Former and current school bus drivers in Michigan and Oklahoma are recognized on Veterans Day for their service in the U.S. Armed Forces.
PHOTOS: School Bus Drivers Honored for Military Service
Bowcamp has been deployed to work on several projects in Saginaw, Mich., and abroad, including in Kuwait from 2006 to 2007, and Afghanistan from 2010 to 2011 and 2013 to 2014.
Cpl. Lewie Shaw (center), a former school bus driver for Claremore (Okla.) Public Schools, was honored during a special Veterans Day assembly, which also doubled as a special graduation ceremony, at Claremore High School on Nov. 7.
Shaw, a 95-year-old World War II veteran, dropped out of high school at 17 to work as a school bus driver and janitor before enlisting in the Marines in 1943. During the assembly, he was proud to wear the graduation cap and gown he sacrificed almost 76 years ago.
Before joining Michigan Educational Transportation Service (METS) as a school bus driver for Lakeview (Mich.) Community Schools, Robert M. Nisonger served in the U.S. Army in Wildflecken, Germany, from 1966 to 1968. (METS honored Nisonger and several other drivers in a series of posts on its Facebook page.)
From 1967 to 1989, Dennis Masson, a METS school bus driver for Mona Shores Public Schools in Norton Shores, Mich., served as a lieutenant colonel and shuttle program administrator in the U.S. Air Force. He is shown here with his wife and two children.
Christy Bowcamp, a METS substitute school bus driver for Mason County (Mich.) Central Schools, served in the U.S. Naval Construction Battalions as a heavy equipment operator.
Randall T. Miller is an 11-year U.S. Army veteran who served as a staff sergeant for “Operation Enduring Freedom” in Afghanistan. Now, he’s a METS school bus driver for Montrose (Mich.) Community Schools.