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April 7, 2021
Donald Chastain, of Thatcher and a United States Army Vietnam veteran, entered into rest Thursday evening, April 1, 2021, at the Cobre Valley Regional Medical Center in Globe. He was 72.
Donald Wayne Chastain was born on January 19, 1949 in Holdenville, Oklahoma to Everett Martin Chastain, Jr., and Vivian Caroline Peiler Chastain. Everett Chastain, Jr. made the United States Army his career, so the family moved many times from Kentucky, twice to Germany, Missouri, and to Virginia when Everett worked at the Pentagon. They finally moved to Hawaii, home to Vivian, when he retired from the Army.
Don graduated from Waipahu High School in 1968 and joined the Army following his father’s footsteps. He was with the last All Hawaii Company and did Basic Training in Fort Ord, California. After his training at the Aberdeen Proving Grounds in Maryland, Don was transferred to Germany, came home on leave, and married his high school sweetheart, Jeannie. He then
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For years after World War II, the Soviets charged that the nuclear attacks on Japan were a warning to the USSR.
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April 13, 1940 - February 19, 2021
C. Gene Hand III, of Eugene, Oregon, passed away at age 80 on February 19, at his home surrounded by family.
Gene was born on April 13, 1940, in Walla Walla, Washington, to Claude Eugene Hand II and Erildean Hand. He was raised and educated in Walla Walla and La Grande, Oregon, graduating from Eastern Oregon University in 1962 where he won racing awards on the competitive ski team and served as a ski instructor.
After spending six months traveling in Europe, he later married Patsy Hutchinson in La Grande.
Gene served as a sergeant/specialist 5 in the U.S. National Guard and active army reserves for several years and shared fond yet scary memories of training at Fort Ord in California and standing guard all night during the Cuban Missile Crisis.