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4/7/2009 5:40 PM
“You know the homeless people you see downtown how about half of them are Vietnam War Veterans?” Art Bickley sincerely asks. “Well that would have been me if it wasn’t for my wife and my mother and father in law.”
Enlisted in 1965, Art Bickley was as an Airman First Class airplane mechanic crew chief on an AC-47 gunship at Bhin Thuy Air Force Base. There he worked 12 to 18 hour days to prepare and repair airplanes to fly missions. At 20-years-old, he was known as “Pops” to his crew.
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By Memorial Vietnam Wall on
4/7/2009 5:36 PM
 Leon Meyer didn’t just fight in Vietnam. He didn’t just serve in the military. He lived military throughout his life and in many ways, he still is.
The military is where he found his bride Alice, a pediatric nurse practitioner who served in the Army and the Air Force for a total of 20 years. They married while stationed in Germany. They raised two daughters, Amanda and Ashley who both graduated from Piedmont High School.
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By Memorial Vietnam Wall on
3/7/2009 5:50 PM
Staging area for the Wall will be at the VFW parking lot in El Reno . Assembly begins at 4:00 pm and departs at 6:00 pm. Route will be along Rt 66 into Yukon and down Main St (is Rt 66) to Hwy 4, then north to Piedmont . Expected to enter town between 6:30 and 6:45.
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By Memorial Vietnam Wall on
2/21/2009 9:00 PM
Piedmont, in partnership with Chapel Hill Funeral Home and Memorial Gardens, is proud to host the Dignity Memorial Vietnam Wall.
The community of Piedmont will have the honor of hosting the Dignity Memorial Vietnam Wall the weekend of July
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By Memorial Vietnam Wall on
2/15/2009 4:42 PM
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is the most visited National Park Service site in Washington, D.C. As you know it honors those brave men and women who fought in Vietnam and made the ultimate sacrifice for our nation.
The Dignity Memorial Vietnam Wall is three-quarter-scale traveling replica of the memorial and it will be exhibited in Piedmont, Oklahoma the weekend of Thursday, July 2nd to Sunday, July 5th, 2009, for 24 hours a day. This spectacular memorial travels the country and gives thousands of Americans who may never get to visit the nation’s capital, the opportunity to see “The Wall” firsthand. What an honor it is to host it in Piedmont over the 4th of July holiday!
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