Vietnam veterans honored
Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 892 in Salem honored veterans who fought in the Vietnam War during the Grande Parade Saturday. The veterans who participated, surrounding the VFW’s Robert Berg Labbe Memorial honoring the four Salem High School servicemen who died in the war, from left, Jan Menough, C.W. Fields, Dave Garlock, Sanford Matheny, Tom Schahill, Larry Baughman, Jerry Wright, Jim Ballentine, Tim Duble, Bob Wagner, Rich Eichler, Albert Gfeller, Blair Whitman, Ray Heddleson, Phil Stojek, Daryl Bixler, Rich Payne, Carl Goodballet, Chet Paxson, Clyde England; kneeling, George Nyktas and Thomas Stockman. (Salem News photo by Kevin Howell)