The Rotary Membership of Murrieta honored a World Battle II veteran and his son, a Vietnam-era veteran, plus a Marine Corps veteran who served in Afghanistan and an Air Drive retiree who’s a Junior ROTC teacher on the membership’s annual Veterans Appreciation Luncheon in November.
Lots of of army veterans and their family and friends members attended the luncheon, held Nov. 7 among the many 2,022 American flags that have been displayed in Murrieta’s City Sq. Park in the course of the 14th annual Discipline of Honor.
With the theme “Who’s Your Hero?” the Rotary Membership had sought hero nominations from family and friends for particular recognition on the luncheon.
This 12 months’s honorees have been Pedro Ledesma Castillo, Peter Edward Castillo, Fabian “OJ” Sosa and Angela Valentine.
Pedro Castillo enlisted within the U.S. Army in August 1944 and was despatched to the Philippines with the seventh Infantry, which was concerned in fight to liberate the nation. A bullet grazed Castillo within the head, and he obtained quite a few medals for his service throughout World Battle II, in response to a information launch.
He left the Army in November 1946 and now lives in Hemet.
Castillo’s son Peter Castillo served three years within the U.S. Army, enlisting in 1966 when he was 17 to struggle within the Vietnam Battle. He attended airborne coaching with the first Special Forces Group and was assigned with the fifth and twenty fourth Infantry Divisions. With the fifth Infantry, he ended up on Okinawa performing logistics capabilities in help of the Vietnam Battle, in response to the information launch. He left the Army after serving three years.
Retired U.S. Marine Corps Grasp Sgt. Fabian “OJ” Sosa served on energetic responsibility within the Marine Corps for 23 years, together with a number of assignments abroad, fight operations in Afghanistan and a tour of responsibility as a drill teacher at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego.
Following his retirement in 2008, he began Tactical World Options Corp., a service-disabled veteran-owned small enterprise that helps army, legislation enforcement, first responders and federal companies with gear, logistics, companies and coaching, in response to the information launch.
His firm recruits workers from transitioning army members, retired veterans and legislation enforcement officers and helps organizations such because the West Coast Drill Instructors Affiliation, Waves Mission and Warfighter Made, which help veterans and their households.
Retired U.S. Air Drive Chief Grasp Sgt. Angela Valentine is an Air Drive Junior ROTC teacher at Vista Murrieta Excessive College. She brings greater than 30 years of management, coaching and mentoring expertise to her work with the scholars within the Junior ROTC program and holds a bachelor’s diploma in social science and a grasp’s diploma in psychology counseling, in response to the information launch.
Throughout her active-duty years, she was deployed to Saudi Arabia in help of Operation Desert Storm and Desert Defend and to Germany in help of Operation Deny Flight, in response to the information launch.
Along with educating full time, Valentine guides applications together with honor guard, colour guard, aggressive drill crew and go and evaluate ceremonies. Beneath her management, the glory guard crew salutes Air Drive veterans by offering month-to-month funeral honors at Riverside Nationwide Cemetery.
The Rotary Membership of Murrieta presents the annual Discipline of Honor in November as a group service in partnership with town of Murrieta.
