Fox Valley veterans from World War II through Afghanistan share insights into service

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Richard Missing tells story his service during World War II Merchant Marines Navy during Veterans AppreciatiProgram sponsored by Chapel Green

Richard Missing tells story of his service during World War II in the Merchant Marines and Navy during a Veterans Appreciation Program sponsored by the Chapel on the Green Historical Society in Yorkville on Sunday, November 11, 2012. | Steven Buyansky~Sun-Times Media

U.S. Army veterans Bill Schell (left) Lenny Devick look photos from their days service Vietnam War during Veterans AppreciatiProgram sponsored

U.S. Army veterans Bill Schell (left) and Lenny Devick look at photos from their days of service in the Vietnam War during a Veterans Appreciation Program sponsored by the Chapel on the Green Historical Society in Yorkville on Sunday, November 11, 2012. | Steven Buyansky~Sun-Times Media

A crowd filled chapel hear Air Force veteran Jim Follmer talk about his service along with nine others during Veterans

A crowd filled the chapel to hear Air Force veteran Jim Follmer talk about his service along with nine others during a Veterans Appreciation Program sponsored by the Chapel on the Green Historical Society in Yorkville on Sunday, November 11, 2012. | Steven Buyansky~Sun-Times Media

A World War II erArmy uniform is display during Veterans AppreciatiProgram sponsored by Chapel Green Historical Society Yorkville Sunday November

A World War II era Army uniform is on display during a Veterans Appreciation Program sponsored by the Chapel on the Green Historical Society in Yorkville on Sunday, November 11, 2012. | Steven Buyansky~Sun-Times Media

Kaylee Swickert 9 Sandwich listens Korean War veteran's story during Veterans AppreciatiProgram sponsored by Chapel Green Historical Society Yorkville Sunday

Kaylee Swickert, 9 of Sandwich listens to a Korean War veteran's story during a Veterans Appreciation Program sponsored by the Chapel on the Green Historical Society in Yorkville on Sunday, November 11, 2012. | Steven Buyansky~Sun-Times Media

Fred Wayne tells his story serving with U.S. Army during Korean War during Veterans AppreciatiProgram sponsored by Chapel Green Historical

Fred Wayne tells his story of serving with the U.S. Army during the Korean War during a Veterans Appreciation Program sponsored by the Chapel on the Green Historical Society in Yorkville on Sunday, November 11, 2012. | Steven Buyansky~Sun-Times Media

U.S. Army veteran Robert Coleman talks about his service during World War II during Veterans AppreciatiProgram sponsored by Chapel Green

U.S. Army veteran Robert Coleman talks about his service during World War II during a Veterans Appreciation Program sponsored by the Chapel on the Green Historical Society in Yorkville on Sunday, November 11, 2012. | Steven Buyansky~Sun-Times Media

A Korean War ear jeep sits front Chapel Green during Veterans AppreciatiProgram sponsored by Chapel Green Historical Society Yorkville Sunday

A Korean War ear jeep sits in front of the Chapel on the Green during a Veterans Appreciation Program sponsored by the Chapel on the Green Historical Society in Yorkville on Sunday, November 11, 2012. | Steven Buyansky~Sun-Times Media

YORKVILLE — From the landing on Omaha Beach in Normandy during World War II, through the Korean War, to manning peacetime Cold War missile sites through the Vietnam era, and to the current fighting going on today in Afghanistan, veterans from around the Fox Valley …