Dennis DeeRay Jensen and Charles âRandyâ Moore, both veterans of the Vietnam War, were honored recently for their service in the Vietnam War with a âQuilt of Valor.â
Jensen, who served from 1967-1970 as a helicopter gunner and crew chief on a UH1 Huey Gunship, and who received two purple hearts, lives in Preston. Moore, of Clifton, was a radio communication specialist who would be dropped by helicopter to find soldiers in trouble, fix their radios, then would be picked-up to do it again. Both men were exposed to Agent Orange â a poisonous weed killer used in warfare. âThatâs why we have no children,â said Mooreâs wife, Lynn.
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Nurse Connor Ramirez balances a cellphone between her ear and shoulder blade as she maneuvers a patient’s bulky bed through Mary Greeley Medical Center’s back hallways. Four colleagues run alongside, toting medical equipment and the patient s belongings as the sun finally begins to peek out from a cloudy morning fog.
“Elevator G-29,” Ramirez says over the commotion, dispatching a cleaning crew to disinfect the lift just as soon as they hang up.
“We’re transferring a COVID patient to the ICU.”
In Waterloo, nurse Kelly Barnett dons a gown, an N95 mask, a face shield, gloves and goggles to work on the COVID floor at UnityPoint s Allen Hospital. Barnett prayed as she drove in this morning, as she does every day. She pleaded with God to help her patients recover and begged for Iowa to turn the corner on the virus still sweeping our state.