A High School’s Tribute to Veterans

The Austin American Statesman’s

Claire Osborn had a Veterans Day story I was honored to photograph last Friday at Hutto High School.    On this day, the school was all about honoring our nation’s veterans, complete with  four separate assemblies and a dramatic flyover of vintage military aircraft at the end of the day.   Claire’s story focused on two veterans, Jim Farmer of Lake Travis, who served in World War II and won a Purple Heart at Iwo Jima.   He’s in the opening photo.   The other gentleman was Korean War veteran Bud Farrell of Georgetown, who was aboard B-29 bombers as a waist gunner.   He’s in the second photo.   The day honored numerous other veterans, too, including Korean War veteran James Jenney (in the shirt with the flag) and Navy World War II veteran Wilburn Krusz, shown in the closing photo as he is assisted by Hutto High freshman Ryan Perry, a member of the school’s Air Force Junior ROTC cadet corps.   Throughout the day, every veteran and their family members were provided with a cadet to help make their day at the school go well.   They  were an incredibly-disciplined group of cadets, no more so than cadet Imani Christopher, standing at full attention while she helped oversee the veteran exhibit area.   I’ll post another set of photos from an actual Veterans Day observance, but wanted this one out there first.