NFHS Veteran Trivia

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Across
  1. 3. This US Army Sergeant had many flights in various types of military aircraft, but landed in those aircraft only twice and once admired the gleaming white Cliffs of Dover from the boom operators bay of a KC135 Stratotanker.
  2. 5. Marine who got to drive both the Sergeant Major and Commandant of the Marines
  3. 9. Canada, Australia, and Great Britain all celebrate this, a version of Veterans Day on or around Nov 11.
Down
  1. 1. He has 27 years of service in the Marines, including operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm.
  2. 2. Veterans Day does not have one of these, although your ELA teacher will argue with you about where one goes.
  3. 3. This US Army Soldier was once nicknamed Salad by his Cadre.
  4. 4. Veterans Day was first known as Armistice Day celebrating the end of this conflict.
  5. 6. This retired Marine discovered that he has no "Sea Legs" and gets nauseous on the open water.
  6. 7. US Army Specialist who has parachuted out of C-130s, C-141s, Chinook and Huey helicopters, and once got to shoot a mark 19 - belt-fed grenade launcher!
  7. 8. This USAF Staff Sergeant worked for the 78th Medical Group as a Physical Therapy Assistant and coached his hospital softball co-ed team (and met his future wife of 29 years right on the field).