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St. Clairsville American Legion Commander Larry Barnes, left, recognizes Vietnam veteran Floyd Jamison as the post’s Veteran of the Month. The sacrifices of those lost overseas and the nation’s duties to those who returned are issues of note for him.
ST. CLAIRSVILLE St. Clairsville American Legion Veteran of the Month Floyd Jamison still ponders the Vietnam War, those who returned and those who did not.
Jamison served with the I.S. Navy from 1960-71, earning the rank of chief warrant officer. He served in the Vietnam theater in 1967-68.
Originally from a farm in Chillicothe, Ohio, Jamison graduated high school in 1960 and chose to follow his family’s military tradition.
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LARRY BARNES, left, commander of the St. Clairsville American Legion, recognizes Michael G. Maistros as Veteran of the month for December.
ST. CLAIRSVILLE Michael G. Maistros, originally of Martins Ferry, served as a corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps and closed out 2020 at the St. Clairsville American Legion Veteran of the month for December.
Maistros was joined along with a fellow Ferry native.
“I went in on September of ’58 with a friend of mine, Ray Swearingen from Martins Ferry,” he said. “We went in under the buddy system.”
He served from 1958-61.
They went through infantry training near Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.