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Mike Sandone URBANA — About 22 military veterans commit suicide every day. Marine S … By Paul Wood Harold Thomas PHILO — Harold Thomas saw a kamikaze plane up close as it rammed into … By Paul Wood Hubert Neal MILFORD — Staff Sgt. Hubert Neal served and was injured in North Afric … By Paul Wood Donald Hyche CHAMPAIGN — When Sgt. Donald Hyche’s helicopter touched down on Vietna … By Paul Wood William Schuldt BUCKLEY — William (Bill) Schuldt, one of five brothers in the armed se … By Paul Wood Gene Richards Major Gene Richards “walked through the rain, but didn’t get wet” in A … By Paul Wood Stephen Ostwinkle URBANA — The Army sent Sgt. First Class Stephen Ostwinkle to Bosnia in … By Paul Wood Richard Underwood URBANA — On Memorial Day, Lt. Richard Underwood remembers family, as w … By Paul Wood Robert C. Burke MONTICELLO — Most people here have heard of Pfc. Robert C. Burke. Mont … By Steve Hoffman Phil Wilhelm MAHOMET — Phil Wilhelm’s body still carries within it shrapnel dating … By Paul Wood Rudi Laufhutte CHAMPAIGN — Rudi Laufhutte survived a childhood in Germany where U.S. … By Paul Wood Terri Ann Daniels URBANA — A lesson from serving on a live weapons crew: “If you see the … By Paul Wood