This week, B.A.S.S. asked our Facebook fans to contribute photos of their favorite veterans in honor of Veterans Day. What follows is a selection of images of people who have given of themselves to serve our country. Veterans: We thank you for your service.
Charles H. Wilson Jr., WWII
3rd Squad
USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN 71 Operation freedom 1998-2002
"Jake Ouren (Marine Corps) does a lot with Boy Scouts and also with our university's veterans' club," said B.A.S.S. Facebook fan Ben Chorn. "He is a great role model and occasionally a decent fisherman."
"Combat Marine, relief of Chosen. RIP," says Gunny Robert "Burto" Elliot Frazier's son, William Frazier.
CPO Terry Huber, USCG, 21 years
"My father was a great man," says Tony McCalmant. "Served his country well. I am very proud."
"This is my son and his dog hours before deployment to Afghanistan," says proud father Kirby Shamburg.
Lonnie David McNeal, United States Air Force
Master Sergeant Thomas A. Kelly
Mike Hejl's father
"My grandpa, James Melgoza, served in the Korean War and passed away in 2002," says Raymond Melgoza. "A great man."
Paul Wesley Rush, U.S. Army Air Corps, 1942-1946
PFC Magan Lynn Kelly
"This is a picture of some troops in Talil, Iraq, that we recently sent a whole lot of fishing supplies to," says Amber from Outdoor Advantage. "They have a small pond near their base but had no fishing supplies to go fishing."
"Thanks, Dad!" says Tom Branch Jr., his siblings and his mom to Tom Branch Sr.
Theodore Cravines, WWII
MM1(SW) Anthony Thornton
Paul Waddy
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