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President: Dan Sherman

1st Vice Pres: Lee Atwood

2st 2nd Vice Pres: Larry Root

Treasurer: Vic Demartini

Secretary: Dennis Gorman

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Meetings are held at 1830hrs (6:30pm) on the 3rd Wednesday of the Month, at 1st United Methodist Church, 15 E. 1st Ave., Mesa, AZ

 

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MIA/POW

Airmen Missing from Vietnam War Identified
 DOD's POW/Missing Personnel Office announced June 8 that the remains of nine U.S. servicemen, missing in action from the Vietnam War, have been accounted-for and returned to their families for burial with full military honors.

Air Force Col. William H. Mason, Camden, Ark.; Lt. Col. Jerry L. Chambers, Muskogee, Okla.; Maj. William T. McPhail, Chattanooga, Tenn.; Maj. Thomas B. Mitchell, Littleton, Colo.; Chief Master Sgt. John Q. Adam, Bethel, Kan.; Chief Master Sgt. Calvin C. Glover, Steubenville, Ohio; Chief Master Sgt. Thomas E. Knebel, Midway, Ark.; Chief Master Sgt. Melvin D. Rash, Yorktown, Va.; and Master Sgt. Gary Pate, Brooks, Ga., were buried as a group June 10 in Arlington National Cemetery. The individually identified remains of each airman were previously returned to their families for burial.

On May 22, 1968, these men were aboard a C-130A Hercules on an evening flare mission over northern Salavan Province, Laos. Fifteen minutes after the aircraft made a radio call, the crew of another U.S. aircraft observed a large ground fire near the last known location of Colonel Mason's aircraft. Search and rescue attempts were not initiated because of heavy antiaircraft fire in the area.

Officials Identify Air Force Pilot Missing from Vietnam War
 The DOD POW/Missing Personnel Office announced June 2 that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing in action from the Vietnam War, have been identified and returned to his family for burial with full military honors.

Air Force Col. Elton L. Perrine of Pittsford, N.Y., was buried at Arlington National Cemetery. On May 22, 1967, Colonel Perrine and Capt. Kenneth F. Backus completed a nighttime strike against the Cao Nung Railroad Yard near the town of Kep in North Vietnam. Seconds after the bomb run, a nearby aircrew reported seeing an isolated explosion approximately three miles east of the target, thought to be Colonel Perrine's F-4C Phantom aircraft crashing. Search and rescue attempts were not initiated because of heavy anti-aircraft fire in the area.

For additional information on the Defense Department's mission to account for missing Americans, visit the DPMO Web site at www.dtic.mil/dpmo or call 703-699-1169.

 

Events Coming up: 

 

East Valley VVA Chapter 1011 Schedule of Events

 

Oct 3rd        Chandler Veterans Expo, at the Chandler Community                       Center. The chapter has a recruiting table there .  It                        starts at 9am.

 

Oct. 5th       Mesa Convention Center the Business Expo starts at                            2pm - 6:30pm and the chapter has a recruiting table                       there.

 

Nov 11th     East Valley Veterans Day Parade starts at 11 and                                 runs  until 12:30.  Post Parade Event will take place in                       the parking lot of the Mesa Arts Center starting at                      1pm.  The Women's Air Force Band which was formed in                       the 50’s will be performing and  there will be static                       displays.

 

                     Old West Days will be starting at 1pm Mesa’s 2nd Friday                        will start at 1pm

 

                     The Travelling Wall will arrive in Tempe at the lake on

                     the 9th, set up on the 10th and the opening

                     ceremonies will be on the 11th at 1pm and will be

                     run through the 13th.

 

Dec 13th     A Xmas party will be held at the State Veteran’s Home

                   at 1:30.  Mike Marks needs tooth paste, tooth brushes

                   and scratch pads to give to the residents.  Please

                   bring as many of these items as you can to the Oct

                   and Nov. meetings.

 

Dec. 17th    Our yearly Xmas party will be held this Sat evening

                   starting at 6pm for drinks and dinner will be held at 7.

                   It is being held at golf course club house.  It is at

                   University and Haus in the far east valley.  Dinner is

                   $20 per person and there will be a choice of 2

                   entrees.  Please be prepared to pay at the Nov.

                   meeting because Mike has to give a firm head count

                   at that time.

 

 

The following video is a tribute to all veterans, be sure to have your volume turned up and the site music turned off by pushing the square button at top of this page on the music player. This video is provided by You Tube for your listening pleasure. Please Enjoy and remember to Thank A Vet when you see one.

 

 

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