Lt. Col. Dean Ladd, USMCR (Ret.)

Lt. Col. Dean Ladd, USMCR (Ret.), saw combat in the Pacific as a junior officer in the US Marine Corps and served in the Marine Corps Reserve after the war, rising to the rank of lieutenant colonel in 1960. In all, he served thirty years in the Corps. A resident of Spokane, Washington, he remains active in several veterans groups.