Remembering Our Troops At Christmas

Add these names to your Christmas card list this year. Tell them their friends and neighbors in Bluffton and Wells County appreciate their efforts:

ABF AA Andrews
V-4 Division
USS Bataan (LHD5)
FPO AE 09554-1657

PFC Geisel, James P.
502D MI Co, 40th EN BN, TF RAM
FOB HAMMER
APO, AE 09322

SPC Justin O’Reilly
HHC 299th BSB 2 HBCT
Camp Liberty
APO-AE 09344

SSG Martin L. Yake
741st OD CO (EOD)
FOB Fenty
APO AE 09310

MN3 Steven Whitsitt
MCM Crew Constant
FPOAE 09501-1909


Do you know of a local serviceman or servicewoman who won’t be home for Christmas? Submit their name and complete mailing address to: The News-Banner, P.O. Box 436, Bluffton, IN 46714; or via fax: 260-824-0700; or via email: calendar@news-banner.com; or drop off at our office at 125 N. Johnson Street. (24-hour drop slot at front door).
We will publish their names and addresses in the News-Banner as they are received. We encourage our readers to send them a card. Cards should be mailed by Dec. 10, so please submit addresses as soon as possible. New names will appear in bold as they are received.
We will continue to update this list as new names come in.