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Hood River Volunteer Fire Department

Hood River VFD Service Flag

The Hood River Glacier, 24 Jan 1918, page 13

A service flag with 11 stars is displayed at headquarters of the fire department. The enlisted men of the department are:

  • W. J. A. Baker
  • Walter W. Shay
  • Edwin C. Eberly
  • Ivan Dakin
  • Walter Ford
  • Edgar J. Franz
  • Willard Young
  • William E. Bailey
  • Rudyard Imholz
  • R. L. Foust
  • Will McGuire

The new flag was made and presented to the fire department by J. C. Meyer and Harry Wood.

“We certainly appreciate very much the gift of Messrs. Meyer and Wood,“ says T. D. Waldie, secretary of the department.

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