Alva Review-Courier -

Another member of “The Greatest Generation” has left us. Donald E Metcalf, 91, of Jet, Oklahoma, passed peacefully at home on November 17, 2016.

He was born at the family farmhouse December 17, 1924, to Emery Lemuel Metcalf and Jessie Emily (Lemmon) Metcalf. His grandmother and teenage father established the family farm as part of the 1893 Oklahoma Cherokee Outlet land run, living in a dugout the first winter of 1893.

Donald attended Jet High School, where he was involved in 11 man football, and graduated in 1943. In 1944 at the age of 20, he enlisted in the Marines. He served in Guam, Okinawa...