Monthly Archives: October 2017

Wreaths Across America at USNA Cemetery

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The Class of ’81 is sponsoring the laying of wreaths in USNA cemetery on December 16th.

     This will be the 6th year to fill the cemetery with wreaths in honor of those that have gone before. Many have classmates, shipmates, loved ones, and dear friends at the USNA cemetery. USNA has 2300 wreaths to place to include the columbarium. Please help to reach this goal and to honor these treasured men and women.

Wreaths are $15/wreath but with the code MD0011 for every 2 purchased we will get 1 free.

The Ceremony will be held at 0930 on Friday December 8th, 2017 at the Cemetery for those that live nearby and would like to help in the wreath laying ceremony.

To Donate:

wreathsacrossamerica.org

RED “DONATE” BUTTON
SCROLL DOWN A LITTLE AND CLICK THE GREEN “SPONSOR A WREATH WITH A LOCAL FUNDRAISING GROUP”
SEARCH BY TAB TYPE IN “MD0011” CLICK ON USNA CEMEMTERY TAB
HIT RED “VIEW”
CLICK ON RED “DONATE”
CHOOSE THE AMOUNT YOU WOULD LIKE TO DONATE (REMEMBER BUY 2 GET 3RD ONE FREE AUTOMATICALLY) HIT RED
“NEXT”
FILL OUT YOUR INFO, DON’T FORGET TO HIT “AGREE” TAB AND THE RED “FINISH” ON NEXT PAGE

If you would like to donate the old-fashioned way, by check, that can also be done. Send to:

Wreaths Across America
PO Box 249
Columbia Falls, ME 04623

Please place the MD0011/MSUSNA in the memo section so they will know whom to credit with the order.

Volunteer to lay wreaths

On the website you can also volunteer: locally wreaths will be laid at Willamette National Cemetery, Veterans Memorial Park  and Camas Cemetery.

 

November 6 and 7, Save the Date-Invite to POW Talk

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Portland Rotary Club is hosting a reception and talk by former POW  LtCol (USAF Ret) Tony Marshall in honor of Veterans Day.

Reception for Lt. Col. Tony Marshall

  • Monday
    November 06, 2017
    6:30 – 8:30 PM
  • Oswego Pointe Condo Club House
    5065 Foothills Dr.
Angel Pilato will be hosing a special reception on November 6th for Lt. Col. Tony Marshall.

 

Veterans Day – Tony Marshall

  • Tuesday
    November 07, 2017
    12:00 PM – 1:15 PM
  • The Sentinel
    614 SW 11th Ave, 3rd floor
    Portland, OR

SPEAKER: TONY MARSHALL

On July 3 while on his combat 266th mission he was forced to eject over enemy territory and was captured. Lt. Col. Marshall’s talk “My TDY to Ha Noi” translated means, My Temporary Stay as a Prisoner of War in the North Vietnamese Hao Lo Prison known euphemistically by American Fighter Pilots as the “Hanoi Hilton”.

He’ll discuss his life in the 13th Tactical Fighter Squadron at Udorn Air Base, Thailand, what led up to his ejection from his F-4 Phantom fighter jet over enemy territory, and his capture. Throughout his ordeal as POW Tony kept his wits about him, and developed a warped sense of humor, thus his title “Ha – Noi”.

To Register for the reception and or lunch:

https://ekkodesigns.wufoo.com/forms/s105c5b0194uepb/

President’s Update October

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  1. This month’s meeting on 11 October will be the Navy Birthday celebration.  It will be an evening meeting at the Old Spaghetti Factory starting at 6:30 p.m.
  2. Our 8 November lunch meeting will be our annual Marine Corps Birthday celebration.  Please invite local Marines whom you know.  We have scheduled Co. Mike Howard, USMCR (Ret) of the Marine Corps Coordinating Council to give a presentation about the history of Marines in Oregon.
  3. If you know any WWII veterans, be sure to invite them to our December meeting on December 13th.  We have invited a guest speaker, but do not have confirmation that he will attend.  Because we don’t have confirmation, I am not giving his name, but will say that he is an active duty admiral.
  4. We have invited MGEN Scott A. Spellmon, Commander Northwestern Division, US Army Corps of Engineers to speak at our January 10, 2018 meeting.
  5. Our February meeting will be an evening Valentine event on Wednesday, February 7th.