Reserve soldiers join veterans for Independence Day celebration
Army Reserve soldiers assigned to the 85th Support Command and 416th Theater Engineer Command, both headquartered in Chicago, joined local veterans to celebrate Independence Day in Villa Park, located in the Chicago-land area, July 4, 2016. Amongst the participants was "Wild Bill" Reeves, Vietnam Veteran and Prisoner of War, and Sid Bergh, 90 year old WWII U.S. Navy Veteran.
Sgt. Adam Burson, left, 416th Theater Engineer Command, and Master Sgt. Keith Clark, 85th Support Command prepare a Humvee to participate in Villa Park’s annual Fourth of July parade, July 4, 2016.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. David Lietz/Released)
“Wild Bill” Reeves, a resident of Villa Park, stands in front of the Villa Park Lions Club float before the start of the annual Fourth of July Parade in Villa Park, July 4, 2016. Reeves is a Vietnam veteran and former Prisoner of War. He served in the U.S. Army from 1969 to 1972. He was stationed in Chu Lai and served
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Sgt. Adam Burson, holding seven-month-old Dylan Blicharz of Melrose Park, with Master Sgt. Keith Clark, 85th Support Command stand in front of a Humvee before the Villa Park annual Fourth of July parade, July 4, 2016.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. David Lietz/Released)
Sid Bergh, Villa Park resident, who recently turned 90 years old, stands in the staging area of the annual Fourth of July parade in Villa Park, July 4, 2016. Bergh served in the U.S. Navy during World War II aboard a jeep carrier in the Atlantic Ocean. He was in the Navy from 1943 to 1946.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Dav
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Pvt. Jahari Hamilton, a construction engineer assigned to the 317th Engineer Battalion, Homewood, Illinois, holds his one-year-old son, Brenton before the Villa Park Independence Day parade, July 4, 2016.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. David Lietz/Released)
An Army Reserve Humvee assigned to the 416th Theater Engineer Command moves through the parade route at the Villa Park Independence Day parade, July 4, 2016.
Soldiers assigned to the 85th Support Command and the 416th Theater Engineer Command participated in the annual parade.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. David Lietz/Rel
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Sarah Jones, Elmhurst resident, with her ten-month-old son, Shay, pause for a photo during the Villa Park annual Fourth of July parade, July 4, 2016. Army Reserve soldiers assigned to the 85th Support Command and the 416th Theater Engineer Command participated in the parade.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. David Lietz/Releas
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