Six names to be added to wall at Veterans Memorial Park in Rubidoux -

Published on Wednesday, May 14, 2008
By SANDRA STOKLEY

RUBIDOUX - Six veterans with ties to the Jurupa area, including the father of former presidential candidate Rep. Duncan Hunter, will be honored this Saturday at Veterans Memorial Park.

Robert O. Hunter, Kenneth S. Norton, Ulysses K. Garrett, Frank Medaris, Callis Herbert and Wilson P. Lauritzen, all deceased, will have their names placed on the Veterans Memorial Wall during a pre-Memorial Day ceremony at the park.

All of the men, except for Garrett, were World War II veterans. Garrett served in the U.S. Navy from 1936 to 1940.

Hunter, who served as an artillery officer with the U.S. Marines in the Philippines, was a Jurupa-area builder and Republican political activist.

Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-El Cajon, called his father "the greatest man I ever met."

"He had an unflagging sense of patriotism," Hunter said.

Lauritzen served in the U.S. Army during World War II and was a veteran of the Battle of the Bulge Read Full Article...

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