Who are you remembering on Veterans Day?
Erle LeeRoy Pettingill, identified with the red star in the photo, served in the U.S. Navy as a corpsman and was deployed to Korea in 1954.
Courtesy photo
The back of this photo simply states “Training Camp Pendleton 1954.” Erle LeeRoy Pettingill became a corpsman in the Navy after training at Camp Pendleton, near San Diego, California.
Erle LeeRoy Pettingill and his wife, Carol (Harris) Pettingill, during the time he was serving in the Navy, circa 1953-54.
Most people may have someone specific they think of on Veterans Day. For me, it’s my grandpa, Erle LeeRoy Pettingill, whom everyone called Lee.
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