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The Color Guard presents the U.S. and Nebraska Flag during Lincoln Veterans Parade in 2022.

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Veterans Day honors men and women who have served in the US armed forces.

Stories of honor: Nebraska veterans

Marine Sgt. Hoenig made maps that helped defeat Japan in WWII

Marine Sgt. Jack Hoenig

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The year was 1943, and Jack Hoenig was decoding Japanese messages, working for the U.S. government in Washington, D.C. Feeling that he was not doing enough to serve his country, the 23-year-old Lincoln man enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps.

He was eventually assigned to the Pacific Theater of Operations on the Northern Mariana Island of Saipan. Although measuring only 5.6 miles wide and 12 miles long, it was a significant stronghold of Japanese forces during World War II and a strategic location for mainland Japan’s defense.

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Jack Hoenig retired in 1980 following a fire that claimed the National Manufacturing Company building in Lincoln.

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Vietnam War vet looks back on decorated career

Thomas Shunk, a 70-year-old Lincoln resident, and his wife, Julie, are enjoying their retirement years.

After devoting 38-plus years to military service, including an 11-month stint during the height of the Vietnam War, Thomas Shunk has moved on to a quiet, peaceful retirement with his wife of 29 years, Julie.

Their neatly decorated home and well-manicured property in north Lincoln represent a lifestyle in stark contrast to his combat duty a half-century ago, followed by a subsequent 36-year career that included 30 years as a full-time soldier with the Nebraska Army National Guard.

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Vietnam War veteran Thomas Shunk – a recipient of four Bronze Stars and three Purple Hearts -- enlisted in 1971 in the Nebraska Army National Guard as a full-time soldier. In 2001, he was appointed as the State Command Sergeant Major for Nebraska, a position he held for six-plus years before retiring in June 2007.

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Roadside bombing changed life of Air Force Staff Sgt. Cari Woelich

Nearly 14 years ago, a Humvee in which Air Force Staff Sgt. Cari Woelich was riding came in contact with an Improvised Explosive Device on the border of Iraq and Kuwait.

Cari Woelich was 25 when she enlisted in the U.S. Air Force on May 31, 2000.

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The roadside bombing caused the young Bellevue woman to be hurtled against the dashboard of the military vehicle. The explosion triggered by the IED caused severe, permanent injuries to both of her knees, damage to her spinal column and hurt her right wrist. It has resulted in five surgeries, including a spinal fusion and multiple operations to both knees, as well as frequent migraine headaches and impaired hearing.

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Cari Woelich, medically retired from the U.S. Air Force, enjoys a strong bond with her family, including son Alex, 16. 

Dennis Buckley

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David McConnell entered the U.S. Air Force in 1984 as a law enforcement specialist.

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David McConnell can relate to the disconnected veterans who come to him in search of guidance.

After two tours of duty in Iraq and a combined 22 years in active and reserve duty, McConnell is grateful for help he received after finding himself at a crossroads about a decade ago.

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David McConnell, 53, resides in Central City and serves as volunteer executive director of Listening Post Ayr.

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Nebraska Army National Guard Major Stokes humbled by honor

Major Jeanne Stokes (foreground) is pictured with fellow military personnel at the Nebraska Army National Guard base in northwest Lincoln. Pictured in background, from left: SSG Brooke Brollini, SFC Andrew Singsaas, LTC Mark Bales, LTC Kyle Lythgoe, and CPT Erik Zlomke. 

DENNIS BUCKLEY

Major Jeanne Stokes of the Nebraska Army National Guard is the epitome of humility.

Notified that she had been selected for recognition in the Stories of Honor series, the full-time deputy state surgeon with the Nebraska Army National Guard was filled with modesty.

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Major Jeanne Stokes is a 24-year military veteran and currently serves as the Deputy State Surgeon working full time for the Nebraska Army National Guard. 

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Third-generation airman makes his family proud

Technical Sergeant Jonathon Zgainer enjoys his job as a medic and on the search and extraction team of the 155th Air National Guard unit. 

DENNIS BUCKLEY

Patriotic pride runs deep in the Zgainer family.

The late Air Force Chief Master Sergeant John E. Zgainer worked with B-52s during a 30-year military career. His son, (Ret.) Air Force Master Sergeant John A. Zgainer, devoted 20-plus years to working in aircraft avionics in a precision measurement equipment laboratory. Today, he works at Offutt Air Force Base and lives in Bellevue.

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Jonathon Zgainer enlisted in the U.S. Air Force in 2011.

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Woman, 99, reflects on life of service

Verna Richert and one of her three daughters, Kathy Gloystein of Henderson, Nebraska, reminisce during a recent chat in Verna’s home in Utica.

DENNIS BUCKLEY

Verna Richert grew up with a burning desire to become a nurse and proudly serve our country.

The path leading to her career goals needed to start with a high school diploma – which was made more challenging amid the backdrop of the Depression era of the 1930s.

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Verna Richert served three years in the Army Nurse Corps in the European Campaign, including one year each in Scotland and England. 

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Purple Heart award recipient was injured twice in Vietnam

Doug Ruben sits at the wheel of his 1957 Corvette, a fuel-injected sports car he bought in 2010 and restored. 

DENNIS BUCKLEY

Douglas Ruben knows all too well the ravages of war.

Roughly a half-century ago, he was among the more than 56,000 American Marines to be injured during the long, costly and highly divisive Vietnam War.

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E-4 Corporal Douglas Ruben is pictured with his ’65 Corvette prior to leaving for Vietnam in 1967. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1965-1967, including a six-month stint in the Vietnam War. 

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Koenig family produced seven WWII veterans

Vince and Charoyl Koenig review clippings and photos as they reminisce in their northwest Lincoln home. 

Victoria Ayotte

Military service was a way of life for the seven sons of Mr. and Mrs. Adam Koenig. State record-keepers say that the brothers combined to tie a record for the largest representation in World War II by a Nebraska family.

“We were a military family,” reflected Lincoln resident Vince Koenig, a son of one of the brothers and a veteran in his own right. His dad, Alphonse, was a corporal who served a year in the European Theater as an artilleryman with the 65th Division.

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Leah (Uhing) Olsen marks 4th generation of military family

Bottom: Staff Sergeant Leah (Uhing) Olsen lives in Waverly and works full time at the Nebraska National Guard’s Camp Ashland Training Site.

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Leah Olsen is described in her Stories of Honor nomination as “strong, fearless and very dedicated to the U.S. military.”

The characteristics Megan Rothluebber describes in her nomination letter are traits the 27-year-old Waverly resident seeks to instill in the soldiers she instructs at Camp Ashland, a training site for the Nebraska National Guard, Active Army and Reserve along the Platte River.

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The former Leah Uhing had just completed her junior year of high school when she began her military career in the summer of 2009. 

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Reach the writer at 402-473-7241 or ajohnson2@journalstar.com. On Twitter @ajohnson6170

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