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Theodore "Ted" Phillips (Turtle Clan) served during the Korean Conflict and World War II.

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Theodore (Ted) Phillips (Turtle Clan) was a staff sergeant in the Army serving in World War II and the Korean Conflict. Born in 1925, he enlisted in the Army while in his teens and remained in active service until 1945. He was called up again as a reservist to go to Korea.

Ted was on the medic ambulance crew that went into the concentration camps. He helped take the survivors out of the camps, bringing them to medical facilities. Ted was also a survivor of the Battle of the Bulge.

Keller George (Wolf Clan Representative) served in the Army in the Korean Conflict and later joined and retired as a staff sergeant from the Air Force where he was a radar operator. During his years in the service he served stateside and in Europe.

Glen Wheelock (Turtle Clan), Army; Howard Luther Lazore (Wolf Clan), Army; and William Winder(Wolf Clan), Army, also served.

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