NEXT POST MEETING: TUESDAY March 9, 2010
PLACE: THE SIZZLER, 1401 N. HARBOR BLVD.
TIME: DINNER
6:00 PM, MEETING 7:00 PM
PROGRAM: Dr. Deborah Rose
Our guest speaker will be
Dr . Deborah Rose from the
Gerontology Center at CSUF.
She will be speaking on fall prevention and other related
subjects. This
is an excellent local resource we have and she will provide
additional information.
Commander’s Club.
We are still seeking at least
one
additional member.
If you, or someone you know is interested, contact
Ed Paul at (714)
992-1816.
The Commander’s Club support allows us to provide the
Veterans Day Parade, Boys and Girls State, School
Scholarships and helps with Memorial Day.
Chaplain’s Message to the Members:
“So if you are suffering according to God’s will,
keep on doing what is right, and trust yourself to the God
who made you, for he will never fail you.” (1 Peter 4:19 NLT
translation) If
I can be of service to you, please give me a call.
Jim Howland
Commander’s Corner:
Spring is almost here.
We’ve had over one foot of rain at our house and the
occasional warm, sunny day has been most welcome.
The flowers are starting to bloom already.
I love spring!
Our interviews of Boy’s State, Girl’s State,
and Youth Environmental Leadership Conference program
candidates are almost complete.
George
Miller, Jeff Harris, and I are pleased to do the
interviewing.
The money and forms will go out in March (and later for Boys
State). It
gives us a chance to see some of the terrific students we
have here in the Fullerton JUHS District.
We’ll see them at the September meeting like always.
Thank you to the
Commander’s Club
for sponsoring these programs for Fullerton students.
It’s not too early to start thinking about serving in
the Post this next election year or moving to another
position. If
you are interested, please talk to
Ed Paul or one
of the committee members during the next couple of months.
Also, as the weather gets better, we’ll start
thinking about a picnic again.
We had a lot of fun last time.
Thanks go to
Don Dutton for his great work with our special
activities. We
really appreciate it Don.
Thanks go to
Ed Paul as well.
He has penned several news releases for us and the
great pictures come from
Mike Box.
Thanks to all the officers for your involvement.
Memorial Day activities are right around the corner.
Put it on your calendar.
Ed has scheduled the top Marine at Camp Pendleton as
the speaker.
Thanks go out this month also to
Jim Howland, who
is a blessing to us all, but especially to those who are
under the weather.
Upcoming Events:
The Post meetings are always on the second Tuesday of
the month. The
officer meeting is the Wednesday prior to the meeting.
The next few monthly meetings are:
April 13, May 11, June 8.
Please mark your calendars.
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.
Veterans Homes:
Information:
www.cdva.ca.gov
Locations:
Barstow (780) 252-8315 or (800) 746-0606; Chula Vista (888)
857-2146; Lancaster (661) 477-5829; Ventura (805) 765-5601
(I think this is the one opening in the summer of 2010); and
Yountville (800) 400-8387.
Two additional homes are planned for Fresno and
Redding.
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.
Membership rosters are
available for a small charge to cover reproduction.
Call Richard Wakefield.
We can send one in the mail for those unable to make
it to the meetings or he can email the roster to you at no
charge. Just as
a reminder, the rosters are for personal use only and should
be destroyed when they are too old to be reliable.
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.
(Villages at Cabrillo)
Important Dates:
March 3, Officer’s Meeting at Marilyn’s;
March 9, Post
Meeting March 14, Daylight Savings Time Begins, Set
your clock ahead one hour;; March 17, St. Patrick’ Day;
March 20, Spring Begins; March 28, Palm Sunday; March 30,
Passover.
Memory Lane Dates:
February 26,
Operation “Big Week” Air Offensive Ends (1944), Battle of 73
Easting (1991);
February 27,
Java Sea Battle (1942), Battle of Norfolk (1991), Battle of
Medina Ridge (1991)
February 28,
Operation Desert Storm Hostilities Ended (1991).
March 1,
Sinking of USS Houston (1942);
March 2,
Bismarck Sea Battle Began (1943), Raid on North Vietnam
Began (Operation Rolling Thunder)(1965);
March 3, “Star
Spangled Banner” Made US National Anthem (1931), American
Forces capture Manila (1945);
March 4,
Operation Utah (1966);
March 6, First
Navy Flight Nurse Landed on Iwo Jima (1945), Navy
Permanently Assigned 1st Women Aboard an
Operational Combat Vessel (USS Eisenhower, 1994);
March 7, Remagen
Bridge Captured (1945), Operation Ripper Began (1951);
March 8, 11 Navy
Nurses Imprisoned by Japanese at Santo Tomas Internment Camp
(1942), First African-American Woman Bacame an Ensign in the
Navy Nurse Corps (1945);
March 9, US
Forces Land at Vera Cruz, Mexico (1847);
March 11,
Lend-Lease Becomes Law (1941), Operation Resolve to Win
Began (1968); March
12, Girl Scouts of America Founded (1912);
March 13, First
Women Marine Officer Candidates Arrived at US Midshipmen
School, (Women’s Reserve) at Mount Holyoke College, MA
(1943); March 14,
Punitive Campaign (Mexico) begins (1916);
March 15, Battle
of Guilford Court House (1781), Third Battle of Monte
Cassino (1944), Advisory Campaign begins (first campaign of
Vietnam War) (1962);
March 17, British forces evacuate Boston (1776),
Peninsula Campaign begins (1862), Camp Fire Boys and Girls
Established (1910);
March 18, 1st Woman Marine Reported for Duty
in Vietnam (1967), Operation Breakfast (1969), Operation
Dewey Canyon ends (1969);
March 19,
Operation Iraqi Freedom Began (2003);
March 20,
British Capture Mandalay (1945);
March 21, 1st
Woman Enlisted in the US Naval Reserve (1917);
March 22,
Central Europe Campaign begins (1945), 1st Woman
Assigned to Guard the Tomb of the Unknowns (1996);
March 23, Battle
of Pork Chop Hill (1953);
March 24,
Operation Allied Force Began (Kosovo) (1999);
March 25,
Remaining US Ground Forces Leave Somalia (1994);
March 26, Battle
of Komandorskis (1943), Groundbreaking of the Vietnam
Veterans Memorial (1982);
March 29,
British besiege Charleston, SC (1780), Vicksburg Campaign
begins (1863); March
31, Operation Uphold Democracy Ended (1995).
Notes from February Meeting.
Prior to the start of the meeting, members and guests were
treated to Valentine’s Day a Barbershop Quartet from the
Orange Empire Chorus.
The group does these efforts anywhere in the local
community with all proceeds going to help the music
departments in Fullerton schools.
Members and guests then enjoyed some See’s candy.
Minutes and Finance reports were approved unanimously.
Chaplain Jim Howland
updated post members on
the status of legionnaires that need support and prayers.
He then led the observance of the Four Chaplains
Service, four men of different faiths who gave up their life
jackets to others February 3, 1943, as the troop transport
Dorchester was torpedoed and most aboard went to certain
death. The
American Legion observes this event every February is
remembrance of this selfless effort.
Service Office Mike Hyland
reported on updates on Tri-Care and PTSD upgrades to 50% by
the DOD.
Special Events Officer Don
Dutton provided
late information for the Membership Appreciation event on
February 11.
Mike Brady
reported on his experiences over the last two years in
Special Forces training and how impressed he was by all the
people he met who make such great sacrifices for their
country.
