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COLD WAR VETERANS

E-4 CLIFFORD Z. BARAJAS

• BORN IN WHITTIER, CA ON

JULY 23, 1960

• U.S. ARMY

• 1/27 WOLFHOUNDS INFANTRY

• STATESIDE

• 4/21/1981 – 4/20/1984

• ARMY ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

E4 RICKY GONZALES

• BORN IN LOS ANGELES, CA ON

AUGUST 4, 1957

• U.S. MARINE CORPS

• 3RD M.A.W. DIVISION

• HAWAII

• 7/23/1975 – 7/1979

• RIFLE EXPERT BADGE, GOOD

CONDUCT MEDAL

SGT RICHARD L. HARRIS

• BORN IN TORRANCE, CA ON

JULY 30, 1956

• U.S. AIR FORCE

• 100 CIVIL ENGINEERING

SQUADRON

• 1982 – 1985

• NATIONAL DEFENSE

SERVICE MEDAL

MAJ ROBERT J. HARRIS

• BORN IN CULVER CITY, CA

• U.S. AIR FORCE

• AIR FORCE ACADEMY LAISON

• 1976 – 4/22/2002

• U.S. AIR FORCE ACHIEVEMENT

MEDAL, U.S. AIR FORCE

COMMENDATION MEDAL, NATIONAL

DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL

• CAREER: SPACE PROJECT OFFICER

SP/E4 GARY M. MARTINEZ

• BORN IN CALEXICO, CA ON

APRIL 12, 1957

• U. S. ARMY

• HQ 5TH BATTALION, 14TH INFANTRY

25TH INFANTRY DIVISION

• CA NATIONAL GUARD: 1975 – 1981

• U.S. ARMY: 3/1986 – 11/1988 - HAWAII

• SOLDIER OF CYCLE AWARD, 3 ARMY

ACHIEVEMENT MEDALS,

OVERSEAS RIBBON, ARMY SVC RIBBON

• CAREER: DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND

SECURITY, IMMIGRATION & CUSTOMS

ENFORCEMENT

SP E4 GARY MARTINEZ

IN HAWAII

SGT WAYNE E. PERALES

• BORN IN PHOENIX, AZ ON

AUGUST 24, 1962

• U.S. AIR FORCE

• 3410 TRAINING GROUP

• STATESIDE

• 2/2/1982 – 2/2/1986

• BASIC TRAINING MEDAL,

GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL

• CAREER: STANFORD TELECOM/ITT

3/1986 – 3/2008

SELF-EMPLOYED: 3/2008 - PRESENT

SGT WAYNE E. PERALES

SGT WAYNE E. PERALES TRAINING

STUDENTS IN GEORGIA

WAYNE PERALES AS PART

OF BOOT CAMP COLOR GUARD

SP4 LUIS ROBLERO

• BORN IN PICO RIVERA, CA ON

DECEMBER 31, 1938

• U.S. ARMY

• 82ND AIRBORNE, N.C.

• 11TH AIRBORNE, GERMANY

• 24TH AIRBORNE, GERMANY

• 6/28/1957 – 6/30/1963

• PARACHUTIST BADGE, EXPERT

CARBINE, EXPERT RIFLE, GOOD

CONDUCT, SHARPSHOOTER PISTOL

• CAREER: BARBER & OWNER OF

LOUIE’S BARBERSHOP

SP4 LUIS ROBLERO RECEIVING TRAINING

&

PARACHUTING

SPC JOHN RODRIGUEZ, JR

• BORN IN LOS ANGELES, CA ON

MARCH 21, 1971

• U.S. ARMY

• “B” BATTERY, I – 320 FA, 101 ABN DIV.

123RD SIGNAL BN, 3RD I.D.

• GERMANY

• 8/30/1989 – 8/29/1993

• ARMY SVC RIBBON, NATIONAL

DEFENSE SVC MEDAL, GOOD

CONDUCT MEDAL OVERSEAS RIBBON,

ARMY ACIEVEMENT MEDAL, AIR

ASSAULT

• CAREER: MACHINIST – 15 YRS.