From left: Daughter Gloria, Post Commander Mike Wulf, wife Satchiko, Mr. Jack, Post Chaplain Richard Lundie, Auxiliary member Linda Lundie, Post Quartermaster Mary Roberts, and Auxiliary President Mary Fausett. Photo taken by Post Adjutant Larry Hume.
October 11, 2024 - Members of Shelby County Memorial Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8904, Center, Texas, and the Auxiliary visited with 95-year-old veteran Jack Wills on Wednesday, October 9, 2024, and presented him with his Quilt of Valor. Mr. Jack could not attend the Shelby County 4-H Heart to Hands Quilts of Valor ceremony at the recent Poultry Festival due to health concerns. He joined the US Army in 1948 and served with Company C, 307 Engineers, 82 Airborne Infantry Division until 1957, when he joined the US Air Force as a C-130 Loadmaster and retired as a Master Sergeant in 1969. Mr. Jack and his wife, Satchiko, recently celebrated 67 years of marriage.
From left: Wife Satchiko and Jack Wills. Photo taken by Post Adjutant Larry Hume.
