VFW

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Veterans of Foreign Wars.

Post 10147

Apopka/Altamonte Springs

P. O. Box 912. Apopka, Fl. 32704

ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED

M A Y 2013 N e w s l e t t e r

Sound off VFW

M A Y N e w s l e t t e r

Web: www.vfwpost10147.com Email: vfwpost10147@yahoo.com

PLEASE TAKE NOTE that the deadline for information and articles to be published

in the Sound off Newsletter has been changed to: the 5th of each month.

Dear Comrades and friends.

At our regular meeting on April 11, 2013, at 7:30 pm we will hold nominations

and elections of Officers. Mayor John H. Land will be there to cast one vote for

me and I am honored that he will be in attendance, So, come on out.

Our newsletter is going paperless. It is very costly to prepare and mail copies,

therefore we will be publishing monthly on the web and by email to our paid

members. We NEED your email address so let us know what it is OR if you do

not have an email address we need to know that also.

A few dates for you to be aware of: April 13, 2013 dinner at 5:00 pm and semi-

nar at 7:00 pm. $10.00 per person. June 15, 2013 European dinner/ dance with

food prepared and cooked by Kathy and Bob Popp. Open bar 6:00 pm to 7:00

pm. $15.00 per person.

May 11, 2013 is installation of new officers for 2013-2014 and our 25th Anni-

versary Dinner/Dance. Open bar 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm. $10.00 per person.

In your newsletter you will notice a whole page dedicated to a display of busi-

ness cards. Many of us have used their services and they are the best, plus some

of them make a donation to the Post when a member uses them. This is a good

place to display your business/service.

In closing, keep our troops in your prayers till they are all home with their loved

ones. GOD BLESS AMERICA

UNITED WE STAND

Artie Vecchio. Commander

VFW MEETING DAYS for 2013 All meeting times start at 7:30 pm. Dinner is served at 6:00 pm

APRIL 11 JULY 11 OCTOBER 10

MAY 9 AUGUST 8 NOVEMBER 14

JUNE 13 SEPTEMBER 12 DECEMBER 12

Commander Artie Vecchio (Evelyn) 407-886-3938

Sr. Vice Commander Don Mix (Janice) 407-324-7380

Jr. Vice Commander Edgardo Velazquez (Diane) 407-886-1258

Adjutant Marc Dell (Anne) 407-889-8551

Quartermaster Jim Collins (Karen) 407-889-0933

Judge Advocate Bob Popp (Kathy) 407-410-7245

Surgeon Steve Sterner 407-772-2497

Chaplain Ron Allen (Carol) 407-369-8645

Service Officer Nick Dini 407-886-6829

Chief of Staff Steve Deviese (Lorene) 407-886-4331

TRUSTEES

Three Year Philip Bace (Peg) 716-390-0157

Two Year Jim Schaffer (Margarett) 407-886-7902

One Year Roger Capper (Renate) 407-886-6133

Public Relations Artie Vecchio (Evelyn) 407-886-3938

Historian Bob Popp (Kathy) 407-464-7324

GOING GREEN

Effective with the August issue of our monthly

Newsletter we will NOT be mailing any future news-

letters.

Newsletters will be Emailed only.

If you have an Email address that we are not aware

of please send it via Email to:

vfwpost10147@yahoo.com or send a note to:

P.O.Box 912, Apopka, Fl. 32704

Mailing the newsletter has become cost prohibitive.

POST OFFICERS. Year 2012- 2013 Email: officers@vfwpost10147.com

Post 10147 Ph: 407-889-8266

If you can volunteer a few

hours a week to help with

Post events, please contact

us or visit on a Wednesday or

Saturday morning 8:00 AM

to 12:00 PM.

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.

Jr. Vice Commander’s Corner: Ed Velazquez

Vietnam Troop Withdrawal Remembered

Forty years ago, soldiers returning from Vietnam were advised to change into civilian clothes on their

flights home so they wouldn't be accosted by angry protesters at the airport. The last combat troops left

the country on March 29, 1973, and many veterans contemplated what to do next.

While the fall of Saigon two years later with its indelible images of frantic helicopters is remembered as

the final days of the war. Friday, March 29th marks an anniversary that holds greater meaning for

many who fought, protested or otherwise lived the war. Since then they’ve embarked on careers, raised

families and in many cases counseled a younger generation emerging from two other faraway wars.

Many veterans are encouraged by changes they see, especially by the VA. Veterans returning home

from combat are now treated much better than the returning Vietnam veterans. The U.S has a volun-

teer military these days, not a draft, and the troops retuning home aren’t derided for their service. Peo-

ple know what PTSD stands for, and they’re insisting that the government take care of soldiers suffer-

ing from it and other injuries from Iraq and Afghanistan.

So, please remember those who served in Vietnam; although an unpopular war we served honorably for

the United States of America.

Army Times. March 23, 2013. Portions written by Gillian Flaccus and Lisa Cornwell.

The Associated Press

Call: 407-889-8266 for details

at

THE VFW HALL in APOPKA

As always these dates are subject to Change

MAY 11 Installation of Officers. Dinner/dance

MAY 23-27 Poppy drive

MAY 27 Apopka cemetery Memorial Day. Service 11 am

JUNE 15 European dinner/dance

AUGUST 10 Famous Boosters dinner/dance

SEPTEMBER 28 Oktoberfest

NOVEMBER 11 Walmart. 11 am

DECEMBER 15 Post 10147 Christmas party,

Morrison II. James 6/13

Murray. Joan 6/13

Nelson. Bryan & Debbie 1/14

Nelsen. Brett & Jeannine 9/13

Normandin. Norm & Elaine 12/13

Olester. Elma B. 1/13

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 1/13

Vecchio. Marianne 1/13

Velazquez. Ed & Diane 2/14

Victory Church World 1/13

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 1/14

Galo. Anne 6/13

Greene. James & Nancy 6/13

Hall. Ellis & Sandra 6/13

Harshman. Ken & Marilyn 1/13

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 9/13

Mix. Don & Jan 6/13

Morrison. Jim & Valerie 6/13

INDIVIDUAL BOOSTERS 2013

Acerra. Steve & Denise 8/13

Adams. Wally & Nina 1/14

Alfano. Frank & Fran 6/14

Allen, Ron & Carol 3/13

Anderson. Richard 1/13

Anthony, Pat & Peggy 6/13

Apopka Chamber of Commerce. Paul 3/14

Bankson. Pastor Doug 1/13

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 1/14

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 1/13

Collins. Friend E 1/13

Collins. Irene 1/14

Collins. Jim & Karen 1/13

Crane. Mary Lou 1/13

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 1/13

Dombrowski. Tony 10/13

Dougherty. Thomas & Roberta 12/13

Douglas, Jr. Jack & Cherlyn 6/13

Echon. John & Lil 5/13

Fagg. William 5/13

Franqui. Bea 1/13

Franko. Dennis & Lynda 6/13

Gagnon. Marie 1/13

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

In memory of:

Lucille Swanner. Burt Burns. Bob-Erma Kloth. Leroy-Irene Lang.

Jack Collins. Bob Meade, Robert Boylon.

BUSINESS BOOSTERS These businesses are supporting the VFW Post 10147. Let us support them when we need a service

APOPKA / ALTAMONTE SPRINGS

V.F.W Post # 10147

P.O.Box 912

Apopka, FL. 32704