Matson, Rod
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| - | + | '''Rodney Matson''' is the son of [[Matson, Garth|Garth Matson]] and his second wife, Helga. He has an older sister, [[Evachevski, Carrie|Carrie]], and a younger brother [[Matson, Phil|Phil]]. He has an older half brother [[Matson, Frank|Frank]] from his father's first marriage to [[Clark, Donna|Donna Parmeneter]]. (See [[Matson]] Family Tree). | |
| - | When a chance did come, Rod Matson was a member of the expedition that in fact did go to Vietnam search, locate, and return Henry Toivo's remains to Spearfish Lake. | + | Rod is a Archaeology Professor. Although not a Vietnam war veteran himself, he joins the Toivo Expedition Group providing training to those that were hoping to go to Vietnam and search for [[Toivo, Henry|Henry Toivo]]. When a chance did come, Rod Matson was a member of the expedition that in fact did go to Vietnam search, locate, and return Henry Toivo's remains to Spearfish Lake. |
| - | (Personal note - as a Vietnam combat vet myself I was moved by this story. Thank you Wes). | + | ''(Personal note - as a Vietnam combat vet myself I was moved by this story. Thank you Wes).'' |
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Revision as of 23:36, 11 August 2009
Rodney Matson is the son of Garth Matson and his second wife, Helga. He has an older sister, Carrie, and a younger brother Phil. He has an older half brother Frank from his father's first marriage to Donna Parmeneter. (See Matson Family Tree).
Rod is a Archaeology Professor. Although not a Vietnam war veteran himself, he joins the Toivo Expedition Group providing training to those that were hoping to go to Vietnam and search for Henry Toivo. When a chance did come, Rod Matson was a member of the expedition that in fact did go to Vietnam search, locate, and return Henry Toivo's remains to Spearfish Lake.
(Personal note - as a Vietnam combat vet myself I was moved by this story. Thank you Wes).
