Vietnam veterans honored at pinning ceremony Neighborhood Connections photo gallery highlights honorees
Cynthia Prairie | Apr 02, 2025 | Comments 0
By Shawn Cunningham and Cynthia Prairie
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Honorees received pins recognizing their service. Images courtesy of Neighborhood connections
Tuesday’s commemoration included a pinning ceremony in which veterans or close family members received a pin marking their service during the years of that war. Army veteran Morgana Isenberg led a group from the Veterans Benefits Center at the Department of Veterans Affairs in White River Junction and made the presentations.
The 21 honorees were
- Nicolas Albonizio,
- Marcia Clinton,
- William “Pete” Cobb Jr.,
- Garry Dufour,
- Nancy C. Eddy,
- Sandra Goodwin, on behalf of her late husband Charles M. Goodwin IV
- Robert Gordon Jr.,
- Jon Hennessey,
- Erwin Hodge,
- George Legace,
- Roger Mayott,
- David Melendy,
- Roger Melzer,
- Tom Merrow,
- Richard Pease-Grant,
- Lee Phillips,
- Larry R. Semones,
- Mary Eddy Semones,
- Roland L. Smith,
- Terrace Stoddard and
- Anthony Tartagalia.
The Brattleboro American Legion band was on hand to provide music. Click any image to launch the gallery.
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- Sandra Goodwin of Weston accepts a pin on behalf of her husband, Charles Goodwin IV who served in the Army and died in 2024.
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- Jon Hennessey, a Marine veteran from Weston, receives his pin.
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- Army veteran Bill Casey of Windham receives his pin.
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- Roger Mayott of Springfield wears his pin proudly. Mayott served in the U.S. Army.
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- Marine Corps veteran Marcia Clinton of Windham returns a salute after receiving her pin.
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- The Brattleboro American Legion band was on hand to play.
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- Morgana Isenberg of the Veterans Benefits Center in White River Junction, right, bestowed the pins while Suzanne Burge organized the ceremony for Neighborhood Connections. Isenberg is U.S. Army veteran.
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- Audience members watch the ceremony.
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- Members of the staff of the Veterans Benefits Center in White River Junction joined Isenberg for the event.
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