0770-VTN-06/2015
Wallace D. Simmons

[770-2] - Grandfather Frank Simmons and wife, Eva. Ca 1918

[770-3] - Grandfather Frank Simmons on left with unknown friend, 1918, San Pedro, California. Frank, who founded the bakery, died when Wally was 19.

[770-4] - Wally Simmons, about 12 years old, in San Pedro, California, ca 1933.

[770-5] - Dans great-grandparents Simmons in San Augustine, Florida, 20 February 1938.

[770-6] - Dan's mother, Lois Simmons, approximately 1941.

[770-7] - Wallace D. Simmons, Dans father, chief petty officer during WWII, Monrovia, California.

[770-8] - Wally and Lois Simmons, 1945, with Dans oldest sister, Judy.

[770-9] - Wally Simmons and Chuck Bedwell at the Simmons business in Phoenix, AZ, 1950.

[770-10] - The Simmons children, probably in Phoenix, AZ.

[770-11] - Wally and Lois Simmons with children on brothers Navy vessel. (The brother, Chuck Bedwell, was adopted when he was 12 years old.)

[770-12] - Dan probably 5th grade photograph at Bedwell Elementary School Glendora, CA.

[770-13] - Dan Simmons, either sophomore or junior, at Glendora High School, Glendora, CA., approximately 1964.

[770-14] - Dan in Advanced Individual Training, Fort Ord, California, March, 1969.

[770-15] - Dan Simmons AIT Company, H12, Platoon 4. Dan is top row, 6th from left.

[770-16] - In the field in Vietnam, October 1969. Left to right, standing: Jim Neldner, Tom Devlin, Bernard James, Bill Powell, John Megerle. Kneeling, left to right, Dan Simmons, Gerald Mahan, unidentified.

[770-17] - Bernard James and Dan Simmons, at day laager.

[770-18] - Bill Powell and Dan Simmons.

[770-19] - Dan sitting on bunker at LZ West.

[770-20] - Hiep Duc, March 1970. Left to right: Dan Simmons, John Megerle, Jim Neldner, Tom Devlin, Bill Powell.

[770-21] - Left top, Laboo. Left to right: Gerald Mahan, Nate Donaldson, Bernard James. Vietnam 1970.

[770-22] - Christmas morning, 1969. Left to right: LaBoo, Bill Powell, Ron Hill, Dan Simmons and Bernard James.

[770-23] - Dan handing out candy to the children of Hiep Duc.

[770-24] - Dan in Vietnam.

[770-25] - DD-214

[770-26] - Discharge Certificate

[770-27] - Purple Heart Certificate

[770-28] - Second Purple Heart Certificate

[770-29] - Army Commendation Medal Certificate

[770-30] - Army Commendation Medal Citation

[770-31] - Dan's Purple Heart

[770-32] - Dan's Bronze Star