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Oakridge Fire and EMS honor veterans with a breakfast at the fire house

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The hard-working kitchen staff from the Oakridge Fire and EMS enjoyed honoring our local veterans with a mighty tasty breakfast. Herald photo

By GEORGE CUSTER/Editor/The Herald  —  The Oakridge Fire and EMS put on a breakfast feed for community veterans and active-duty service members and their families on Monday, Veterans Day, from 8 a.m. till noon.

Honoring our service members and veterans on Veterans’ Day was a labor of love for the near dozen active and reserve firefighters and emergency medical personnel. They all worked together, fixing and serving the plate of a warm breakfast.

The warmth of the fire house on a chilly and rainy morning couldn’t have been more inviting to the men and women who came for the meal and some camaraderie. Biscuits smothered in country gravy, eggs and sausages was the plat du jour. Gallons of coffee was consumed as well by

Army, Navy, and Air Force all at one table. They’re on their good behavior as they wait for their chow. Herald photo

veterans, young and old, who ate and chatted with friends and fellow armed service members. The meeting room at the fire station was able to accommodate the crowd only because as some people came in, others were leaving.

All of the services were in attendance: Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines. Even the Merchant Marines made their presence known.

There were no barroom brawls between the different branches, maybe in their younger years perhaps. Luckily there was plenty of food to go around.

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George Custer lives in Oakridge with his wife Sayre. George is a former smokejumper from his hometown of Cave Junction, a former captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. and ran a construction company in Southern California. George assumed the volunteer duties as the Editor of the Highway 58 Herald in 2022. He loves riding his Harley-Davidson motorcycle, building all things wood, and playing drums on the weekends in his office.

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