Veterans of Foreign Wars. Post 10147 Apopka/Altamonte Springs P. O. Box 912. Apopka, Fl. 32704 ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED
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Sound off APRIL 2013
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Dear Comrades and friends. Artie is having surgery this week so we will have to wait until he returns—as feisty as ever—and he can catch us up on planned events and activities. We send our prayers for a rapid recovery Please note that the cut off date for information and articles to be published in the Sound off Newsletter has been changed to the 5th of each month. GOD BLESS AMERICA UNITED WE STAND
VFW MEETING DAYS for 2013 All meeting times start at 7:30 pm. Dinner is served at 6:00 pm FEB 14 MARCH 14 APRIL 11
JUNE 13 JULY 11 AUGUST 8
OCTOBER 10 NOVEMBER 14 DECEMBER 12
The deadline for information and articles to be published in the Sound off Newsletter is the 5th of each month. Mistakes were put in for you to find.
POST OFFICERS. Year 2012- 2013 Email: officers@vfwpost10147.com
Post 10147 Commander Sr. Vice Commander Jr. Vice Commander Adjutant Quartermaster Judge Advocate Surgeon Chaplain Service Officer Chief of Staff
Ph: 407-889-8266
Artie Vecchio (Evelyn) Don Mix (Janice) Edgardo Velazquez (Diane) Marc Dell (Anne) Jim Collins (Karen) Bob Popp (Kathy) Steve Sterner Ron Allen (Carol) Nick Dini Steve Deviese (Lorene)
407-886-3938 407-324-7380 407-886-1258 407-889-8551 407-889-0933 407-410-7245 407-772-2497 407-369-8645 407-886-6829 407-886-4331
TRUSTEES Three Year Two Year One Year Public Relations Historian
Philip Bace (Peg) Jim Schaffer (Margarett) Roger Capper (Renate) Artie Vecchio (Evelyn) Bob Popp (Kathy)
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DONATIONS WANTED If you have any military items you would like to donate to the Post museum such as: Uniforms, guns, knives, patches, insignias, etc, please bring items to the Post or call and we will arrange a pickup date. All donated items will be displayed with the name of the donor. Soap, shampoo, etc from hotels, for the VA Nursing home and for poor children. Glasses for the needy Tabs from aluminum cans for the tots of the Arnold Palmer Hospital.
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Jr. Vice Commander’s Corner: Ed Velazquez The United States Navy Douglas A-1H Skyraider (NE-572 BuNo 135297) "Paper Tiger ll" (which was a temporary name used for just this one flight) of attack Squadron VA-25 Fist of the Fleet being readied for a mission over the Mekong Delta in October 1965. VA-25 was assigned to Attack Carrier Air Wing Two (CVW-2) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Midway (CVA-41). To commemorate the mark of having delivered 6,000,000 lb. (2721.56 to) of ordnance NE-572 was equipped with a special "bomb", a toilet! The toilet was a damaged toilet, which was going to be thrown overboard. One of the plane captains of VA-25 saved it and the ordnance crew made a rack, tailfins and nose fuse for it. VA-25 personnel maintained a position to block the view of the Air Boss and the ship's Captain while the aircraft was taxiing forward to the catapult. The plane was piloted by X/O Cdr. Clarence W. Stoddard, wingman was LCdr. Robin Bacon (in NE-577, BuNo 139768, with Lt. Clint Johnson shot down a MiG17 on 20 June 1965). When the "sani-flush-bomb" was dropped, it almost hit LCdr. Beacon's plane due to its light weight. Cdr. Bill Stoddard (now C/O) was shot down and killed by SAMs over North Vietnam on 14 September 1966, flying with VA-25 from the USS Coral Sea (CVA-43) Date: October 1965. Unknown source.
THOUSANDS OF SOLDIERS TO LEAVE EUROPE Ten thousand soldiers now stationed in Europe will be returned to the United States under re-alignment plans announced by the Defense Department. The realignment of the Europe-based 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team will begin later this year, including the transfer of some forces from Germany to Italy. The move are part of an ongoing strategy to reduce U.S. Army Europe from a force of 40,000 soldiers and one corps headquarters and four brigade combat teams to 30,00 soldiers and two brigade combat teams. Key actions announced Friday, March 1, by the Pentagon include the relocations of the 173rd ABCT's headquarters, and the 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, from Caserma Ederle, Vicenza, Italy to the newly refurbished Del Din facility, also in Vicenza. These cuts in Europe are not new and will continue into the year 2016 when the remaining four units will head back home. It's approximately 68 years since the end of WWII; it appears that Europe can finally stand on its own. Army Times. March 1, 2013
MARCH 14 MARCH 20 APRIL 11 MAY 11 MAY 23-27 MAY 27 JUNE 15 AUGUST 10 SEPTEMBER 28 NOVEMBER 11 DECEMBER 15
Meeting for nomination of Officers Police, firefighter, sheriff Awards. 11am Meeting for nomination & election of Officers Installation of Officers. Dinner/dance Poppy drive Apopka cemetery Memorial Day. Service 11 am Ravioli dinner/dance Famous Boosters dinner/dance October feast Walmart. 11 am Post 10147 Christmas party,
As always these dates are subject to Change
Chaplains Corner: Ron Allen He came into my study, made a note of the messiness, and looked at my desk. The open Bible was laying there, "I see you've got the Book," he said. "You'll not come to harm as long as you have that there." There are things which can wreck a life. But no one will find it easy to wreck our lives, as long as we have "the Book". And so long as we have beside us, and within us, the one of whom the Book tells. Ed Brenner, is now living at the VA Independence Center. His address is; CLC - Rm 116A 5201 Raymond St Orlando, FL. 32803 He would like a visit if you are down that way.
Lady : Is this my train? Station Master : No, it belongs to the Railway Company. Lady : Don't try to be funny. I mean to ask if I can take this train to New Delhi. Station Master : No Madam, I'm afraid it's too heavy.
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INDIVIDUAL BOOSTERS 2013 If you would like to be a Booster for the year 2012 please mail a check in the amount of $25.00 to the VFW Post 10147 Acerra. Steve & Denise 8/13 Adams. Wally & Nina 1/14 Alfano. Frank & Fran 6/14 Allen, Ron & Carol 3/13 Anderson. Richard 1/14 Anthony, Pat & Peggy 6/13 Barber. Glenn 1/14 Bankson. Pastor Doug 1/14 Boria. Lou & Julie 7/13 Bornmann, Susan C 8/13 Boucher, Rita 1/14 Bourdon. Hubert & Ginny 6/13 Bove. Russ & Sandy 9/13 Boyd. William & Joan 6/13 Braun. Mary 1/14 Brillant. Mark & Pat 2/13 Broadhurst. Ken & Jeanne 1/14 Brocker. Joyce 6/13 Brown, Brad & Barbara 4/13 Bunka. Bill & Evelyn 1/14 Burkholder. Mary Ann 2/14 Butler. Sam & Joyce Echon 6/13 Capper. Roger & Renate 6/13 Capper. Rolf 1/13 Carter. Rich 4/13 Cass. Norman & Sandy 12/13 Cifers. Doug 1/14 Collins. Friend E 1/13 Collins. Irene 1/14 Collins. Jim & Karen 1/13 Crane. Mary Lou 1/14 Day. Charles & Sylvia 9/13 Dershimer, Sandra 3/13 Deviese. Steve & Lorene 1/14 Dini. Greg & Barbara 1/14 Dini. Nick 1/14 Doggett. Dwight & Mabel 6/13 Doll. Beverly 1/14 Dombrowski. Tony 10/14 Dougherty. Thomas & Roberta 12/13 Douglas, Jr. Jack & Cherlyn 6/13 Echon. John & Lil 5/13 Fagg. William 5/13 Franqui. Bea 1/14 Franko. Dennis & Lynda 6/13 Gagnon. Marie 1/13
Galo. Anne 6/13 Greene. James & Nancy 6/13 Hall. Ellis & Sandra 6/13 Harshman. Ken & Marilyn 1/14 Heaton. Sam & Modean 6/13 Heisey. George & Carol 6/13 Highfield. Glen & Jacquelyn 6/13 Hooper. Eric 6/13 Ingrassia. Larry & Carolyn 3/13 Isidoro. Lucille 6/13 Jones. Tom & Betty 2/13 Kara. Joe & Liz 7/13 Keightley, Alan 6/13 Kelley. George 1/14 Kelsey. Joseph 6/13 Kline. Jerry & Pauline 1/14 Kloth. Jan 1/14 Knox. George & Neoma 6/13 Labo. Father Tim 1/14 Land. Mayor John 6/13 Laurendeau. Linda 1/14 Lee. Carl 8/13 Leigh. Kathryn 8/13 Linz. Robert & June 6/13 Lisle. Tom & Eva 6/13 Lochridge. Mick & Lisa 6/13 Lockeby. Ed & Mary Ann 6/13 Loomis Funeral Home 6/13 Loso. Maurice 6/13 Lowry. Frank & Elaine 6/13 Maleski. Michael & Mary 6/13 Mancuso. Mary F 9/13 Mancuso. Tony 9/13 Marsh. Catherine 6/13 Mathis. Jim 9/13 Mathius. Pauline 8/13 May. Frank & Josephine 9/12 McDonnell. Kerry T 6/13 McFadden. Michael & Sharyn 6/14 McGuffin. W.R 6/13 McKeon. John & Hannah 8/13 Meisel. Bill & Ellen 6/13 Mizel. Coz & Brenda Mix. Don & Jan 6/13 Morrison. Jim & Valerie 6/13
Morrison II. James 6/13 Murray. Joan 6/13 Nelson. Bryan & Debbie 1/14 Nelsen. Brett & Jeannine 9/13 Normandin. Norm & Elaine 12/13 Piggott. Leon & Arlene 6/13 Pocius. Steve 2/13 Popp. Bob & Kathy 12/13 Richardson. Gerald & Amanda 1/14 Risser. Rich & Shirley 6/13 Roman. Walter & Helen 6/13 Rosen. Capt. Bob & Connie 6/13 Rossi. Anthony & Palma 6/13 Rossi-Killeen, Anita 8/13 Sarra. Maryann 1/13 Schaffer. Jim & Margaret 11/13 Smart. Robert & Anna May 6/13 Spurlock. Wm. “Greg” 6/13 Sterner. Steve 6/13 Sterner. John Phillip & Jean 8/13 Stroehlin. Dorothea 7/13 Stromwall. Dean 6/13 Sutton. Carol 6/13 Tabron. Alfred & Magdalena 6/13 Terman. Jack & Arlene 8/13 Turner. Tom & Debbie 6/13 Unetich Jr. Tony & Peggy 6/13 U. S. Surplus Sales Inc. 4/13 Vecchio. Art & Evelyn 1/14 Vecchio. Marianne 1/14 Velazquez. Ed & Diane 2/14 Victory Church World 1/14 Walker. Jim 3/13 Walsh. Jim & Mary 12/13 Wardell. John & Wanda 6/13 Wardell. Stacy 6/13 Weber, Jerry 12/13 Weiss. Jerry & Trudy 6/13 Wing. Jack & Mary 12/13 Yeager. Ken & Nancy 7/13 Zakszewski, Barbara 4/13 Ziolkowski. Robert 2/14
In memory of: Lucille Swanner. Burt Burns. Bob-Erma Kloth. Leroy-Irene Lang. Jack Collins. Bob Meade, Robert Boylon.
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APOPKA / ALTAMONTE SPRINGS V.F.W Post # 10147 P.O.Box 912 Apopka, FL. 32704