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Name: William H. Shaw
Age: 76
Family: Wife, Barbara; three
children; four grandchildren
What most people don’t know
about me: “Before I went into the
army I drove trucks, worked in coal
mines and on the B & O Railroad.’’
What inspires me: “The VFW. I’m in my 10th year as
commander. The camaraderie of the veterans and how we
try to help the vets who have problems. The veterans
parades in Stuart have come a long way. That inspires me.”
Proudest achievement: “Spending 15 years flying four
different presidents. For a kid who grew up in Appalachia
and never went to college, it was something to look out on
the people around the White House. I would think, ‘You’ve
come a long way.’ I owe it all to the military.”