Honoring our Veterans
At Londonderry, we are proud to have Veterans from all military branches as members of our community. Their courage, strength and sacrifice to secure our freedoms is an inspiration. Please join us in grateful tribute to our community’s heroes and help us celebrate their contributions to both our country and community!
All the Veterans’ biographies were thoughtfully written by fellow residents and neighbors, who also contribute to our community newsletter, the Tred Avon Times.
We truly appreciate their dedication to honoring our Veterans.
Joe Morton
Home for Joe was a small town in West Virginia with a population of less than 500. The town, Camden-On-Gauley, is near Morgantown. Coal mining and lumber were the primary economic drivers in the community.
Joe was 21 years old and married when he graduat …
Henry Novian
Henry was in San Antonia, Texas when he enlisted in the Coast Guard in 1955. He took basic training at Cape May, New Jersey and had subsequent assignments at Portsmouth, Virginia, Groton, Connecticut, Berkeley, Virginia and spent a large part of his assig …
Don Parks
"Initially, I wanted to join the Navy after graduating from Cambridge (Md.) High School in 1955. I was hoping I could learn a trade and, at the same time, satisfy my mandate for military service," Don said a group of boys had previously signed up for the …
Jack Pettit
After four years of ROTC, Jack was commissioned a 2nd lieutenant upon graduation from Duke University in 1957. He was headed for pilot training and a three year active duty commitment, but a month after college graduation the Air Force advised Jack that h …
Ken Sadler
Ken wanted to insure himself that he would serve his military obligation in a service other than the Infantry and to do so in New Orleans. While still in high school he joined Navy Reserve unit near his hometown in New Orleans. He participated in the Guar …
Bill Schaub
Bill attended Boot Camp at Bainbridge Maryland, and then was assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Hornet where he served for the entire four years of his enlistment. The Hornet had a proud tradition in the United States Navy starting in Colonial times as …
Art Schmidt
Art enlisted in Norfolk, Virginia. The USS Luzon, after a shakedown cruise in the Chesapeake Bay, departed Norfolk and headed for assignment with the Asiatic Pacific Theater, travelling through the Panama Canal to the Ellice Islands. The Luzon was an Inte …
Larry Ulm
Larry had attended Emory Riddle University in Daytona, Florida, in the 60's. He became a licensed commercial pilot and earned a degree in Aeronautical Science.
Volunteering for the Army, he was accepted for fixed-wing aircraft training knowing he would b …
Calvin Yowell
Calvin joined the Army National Guard in 1960 as a reservist, which required 6 months active duty followed by six years as a “week-end warrior”, doing two weeks summer camp. Fortunately, Calvin received a meeting attendance deferment as he worked to c …
