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THE AMERICAN LEGION
(714) 871-2412
www.fullertonpost142.com
September 2010 NEWSLETTER
PLACE: THE SIZZLER, 1401 N. HARBOR BLVD.
Our September program will begin with our annual tribute to
POW/MIA’s
followed by our Boys
and Girls State and
YEC
participants. The POW/MIA ceremony is a brief but very
moving ceremony that reminds us of our comrades and their
families who still suffer from the loss and uncertainty of
their loved ones.
Chaplain’s Message to the Members:
“My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the
Lord. Nor faint
when you are reproved by Him.
For those whom the Lord loves He disciplines.
And He scourges every son whom He receives.” (Hebrews
12:5b-6 NAS translation)
If we can be of service to you, please give us a
call.
Jim Howland & Hal
Dixon.
This month we transferred
David B. Ashley,
William F. Seymour,
and William K. West
to Post Everlasting.
We also lost one our regular attendees,
Pixy Maurin,
Bucky’s wife.
We will miss her!
Commander’s Corner:
For our meeting, we will be hosting our special
events kids (YEC,
Boys and Girls State).
I hope that you will come to meet them.
They are very special students.
You will get a kick out of hearing about their
experiences.
Our “Staters” will have a great entry for their resume and
college applications.
Additionally, our YEC students will be eligible for a
scholarship during their college time.
Another important issue will be decided on at our meeting.
At our last meeting, we had a
Cub Scout troop
brief us about their unit.
At our meeting we voted to have the Executive
Committee evaluate whether we should or can be their
Charter Organization.
The troop is losing its Charter Organization and is
hoping that we can do that for them.
(They must have a community charter organization to
operate.) If we
consider that, we
need to add at least one
Commander’s Club
member. The
Commander’s Club supports our annual budget with their
donations, covering most of our programs.
So if scouting is a passion of yours or you know
someone (no need to be a member) who would be excited at the
prospect of our Post doing this,
please call
Ed Paul.
He coordinates the Commander’s Club.
Please consider this with us.
By the time you get this school will have started.
We had a great time at the OC Flyer game on August 20th.
Thanks Don
Dutton for planning that for our members.
Planning for Veterans Day is on tract.
We have our guest speaker set.
The first set of membership cards have been sent out.
We do not send out the renewals so I don’t know what
schedule they will follow this year.
Remember to pay by mid-November in order to keep your
magazine subscription uninterrupted.
If you get another notice and you already have a 2011
card, do not pay again.
The system will eventually catch up with itself.
Two Changes for Veterans:
The VA has relaxed some of the requirements for qualifying
for compensation for PTS/PTSD.
To qualify, you will no longer have had to be in
actual combat.
Please check with the VA if this change might help you.
Second,
if your veteran is buried without a VA provided headstone,
you may apply for a bronze medallion for placement next to
the headstone.
You cannot have both the headstone and the medallion; you
must choose one or the other.
Check with the VA for the procedures involved with
this change.
The 2011 membership year began 1 July.
If you pay for 2011 without paying for 2010, your
Continuous Years will start at one (1)
year again.
You can make this up by paying the other year.
It will take some coordination with Richard Wakefield
and Larry Sears.
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:
October 12,
November 9 and
December 14.
Please mark your calendars.
NEXT POST MEETING: TUESDAY, September 14, 2010
TIME: DINNER
6:00 PM, MEETING 7:00 PM
PROGRAM: POW/MIA Recognition & Boys/Girls State, YEC
Students

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
(714) 396.0540
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:
September
6, Labor Day; September 8,
Officer Meeting at Marilyn’s; September 9, Rosh Hashanah;
September 11, Patriot Day;
September 14, Post Meeting; September
17, POW/MIA Recognition Day; September 18, Yom Kippur; September 23,
Autumnal Equinox/First Day of Autumn.
Memory Lane Dates
August
26, Battle of Long Island begins (1776), Women Win the Vote/Women’s Equality
Day (1920), Operation Southern Watch Began (1992), Operation Southern Watch
Ended (2003); August 28, Quebec
Campaign begins (1775), Battle of Second Bull Run (Manassas) begins (1862);
August 29, Battle of Long Island
ends (1776), Battle of Newtown (1779), Korean War’s Largest Air Raid (1952);
August 30, Battle of Second Bull Run
(Manassas) ends (1862); August 31,
Operation Mountain Viper begins in Afghanistan (2003).
September 1, Nazi Invasion of
Poland Starts WWII (1939), Largest All-Navy Raid (1952);
September 2, Union Forces capture
Atlanta (1864), V-J Day, Japan Signed Formal Surrender on USS Missouri/WWII Ends
(1945); September 3, American
Revolution Ended (1783), France and UK Declare War on Germany (1939), Allies
Land on Italian Mainland (1943);
September 4, Allies Capture Antwerp (1944);
September 6, Battle of Plattsburg
begins (1814); September 7, Blitz
Began Against England (1940); September
8, Battle of Molina del Rey (1847), Pledge of Allegiance Adopted (1892),
Italy Surrenders (1943); September 9,
Allies Land at Salerno (1943); September
10, Women’s Auxiliary Ferry Squadron (WAFS) Founded (1942); North Apennines
Campaign begins (1944), US Naval Sea Cadet Corps Incorporated (1962);
September 11, Battle of Brandywine
(1777), Battle of Plattsburg ends (1814), Siege of Con Thien Began (1967)
Patriot Day, World Trade Center, Pentagon & Flight 93 Terrorist Attacks (2001);
September 12, Sherman’s “March to
the Sea” begins (1864), St. Mihiel Campaign begins (1918);
September 13, Bombardment of Fort
McHenry (1814), Battle of Chapultepec (1847), Battle of Heartbreak Ridge Began
(1951); September 14, “Star Spangled
Banner” Written By Francis Scott Key (1814), Operation Attleboro Began (1966);
September 15, Women’s Flying
Training Detachment Approved (WFTD) (1942) (Headed by Jacqueline Cochran),
Rhineland Campaign opens (1944), US Forces Land on Peleiu (1944), Inchon Landing
(1950); September 16, Seige of
Savannah begins (1779), St. Mihiel Campaign ends (1918), Selective Service Act
Signed (1940), Naktong Perimeter Breakout Began (1950);
September 17, US Constitution
Approved (1787), Battle of Antietam (Sharpsburg) (1862), VFW Ladies Auxiliary
Organized (1914), Airborne Invasion of Holland/ Operation Market-Garden (1944);
September 18, Battle of Chickamauga
begins (1863); US Air Force Established (Happy Birthday!)(1947), Inchon
Operation and Liberation of Seoul Began (1950), First Defense Advisory Committee
on Women in the Services (DACOWITS), Meeting (1951), Operation Uphold Democracy
Began (1994, Also listed as Sept 19);
September 19, Battle of Freeman’s Farm (Saratoga Campaign) (1777), Operation
Uphold Democracy Began (1994); September
20, Battle of Chickamauga ends (1863);
September 21, Battle of Monterey
(1864), Operation Summit (1951);
September 26, Meuse-Argonne Campaign begins (1918), US Embargoes Iron and
Steel Sales to Japan (1940), US Army Military Police Corps Established (1941);
September 27, WAAC Center & School
Dedicated, Ft. McClellan, AL (1954);
September 28, Battle of Yorktown begins (1781);
September 29, VFW Established
(1899); September 30, Berlin Airlift
ends (1949).
Notes from the August Meeting.
The
meeting was called to order by Commander
Marilyn Harris at 7:00 p.m.
1st
Vice Commander Richard Wakefield and Eric Bauserman
presented a program on the Boys and Cub Scouts, the values they teach young boys
and how the Post can become a sponsor.
Pack 1218 needs a new sponsor or Charter Organization and they hope the
Post will consider being the sponsor.
To exist, each Scout unit needs a local community charter organization.
Scouting is a long-standing American Legion supported program that dates
back to 1919. After the
presentation, a motion was made, seconded and approved unanimously to have the
Executive Board discuss and bring back a motion, including an annual donation
amount, to the September meeting.
Commander
Harris
presented Certificates and Medals to members Mike Box, Walt Witt and Al Blake
for their support of Post activities during the year.
She also thanked Finance Officer Larry Sears for his outstanding
financial reporting which is far above any others she has reviewed.
Chaplain Howland reported the recent passing of Pixie Maurin.
Bucky and Pixie had been regular attendees for many years until her
illness last winter. A
memorial service will be scheduled.
Service Office
Mike Hyland
reported on the threats to access to Tri-Care.
He suggested writing or calling all members of Congress to get their
support. Don Dutton reported
on the last Flyers game for us will be on 8/20/10. Commander Harris
reported she has been selected to serve as Supervisor Shawn Nelson’s
representative to the Veterans Advisory Committee.
It involves one meeting a month.