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40 Spalding-Bergan vets take Honor Flight, honor the ‘Ten on the Wall’

By: Tom Dermody   -   November 7, 2018   -   Featured Article Bergan, Brophy, Honor Flight, LaHood, Peoria Notre Dame, Spalding, Ten on the Wall, veterans, Vietnam

Five of the 40 alumni of the former Spalding Institute or Bergan High School in Peoria who took part in the Honor Flight place their hands on the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C. Their reflection creates a symbolic illustration of the "Ten on the Wall" --those graduates from the Catholic high schools in Peoria who were killed in the convlick or are missing in action. Photo courtesy OneNine Images/Andy Brophy

Our nation celebrates and thanks its military veterans this weekend, but almost a month ago the Peoria Catholic high school community remembered and honored the sacrifices of its alumni who served during the Vietnam War era. Forty alumni of the former Spalding Institute and Bergan High School who are Vietnam or Vietnam-era veterans were among […]