Dale Potts
Dale G. Potts has organized and MC’d Tualatin’s Memorial Day observation for the past 16 years. He is a Navy Vietnam vet, serving as the Public Affairs Officer of the Aircraft Carrier USS Yorktown. After active duty, he remained in the reserves, retiring as a Navy Captain (same rank as an Army Colonel). His civilian career was primarily as the Oregon Public Affairs Officer for IRS. Contact Dale at vet.dale@gmail.com.
B-17 co-pilot Bradley Summers’ Memoirs provide details about his 22 month captivity as a POW in German Stalag 111 Prison Camp. Fortunate to receive humane treatment
Bradley Summers captured after B-17 shot Down, Spends almost two years in German POW Camp
Father of Tualatin Man co-piloted B-17 Flying Fortress In European Theater, Survived two air crashes in WWII
Two brothers each received Purple Heart in famous WWII battles, One in Iwo Jima in South Pacific; other in the Battle of the Bulge
Tualatin Man Was Involved in the First Major Vietnam Military Offensive as a Naval Officer
Tualatin’s Four Sunde Brothers served in three wars, Spanning World War Two, Korean and Vietnam Wars
While serving as Army sniper, Tualatin Soldier had leg amputated from ambush in Afghanistan. After recovering, he made the choice to remain on active duty rather than take a medical discharge
Tualatin Marine severely injured in Vietnam Khe Sanh Battle, Became National Commander of Disabled American Veterans
Tualatin Purple Heart recipient shot down on an Army Birddog flight in Vietnam while on a Sniffer Mission. His widow remains active in veteran support activities
Tualatin man believed events in his first Army Ranger Vietnam Long Range Reconnaissance Mission (LRRP) were leading him to the last day of his life














