Features, Rangely

Vietnam vet, family fighting a different kind of battle, 49 years later

The Bells bought a 428 Cobra Jet to celebrate Bob’s homecoming from Vietnam. That afternoon, they were married in Denver by the justice of the peace. COURTESY PHOTO

RANGELY |One of our nation’s many wars may be “over,” but the battles rage on for our veterans and their families.

Bob and Gaila Bell are Rangely natives. Bob’s (Robert) family tree in Rangely precedes the oil boom that put the town on the map, and Gaila’s…