Amos B Chapman
Amos grew up in Toppenish, WA but also lived in Seattle and graduated from Franklin HS. He joined the US Navy in May, 1943, just a couple months before turning 18. He served aboard the USS Killen (DD-593) in the Pacific as a Fire Controller. The Killen was a new destroyer built in Bremerton. It provided convoy escort, shore bombardment and antiaircraft screen. It participated in action in the Surigao Strait. The Killen was attacked by 9 Japanese Aircraft off of Leyte and was heavily damaged by a bomb, killing 15 crewmen. Amos resides in Edmonds. Amos retired from the US Postal Service Seattle. He has 3 daughters, 7 grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren.
Nick Rogers
Nick is from Seattle and enlisted in the Army in 2002. He served for 9 years in the infantry with four deployments to Iraq, three of them with the 101st Airborne Division. Stateside posts included Fort Campbell, Kentucky, Joint Base Lewis-McChord with a Stryker Brigade and Fort Sill, OK. Awards include The Army Commendation Medal, Achievement Medal and Good Conduct Medal. Nick and Dawn and four sons reside in Lynnwood.