans and service men and women.
The fifth grade class will lead patriotic song, prayer, and a recognition of veterans’ and active duty military personnel’s contributions to the nation’s history.
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Courtesy.photoCarlton “Tink” Wolf is shown during his service years, as he posed in front of a war plane. This model was not one on which he worked, but he loved planes, his widow said.
field in Amarillo, Texas, began having problems getting its staff in line, the job went to Carlton. He showed up, told the men they were going to work to get the job done.
“He put on his coveralls,
too, and worked with the men,” Janet said.
His hands-on attitude helped create the attitude needed on the line.
“If they had a problem, he would get in there and help them on the problem,” Ron said.
C a r l t o n e v e n t u a l l y served in search and rescue operations in the Philippines, Ie Shima and Okinawa. He considered a military career when he returned from the war, but had a wife and two young sons at that time. He could not get assurances the family could always be stationed with him, so he opted to return to Kansas.
After a short time in Wichita, the family moved to Derby and Carlton opened Wolf Motor Company in the former post office building – now the VFW/American Legion posts’ home. He served on the Derby City Council in the early 1950s, helping hire the city’s first police chief and serving in the city’s wastewater department when employees took vacation time.
He also served on the fledgling fire department at a time when local men
answered fire calls in their own trucks. Oftentimes that also meant they carried with them the hand-held fire extinguisher from their own business until the city’s single truck arrived.
In 1954, Carlton built the city’s first strip mall on K-15 north of Madison – the six units just north of the current Garnett Auto Supply. He ran his mechanic shop for nearly 15 years, became a real estate broker and obtained his securi t ies l icense. After five years working at Boeing, he discovered he had his first of three battles with cancer.
He died in 1996, proud to have served his country and calling himself lucky to have worked on the planes of the World War II era. He never, though, felt the military members of World War II got the recognition they deserved for the job, Janet said.
On Sunday, Nov. 11, Carlton Wolf’s sacrifices and hard work will officially be remembered. A bench in the Walk of Freedom, the Derby-area Veterans Memorial, will be dedicated in his name.
overhau led to g ive a fresh appeal to the Derby Community Foundation’s 1998 memorial to members of the Derby community who began the city’s Hike and Bike path system that today totals 25 miles. The Walk of Freedom surrounds this memorial.
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The Senior Center’s Joy of Singing choir will perform this Sunday at the Derby Area Veterans Memorial Walk
of Freedom ceremony in Garrett Park. The ceremony will take place at 2 p.m.
This is the first year the choir will sing for the event.
Retired Derby High School choir
director Ross Hearn has directed the choir since it began three years ago.
“Most of these people in the choir have lived through several wars, so they know the sacrifices that were made by our soldiers,” he said. “It’s very meaningful to all of us to be able to be a part of the ceremony.”
The choir will perform two songs: Keep the Home Fires Burning by Ivor Novello and The Star Spangled Banner.
Sherry Warner has been singing all her life and has been a part of the Joy of Singing choir since it began.
“I love being in the choir,” she said. “It’s great music and we have a lot of fun. It’s familiar music that everybody knows.”
Warner, who moved to Derby in 2000 from Long Island, N.Y., attended the Walk of Freedom dedication this past year. She also sings with the Wichita Choral Society and the Derby Community Choir.
The choir meets together every Thursday and Hearn said they usually perform at least two times a month.
Joy of Singing will perform at Veterans Day service
GINGER.G..GOLDEN/Informer.photoMembers of the Joy of Singing choir practice for the Veterans Day event at Garrett Park. From left are R.C. Schreck, Myron Schwartz, James Mc-Intosh, Gary Herman, and Peggy Unkel.
memorial bricks. Also in 2013, a new
concrete Hike and Bike path will be installed on the east side of the memorial to provide a loop for walkers and open up more space for donated statues and other ways to honor veterans. The route is marked with white
flags. “Space will be available
for families to honor their loved ones with benches, statues and water features or for organizations to honor military heroes,” said Mayor Dion Avello.
“We plan to install a multi-panel display of pages from the Time magazine
article about Col. Merlyn Hans Dethlefsen, a fighter pilot stationed at McConnell Air Force Base and the only area resident to have been recognized with the Congressional Medal of Honor,” Avello said. “Such a tribute would honor not only his service but also the vital role of McConnell Air
FUTURE: Memorial will grow with new displays, bricksFrom page 7
By Linda [email protected]
A seven-year effort to create a memorial for area veterans came to fruition in 2011 with a quarter-mile walking path through Garrett Park.
The Derby Area Veterans Memorial: Walk of Freedom was unveiled on Veterans Day 2011. The Walk of Freedom has stations for each branch of the military, featuring an obelisk with the branch’s seal, landscaping and bricks honoring Derby-area veterans who served in that branch.
The effort to create a memorial to local veterans began in 2004. That effort stalled, but the committee which revi ta l ized the idea consisted of donor representatives of the initial effort to create a memorial, the Derby Community Foundation and Derby city
staff. Members were Gerald and Virginia Evans, Debora Morris Nelson, Theresa Hearn, Kathy Sexton, Jim Meidinger and Jonas and Cynthia Harris.
They developed the idea of the stations in honor of each branch of the military along a quarter-mile of the city’s Hike and Bike path system in Garrett Park.
The design features an entry monument at the original point of the walking path and five obelisks along the path dedicated to a branch of the service – Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps and Navy.
Garrett Park was chosen due to its serene environment, access to restrooms and parking and the maturity of the park’s landscaping.
“This is a fitting way to honor veterans as well as improve the park, and be a nice enhancement to the park,” Sexton said.
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How to participate in the Wall of Freedom:
Derby Area Veterans Memorial• Honorably discharged military veterans or active-duty
members in good standing can be honored with a brick to be placed at the base of the monument honoring their branch of service. A $120 donation for the memorial brick can be made through the Derby Community Foundation. An Aug. 1 deadline must be met for the brick to be unveiled with the annual Veterans Day ceremony.
• Be prepared to verify service with Department of Defense forms or attest to the accuracy of the information submitted.
• The veteran or military member must have been or be a current resident of Derby, Rose Hill, Mulvane or Haysville or attended school in those communities.
• Bricks will be inscribed with the veteran’s name, military rank or grade, inclusive years of service and/or any conflicts served. There is a limit of three lines.
• For additional information, contact the Derby Community Foundation at P.O. Box 372, Derby, Kan. 67037; call 788-9815; go to www.derbycf.org; or email [email protected].
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Anyone cons ider ing honoring a family member or a veterans organization should contact Theresa Hearn at 788-9815 or a d m i n @ d e r b y c f . o r g or complete a Veterans Memorial brick form online at www.derbycf.org. Spaces available for additional memorials are marked with signs throughout the Walk of Freedom. SUBSCRIBE NOW
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