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AWH VIPs
Below are the VIPs that are attending the 2008 A Weekend of Heroes Expo.
Col. Paul Longgrear
Col. Paul Longgrear has a combined 26 years of Federal service with a distinguished service record including such prestigious awards as Silver Star, Bronze Stars for Valor, 3 Purple Hearts and two Vietnamese government awards for valor and two achievement awards from the German Army.
Ed Pepping
Ed Pepping is a dear friend of the 101st Reenactors. Ed was a medic with Easy Company and is an original Taccoa man. He jumped into Normandy on D-Day with the rest of Easy Company and searched for the wounded and suffering that others had to ignore. His sense of duty is evident in his being awarded the Bronze Star for bravery. On his way towards Dead Man's Corner, his friend Lt. William Turner came under fire while standing atop a tank turret. Ed rushed to his friends aid under fire and pulled him into a ditch. Unfortunately, Lt. Turner's wounds were mortal and he passed away. Nonetheless, Ed exemplified the spirit of the Taccoa Men who spearheaded the invasion of Normandy.
Sgt. Kenn Miller (LRRP)
After three voluntary extensions of his combat tours in an Airborne Ranger company in Vietnam, Kenn Miller returned briefly to the United States, then went to Taiwan, where he studied Chinese, majored in anthropology at National Taiwan University on the GI Bill, and worked as an English teacher and bilingual secretary for a trading company. After marrying and returning again to America, he studied history and English at the University of Michigan, and worked as a janitor, auto worker, physical education teacher, ghostwriter, and part time editor and ³book doctor² for Ballantine, Ivy Books, and Naval Institute Press. In 1983, his novel Tiger the Lurp Dog was published by Atlantic Monthly Press, with a paperback edition by Ballantine..
