in 1939 esther perry's family moved to san francisco reenlisted in the military and served in world warii. after his service to the united states army mr. perry returned to san francisco where he met and married his wife of 65 years, olivia clark, until her death until 2009. stir. worked various jobs to support his family, eventually becoming the janitorial supervisor at uc hospital the board of education where he actually retired. after his retirement mr. perry helped his son and daughter-in-law develop and open the two jacks restaurant the lower haight or he became well known for making his delicious hogshead cheese and pork sausage. they also have a location on cleveland avenue. both of these locations are in institution here in our city and well-known throughout the western addition and the visitation valley communities. mr. and enjoy playing cards friday night with his friends and enjoyed sunday dinners with his family. he leaves five children, stephanie, stephen, margie, denise, maurice emma two sisters, five grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren,, and his granddaughter, nikki,

dennis said of joel's reenlistment, i think he did that to try to protect me. he didn't think they would take two brothers. david haegele. david was from napoleon, born september 28, 1948. he served in the army's 25th infantry division. david died february 8 1969. he was 20 years old. he was the fifth of eight children and he grew up on his family's dairy farm. his brother tim also served our country in the marines. david's family said that he was such a kind person and a hard worker, they remember his jokes and how much he enjoyed playing fun pranks on people. david's letters home to his family requested three things: he and his fellow soldiers desired most: kool aid baked goods and dry socks. david's mother gave david's -- david's mother gave david's niece veronica a fox she filled with david's things like the letters he mailed home from vietnam and his wallet. she said that veronica would know what to do with them. about three months before david's mother passed away at age 95, veronica finished david's scrapbook and his mother thought it was perfect. garry

three years from guard contracts for activities including pregame color guard ceremonies, pregame reenlistment ceremonies, pregame on-field american flag rollouts end game flag runners, halftime soldier recognition ceremonies, guard-sponsored high school player of the week and coach of the week awards and guard-sponsored player appearances at local high schools. the following teams had contracts in the past three years according to the army national guard. atlanta falcons $59,500 buffalo bills $550,000, chicago bears, $443,000, cincinnati bengals, $117,000, $dallas cowboys, $262,500. denver broncos $460,000. detroit lions $193,000, indianapolis colts $400,000, miami dolphins, pam tampa bay bunk nears and jacksonville jaguars, $16 0*u. minnesota vikings $410,000, new orleans saints, $307,000, inure new york jet $212,500. oakland raiders $275,000, steel,$217,000 st. louis rams and kansas city cheervetion $60,000, san diego chargers, $450,500. san francisco 49ers $125,000, and seattle seahawks, $393,500. what makes these expenditures all the more troubling is that at the same time the guard was a

reauthorization of over 30 types of bonus it's and special pays to encourage enlistment and reenlist interim and funds to health care for the retirees. it includes a benefit compensation reform either requested by the department or recommended by the military compensation and retirement modernization commission that help to ensure the long-term viability of the all-volunteer force. for example, the bill includes a new retirement system for service members joining after january 1, 2018 as recommended by the commission. which grandfathers in the current force. for most service members this new system will provide a greater benefit at less cost to the government and will address perhaps the grossest neck advertise of the current -- inequities as highlighted by the chairman. the fact that 83% of service members leave military service with no retirement benefits at all. and this is especially challenging, difficult in some cases even galling for those who have deployed multiple times and leave the service simply because they cannot endure the strain any longer, we essentially ask them to