Hopkinton Veterans Links and Information

Over the summer, Educate Hopkinton sponsored the July monthly Veterans’ Breakfast at the Senior Center. Thank you to everyone who helped us raise the money by participating in our June flamingo fundraiser. To learn more about Hopkinton’s Veterans in time for Veteran’s Day, please visit these links:

• Hopkinton/Metrowest Veterans Services Department: http://www.hopkintonma.gov/home/government/departments/veterans
• Hopkinton Veterans Celebration Committee: http://www.hopkintonma.gov/home/government/boards/veterans-celebration

Veterans Photo Galleries

• http://www.hcamtv.com/series/veterans/slideshow.shtml …for each branch of service, click on arrows to advance photos one-by-one
• http://www.sceneinhopkinton.org/p651094365 …sequence of pages with 12 photos each; not complete
• http://hopkinton.wickedlocal.com/article/20140221/NEWS/140228759
• http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/article/20080630/NEWS/306309921/0/SEARCH

Hopkinton Entrants by Conflict

• http://www.hcam.tv/series/veterans/warDates.shtml …click onto the named conflict in blue
• http://www.hopkinton.org/community-OLD/ww2.htm …WW II Hopkinton Fair Honor Roll

Veterans Remember

• http://www.wickedlocal.com/hopkinton/features/x402457260/Honoring-veterans-with-their-stories
• http://www.wickedlocal.com/x402457260/Honoring-veterans-with-their-stories
• http://www.hcam.tv/videos/all-about-hopkintons-veterans
• http://www.hcam.tv/gene-flannery-veterans-remember …illustrative discussion/conversation
• http://www.hcam.tv/veteransremember …list of individual conversations:
  • Annunziata http://www.hcam.tv/videos/veterans-remember-paul-annunziata
  • Becker/Carter http://www.hcam.tv/videos/veterans-remember-paul-carter-and-cheryl-becker
  • Bowker http://www.hcam.tv/videos/veterans-remember-francis-x-jerry-bowker
  • Brault http://www.hcam.tv/videos/veterans-remember-dick-brault
  • Cahill, Jack http://www.hcam.tv/veterans-remember-jack-cahill
  • Cahill, John http://www.hcam.tv/videos/veterans-remember-john-cahill
  • Chase http://www.hcam.tv/veterans-remember-frank-chase
  • DeStefano http://www.hcam.tv/videos/veterans-remember-tony-destefano
  • Drawe http://www.hcam.tv/videos/veterans-remember-ray-drawe
  • Doyle http://www.hcam.tv/veterans-remember-aubrey-doyle
  • Duffys http://www.hcam.tv/videos/veterans-remember-duffys
  • Edwards http://www.hcam.tv/videos/veterans-remember-ralph-edwards
  • Fair http://www.hcam.tv/videos/veterans-remember-ray-fair
  • Flannery http://www.hcam.tv/videos/veterans-remember-gene-flannery
  • Garner http://www.hcam.tv/videos/veterans-remember-dan-garner
  • Hoyt http://www.hcam.tv/veterans-remember-ted-hoyt
  • Lane http://www.hcam.tv/videos/veterans-remember-don-lane
  • Marr http://www.hcam.tv/veterans-remember-jim-marr
  • Molloy http://www.hcam.tv/videos/veterans-remember-morgan-molloy
  • Newell http://www.hcam.tv/videos/veterans-remember-bill-newell
  • Paolini http://www.hcam.tv/videos/veterans-remember-ernie-paolini
  • Phipps http://www.hcam.tv/videos/veterans-remember-paul-phipps
  • Pinkava #1 http://www.hcam.tv/videos/veterans-remember-lt-col-daniel-pinkava-part-1
  • Pinkava #2 http://www.hcam.tv/videos/veterans-remember-lt-col-daniel-pinkava-part-2
  • Remillard http://www.hcam.tv/veterans-remember-ron-remillard
  • Shambo http://www.hcam.tv/veterans-remember-alicia-shambo
  • Stratton, M http://www.hcam.tv/videos/veterans-remember-merril-stratton
  • Stratton, R http://www.hcam.tv/videos/veterans-remember-roy-stratton
  • Welch http://www.hcam.tv/videos/veterans-remember-davison-welch
  • White http://www.hcam.tv/videos/veterans-remember-fred-white
  • Zettek http://www.natickvets.com/interview.php?vetid=25 (1hr., 7min.)
  • Do you know someone who will be an interesting guest for Veterans Remember?

Departed Hopkinton Veterans

• Buswell http://www.hcam.tv/news/hopkinton-veteran-departs-paul-buzzy-buswell
• Chamberlain http://www.hcam.tv/news/hopkinton-veteran-departs-ernest-e-chamberlain
• Cyr http://www.hcam.tv/news/hopkinton-veteran-departs-paul-d-cyr
• Fair http://www.hcam.tv/news/ray-fair-old-soldier
• Hinckley http://www.hcam.tv/news/hopkinton-veteran-departs-john-p-hinkley
• Larter http://www.hcam.tv/news/hopkinton-veteran-dies-howard-c-larter
• McGraw http://www.hcam.tv/news/hopkinton-veteran-departs-robert-f-mcgraw
• McGraw http://www.hopnews.com/page3_171.html …scroll a bit to Bob McGraw
• Paolini http://www.hcam.tv/news/ernest-p-paolini-navy-veteran
• Paradis http://www.hcam.tv/news/hopkinton-hero-departs-alverie-g-paradis
• Phipps http://www.hcam.tv/news/remembering-paul-phipps
• Phipps http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/x1631897491/In-Hopkinton-a-life-of-service-is-remembered
• White http://www.hcam.tv/news/veteran-departs-frederick-white

Monthly Vets Breakfast

• http://www.hopnews.com/punky_09_10_08.htm
• http://www.hcam.tv/news/veterans-breakfast-friday …illustrative reminder/invitation
• http://www.hcam.tv/vets-breakfast …a photo of some of “the guys”
• http://www.hopkintonma.gov/home/government/departments/senior/veteran-s-information …3 Iwo Jima Vets with Col. Doug Kulig, 2010
• http://www.hcam.tv/videos/march-veterans-breakfast-senior-center …random; 5 March 2012
• http://www.hcam.tv/videos/hopkinton-vets-remember-pearl-harbor
• http://www.sceneinhopkinton.org/p379183472 …Pearl Harbor Day, 12 photos per page
• http://www.hcam.tv/videos/field-rations-combat-troops-veterans-breakfast …presented by Natick Labs, 7 Jan 2013
• http://www.army.mil/article/95078 …provided by The Labs, 28 Jan 2013
• http://www.hcam.tv/videos/d-day-breakfast-vets-senior-center …2014
• http://www.hcam.tv/videos/veterans-breakfast-needs-sponsors …28 Nov 2012
• educatehopkinton.com/2013/05/ehop-sponsors-may-veterans-breakfast/
• http://www.hcam.tv/videos/hopkinton-veteran-pat-lynch-honored-60-years-service

Military Baseball, with Hopkinton players

• http://www.hcam.tv/news/militarybaseball …an All-Star team
• http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/news/x1930683154/Hopkinton-white-man-played-for-black-baseball-team-in-1946

Other Veterans Activities

• http://www.sceneinhopkinton.org/p198040707 …Veterans Day in Hopkinton, 11 Nov 2012
• http://www.hopkintonma.gov/home/government/boards/veterans-celebration …Vets Appreciation Dinner, 2012, slideshow to the right
• http://www.hcam.tv/videos/tools-modern-warfare-veterans-breakfast …military robots presentation
• http://www.hcam.tv/videos/arteriocyte-ceo-don-brown-visits-veterans-breakfast …re blood plasma
• http://www.hcam.tv/videos/war-dogs-visit-hopkinton-senior-center …learn about dogs in combat
• http://www.hcam.tv/series/veterans/images/WarDogLucy.png
• http://www.army.mil/article/95078/Veterans_get_a_taste_of_new_rations_technology …from “Labs”
• http://www.hcam.tv/videos/traces-wwii-museum-coming-hopkinton …German POWs in USA

Hopkinton Veterans in the Battle of Okinawa

• hpkmam.wix.com/hopvetsonokinawa
• http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/battle_of_okinawa.htm
• http://www.smithsonianchannel.com/sc/web/video/titles/12251/battle-of-okinawa …From: Day of the Kamikaze
• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Okinawa

Iwo Jima Marine Painting Unveiling

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKvsy8TEJ4s …to Iwo Jima Day at The State House, 19 Feb 2010
• http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/x2003707838/Painting-to-honor-Hopkinton-veterans-of-Iwo-Jima
• http://www.hcam.tv/videos/hcam-news-segment-unveiling-honoring-spirit …7:06 min.
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWZoqNNkJ_0
• http://www.hopkintonindependent.com/admin/current022312.pdf
• http://www.hcam.tv/news/iwo-jima-anniversary-photos
• http://www.hcam.tv/videos/hcam-news-coverage-iwo-jima-celebration-state-house
• http://www.hcam.tv/news/honoring-spirit-unveiled
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MX8-RTA2y4s
• http://www.hcam.tv/news/honoring-spirit-hopkinton-ma-quantico-va
• http://www.dustinneece.com/iwoJima/index.html
• http://www.dustinneece.com/documents/article9.16.10_10.28.10.pdf

Supplement to Iwo Jima

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWcDIMrd6eE …9:51 min., narrative, historic specifics, color footage
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukwRYdA-u80&feature=fvwrel …8:49 min., color footage, landing, battle positions
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XhUfLj5GeU&feature=related …6:41 min., actual color footage, offshore bombardment, landing, skirmishes
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpomNu6sZLQ&feature-related …4:10 min., b&w auto-slideshow, landing, casualties, destruction, individual pix
• http://www.jensensutta.com/slideshows/RTB …auto-slideshow, re USMC but not specific to Iwo Jima
• soloshideawayfunpages.com/_tqxs/004/iwo_jima.htm …present-day photos of Iwo, must scroll to see photos