Photos of Phil Van Treuren

Phil with his wife Jessica and their daughter, Sophia

Phil's great-great grandfather (front row, third from left) came to Lorain in the 1880's to work at the steel mill.

Phil and Jessica Van Treuren

Phil cuts a ribbon in Amherst with Mayor David Taylor and Senator George Voinovich

Phil with Andrew and Alex

Phil's grandparents pin on his new 2LT rank

Phil with Sophie and Andrew

U.S. Army Basic Combat Training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina

Phil and Andrew

Phil and Sophie

Phil hands a lollipop to a baby at his checkpoint in New Orleans, Louisiana following Hurricane Katrina

Sophia Van Treuren gets ready for the parade

Phil prepares to detonate C-4 explosives from a Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri bunker

Phil at a New Orleans, Louisiana checkpoint following Hurricane Katrina

Phil with Amherst City Council President John Dietrich, Mayor David Taylor, and Clerk of Council Olga Sivinski (photo credit Chuck Humel, The Chronicle-Telegram)

Phil at the Amherst Old Time Jamboree with Mayor David Taylor and supporters.

Sophie Van Treuren helps put up a yard sign for Dad