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THE AMERICAN LEGION
(714) 871-2412
www.fullertonpost142.com
July 2010 NEWSLETTER
PLACE: THE SIZZLER, 1401 N. HARBOR BLVD.
Fullerton City Manager Chris Meyer will give a state of the
City update.
All cities are facing major budget issues this year
and Chris will summarize what will be happening next year in
Fullerton.
Honoring OUR Nonagenarians.
Are you or will you be 90 years young in 2010?
If so, we want to honor you at our July meeting which
also celebrates our Nation’s birthday.
If you meet the test,
we will treat you
to dinner!
You must RSVP
to the Legion phone at (714) 871-2412 by Sunday, July 11.
Hope to see you there.
Post Baseball Nights with the O.C. Flyers:
Two night games scheduled at CSUF:
1. Saturday, July
17th @ 5:05. This is a double header against St. George
Utah.
2. Friday, August 20th @ 6:05
This is a game against Yuma Arizona.
Cost:
$5.00/ticket (the "good" seats like last year).
Parking:
CSUF will charge for parking (hopefully a shuttle can be
arranged).
Tickets:
When you purchase your tickets for the games, Don will give
you your tickets at the meeting before each game, or arrange
for "will call ticket" pick-up at the stadium.
Questions?
Call Don Dutton at 1-714-993-5625
Chaplain’s Message to the Members:
“For it is time for
judgment to begin with the family of God: and if it is hard
for the righteous to be saved, what will become of the
ungodly and the sinners?” (1 Peter 4:17-18 NIV translation)
If we can be of service to you, please give us a
call.
Jim Howland and Hal
Dixon
Commander’s Corner:
Walter Witt
conducted the installation of the Post officers at the June
meeting. Thanks
Walt! Thank you
again to the Post officers for volunteering for another
year. Before
the installation “Ace” Palmer, the magician, did some
amazing tricks.
I’m still trying to figure out where the baby chicks came
from. I
participated in that trick…it was amazing!!
As of this writing time, the Boys State participants
are in Sacramento.
The girls will be in Claremont next week for Girls
State. The
American Legion State Convention is underway in Bakersfield.
When everyone gets home from the convention we will
get the new 2011 cards to distribute.
Renewal notices (sent out by higher headquarters)
will start arriving at your house beginning in July.
Please consider renewing early as it prevents further
notices and reduces confusion.
Our Post sponsored LTC (USA, Ret)(our Post member and
FUHS JROTC Instructor)
Mike Albertson
to attend the Third Annual “Veteran of the Year” Luncheon in
Sacramento. He
was hosted by 72nd District Assemblyman Chris
Norby and his office staff.
It was June 23rd and we’ll have Mike give
us a short talk about what happened there.
As we begin our new year I hope that you will find an
opportunity to participate.
Our activities are both rewarding and worthwhile.
We have a unique and special Post filled with great
people. Bring
your special someone too.
Come and enjoy some time together.
Thanks again for a great 2009/10.
I look forward to a productive and fun 2010/11.
DD 214/Discharge Papers:
Do you know where your discharge papers are?
Does your family know where they are?
We often hear from families that they don’t know
where they are.
Without this important document your burial benefits will be
delayed several weeks unnecessarily.
If you plan to be buried in a national cemetery, it
won’t happen, until proof is given to the cemetery.
Please give a copy to someone or let your next of kin
know where to find them.
The 2011 year will begin 1 July.
If you have not paid your 2010 dues, you need to send
it in ASAP. If
you pay for 2011 without paying for 2010, your Continuous
Years will start at one (1)
year again.
NEXT POST MEETING: TUESDAY, July 13, 2010
TIME: DINNER
6:00 PM, MEETING 7:00 PM
PROGRAM: Fullerton City Manager and Honoring
Nonagenarians
REQUESTED
2010-2011 OFFICERS
Commander
Marilyn Harris
(714) 879-5812
1st Vice Commander
Richard Wakefield
(714) 871-4743
2nd Vice Commander
George Miller
3rd Vice Commander
Mike Albertson
(714) 244-6511
Jim Howland
(626) 964-5200
Hal Dixon
(714)525.4610
Larry Sears
(714) 637-5359
Don
Dutton
(714) 993-5625
Alan Wiles
(714) 875.5218
Andrew Wiles
(714) 875.5217
Ed Paul
(714) 992-1816
Mike Albertson
(714) 244-6511
Mike
Hyland
(714) 996-8743
Pat Hyland
(714) 996-8743
Myron Roberts
(714) 992-2627
Mike Box
(714) 961-1575
Jeff Harris
(714) 879-5812
Don
Dutton
(714) 993-5625
Alan Wiles
(714) 875.5218
Arty King
(760) 434.5688
George Miller
Jeff Harris
Marilyn Harris
Special Events
Don
Dutton
(714) 993-5625
For those with internet
access at home or at the city library, all of our newsletters and meeting and
event pictures are available for viewing at our web page.
(Fullertonpost142.com)
Thanks go to Richard Wakefield
and Mike Box for keeping our web
page updated with great stuff.
Please jot this number down in case someone you
know needs it. 800-342-9647 or
www.militaryonesource.com. It
is the number that all active duty, Guard and Reserve and their families can
call 24/7 for help of all kinds.
Their slogan is “You name it. We
can help.”
To request your DD-214,
go to the National Archives and Records Administration at
http://www.archives.gov/veterans/evetrecs/.
Follow the instructions. You can
also get assistance from the Veteran Service Office.
If you are not sure what you or your family is entitled to, please call
the Veterans Service Office
to talk to a claims officer. (714)
567-7450 If you reside outside of
Orange County, call your County offices to find the Veterans Service Office
location nearest you.
Hospital/Rehabilitation Program.
Please continue to bring things to the meetings or call
Mike and Pat Hyland (996-8743) to
coordinate a home pick up. For more
information about this unique project sponsored by Cloudbreak Development, UC &
United States Veterans Initiative, Inc. (a 501(c)(3) organization), call (562)
499-6717 or visit their web site at www.usvetsinc.org.
Important Dates:
July 4, Independence Day; July 7, Officer Meeting at Marilyn’s; July 13, Post
Meeting; July 27,
National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day (Fly your flag until sunset).
Memory Lane Dates:
July 1,
Battle of Gettysburg begins (1863), Battle of San Juan Hill (1898),
Women’s Army Corps (WAAC) & USPHS Cadet Nurse Corps Established (1943), Borneo
Campaign Ended Unopposed (1945), US Air Force Nurse Corps Established (1949),
Army Military Intelligence Branch Established (1962), Siege of Fire Base Ripcord
Began (1970); July 2,
Bugle Call “Taps” Composed During the Civil War (1862), US Army Air Corps
Established (1926), Korean War’s Only US Sea Battle (1950), Operation Buffalo
Began (1967); July 3, Quebec
Campaign ends (1776), Battle of Gettysburg ends (1863);
July 4,
Independence Day, Vicksburg
falls to Union Forces (1863), Philippine Insurrection is declared over (1920),
Operation Mike I Ended (1945); July 5,
Battle of Chippewa (1814), Operation Husky (1943);
First combat of American ground forces in Korea (Task Force Smith)
(1950), Battle of Osan (1950); July 6,
Battle of Camp Nam Dong (1964); July
7, US Troops Relieve British Troops in
Iceland (1941), 1st Enlisted Woman Sworn into the Regular Navy
(1948); July 8, First WAAC Enlisted
in the Regular Army & Air Force (1948);
July 9, Warrant Officers Corps Established
(1918), Allied Forces invade Sicily (1943), Battle of Minh Thanh Road (1966);
July 10, Battle of Britain Began
(1940), Allies Land on Sicily (1943)/ Operation Husky (See also July 5)(1943),
Korean War Truce Talks Began (1951);
July 11, US Army occupation forces leave
Germany (1923), US Air Force Academy Dedicated (1955);
July 12, Congress Created Medal of
Honor (1862); July 13, American
forces reach Tientsin (China Relief Expedition) (1900), Battle at Kum River
Began (1950), Battle of Kumsong River Salient Began (1953);
July 14, First WAC Unit Landed at
Normandy (1944); July 16, First
Atomic Bomb Exploded (1945), Operation Kingfischer Began (1967);
July 17, Battle for Old Baldy Began
(1952); Battle of Taejon Began (Also listed July 19)(1950);
July 18, Aisne-Marne Campaign begins
(1918); July 19, Battle of Taejon
Began (1950); July 20, First
Enlisted WAACs Arrived for Training, Fort Des Moines, IA (1942), Attempt on
Adolf Hitler’s Life (1944); July 24,
Final US Ground Combat of Korean War Began (1953), Operation Provide Comfort
Ended (1991); July 25, Battle of
Lundy’s Lane (1814), Battle of the Little Big Horn begins (1876), Mussolini
Arrested (1943), Allies break out of Normandy (1944);
July 26, Battle of the Little Big
Horn ends (1876), US Freezes Japanese Assets in US (1941), President Truman
Signed Executive Order #9981 Ending Racial Segregation in the Services (1948);
July 27, Army Medical Department
Established (1775), Japanese Occupy French Indo-China (1941), National Korean
War Veterans’ Armistice Day/Korean War Ended (1953);
July 28/9, WWI Began (1914);
July 29,
Army Chaplain Corps and Judge Advocate General Corps Established (1775);
July 30, US Navy WAVES Established
(1942); July 31, Army Transportation
Corps Established (1942).
Notes from June
Meeting
1st Vice Commander George Miller
then introduced the featured speaker for the night, and Johnny Ace Palmer
entertained the audience with his phenomenal close-up magic skills.
Palmer is famous within the worldwide magical community for his
prodigious sleight-of-hand abilities.
One routine for which he has became famous for, and one he performed
on Tuesday night, was a version of the Cups & Balls in which the final load is
three live baby chicks.
Palmer's skills won him the title of world-champion magician. In so
doing, he became the first close-up magician in history to receive the Grand
Prix award, and only the second American to win.
This award is given out only once every three years.
Palmer’s home base
for nearly two decades has remained suburban Los Angeles.
Last year, Palmer was
featured in an episode of the TV series
Masters of Illusion, which aired in March, 2009, and on May 20th
of this year, he was featured on the David Letterman show.
After a short recess,
Adjutant Ed Paul updated all
Legionnaires on what was the best Memorial Day Ceremony to date at the Loma
Vista Memorial Park. Volunteers
worked all weekend, in a great outpouring of support emplacing over 3,700
crosses on the graves of fallen veterans.
All work was accomplished in record time, but special thanks go to his
wife Pansy, who helped him every step of the way.
The event was extensively covered in local papers and the Orange County
Register has posted many pictures on its website:
www.ocregister.com
After all newly appointed
post officers were sworn in by Past
Commander Walt Witt; Chaplain Jim
Howland updated post members on the status of legionnaires that need support
and prayers.
Special Events Officer Don Dutton
reminded everyone about the OC Flyers Family night on Saturday, June 26th.
At noon on the 26th, time has been set aside for family
picnics at the Cal State Fullerton stadium.
At 1 PM, a baseball game with vets from the Army and Air Force will play
and likely defeat vets form the Navy and Marines.
A double-header baseball (OC Flyers vs. Chico Outlaws) game starts at 5
PM. Camouflaged jerseys will be
auctioned off during the game and all proceeds will go to “Operation Gratitude”
for our troops overseas. Flyers
fans will also write 5,000 “Thank You Cards” that will also be sent to troops
that are deployed overseas. Also,
on Saturday, 17 July, the Flyers will host a double headers starting at 5:05 PM
and their next home game will be on Friday, 20 August at 7:07 PM. More
information is available at the OC Flyers website:
www.OrangeCountyFlyers.com or
call 714-526-8326.
In closing,
Commander Marilyn Harris thanked all
present for another fun meeting, and all were reminded that the Fullerton city
manager, Chris Meyer, will be featured at our next meeting on Tuesday, July 13th.