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Elementary Students Honor Veterans
Date: 11/9/2009 Album ID: 885429
Photos by David Carson
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Brown Elementary and Hazelwood North Middle School student choirs honored local veterans with a concert at Brown Elementary School in Florissant on Monday.
Monday November 9, 2009--Students from Brown Elementary School sing at the start of the Veterans Concert at Brown Elementary School on Monday. More than 300 people showed up to hear the students and honor the veterans who were invited to attend. The choir from Brown was also joined by students North Middle School's choir.David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com
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Monday November 9, 2009--Teacher Jeanne Nyberg watches as student perform during the Veterans Concert at Brown Elementary School on Monday. More than 300 people showed up to hear the students and honor the veterans who were invited to attend. The choir from Brown was also joined by students North Middle School's choir.David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com
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Monday November 9, 2009--Students from the Hazelwood North Middle Schol choir sing during the Veterans Concert at Brown Elementary School on Monday. More than 300 people showed up to hear the students and honor the veterans who were invited to attend. David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com
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Monday November 9, 2009--Students from the Brown Elementary School choir sing during the Veterans Concert on Monday at Brown Elementary School on Monday. More than 300 people showed up to hear the students and honor the veterans who were invited to attend. The choir from Brown was also joined by students North Middle School's choir.David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com
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Monday November 9, 2009--Bill Volk plays echo taps with his son Tyler Volk during the Veterans Concert on Monday at Brown Elementary School on Monday. More than 300 people showed up to hear the students and honor the veterans who were invited to attend. David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com
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Monday November 9, 2009--Tyler Volk, left, and his father Bill Volk stand after playing echo taps at the Veterans Concert at Brown Elementary School on Monday. More than 300 people showed up to hear the students and honor the veterans who were invited to attend. David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com
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Monday November 9, 2009--Jordan Johnson, 5, looks up to his grandfather Roger Smoots, a veteran of the Air Force, during the Veterans Concert at Brown Elementary School on Monday. More than 300 people showed up to hear the students and honor the veterans who were invited to attend. David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com
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Monday November 9, 2009--Darryl Hunter Sr., and Army vet, and his daughter Alijah Hunter, 3, address the crowd during the Veterans Concert at Brown Elementary School on Monday. More than 300 people showed up to hear the students and honor the veterans who were invited to attend. David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com
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Monday November 9, 2009--Susan Shuster and her daughter Sofia Shuster, 7, address the crowd during the Veterans Concert at Brown Elementary School on Monday. Shuster proudly told the crowd about her son Michael Shuster who is recovering at Walter Reed Army Medical Center from injuries he sustain in Iraq last May. Michael Shuster was a student at Brown Elementary school when he was younger.David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com
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PFC Shuster, Michael at Walter reed army medical center on the day he was awarded his purple heart. sept August 31 st. Wounded by 2 EFP attacks on may 17th, 2009 in Baghdad Iraq. His Iraqi interpreter was killed in the attack. Shuster attended Brown Elementary School in Florissant who's student honor veterans on Monday night. Shuster's mother Susan stood during one part of the ceremony and told part of her son's story. Shuster sustained severe tissue and nerve damage to his left arm, he was also shot in the same incident. He is expected to remain at Walter Reed Army Medical Center for two years while he undergoes additional surgeries to repair his arm.Photo Courtesy Shuster Family
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A picture of the Humvee PFC Michael Shuster, 21, of Florissant, was riding in when it was stuck by an explosively formed projectile May 17, 2009. Shuster was wounded in the attack and the Iraqi interpreter riding with them was killed.Photo Submitted by the Shuster family.
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An undated family photo of PFC Michael Shuster, 21, of Florissant, on foot patrol in Iraq. Shuster was wounded when the Humvee he was riding in was stuck by an explosively formed projectile May 17, 2009. Shuster sustained severe tissue and nerve damage to his left arm, he was also shot in the same incident. He is expected to remain at Walter Reed Army Medical center for two years while he undergoes additional surgeries to repair his arm.Photo Courtsy of Shuster family
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Monday November 9, 2009--Robin Riefle, left center, hold up her grand daughter Natalie Oswald, 4, as she tries to photograph her brother during the Veterans Concert at Brown Elementary School on Monday. More than 300 people showed up to hear the students and honor the veterans who were invited to attend. David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com
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Monday November 9, 2009--Darryl Hunter, left, gives his son, Darryl Hunter II, a kiss on the check after the Veterans Concert at Brown Elementary School on Monday. The elder Hunter is an Army veteran, and his son sang in the choir to honor the vets. Also pictured is Hunter's daughter Alijah Hunter, bottom center. More than 300 people showed up to hear the students and honor the vets.David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com
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Monday November 9, 2009--Students from the Brown Elementary School choir sing during the Veterans Concert on Monday at Brown Elementary School on Monday. More than 300 people showed up to hear the students and honor the veterans who were invited to attend. The choir from Brown was also joined by students North Middle School's choir.David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com
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Monday November 9, 2009--Louis Doss, a member of the Navy, talks with his daughter DessaRae Doss, 8, before the start of the Veterans Concert at Brown Elementary School on Monday. David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com
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Monday November 9, 2009--Veteran exchange greetings prior to the start of the Veterans Concert on Monday at Brown Elementary School on Monday. More than 300 people showed up to hear the students and honor the veterans who were invited to attend. The choir from Brown was also joined by students North Middle School's choir.David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com
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Monday November 9, 2009--William W. Blount, of Florissant, shows off a picture of himself in Korea during his time in the Army in the 1950s. David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com
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Monday November 9, 2009--Louis Doss, a member of the Navy, shows his daughter DessaRae Doss, 8, some of the medals he has earned before the start of the Veterans Concert at Brown Elementary School on Monday. David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com
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Monday November 9, 2009--John David Smith, a WWII Vet, shows off his medals to his great grandsons Jaleel Adams, left, and Jalen Brown before the start of the Veterans Concert at Brown Elementary School on Monday. More than 300 people showed up to hear the students and honor the veterans who were invited to attend. The choir from Brown was also joined by students North Middle School's choir.David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com
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