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Leo Joseph Heaney
Leo Joseph Heaney: army sergeant, student, army officer, anthropologist, researcher, teacher, author. He grew up in Jim Thorpe, PA., and is the son of a WWII veteran who served as ...view moreLeo Joseph Heaney: army sergeant, student, army officer, anthropologist, researcher, teacher, author. He grew up in Jim Thorpe, PA., and is the son of a WWII veteran who served as a radio operator/gunner on B-17s over Germany.
Leo enlisted and served in Vietnam from April 1966-July 1968. 17 months (June 1966-October 1967) were with Tiger Force, of the 1st Battalion, 327th Parachute Infantry Regiment. His highest rank was Sergeant E-5 attained at age 19. Citations included: Combat Infantryman Badge, Parachutist Badge, Silver Star, Bronze Star, Army Commendation Medal with Valor Device and Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster, Four Overseas Service Bars, Presidential Unit Citation for serving with 1/327th Infantry during Operation Hawthorne and the relief of Toumorong--1966.
While attending Penn State University he participated in the ROTC program, and placed first of 1600 cadets at the 1971 ROTC summer camp at Ft. Indiantown Gap. ROTC honors: Distinguished Military Student, 1971; Distinguished Military Graduate, 1972. After graduation, he re-entered the service as a commissioned officer in the Regular Army: Primary branch--Military Intelligence; Combat Arms branch--Infantry. He later resigned his commission with the rank of Captain.
While pursuing a certificate in Education from the University of Puget Sound, he helped research and write a narrative of the Cowlitz Indian Tribe which assisted the tribal historians in the tribe's petition for Federal recognition. He also served as tribal representative on several archaeological projects in Western Washington.
He retired after 30 years as a high school Social Studies teacher.
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