A patriotic tribute to all the Veterans and Active Duty Military that have fought to protect the Freedoms we enjoy in the United States. Please try to support the troops no matter what your politics are. To those have served in the military thank you for your service.

Thanks to FGGAM Friend Sonja Haldeman for sharing this with us!!! Pictured at the very top of this post is the late Glenn Kellogg who attended the First Baptist Church in Reserve, New Mexico. I was blessed to preside at Glenn’s Memorial Service last year. Glenn served in the Navy between the Korean War and the Vietnam War, he was stricken with the effects of being exposed by radiation. Pictured left to right is my Dad Wally Moede, from Windom, Minnesota, Sgt. U.S. Marines WWII, he is 17 years old in this picture and my best friend from Windom, U.S. Marine Roger Carey, it’s his graduation picture, Roger was killed in Vietnam and Sonja Haldeman’s Dad Ralph Sweigard of Windom, Minnesota, served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. Pictured at the very top is a WWII Vet that I met years ago in Albuquerque at the bank and I am sorry I do not remember his name, but his face speaks for many! I meet many Veterans when I visit the VA Hospital here in Albuquerque. They all have a story to tell us…their faces speak volumes to me, they make me weep for our Country. They are not happy about what America has turned into. I love them all so very much in the love of our Lord Jesus Christ, Amen! Look into their faces and you will see Jesus. It is very sad about all the homeless Vietnam War Veterans.
Thanks to Sonja Haldeman for sharing this video with us!!!

Here is a post I did in Nov. of 2015……….

Today I searched for a picture of one of my best friends ever, Roger G. Roger pictured on right, worked with my Dad, Wally Moede, pictured on left, at the Windom schools. Roger really looked up to my Dad. Roger became one of my best friends ever. He was born on November 18, 1947, so he was 9 years older than me. Roger would give me rides on his Honda motorcycle, it was the Honda 50 with the white seat. In 1966 (the year Roger graduated) Windom went to the state basketball tournament at Williams Arena and I did not have a ticket, but the officials let me sit on Rogers lap to watch the game! Roger and my dad became such good friends, Roger knew my Dad had been at Sgt. in the Marines in WWII, it is one of the reasons Roger enlisted into the Marines upon graduating. Sadly, he was killed in action on October 14th, 1967 at Quang Tri. Several years ago a man contacted me after seeing me write about Roger in “Dewey’s Daily Cup” This man was writing about the men killed in Vietnam and included my comments about Roger in the book, I have the transcript in a box somewhere! I remember Roger telling my Dad that he went into the Marines to serve our Country and to provide his family with a paycheck. Roger gave his life for you an me. My hero, my best friend Roger G. Carey of Windom, Minnesota! Praise God I will see Roger again!

I thank Linda of the Cottonwood County Historical Society, Dave Fjeld of the Windom Citizen and Pastor Paul Holt in my search for a picture of Roger. The picture of Roger is from the Windom High School Year Book.

God Bless the memory of Roger G. Carey!

PS: Some of you may remember Roger’s sister, Linda, she worked at the old Hi-Way cafe. I cannot find any close family of Roger’s. If you know of any close family please contact me. I also beleive that Roger’s Dad worked as a custodian at the Courthouse?

Just got this message on the FGGAM Contact Forum from Joanne Vold Kaiser: Dewey, I am on the Lakeview Cemetery Board. We are in the process of placing street signs in the streets of the cemetery in memory of the 5 vets from Cottonwood County killed in Viet Nam.
They are Roger, Tom Piper, Vernon Tschetter, Lawrence Gosen from Bingham Lake and John Harder from Mt. Lake.
We hope to have them done this spring or summer of ’16.

On a side note, my mother Effie Midtbruget Vold, was your dad’s teacher in the Hill School where Highland is now. Always loved to see your dad – smiling all the time.
Joanne

Thank you Joanne! God Bless you!