Service & Sacrifice:
War Through the Eyes of U.P. Veterans 2023

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Sterling Schultz: “I knew right then, it was all different”

By LISA BOWERS Journal City Editor Sterling Schultz is a guy who walks the walk when it comes to helping and honoring Upper Peninsula veterans. The U.P. native is a veteran of the Vietnam War war himself who struggled with post traumatic stress disorder, he knows what it’s like. After ...

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Daniel Jackovich: ‘Around the clock work’

By LISA BOWERS Journal City Editor MARQUETTE — When Dan Jackovich went in to the military in November of 1965, the Navy was not his first choice. He had been working at Cliffs Dow for a few months, had attended classes at Northern Michigan University for a year and wasn’t planning to go ...

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Robert Swanson: ‘I wondered what I got myself into’

By LISA BOWERS Journal City Editor The Marine Corps were a good fit for Bob Swanson. When college didn’t work out and he got drafted into the army, Swanson decided to join the Marines instead. He went on active duty on Sept. 9, 1968, and found that stepping off the plane in Los Angeles ...

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Jill Weingarten: ‘It was definitely different than the U.P.

By LISA BOWERS Journal City Editor When Jill Weingarten sings the National Anthem, it’s about more than perfect pitch. She comes from a long line of people of service. Her father was an Army veteran. “I was absolutely freaked out,” Weingarten said. “Here I was this little 19-year-old ...

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Al Henderson: “The war was winding down”

By LISA BOWERS Journal City Editor Al Henderson is a Vietnam Veteran who considers himself lucky for a variety of reasons. He entered the Air Force just out of high school in 1970 at the tail end of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. Rather than waiting for his number to come up in the ...

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Allen Beauchamp: ‘I was kind of stuck’

Allen Beauchamp’s Navy service began in what he calls a “unique situation” as a teenager. Many of his classmates had their futures mapped out, they had decided, not only if they were going to college, but where. But Beauchamp had not made any kind of firm decision “ I was kind of ...

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Jim Provost

MARQUETTE — When you talk to Jim Provost about everything he’s been able to accomplish for Marquette County Veterans, you can’t help but wonder how he does it all. But it doesn’t take long to understand why. Provost himself is a Vietnam veteran. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps ...