North Brookfield High School Alumni
North Brookfield, Massachusetts (MA)
Recent Members
| Beth Benson Beth Ringgard | 1981 |
| Caitlyn Sousa | 2010 |
| Cathy Buteau | 1978 |
| James James Pusateri | 1992 |
| Kaitlyn Arrington Hanson | 2009 |
| Marc Kurkulonis | 1997 |
| Shiela O’toole | 1985 |
| Theresa Long | 1981 |
Military Alumni
Honoring Our Heroes
This area is dedicated to our alumni that have served or are serving in our armed forces!
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Honored Military Alumni
David O'Brien
Class of 1990
Navy, 4 Years
Served aboard the USS John F. Kennedy (cv-67).
Had some great times while out to sea. Got to see some beautiful places in Europe
Class of 1990
Navy, 4 Years
Served aboard the USS John F. Kennedy (cv-67).
Had some great times while out to sea. Got to see some beautiful places in Europe
James G. Cadman
Class of 1960
Air Force, 4 Years
Served our country during 1963 to 1967. Stationed at Geroge AFB, Victorville, CA as an Air Policeman. Was depolyed to Da Nang Vietnam in 1965.
Class of 1960
Air Force, 4 Years
Served our country during 1963 to 1967. Stationed at Geroge AFB, Victorville, CA as an Air Policeman. Was depolyed to Da Nang Vietnam in 1965.
Kent Whitman
Class of 1961
Army, 20+ Years
Took Army ROTC while at UMass. Commissioned 2LT 28 July 67. Went to Ft Devens waiting on Engineer Officer Basic at Ft Belvior VA. Then to Ranger School at Ft Benning and Camp Dalonega GA then Eglin AFB in FL. Then off to assignment in the 54th Combat Engr Bn in Wildflicken, Germany. Made 1LT. Reassigned to Hanau, Gr took command of the 568th Lt Equip Co. Made CPT. Deployed to Longbinh Vietnam 69th Engr Bn. Commanded HQ Co. Then took command of the 544th Const Spt Co with rock crushers and an asphault plant in spt of the Bn constructing QL1 north to the III Corps Boarder. Moved to CanTho as an MACV advisor to the Vietnamese Engineers in the Delta. Reassigned to Ft Belvior VA as a Demo/Mine Warfare instructor in the Engr School. Went to Engineer Officer Advanced course. Sent TDY to Egypt after YonKuppur in early 1974 to help the Egyptians clear landmines. Met President Sadat. Then reassigned to the 326th Engr Bn 101st Abn Div. Served as S2 then took command of A Co in spt of the 1st Bde. Then reassigned to the G3 Training staff. Reassigned to Sinop Turkey as Facility Engr. Reassigned to New England Div Corps of Engineers in Waltham, MA. From there to ARMR V at Ft Sheridan, IL training Res and NG. ARMR V became 4th USArmy. Sent TDY to Honduras as Staff Engineer to the forces deployed on exercises there. Back to Sheridan and retired on Aug 1, 1987 after 3 days and 20 years. Many awards and decorations. I think I have most of this right.
Class of 1961
Army, 20+ Years
Took Army ROTC while at UMass. Commissioned 2LT 28 July 67. Went to Ft Devens waiting on Engineer Officer Basic at Ft Belvior VA. Then to Ranger School at Ft Benning and Camp Dalonega GA then Eglin AFB in FL. Then off to assignment in the 54th Combat Engr Bn in Wildflicken, Germany. Made 1LT. Reassigned to Hanau, Gr took command of the 568th Lt Equip Co. Made CPT. Deployed to Longbinh Vietnam 69th Engr Bn. Commanded HQ Co. Then took command of the 544th Const Spt Co with rock crushers and an asphault plant in spt of the Bn constructing QL1 north to the III Corps Boarder. Moved to CanTho as an MACV advisor to the Vietnamese Engineers in the Delta. Reassigned to Ft Belvior VA as a Demo/Mine Warfare instructor in the Engr School. Went to Engineer Officer Advanced course. Sent TDY to Egypt after YonKuppur in early 1974 to help the Egyptians clear landmines. Met President Sadat. Then reassigned to the 326th Engr Bn 101st Abn Div. Served as S2 then took command of A Co in spt of the 1st Bde. Then reassigned to the G3 Training staff. Reassigned to Sinop Turkey as Facility Engr. Reassigned to New England Div Corps of Engineers in Waltham, MA. From there to ARMR V at Ft Sheridan, IL training Res and NG. ARMR V became 4th USArmy. Sent TDY to Honduras as Staff Engineer to the forces deployed on exercises there. Back to Sheridan and retired on Aug 1, 1987 after 3 days and 20 years. Many awards and decorations. I think I have most of this right.
Robert Thern
Class of 1971
Army, 10 Years
Military intelligence liaison officer in Hof, Germany in 1989-90. Was responsible for border surveillance and liaison to West German border authorities just at the time when the iron curtain fell.
Class of 1971
Army, 10 Years
Military intelligence liaison officer in Hof, Germany in 1989-90. Was responsible for border surveillance and liaison to West German border authorities just at the time when the iron curtain fell.
Stanley E Anderson
Class of 1959
Air Force, 20 Years
Enlisting in the Air Force in May, 1959 (I missed NBHS graduation by about a week), following basic training and tech school, I spent six years at Langley AFB, VA, 1960-66, including four years at the Hq Tactical Air Command Command Post. Then Aug 66 – Aug 67 at the 366th Tactical Fighter Wing, DaNang AB, Vietnam as Admin/Top Secret Control NCO in the Tactical Unit Operations Center. Returned to Patrick AFB, FL I worked on Project Apollo, 1967-71, as NCO-In-Charge (functionally the facilities manager among other duties) of the Aircraft Operations Control Center (AOCC) deploying eight Apollo Range Instrumentation Aircraft (ARIA) around the world recording telemetry from the Apollo spacecraft and relaying astronaut voices to Houston. The AOCC, known in the NASA world as “ARIA Control”, was listed by NASA as their #3 Communications control center because the ARIA comprised 30 percent of their near-earth Manned Space Flight Network. The ARIA were the prime relay stations for all Apollo spacecraft following reentry blackout. I “flew a console” during the Apollo 4 thru 14 missions before leaving the program to cross-train into computer programming. Following programming tech school, I spent two years at Travis AFB, CA, 1971-73, then on to the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) in Belgium, 1973-77, a multi-service, multi-national installation. Off-duty, I followed my two oldest sons as they went from Cub Scouts into a British Scout troop and spent three years as Assistant and a year as Leader of the troop that had 30 boys from eight countries and spoke six different languages, English, French, German, Dutch, Italian and Turkish. Fortunately, they all spoke English or French as a primary or secondary language. Returning from Belgium to Cannon AFB, NM, in 1977, I finished my Air Force Career as NCOIC of Base Data Automation retiring as a Master Sergeant (E-7) Computer Systems Superintendent in June 1979.
Class of 1959
Air Force, 20 Years
Enlisting in the Air Force in May, 1959 (I missed NBHS graduation by about a week), following basic training and tech school, I spent six years at Langley AFB, VA, 1960-66, including four years at the Hq Tactical Air Command Command Post. Then Aug 66 – Aug 67 at the 366th Tactical Fighter Wing, DaNang AB, Vietnam as Admin/Top Secret Control NCO in the Tactical Unit Operations Center. Returned to Patrick AFB, FL I worked on Project Apollo, 1967-71, as NCO-In-Charge (functionally the facilities manager among other duties) of the Aircraft Operations Control Center (AOCC) deploying eight Apollo Range Instrumentation Aircraft (ARIA) around the world recording telemetry from the Apollo spacecraft and relaying astronaut voices to Houston. The AOCC, known in the NASA world as “ARIA Control”, was listed by NASA as their #3 Communications control center because the ARIA comprised 30 percent of their near-earth Manned Space Flight Network. The ARIA were the prime relay stations for all Apollo spacecraft following reentry blackout. I “flew a console” during the Apollo 4 thru 14 missions before leaving the program to cross-train into computer programming. Following programming tech school, I spent two years at Travis AFB, CA, 1971-73, then on to the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) in Belgium, 1973-77, a multi-service, multi-national installation. Off-duty, I followed my two oldest sons as they went from Cub Scouts into a British Scout troop and spent three years as Assistant and a year as Leader of the troop that had 30 boys from eight countries and spoke six different languages, English, French, German, Dutch, Italian and Turkish. Fortunately, they all spoke English or French as a primary or secondary language. Returning from Belgium to Cannon AFB, NM, in 1977, I finished my Air Force Career as NCOIC of Base Data Automation retiring as a Master Sergeant (E-7) Computer Systems Superintendent in June 1979.
Wayne Miner
Class of 1960
Marine Corps, 20+ Years
Enlisted July 1960 and departed for boot camp at Parris Island, SC
Oct 60 - Camp Geiger, NC
Jan 61 - Radio Operator Training Command, San Diego, CA
May 61 - 1st Heavy Artillery Battery, 29 Palms, CA (Radio Operator)
Aug 62 - USS Eldorado, (AGC-11) Ships Company, Morse Code Radio Operator/Supervisor
Aug 64 - El Toro, CA
Jan 65 - Naval Command Communications Training Center, Pensacola, FL (CT School)
Dec 65 - !st Radio Battalion, Hawaii
Jul 68 - Sub Unit 1, 1st Radio Bn, Vietnam (200 days @ Charlie 2, 5 months on Hill 55)
Aug 69 - 2nd Radio Bn, Camp LeJeune, NC
Jul 71 - Marine Support Battalion, Guantanmo Bay, Cuba
Jul 74 - LantComElintCenter, CincLantFlt, Norfolk, VA
Jul 77- MCAS Cherry Point, VMAQ-2, TERPES
Aug 79 - MWHS-1, Camp Butler, Okinawa, Japan
Aug 82 - 2nd Radio Bn, Camp LeJeune, NC
(And a lot of placed temporarily between those above duty stations)
Jan 84 - Retired, 23 years, 6 months, 1 day as a Master Sergeant (E-8)
Class of 1960
Marine Corps, 20+ Years
Enlisted July 1960 and departed for boot camp at Parris Island, SC
Oct 60 - Camp Geiger, NC
Jan 61 - Radio Operator Training Command, San Diego, CA
May 61 - 1st Heavy Artillery Battery, 29 Palms, CA (Radio Operator)
Aug 62 - USS Eldorado, (AGC-11) Ships Company, Morse Code Radio Operator/Supervisor
Aug 64 - El Toro, CA
Jan 65 - Naval Command Communications Training Center, Pensacola, FL (CT School)
Dec 65 - !st Radio Battalion, Hawaii
Jul 68 - Sub Unit 1, 1st Radio Bn, Vietnam (200 days @ Charlie 2, 5 months on Hill 55)
Aug 69 - 2nd Radio Bn, Camp LeJeune, NC
Jul 71 - Marine Support Battalion, Guantanmo Bay, Cuba
Jul 74 - LantComElintCenter, CincLantFlt, Norfolk, VA
Jul 77- MCAS Cherry Point, VMAQ-2, TERPES
Aug 79 - MWHS-1, Camp Butler, Okinawa, Japan
Aug 82 - 2nd Radio Bn, Camp LeJeune, NC
(And a lot of placed temporarily between those above duty stations)
Jan 84 - Retired, 23 years, 6 months, 1 day as a Master Sergeant (E-8)
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Our North Brookfield High School military alumni are some of the most outstanding people we know and this page recognizes them and everything they have done! Not everyone gets to come home for the holidays and we want our North Brookfield High School Military to know that they are loved and appreciated. All of us in North Brookfield are proud of our military alumni and want to thank them for risking their lives to protect our country!