There is a monument on the east side of Evergreen Park on Commercial Avenue dedicated to local people who served in Desert Storm. Here is what is on the monument:
OPERATION DESERT STORM
IN RECOGNITION OF THOSE FROM TRI-CREEK
WHO SERVED WITH HONOR AND PRIDE
PRESENTED BY
TRI-CREEK/CEDAR LAKE
DESERT STORM SUPPORT GROUP
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During Operation Desert Storm school children wrote to people serving in the Mideast. These people either came from the Tri-Creek area or had friends and relatives who lived here. This is a list of people the children wrote to:
Barrett, W. G.
Belicek, Lee A.
Brugh, James A.
Burge, Lenny W. Catlin, Vincent Caudill, Edward R.
Coe, Richard
Kirchenstein, Mike
Larson, John B.
Ralton, Robert
Whitkanack, Melvin C. York, Thomas P.