BENEDICT LEE LOHMAN, SR

U.S. Marines •1939-1946 •World War II
SGT

Their Story

HE SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN DIRE TIME OF NEED. WAS A POW ON PHILIPPINES AND JAPAN FOR 40 MONTHS. HE WAS MY DAD.

“HE AND I AND MY BROTHER, A VIETNAM VET IN NAVY, WENT TO VETERANS DAY SERVICES AT WWI MUSEUM IN KANSAS CITY, MO. THERE HE AND I (IN UNIFORMS) PRESENTED THE POW/MIA HONORS. WHEN THEY PLAYED THE USMC SONG (AS THEY DO AT THESE FUNCTIONS) - HE DID A LITTLE JIG. IT WAS VERY CUTE AND MEMORABLE.
HE ALSO THREW FIRST PITCH AT THE KC ROYALS GAME IN APRIL 2016 JUST 3 MONTHS BEFORE HE PASSED. IT WAS THE GAME THE ROYALS GOT THEIR WORLD SERIES RINGS AND SO WELL ATTENDED. THAT WAS ALSO VERY MEMORABLE”