Gordon Heintzman
Heintzman
is a Life Member transferring from Post 9334 in Germany. He is a native of Yakima, WA, where he enlisted in The Army. He served from 2004 to October, 2011 with a Joint Base Lewis McChord Stryker brigade. He had three tours in Iraq (39 months) and one in Germany. Remarkably, he was in the same platoon his first five years of service. Gordon was a recon scout and team leader and holds the Combat Action Badge and five awards of the Army Commendation Medal. He lives in Everett, has three sons and is a full-time student at Shoreline Community College.
Mike Bunney
Mike 
Bunney’s hometown is San Lorenzo, California. He served with the Army from November, 1965 to November, 1967. Initially he was at Ft. Riley, Kansas but then served with the 9th Infantry Division at Camp Bear Cat, Vietnam. Vietnam service was from December, 1966 until his discharge in November, 1967. Michael was awarded the Army Commendation and Good Conduct medals. He is retired from the University of Washington as a Database Manager. Michael and Mary have been married for 35 years and reside in Edmonds. They spend half the year at their Leavenworth cabin. They have 1 daughter and 3 grandchildren.
Preston Hall
Preston Hall is a L
ife Member transferring from Post 2100 in Everett. His hometown is Fayetteville, NC. He enlisted in the Air Force in 1955 at age 17 and retired in 1978. His first ten years he was in the Strategic Air Command and served at numerous bases in the United States as an aircraft and missile mechanic and a First Sergeant. He was an air traffic controller at Pleiku, Vietnam 1967-68. He was also stationed in Incerlie, Turkey. Preston had a second career in the Washington Corrections Department where he retired as a counselor after 25 years. He lives in Sultan and he and wife Betty have two daughters and five grandchildren.
Malcolm VanHoesen
Malcolm VanHoesen transferred to Edmonds from Post 6142 Greenport, New York. He moved here from Catskill, NY in November after loss of his home and business to a flood. Malcolm is originally from Catskill and enlisted in the US Navy in 1954 at age 17. He completed recruit training at Bainbridge, Maryland. He served as a machinists mate onboard both a destroyer and destroyer escort. Working in the boiler room with responsibility for the evaporators, his rate of saltwater conversion was consistently higher for his shift. Malcolm saw duty in Korea. He would have mustered out at age 20, but a technicality caused that to slip a few days to the ripe old age of 21. He attended business school and received a degree from Florida Community College in architectural design. He retired from the VA hospital system after 7 years in Florida. His last business was in woodworking and furniture restoration. Malcolm is a stock car racing fan. He resides in Edmonds and has 4 children, 3 of whom served in the military.