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Steve Douglas RANTOUL — You know you’re in a typhoon when you have to jam your knees … By Paul Wood Thomas Behrensmeyer CHAMPAIGN — Thomas Behrensmeyer served in Vietnam, where you’d think w … By Paul Wood James Paul Lafary PAXTON — James Paul Lafary stayed on the ground, but saved many bomb c … By Paul Wood Mike Kessel MAHOMET — Major Mike Kessel gives God credit for saving him in Iraq af … By Paul Wood Wayne Roosevelt MAHOMET — Wayne Roosevelt relived a lot of memories when he helped put … By Paul Wood Earl McClintock CHAMPAIGN — Earl McClintock arrived in Korea six months before the arm … By Paul Wood Carl Casella CHAMPAIGN — Hit by a series of kamikaze planes and bombs on one day, t … By Paul Wood Don Saupe URBANA — Apparently, silence is golden in the Army. Don Saupe was on a … By Paul Wood Mattie Gray CHAMPAIGN — Mattie Gray is one of five in her family to serve over the … By Paul Wood John Ogden URBANA — John Ogden was injured in Vietnam, twice in the same battle. … By Paul Wood Harold Huffman MAHOMET — Surviving the crash of his B-17 bomber, Tech Sgt. Harold Huf … By Paul Wood Bruce Voges ST. JOSEPH — Bruce Voges enlisted in the Navy in 1944 at the age of 17 … By Paul Wood