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FULLERTON, CA

PERMIT NO. 617
 
Fullerton Post #142                                                                                                              

THE AMERICAN LEGION

PO BOX 6736

Fullerton, CA 92834-6736

(714) 871-2412

www.fullertonpost142.com

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September 2010 NEWSLETTER

NEXT POST MEETING: TUESDAY, September 14, 2010

PLACE: THE SIZZLER, 1401 N. HARBOR BLVD.

TIME:  DINNER 6:00 PM, MEETING 7:00 PM

PROGRAM: POW/MIA Recognition & Boys/Girls State, YEC Students

 

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.

 
 

REQUESTED                      

 

2010-2011 OFFICERS

Commander

 Marilyn Harris

 (714) 879-5812

1st Vice Commander

 Richard Wakefield

 (714) 871-4743

2nd Vice Commander

 George Miller

(714) 870-7515

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

 (714) 396.0540

Boys/Girls State

 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.