Veterans Day: An opportunity to thank service members

Veterans Day is an opportunity to recognize all those who have served to protect freedom in the nation’s armed forces.

Though all of them share similarities, the stories that are told by Veterans are as various as the individuals that tell them.

Michael Bauer was born and raised in Ritzville. After graduating from Ritzville High School he attended Washington State University, and while there he participated in the Army Reserve Officer Training Corps until his graduation.

He commissioned as a Second Lieutenant on June 8, 1969.

After his graduation Bauer remained in Pullman, as he says, playing...