Veterans Day in Oran

Fred Lynch

Tuesday, November 11, 2014

The seventh annual Veterans Day assembly is presented Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014 at Oran High School in Oran, Missouri.

John T. Daniels Jr. is ready to present the colors at the seventh annual Veterans Day assembly Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014 at Oran High School in Oran, Missouri.
Veterans recite the Pledge of Allegiance at the seventh annual Veterans Day assembly Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014 at Oran High School in Oran, Missouri.
Veterans stand for the national anthem at the seventh annual Veterans Day assembly Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014 at Oran High School in Oran, Missouri.
Seth Ward, history teacher at Scott City High School, presents the keynote speech at the seventh annual Veterans Day assembly Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014 at Oran High School in Oran, Missouri.

The seventh annual Veterans Day assembly Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014 at Oran High School in Oran, Missouri.
Veterans listen to Seth Ward speak during the seventh annual Veterans Day assembly Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014 at Oran High School in Oran, Missouri.
Gerald Whitmore of Oran, Missouri, an Army Korea veteran, stands as he is recognized at the seventh annual Veterans Day assembly Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014 at Oran High School. (Fred Lynch)
Brad Smith directs K-6 grade students in singing "Thank You Soldiers" during the seventh annual Veterans Day assembly Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014 at Oran High School in Oran, Missouri.
Leland Gonzales presents a thank-you letter to Norm Morgan, an Army Vietnam veteran and District 15 commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars at Morley, Missouri, during the seventh annual Veterans Day assembly Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014 at Oran High School in Oran, Missouri. (Fred Lynch)

Army veterans attending the Veterans Day assembly stand for the Armed Forces Salute on Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014 at Oran High School in Oran, Missouri.
Event organizer Tammy Gaines expresses thanks to the 50 veterans in attendance at the seventh annual Veterans Day assembly Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014 at Oran High School in Oran, Missouri.
The colors are retired at the close of the Veterans Day assembly Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014 at Oran High School in Oran, Missouri.
Earl Stevens of Haywood City, Missouri, an Army Vietnam veteran, looks at one of the military exhibits set up by Oran art teacher Jeff Pind, at the seventh annual Veterans Day assembly Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014 at Oran High School in Oran, Missouri. (Fred Lynch)
Air Force Ssgt. Jarrid McIntyre, left, of Oran, Missouri talks with Jeff Pind, art teacher at Oran Schools, who set up the military displays for the Veterans Day assembly Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014 at Oran High School in Oran, Missouri.
A Honolulu newspaper from Dec. 7, 1941 is part of a display at the Veterans Day assembly Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014 at Oran High School.
A display of Gen. Douglas MacArthur is set up for the seventh annual Veterans Day assembly Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014 at Oran High School in Oran, Missouri.
A Japanese military display is set up at the seventh annual Veterans Day assembly Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014 at Oran High School in Oran, Missouri.
Navy Vietnam veteran Clyde Curtis, left, of Morley, Missouri talks with Army Vietnam veteran Rodney Rose of Sikeston, Missouri at the seventh annual Veterans Day assembly Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014 at Oran High School in Oran, Missouri.
Dr. Frank Nickell, left, listens to Margaret Reynolds Scheeter describe the artifacts from her father's service with the Navy on the U.S.S. Mount Vernon during World War II, at the Veterans Day assembly Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014 at Oran High School.
Kenneth Pobst, left, and Tom Urhahn, both of Oran, Missouri, pose for a photo at the Veterans Day assembly Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014 at Oran High School.