NONPROFIT ORG.

U.S. POSTAGE

PAID

FULLERTON, CA

PERMIT NO. 617
 
Fullerton Post #142                                                                                                              

THE AMERICAN LEGION

PO BOX 6736

Fullerton, CA 92834-6736

(714) 871-2412

www.fullertonpost142.com

ADDRESS SERVICE
 

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

REQUESTED                      

 

2009-2010 OFFICERS

Commander

 Marilyn Harris

 (714) 879-5812

1st Vice Commander

 George Miller

 (714) 870-7515

2nd Vice Commander

 Richard Wakefield

 (714) 871-4743

3rd Vice Commander

 Mike Albertson

 (714) 244-6511

Chaplain

 Jim Howland

 (626) 964-5200

Asst Chaplain

 Hal Dixon

 (714)525.4610

Finance Officer

 Larry Sears

 (714) 637-5359

Asst. Finance Officer

 Don Dutton

 (714) 993-5625

Sgt. at Arms

 Alan Wiles

 (714) 875.5218

Asst. Sgt. At Arms

 Andrew Wiles

 (714) 875.5217

Adjutant

 Ed Paul

 (714) 992-1816

Asst. Adjutant

 Mike Albertson

 (714) 244-6511

Service Officer

 Mike Hyland

(714) 996-8743

Asst. Serv. Officer

 Pat Hyland

(714) 996-8743

Judge Advocate

 Myron Roberts

 (714) 992-2627

Historian

 Mike Box

 (714) 961-1575

Executive Board

  Jeff Harris

 (714) 879-5812

 Don Dutton

 (714) 993-5625

Alan Wiles

 (714) 875.5218

Past Commander

 Arty King

 (760) 434.5688

Boys/Girls State

 George Miller

 Jeff Harris

 Marilyn Harris

Special Events

 Don Dutton

 (714) 993-5625  

 

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.