Veterans Share Stories with Students

Popular High School Program Shows Students History Behind Holiday

Over forty Medford veterans visited Medford High School on Monday as part of a special program organized by the Medford Office of Veterans’ Services and the Social Studies Department. Veterans from several wars, from World War II to Operation Iraqi Freedom, visited classrooms to share their stories with students. Many additional veterans participated this year, including more female veterans.

Participating veterans were:

Beston, Richard “Dick”
Brady, William “Bill”
Charles, Marvin
Connell, John
Connors, Nikole
Daley, Robert “Bob”
DiNunzio, Joseph “Joe”
Dorrance, Richard “ricky”
Doyle, Leo
Eastman, Brian
Enos, Lee
Ferragamo, Pasquale “Pat”
Finn, Roy
Ghilain, John
Green, Robert “Bob”
Hartnett, Charles
Henderson, Derwin
Hickey, Joseph
Huber, Kimberly
Hughes, Shawn
Ivers, Kelsey
LeBlanc, Donat “Dan”
Lynch, P.F. Mike
McCathy, Timothy
Moore, Charles
O’Brien, Edward
Perry, Frank
Reynolds, Frank
Saldana, Johnny
Shea, Mark
Spann, Christopher
Staples, Richard
Stifano, Eric
Watson, Richard
Wiggins, LaToya
Woodward, Katherine

Several of the veterans with School Superintendent Roy Belson and School Committee member Bill Brady, himself a Korean War veteran.

More female veterans participated in the program this year. They are pictured above with Humanities Director Bernadette Ricciardelli and Veterans Services Senior Clerk Marlene Aborn.

Vietnam veteran and New Bedford Veterans Services Director Donat LeBlanc speaks to students in Mr. McAdam’s history class.