SERVED
SERVED IN
SERVED IN THE U-S MILITARY DURING WORLD WAR II.
AND ACCORDING TO THE
DEPARTMENT OF
VETERANS AFFAIRS...JUST
UNDER 400-THOUSAND
OF ARE STILL ALIVE...AND
WE ARE LOSING THEM AT
A RATE OF ALMOST 300 A
DAY.
WHILE MANY OF THEM
ARE FAR REMOVED FROM
THEIR YEARS OF
SERVICE...THERE'S AN
IDAHO VETERAN WHO IS
SHOWING IT'S NEVER TOO
LATE TO HONOR THOSE
MEN AND WOMEN WITH
A "THANK YOU."
BRIAN HOLMES HAS
TONIGHT'S VETERANS DAY
EDITION OF IDAHO LIFE.
IN A MODEST HOUSE IN
FRUITLAND... 12 WELL, YOU BETTER LET ME CHECK
...TRUDY HAINES...
2947 STRAIGTENING TIE
...MAKES A FINAL, FORMAL
INSPECTION...
20 ALL MY BUTTONS
234 JUST SO THAT HE
PRESENTS THE SHARPEST
IMAGE HE CAN OF A
MILITARY MAN
...OF HER HUSBAND, JERRY.
2953
THAT'S IMPORTANT PART
40 YEARS REMOVED FROM
HIS
HIS TIME
HIS TIME IN THE ARMY NATIONAL GUARD...WHERE HE SPENT 25 YEARS AS
PART OF THE U-S AIR
DEFENSE
PROGRAM...JERRY'S
DEFENSE PROGRAM...JERRY'S CONNECTION TO
COUNTRY IS NO SURPRISE.
IN FACT, THE HAINES' HAIL
FROM A LONG LINE OF
MILITARY MEN...WITH
PHOTOS THAT GO AS FAR
BACK
BACK AS
BACK AS THE CIVIL WAR. 2712 THAT'S MY GREAT- GRANDFATHER HERE
WHICH IS WHY...ON AN
MID-FALL, MID-
AFTERNOON...JERRY STEPS
OUT IN FULL DRESS
UNIFORM...TO FULFILL
ANOTHER MISSION.
FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS
JERRY HAS HELPED HEART
N HOME HOSPICE WITH A
SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT.
2249 IT'S A PRIVILEGE FOR
ME TO BE THERE
THEY CALL THEM PINNING
CEREMONIES...AND TODAY
THAT TASK TAKES THE 83
YEAR-OLD TO
ONTARIO...TO THE HOME
OF RAYMOND HECK...
3305 THIS IS JERRY
3319 DOOR HITS JERRY'S
ARM
...WHO 76 YEARS AGO...
4508
YEAH THAT'S HIM RIGHT
THERE
...VOLUNTEERED TO FIGHT
IN WORLD WAR II.
4520 WHAT KIND OF
PLANE IS THAT, DO YOU
REMEMBER?... B-24
4528 I WAS A RADIO
OPERATOR ON A B-24
NOW AT THE AGE OF
96...HE'S FIGHTING HIS
OWN HEART...A BATTLE
THAT'S TAKING ITS TOLL
NEARLY EVERY DAY.
5021
WHAT WAS THE YEAR YOU
GOT IN?...'43
IT'S A SIMILAR SITUATION
JERRY HAS FOUND
HIMSELF IN MORE THAN 2
DOZEN TIMES BEFORE.
1947 WHETHER THEY
PEELED POTATOES OR
WERE IN COMBAT THEY'RE
STILL A VETERAN AND
THEY DESERVE HONOR OF
THEIR COUNTRY BECAUSE
THEY RAISED THEIR HAND
TO SERVE THEIR COUNTRY
3910 PRAYER
AND SO FOLLOWING A
PRAYER...AND A POEM...
4104...BECAUSE SHE IS
OUR FLAG, OUR AMERICA,
NO
NO ONE
NO ONE CAN TAKE THAT AWAY ...THE RETIRED MAJOR
PLACES A PIN ON THEIR
SHIRT...
4120 WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO
NOW IS PIN YOU WITH A
MINIATURE AMERICAN
FLAG
...TO COMMEMORATE A
COMMITTMENT...
4208 THERE YOU
GO...THANK YOU
...THAT IS OFTEN NO MORE
THAN A FAINT MEMORY.
4210 AND I SALUTE YOU
BECAUSE THIS IS YOUR
DAY AND I THANK YOU
FOR YOUR SERVICE
5825 IT'S A BIG DEAL, EVEN
IF THEY SAY IT'S NOT A BIG
DEAL, IT'S A BIG DEAL,
YEAH
A GESTURE OF GRATITUDE
... WITH A LITTLE MORE
WEIGHT.
5658 I FEEL LIKE THERE'S A
LOT OF PAIN AT END OF
LIFE, SPIRITUAL AND
EMOTIONAL PAIN, AND
SOMETIMES THESE GUYS
HAVE NEVER BEEN
THANKED FOR WHAT THEY
DID
AND SOMETIMES...
4340 WELL..
..I GUESS I SHOULD SAY
SOMETHING, I DON'T KNOW THE GRATITUDE
...GOES BOTH WAYS.
4346 IT'S A WONDERFUL
FAMILY, I'M PROUD OF ALL
OF EM, YOU'VE ALL BEEN
GOOD, I JUST WISH YOUR
MOTHER WAS HERE TO BE
WITH US...SHE'S HERE,
YEAH SHE CAN HEAR YOU
GRANDPA
IT'S A SHORT
CEREMONY...THAT, AS HE LEAVES, JERRY KNOWS WILL LINGER FOR A VET'S
LEGACY.
LEGACY.
10237
10237 DAD
10237 DAD LOVES HIS FAMILY SO YEAH, HAVING EVERYBODY ARND IS A
BIG DEAL FOR HIM
10305 I THINK IT'S
WONDERFUL I THINK IT'S
VERY IMPORTANT
BECAUSE THEY'RE THE
REASON THAT WE HAVE
OUR FREEDOM
BRIAN HOLMES...
2412 WELL I THINK I'M
GIVIN EM SOMETHING
IDAHO'S NEWSCHANNEL
7.
7.
LAST
LAST WEEK
LAST WEEK JERRY AND HIS WIFE WERE IN ORLANDO TO RECEIVE A
NATIONAL AWARD FROM
THE NATIONAL HOSPICE
AND PALLIATIVE CARE
ORGANIZATION.
HE WAS ONE OF FOUR
WINNERS OF THIS YEAR'S
VOLUNTEERS ARE THE
FOUNDATION OF HOSPICE
AWARDS.
IDAHO'S CHIEF