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PHOTOS: The Faces of Five Reading Veterans

By Matt M. Casey
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November 11, 2011

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Frederick Livingstone, Airman Second Class, U.S. Air Force, Served until 1953. "I think it made a very patriotic type feeling. I’ve felt very dedicated to my country because of the time I served."

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Father Stephen Rock, Chaplain (Captain) for the Navy, Coast Guard and U.S. Marine Corps. Retired 2006. "It’s that sense of devotion to community and just service of people is probably the lesson I got from all these folks, wherever I served."

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Bill Brown, Airman First Class, U.S. Air Force, Service ended 1954. "Just seeing the events of the world and how other people live. When I got over to Tripoli, Libya, those people had nothing. Learn a different life."

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Frederick Livingstone, Airman Second Class, U.S. Air Force, Served until 1953. "I think it made a very patriotic type feeling. I’ve felt very dedicated to my country because of the time I served."

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John Murphy, Sergeant First Class, Army, Retired 1999. "Working with everybody. It was great. We all worked together, worked as a team."

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Frank Driscoll, Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps, Retired 1969. "What I learned most of all being in the service was working together as a team—depending on each other working together."
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What I learned most of all being in the service was working together as a team—depending on each other working together.

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