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| This scholarship provides for the benefits of the GI Bill (full tuition at
a state school, housing allowance for an E-5) to children of those KIA in
Iraq or Afghanistan.
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| For more information on this great cause please click on the link below: http://www.goldstardads.org/gold_star_lapel_pin.php |
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| Service Star Families & Gold Star Dads | |||||||||||||||
| For more information on this great cause please click on the link below: http://www.oldguardriders.com/star%20families.htm |
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| RENAMING THE STATE ROUTE 518 BRIDGE IN SHARPSVILLE,PA | |||||||||||||||
| The State Route 518 Bridge in Sharpsville, PA which crosses over the Shenango River has been renamed as the Sgt. David Wallace (WALLEYE) Memorial Bridge. | |||||||||||||||
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| FOR IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBERS ONLY (PARENTS & SPOUSE)
Portraits are 16" x 20" (Head to Shoulder Hand Painted Portrait) For more information: Contact Alex Yawor 724-378-4804 Alex is 86 year old World War ll Marine Veteran is feels compelled to do
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| Sgt. Brad McKee to raise funding for the Wounded Warriors Program RA Marine friend of ours, Sgt. Brad McKee from Hammond, LA has taken on a mission to raise awareness of the human sacrifice for love of country by our fallen heroes and to raise funding for the Wounded Warriors Program. He has committed to train to run an ultra-marathon (100 miles) in a 24 hr. period next April in Louisiana. I assured him that I would post his info online and get it out to all my contacts. This is a very important cause and hope that all of you pass this email link to all of your contacts, as well. You can follow along on his journey and blog at: www.thedisposableheroesproject.com There is a brief excerpt near the beginning of Brad's video on his website of the rollcall at the USMC memorial service that Josh's company had at the firmbase in Fallujah, Iraq. It took place on June 15, 2005, the day following his death. The helmet, boots, and vest are also Josh's issue in the "soldier's cross" in this video. Brad has informed me that during this year of training he will also be visiting Brooks Burn Center in San Antonio, TX, as well as Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington, DC and Bethesda Naval Hospital in Bethesda, MD where he will be spending the Christmas holiday with some of the wounded troops who do not have family with them. He is hoping to get a few famous people involved in his project to bring more attention to it's purpose. He has made it clear to me that this is a non-political mission. Some of us may make the journey to LA to run the last leg of his marathon with him in April. If anyone has any questions you can email him directly, or email me and I'll get back to you. Remember, America is the land of the free... BECAUSE of the brave! Thanks for your support. Sharon Klinger Proud mom of my Fallen Hero, LCpl. Joshua P. Klinger/USMC KIA 6/14/05 ** Never Forgotten...Always in my Heart! ** |
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| FALLEN MEMORIAL LOCATIONS | |||||||||||||||
| SGT DAVID WALLACE (WALLEYE) MEMORIAL BRIDGE,
STATE ROUTE 518,
SHARPSVILLE PA SSGT JEREMY HORTON MEMORIAL BRIDGE, POWELL AVE (MILLCREEK TWP), ERIE PA WAR ON TERROR TRIBUTE MEMORIAL, MAIN ST, EVANS CITY PA SGT ERIC R. HULL / SGT NICHOLAS A. TOMKO MEMORIAL, NEW KENSINGTON MEMORIAL USAR CENTER, 2450 LEECHBURG RD, NEW KENSINGTON PA SSGT SHAWN GRAHAM MEMORIAL BRIDGE, CHESTNUT STREET, GROVE CITY PA SGT MICHAEL MARZANO MEMORIAL VA MEDICAL CENTER, 295 NORTH KERRWOOD RD, HERMITAGE PA STE'VON BOOKER MEMORIAL BUILDING, ABERDEEN PROVING GROUNDS, ABERDEEN MD STE'VON BOOKER MEMORIAL CLASS ROOM, FT STEWARD GA CENTURY 21 WAR MEMORIAL , RTE 56, HYDE PARK PLAZA, VANDERGRIFT PA SGT CARL F CURRAN ll MEMORIAL BRIDGE, RTE 68 (CROSSING OVER ALLEGHENY RIVER), EAST BRADY PA PFC BRADELY G. KRITZER MEMORIAL BRIDGE, RTE 3012 (CROSSES OVER CLEARFEILD CREEK), BECCARIA TWP. COALPORT PA SFC MICHAEL J. TULLY MEMORIAL BRIDGES, (CROSSES OVER I-80 WASHINGTON TWP. JEFFERSON COUNTY), FALLS CREEK PA SFC MICHAEL J. TULLY MEMORIAL, BROCKWAY AREA HIGH SCHOOL, BROCKWAY PA SFC MICHAEL J. TULLY, SPECIAL FORCES MEMORIAL WALL, FORT BRAGG, N.C. SGT ALLAN BEVINGTON MEMORIAL, RIVER RD, WAMPUM, PA SSGT RYAN MASETH, GABRIEL FIELD, BLDG 3217, KENTUCKY AVE, FT. CAMPELL, KY SSGT RYAN MASETH, USAOC HEADQUARTERS, BLDG 2929, DESERT STORM DR, FT BRAGG N.C. LT COL. MICHAEL McLAUGHLIN, HALL OF VALOR, SOLDIERS AND SALORS MUSEUM, PITTSBURGH, PA PFC ROSS McGINNIS, HALL OF VALOR, SOLDIER AND SALIORS MUSEUM, PITTSBURGH, PA |
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| Project Never Forget Receive a Free photo charm (necklace or pin). For more information goto www.projectneverforget.com |
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| Hearts and Hands Quilt Guild of Scottdale | |||||||||||||||
Hello, My name is Vicki Ulery. I am the president of the Hearts and Hands Quilt Guild of Scottdale. We have a project called Hearts and Hands Across Western Pennsylvania where we make reproduction Civil War Sanitary Commission quilts for families of fallen soldiers from the Iraq and Afganistan War. We are limiting this to Western PA as we are a small group. I have attached a newspaper clipping and our information pamphlet. If you would like to receive one of these quilts please contact me. My phone number is 724-887-4682. My address is 507 Parker Avenue Scottdale PA 15683. May God bless you, you have given the ultimate sacrifice. |
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| Prayer Shawls 4 Fallen Soldiers Prayer Shawls 4 Fallen Soldiers (PS4FS) is an organization dedicated to presenting a loving hand-knitted prayer shawl to fallen soldiers' families in remembrance of their loved one. This grass-roots group wants to show appreciation and compassion for our fallen soldiers' families' ultimate sacrifice, hoping each time they wrap themselves in the prayer shawl's warmth, they will be filled with fond loving memories of their loved one. If you or another family member would like to receive this gift, please go to the following website for more information: Website Address: http://home.earthlink.net/~ps4fs/shawls/ Cozette Haggerty |
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| DAVID VEVERKA MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND | |||||||||||||||
| PROJECT RUSS | |||||||||||||||
| Cpl. Russell Grant Culbertson III, was killed in action in Iraq in October of 2006. In his honor and memory, his mother Denise Culbertson has started “Project RUSS,” which stands for Remember Ur Special Soldier. Mrs. Culbertson contacted the commanders of the 4th ID, B and C companies, based out of Fort Hood and asked if I could “adopt” their soldiers. This means that there are approximately 120 soldiers that need kind and caring individuals to write to them weekly and send monthly care packages. I choose these two companies because Russ was assigned to C company and his former commander is now in charge of B company. (I would love to have so many volunteers that we would have to branch out to other companies in the 4th ID) If anyone is interested in signing up for this project, please contact 412-997-8978 or email dkrgc@roadlynx.net. Please leave your name, e-mail address, and phone number so that you can be contacted and provided with the names and addresses of the soldiers and the date of deployment, which is tentatively in March of 2008. |
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| RENAMING THE POWELL AVENUE BRIDGE IN ERIE | |||||||||||||||
| Governor Edward G. Rendell signed House Bill 1795 today into law renaming the Powell Avenue Bridge in Millcreek Township as the Staff Sgt. Jeremy R. Horton Memorial Bridge. | |||||||||||||||
| Russ Culbertson Memorial Website | |||||||||||||||
| SAVE YOUR INK CARTRIDGES | |||||||||||||||
A reminder that we save ink cartridges to send in for reimbursement monies
that we use towards postage for our Troops boxes that we send out monthly.We have baggies available for you should you want some. They are postage
page plastic baggies with our account number on them. All you need to do is
put your personal printer ink cartridges in and pop them in the mailbox! |
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| GOLD STAR MEMORIAL PEACE GARDEN | |||||||||||||||
*Free Custom Gift* Memory Buttons |
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| We are Carol & Steve Welch a blended military family consisting of three children: Traci Morlock, Christine Welch, and Sean Anderson. We started our grief journey when our 19 year old youngest child and only son, Sean Anderson, died in an automobile accident on January 24, 1994. After our son’s death, we attended our first Bereaved Parents of the USA meeting and found a place of peace. Since our very first meeting, we knew that somehow we would try to make a difference in the grief community, and this led to our making the memorial photo buttons. At a recent national BP/USA meeting, a Marine Mom gave us her sacred picture of her handsome son in his dress uniform. When she entrusted that picture to us for a button we realized why we had been put in that place at that time: our mission was and is to Support the Troops – their families. We are retired Army (30 years) and still work for the Army as civilian servants and feel the old Army slogan “We Take Care of Our Own” now applies to all members and families of all the Armed Forces.
As our gift of love and care, we would be honored to make memory picture buttons for Families of the Fallen sending requests, as one Service Family to another. The only price would be the smile that perhaps the button(s) will bring to your face and the knowledge that your child will never be forgotten. The buttons are 2 inches in diameter with a pin back. A picture is produced and may have words overprinted on the picture. Don’t worry about the size or quality of the photograph. We can scan anything from a wallet to an 8 x 10 and often we can make repairs to faded or older photos. You may either email or mail the image/picture and the name or desired inscription. Remember that any scanned and emailed image will only be as clear as the capability of the scanner that you used. All mailed pictures will be scanned and the original will be returned with the button. Please be sure to include proper mailing information and contact information for clarification. From our Hearts to Yours, Carol and Steve Welch
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| HELP WITH FOOD at www.angelfoodministries.com | |||||||||||||||
| Periods of War in America This section sets forth the beginning and ending dates of each war period beginning with the Indian wars. Note that the term "period of war" in reference to pension entitlement under 38 U.S.C. 1521, 1541 and 1542 means all of the war periods listed in this section except the Indian wars and the Spanish-American War. See §3.3(a)(3) and (b)(4)(i). (a) Indian wars. January 1, 1817, through December 31, 1898, inclusive. Service must have been rendered with the United States military forces against Indian tribes or nations. (b) Spanish-American War. April 21, 1898, through July 4, 1902, inclusive. If the veteran served with the United States military forces engaged in hostilities in the Moro Province, the ending date is July 15, 1903. The Philippine Insurrection and the Boxer Rebellion are included. (c) World War I. April 6, 1917, through November 11, 1918, inclusive. If the veteran served with the United States military forces in Russia, the ending date is April 1, 1920. Service after November 11, 1918 and before July 2, 1921 is considered World War I service if the veteran served in the active military, naval, or air service after April 5, 1917 and before November 12, 1918. (d) World War II. December 7, 1941, through December 31, 1946, inclusive. If the veteran was in service on December 31, 1946, continuous service before July 26, 1947, is considered World War II service. (e) Korean conflict. June 27, 1950, through January 31, 1955, inclusive. (f) Vietnam era. The period beginning on February 28, 1961, and ending on May 7, 1975, inclusive, in the case of a veteran who served in the Republic of Vietnam during that period. The period beginning on August 5, 1964, and ending on May 7, 1975, inclusive, in all other cases. (Authority: 38 U.S.C. 101(29)) (g) Future dates. The period beginning on the date of any future declaration of war by the Congress and ending on a date prescribed by Presidential proclamation or concurrent resolution of the Congress. (Authority: 38 U.S.C. 101) (h) Mexican border period. May 9, 1916, through April 5, 1917, in the case of a veteran who during such period served in Mexico, on the borders thereof, or in the waters adjacent thereto. (Authority: 38 U.S.C. 101(30)) (i) Persian Gulf War. August 2, 1990, through date to be prescribed by Presidential proclamation or law. (Authority: 38 U.S.C. 101(33)) |
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