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The American Legion Paul Herrick Post 21 conducted its 70th annual memorial ceremony at Green Ridge Cemetery. Though the KAVV hasn’t participated for all seven decades, the organization has proudly supported Post 21’s ceremony for many years. Honor Guard Captain Tim Green solemnly lowered the cemetery flag to half-staff while the Honor Guard presented the colors. The ceremony concluded with a three-volley salute, followed by the haunting notes of Taps echoing across the grounds.

Memorial Day serves as a solemn reminder of the ultimate sacrifice made by countless service members who gave their lives defending our nation’s freedoms. Tim Green and Thomas J. Visintainer Sr. read the names of the far too many Kenosha and Wisconsin veterans who gave all, as well as the POW/MIA’s still unaccounted for.

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Tim is an Army Vietnam Veteran, He’s only been around a couple of weeks, so I don’t have the scoop yet, but the next picture of him will be in an Honor Guard uniform! That may be the next post because he was with us at our Memorial Day Ceremony. Glad to have you aboard Tim!

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Lou passed away on Monday July 22, 2024. You can read more here: Proko Funeral Home.

  • Long time member of the KAVV Honor Guard, Lou Polovick, receiving his Hometown Hero Award.

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Neil was a founding member of the KAVV and a Driver in Parades for many years. He moved to Antioch some years ago where he owned and operated Antioch Veterans Cab company. He passed away on December 14, 2022 and is interned at Southern Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Union Grove. He is remembered fondly.

His obituary is here https://www.strangfh.com/obituary/neal-ostergaard. His family would appreciate you signing his guestbook is here: http://www.strangfh.com/.

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Another one of Post 21’s ancient coolers gave up the ghost this past month. Rich Bowker and Tim Green presented the Posts House/Bar committee with $1000 towards a replacement. If you haven’t heard, the KAVV monthly meetings are now held in the American Legion, Post 21’s Hall. If you attend a meeting and have a cold one, pat yourself on the back, it’s cold because of your dedication to the veterans of Kenosha.

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If you haven’t been to Joe’s website recently, you’re missing some great articles including a current article entitled “Learning Beyond the Battlefield” by guest writer Rhonda Underhill.  Rhonda is a health care advocate for senior citizens, veterans and persons with disabilities and who has, along with her husband Pete, created a website dedicated to the health and well being of seniors.

Both the article and the website are well worth a look. 

Both the article and the website are well worth a look. 

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Did you know we have (at least) two US Navy Hospital Corpsman and one Army Medic on the Honor Guard. Jim Rossman was an Army Medic, and Rich Willoughby and Brad Cramlet were Navy Corpsman. Both of these ratings are among the most highly decorated ratings in the military.

That seems to be more than our share of medical folks. It got me interested and I found some good reading about corpsman / medics…

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On the KAVV made a Generous donation of $500 worth of new toys to the Marine Corps Toy’s for Tots Program. Rose Bowker and Sue Green were kind enough to do the shopping. Mission BBQ organized this group of donations and hosted the event. Of course they included a delicious meal! Here are some pictures of the event that I got from facebook.

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The KAVV now regularly meets at the Kenosha Heroes Cafe located in the Festival Foods Mezzanine on Fridays. Stop on by for the coffee and cakes, and stay for the camaraderie!

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We visited the Annual Gods Kitchen Thanksgiving Dinner to present them with our annual donation to this important charity. Here’s some pictures…

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Here are some pic of our annual service at Library Park. It was a beautiful day this year. 100 Year old Birthday Boy, George Peter, was our guest.

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We caught a scheduling break this year as St Catherines Commons decided to have their annual ceremony on the 10th, Whew! We invited George Peter to attend the ceremony with us again this year.