Veterans

Most tragic events resolve themselves in minutes. When they don't, they are known as (regardless of legal definition) wars. Veterans are those soldiers who have served during wartime, and many have named Davis home.

See:

• Memorial Union
  

• Veterans Memorial Building Marker
  

• Davis Cemetery Veterans Marker
  

• Veterans Advising Services at UC Davis

  Hi, I'm with a group that sends care packages to local troops a couple of times a year. We maintain a list of local military folks to get these packages out. If you know of somebody from the Yolo community serving in the military, let us know at yolomilitaryfamilies@gmail.com Thanks, Dave —DavidFeliz

==PFC. Steven Strider Bishop. U.S. ARMY. ==

Lived in Davis for 13 years when he joined the Army in 2007. He joined as an Infantryman and was sent to the front line within 5 months of joining the Army. He was deployed to Iraq in Spring 2008. He was deployed to the southern end of Baghdad near Sadr City.

For Actions in Iraq PFC. Steven Strider Bishop U.S. Army was awarded Combat Infantryman’s Badge (For Engaging in Direct Fire against the enemy and attempting to close in and destroy) and the Army Commendation Medal (For his Service in Combat operations).

"From Iraq with Love. Respect Me Hippie for I am the reason you can be free." Strider

• StevenBishop — Personal Wiki entry.

WWII O.S.S. China-Burma-India Theater "Captain Grelecki jumped out of an airplane into Hanoi Aug. 22, 1945. He was one of the first Americans in postwar Vietnam and one of the very few Americans who ever met Ho Chi Minh."Baltimore Sun Later he was a founding member of the C.I.A. He was a UC Davis Lacrosse coach.

Owner of RV Storage and former head of the Agricultural Engineering Department at UC Davis.

Owner of Redfield Machine.

"All men and women that served honorably in the armed forces are veterans and I count myself as one." —JimStewart

• JimStewart

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