David Ward
David Ward joined the United States Marine Corps in January of 1971. He went to boot camp at MCRD San Diego, Ca. Ward was a squad leader, promoted to PFC on graduation and went to Infantry Training at Camp Pendleton, Ca. PFC Ward was assigned to Aircraft Electronics School at NAS Jacksonville, Fl. From there he served in the first and third Marine Air Wings in El Toro, Ca., and Iwakuni, Japan. Sergeant Ward was released from active duty in December of 1975. Sgt. Ward received various awards for being there, and proudly shot Expert rifle in all rifle qualifications and Sharpshooter pistol in all qualifications in the service that considers every Marine a rifleman.
Sgt. Ward (Ret.) used his GI bill to go to college then went on to graduate school and Medical School. He is currently an Emergency Department physician in Kansas. Dr/Sgt. Ward was released from active duty during a time of social unrest in this country. He vowed that the disrespect that was shown to his fellow patriots should not be shown to servicemen and women in the future. His dedication to the National Military Heritage Museum is derived from the belief that education about our (The United States of America) military heritage will prevent that injustice from happening again.