Her first profile featured the late Tony Vasquez - a WWII veteran who had been a POW - and was published in the Ventura County Star on Memorial Day 2001. As an undergraduate at California Lutheran University, Jannette completed a more extensive and detailed profile of Tony’s war experiences.She also continued writing profiles focusing on local veterans for the Memorial Day and Veterans Day editions of the Santa Paula Times and the Star. In 2005 she created an insert for the Santa Paula Times that paid tribute to area WWII veterans to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the war’s end. Jannette’s veterans’ columns have been published bi-weekly by the Star since Memorial Day 2006.Her passion for paying tribute to veterans continued when she traveled to France in 2007 as part of an independent film documentary group made up of WWII veterans from throughout the United States. They retraced the route taken by Allied forces from the beaches of Normandy to the German border. Jeannette did on-camera interviews of veterans and French citizens who witnessed the invasion and the later liberation of their home country.Now attending Northwestern University working toward her master’s degree, Jannette documented veterans’ stories and also completed research focusing on post-traumatic stress disorder. She recently began working with the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and the Library of Congress to document veterans’ stories from throughout Southern California, work that demonstrates Jannette’s continued dedication to preserving the stories of veterans and paying tribute to their service and sacrifice.Following Jannette’s presentation, the Placing of the Wreaths will be conducted followed by the release of Jerry Garcia’s “Heavenly Doves.” Mercer-Prieto VFW Post 2043 and the Korean War Veterans Association Chapter 56 combined Rifle Squad will salute departed comrades, and Rudy Arellano, will play “Taps” to conclude the ceremony.