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Richard Simmons of Trevor who was in the Navy for 21 years as an aviation and electronica technician and served three tours in Vietnam works on a panel. | Michael Schmidt~Sun-Times Media
Howard Jacobs of Highland Park a World War II veteran who was a sergeant combat medic in the Army works on part of a military themed mural at the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center in North Chicago. | Michael Schmidt~Sun-Times Media
Howard Jacobs works on the mural. | Michael Schmidt~Sun-Times Media
David Watling of Pleasant Prairie a Vietnam Army veteran who was in the 219th Reconnaissance Aircraft Company works on one of the panels. | Michael Schmidt~Sun-Times Media
David Watling works on one of the panels. | Michael Schmidt~Sun-Times Media
Letty Knight of Pleasant Prairie a retired Navy corpsman and naval instructor works on a panel.
Michelle Franklin of Kenosha a nurse at the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center works on a panel. | Michael Schmidt~Sun-Times Media
Painters work and look at the panels. | Michael Schmidt~Sun-Times Media
NORTH CHICAGO — Howard Jacobs was a combat medic in World War II and later became an architect. He painted just for his own enjoyment, but on Friday, he was painting to give back to fellow veterans. “It’s a means of kind of trying to …
