12/7/23
Hi all
Nov 6th club minutes
Upcoming Calendar of Events for meetings, socials and volunteer opportunities
No club meeting in January as it falls on New Years Day.
Tribute video on YouTube to Vietnam Veterans. Sent by a fellow member.
Wreaths Across America is looking for volunteers to lay wreaths on gravesites for Christmas at the Marana Veterans cemetery on Saturday, Dec 16th at 10am. The cemetery Foundation would like us at the cemetery about 8:30. I have registered for 5 of us to help this year. It was open to everyone last year and there were so many people, we did not get to participate. To sponsor a wreath for the Marana Ceremony HERE. They are 1200 wreaths short of their goal of 3200 at the Marana Veterans Cemetery, 15950 N Luckett Rd, Marana, AZ 85653. Afterwards we will stop at the Feedlot Cafe, 14075 W Kirby Hughes Rd, Marana, AZ 85653 near the cemetery for lunch before heading home. Let me know if you want to volunteer.
Please send me a photo of yourself while you were in the military to add to the 98 photos on our website.
Benefits with 30% VA disability
AF Osprey crash update, 5 crew members recovered Dec 2023
Senate confirms first female Joint Chiefs of Staff Nov 2023
5 US special operations soldiers killed in aircraft accident in Mediterranean Sea Nov 2023
Air Force's new B-21 stealth bomber take 1st flight Nov 2023
Army major kills 13 people at Ft. Hood Nov 2009
Vietnam Veterans Memorial dedicated Nov 1982
First B-52 shot down over North Vietnam Nov 1972
Air Force helicopter pilot rescues Special Forces team Nov 1968
Specialist Lawrence Joel awarded the MOH Nov 1965
1st Cavalry unit ambushed in the Ia Drang Valley Nov 1965
Army Captain awarded first MOH for action in Vietnam Dec 1964
5 Navy aircraft disappear in the Bermuda Triangle Dec 1945
Pearl Harbor bombed Dec 1941
Dedication of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Nov 1921
Armistice Day: WWI ends Nov 1918
President Lincoln removes General McClellan from the Army of the Potomac Nov 1862
John Hanson, so-called first president, dies Nov 1783
Articles of Confederation adopted Nov 1777
Birth of the US Marine Corps Nov 1775
As always, thank you for your service.
Mike
Hi all
Nov 6th club minutes
Upcoming Calendar of Events for meetings, socials and volunteer opportunities
No club meeting in January as it falls on New Years Day.
Tribute video on YouTube to Vietnam Veterans. Sent by a fellow member.
Wreaths Across America is looking for volunteers to lay wreaths on gravesites for Christmas at the Marana Veterans cemetery on Saturday, Dec 16th at 10am. The cemetery Foundation would like us at the cemetery about 8:30. I have registered for 5 of us to help this year. It was open to everyone last year and there were so many people, we did not get to participate. To sponsor a wreath for the Marana Ceremony HERE. They are 1200 wreaths short of their goal of 3200 at the Marana Veterans Cemetery, 15950 N Luckett Rd, Marana, AZ 85653. Afterwards we will stop at the Feedlot Cafe, 14075 W Kirby Hughes Rd, Marana, AZ 85653 near the cemetery for lunch before heading home. Let me know if you want to volunteer.
Please send me a photo of yourself while you were in the military to add to the 98 photos on our website.
Benefits with 30% VA disability
AF Osprey crash update, 5 crew members recovered Dec 2023
Senate confirms first female Joint Chiefs of Staff Nov 2023
5 US special operations soldiers killed in aircraft accident in Mediterranean Sea Nov 2023
Air Force's new B-21 stealth bomber take 1st flight Nov 2023
Army major kills 13 people at Ft. Hood Nov 2009
Vietnam Veterans Memorial dedicated Nov 1982
First B-52 shot down over North Vietnam Nov 1972
Air Force helicopter pilot rescues Special Forces team Nov 1968
Specialist Lawrence Joel awarded the MOH Nov 1965
1st Cavalry unit ambushed in the Ia Drang Valley Nov 1965
Army Captain awarded first MOH for action in Vietnam Dec 1964
5 Navy aircraft disappear in the Bermuda Triangle Dec 1945
Pearl Harbor bombed Dec 1941
Dedication of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Nov 1921
Armistice Day: WWI ends Nov 1918
President Lincoln removes General McClellan from the Army of the Potomac Nov 1862
John Hanson, so-called first president, dies Nov 1783
Articles of Confederation adopted Nov 1777
Birth of the US Marine Corps Nov 1775
As always, thank you for your service.
Mike