Ed
"Fingers" Gohn was born in Buffalo, New York on July
30, 1948. Ed served in the US Navy as an AT 2 with VA 195, on the USS Oriskany
and USS Kittyhawk. He was with the Navy from July 1965 to December 1971, when
he medically retired. Ed is now working as an Aerospace Manager and SCUBA Instructor.
He continues to ride in the Run For The Wall yearly, and passes the experience
on to others.
James
R. Franklin, born in Pittsfield, Illinois, in April
1947, served in the US Army from May 1966 to March 1968. James was a Staff Sergeant
(E-6) in the B Company, 4th Battalion, 47th Infantry, 9th Infantry Division
(Mobile Riverine Force) and served in Vietnam in 1967. He is now a Veterans
Advocate, assisting veterans to get into the VA system. "JR" worked to get a
bill past in the Kansas State Senate for Veterans license plates on motorcycles,
and works on an advisory committee for a Kansas Congressman.
