Editor’s note: This is the final profile of Marching Orders, season 1. Read previous profiles at ThisWeekNEWS.com/MarchingOrders.Craig Morin, 30, of Columbus was a U.S. Army officer in Afghanistan in 2013 and 2014, advising the Afghan National

Michael Pohorilla of New Albany, Ohio: Army Air Corps, World War II

Aug 2nd, 2019 36m 28s

Michael Pohorilla, 95, of New Albany flew 35 combat missions over German-held territory as a first lieutenant and Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress navigator in World War II.He was based in Great Britain as a member of the U.S. Army Air Corps’ Eighth

Wally Cash of Hilliard, Ohio: U.S. Navy, World War II

Jun 28th, 2019 34m 32s

Wally Cash, 93, of Hilliard is among the ever-shrinking ranks of World War II veterans in the United States.Cash spent two years and 10 months in the U.S. Navy and concluded his active service before he was 21 years old.He was a 17-year-old sen

Edward Taylor III of Pickerington: National Guard, Gulf War

Jun 7th, 2019 34m 56s

Edward Taylor III, 49, of Pickerington is an Ohio Army National Guard veteran of the 1990-91 Gulf War and served during the 2003-11 Iraq War with the Ohio Air National Guard, for which he still serves as a chief master sergeant.A Canton native,

Dana Robinson-Street, Columbus, Ohio: Navy, Gulf War

May 23rd, 2019 42m 35s

Dr. Dana Robinson-Street, 50, of Columbus is a 26-year veteran of the U.S. Navy who served on the destroyer tender, USS Samuel Gompers, during the Gulf War of 1991, including the combat phase of Operation Desert Storm.She was inducted into the

Bobbie Mershon of Canal Winchester, Ohio: U.S. Army, Vietnam War

May 2nd, 2019 41m 17s

Roberta “Bobbie” Jean Mershon, 71, of Canal Winchester treated some of the most badly wounded soldiers of the Vietnam War after she arrived in the country as a 22-year-old Army nurse in 1969. Those severely injured and burned soldiers typically

Edward Mechenbier of Columbus: Air Force, Vietnam POW

Mar 28th, 2019 56m 26s

Vietnam War veteran and retired U.S. Air Force Major Gen. Edward Mechenbier, 76, of Columbus was held as a prisoner of war from 1967 to 1973 in North Vietnam, where he was beaten and tortured but survived on as little as 600 to 800 calories a d

Mike Schad of Grove City, Air Force, Korea, Vietnam

Mar 15th, 2019 40m 34s

Mike Schad, 91, of Grove City is a U.S. Air Force veteran who served during the Berlin Airlift, the Korean War and the Vietnam War.The oldest of 11 children, he grew up and graduated from high school in Plainview, Minnesota, and attended the Un

Richard and Christine Curry of Pickerington, Ohio: U.S. Army, Global War on Terrorism

Feb 1st, 2019 1h 11m

Husband and wife Richard T. Curry and Christine Curry of Pickerington are U.S. Army veterans who served in Iraq and Kuwait during the War on Terror. Richard Curry grew up in Cincinnati and attended Youngstown State University, New York Universi

Mike Strahle of Westerville: U.S. Marines' Lima Company, Iraq War

Feb 1st, 2019 1h 33m

Mike Strahle, 34, of Westerville served in the Iraq War in 2005 with the Marine Corps' Columbus-based Company L (known as Lima Company), 3rd Battalion, 25th Regiment, as part of Regimental Combat Team 2.Strahle was with the unit when it conduc

Joseph Machado of Baltimore, Ohio: U.S. Army, Vietnam War

Jan 4th, 2019 35m 42s

Joseph A. Machado of Baltimore is an 80-year-old U.S. Army veteran who served in the Vietnam War in 1966 and 1967 during his 24-year military career.A native of Cambridge, Massachusetts, Machado grew up there and graduated from high school in 1

Robert Sotak of Upper Arlington, Ohio: U.S. Navy, WWII, Korea

Jan 4th, 2019 44m 27s

Robert Sotak of Upper Arlington is a 91-year-old U.S. Navy veteran of World War II and the Korean War.Sotak was raised in St. Ann’s Infants Home and St. Vincent Orphanage, both in Columbus, after his father died of cancer and his mother of tub

Ernest Massie of Gahanna, Ohio: U.S. Navy, Desert Shield, Desert Storm

Dec 14th, 2018 50m 58s

Ernest C. Massie of Gahanna is a 50-year-old U.S. Navy veteran who served during Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm in 1990 and 1991.His father, an Army military policeman during World War II, traveled in his work for defense co

Jeffrey Noble of Dublin, Ohio: U.S. Army, Vietnam War

Dec 3rd, 2018 43m 54s

Jeffrey D. Noble, 74, of Dublin flew an Army helicopter gunship during the Vietnam War with Company B, 9th Aviation Battalion, 9th Infantry Division, and went on to have a 25-year career in the Army.“I wouldn’t trade one day of the 25 years for

Angela Beltz of Reynoldsburg, Ohio: Ohio Army National Guard, Gulf War

Oct 9th, 2018 1h 2m

Angela Beltz of Reynoldsburg is a 49-year-old Ohio National Guard veteran who served in Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm in 1990 and 1991.Beltz’ military career started after her junior year in high school, having joined the

Jerry Vance of Hilliard, Ohio: Vietnam War

Sep 22nd, 2018 27m 44s

Jerry Vance of Hilliard is a 75-year-old Vietnam War veteran who served two tours in Thailand as a U.S. Air Force pilot.The first in 1968-69 was part of a 60-day temporary-duty assignment with the Young Tigers aerial refueling wing stationed i

Jason Goldsmith of Powell, Ohio: Iraq war

Aug 27th, 2018 22m 28s

Jason Goldsmith of Powell is a 37-year-old Iraq War veteran who was part of the U.S. Army’s 660th Transportation Company based in Zanesville.Goldsmith enlisted in 2000.At the time, he said, he couldn’t envision actually participating in a war

Ted Mosure of Westerville, Ohio: Vietnam War

Aug 3rd, 2018 40m 25s

John T. “Ted” Mosure of Westerville is a 69-year-old Vietnam War veteran who was part of the U.S. Navy SEAL Team 1 at Naval Amphibious Base Coronado in Coronado, California.An Ohio State University student at the time, he enlisted in February

Robert Burr of Delaware, Ohio: Korean War

Jul 20th, 2018 20m 6s

Robert Burr is an 87-year-old Delaware resident who served in the Korean War.Just before joining the U.S. Army in 1951, Burr was quarreling with his girlfriend and didn't like his job, he said. He had intended to join the U.S. Air Force, he sa

Don Jakeway of Johnstown, Ohio: World War II

Jul 13th, 2018 43m 26s

Don Jakeway of Johnstown is a 95-year-old World War II U.S. Army veteran who was dropped behind enemy lines just prior to the Normandy invasion on June 6, 1944, as part of the elite 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 82nd Airborne Divisio

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