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Dave Leach, Director of Management Services of the Village of Wilmette Members of the Wilmette Memorial Committee (Nancy Smith, Chair, Roy Batterham, Phyllis Cossarek, Mark Murrill, Steve Murrill, Barbara Myers, Charlotte Voigts, and Martin Wolf, the designer and architect. Mark Murrill, who is a student at New Trier High School and an Eagle Scout located and copied some of the photos from New Trier yearbooks.) Mark Burnette, archivist, Evanston Historical Society Dee Davis, Military staff assistant, Congressman John Porter's office Lucia Dunn, archivist, New Trier High School Kathy Hussey-Arntson, Museum Director, Village of Wilmette Glenn Longacre, archivist, National Archives, Great Lakes Region, Chicago Charles Munie, historian, Department of Military Affairs, Springfield Larry Nieman, FAA Airmen Certification Branch, Regional Office, Des Plaines Stuart Ross, Northwestern University Library Archives Ted Russell, Department of Veterans Affairs (Graves Registration), Springfield Eric Wenzel and June McGee, Naval Air Station, Glenview American Battle Monuments Commission, Washington, D.C. Army Casualty and Memorial Affairs Operation Center, Alexandria, VA [Virginia] Center of Military History, Washington, D.C. Mrs. Jacobs at the Navy History Office, Dr. Moody at the Air Force History Office, Army History Office and Marine Corps History Office Cook County Vital Records, Chicago Department of Veterans Affairs, Illinois Regional Office, Chicago National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, MO [Missouri] Wilmette Family History Center Churches, schools, funeral homes and cemeteries The book, How to Locate Anyone Who Is or Has Been In the Military, by Richard Johnson Helpful people everywhere One Final Thought It strikes me, that in honoring those that died in military service, we don't want to forget those who served and survived. Some were in prison camps or were wounded. Most were away from their families for long periods of time. They, too, deserve our thanks. CARLYN LOVGREN WHITEHAND May 1995 -iv-