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.
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.
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…
Jim allowed me photograph a couple of his photo albums from his time in Nam. It was a real honor to look through them, and I appreciate his willingness to include them on this website! You can find them on the Media page here: https://sewivets.org/kavv/media/ or from the menu’s above.
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.
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!
We visited the Annual Gods Kitchen Thanksgiving Dinner to present them with our annual donation to this important charity. Here’s some pictures…
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.
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.
We were the Color Guard again this year. Tim’s quick thinking got us through a minor equipment failure (not the first time for that). Ask him about it!
From left, Rich Bowker, Tom Visintainer and Tim Green of the Kenosha Area Vietnam Vets Honor Guard talk with Interim Kenosha County Veterans Services Director Jennifer Blasi and County Executive Samantha Kerkman during the county’s annual Veterans Celebration, held Saturday at the Job Center.
At an event hosted by American Legion Post 21, The local Blue Star Mothers group handed out personalized awards to Vietnam Veterans.
The Kenosha Area Vietnam Veterans Honor Guard at a recent funeral.
Here are some candids from a recent Color Guard job… Oddly, I couldn’t find any pictures of the actual homecoming on facebook. Anybody out there with some decent investigative / research skills?
The Honor Guard marched in the American Legion, Wisconsin 1st District’s Annual Silent March. This year, the march was through Twin Lakes. Here are KAVV specific pictures, for all pictures and a really great video taken by Woody’s son Tom Jr, check out the 1st Districts website. If you like the pics and vid, TJ’s business Card is below!
