Coming soon is the longest day of the year. This getting dark at 4:30 is a bit too much to get used to. That and some snow and cold weather is here to stay. Being older, it seems colder and colder.
I used to love skiing, snowmobile riding and enjoying the snow. Not so much nowadays. Although it is beautiful on the mountaintop, it makes up for some of the above moaning.
This week we will be holding our awards ceremony for the essay entries for the VFW Patriot Pen and Voice of Democracy contests. The students from WAJCS will receive their certificates and cash prizes.
We will have some refreshments for them, and their families, and it is so nice to have these young patriots at our Post.
The teachers really are great at getting them to participate. By participating, they learn what being an American is all about. I love reading their essays and having a little part in making them a part of our way of life.
I think that education in America and how it works is imperative for our younger generation to know what freedom is about. Pictures of the event next week for sure.
As the Christmas season comes, I was reflecting on what it was like for me personally being in Vietnam during the holiday season.
I shipped over December 19, 1966, and that first night a mortar round landed in the tent next to the one I was in at Tan Son Nhat Air Force base.
Then I was stuck in a transfer camp outside of Saigon, and it was unknown to me what outfit I was being put into as a replacement.
Along with that I was thinking of the family I left behind and what they were doing, as a bit of loneliness hit and homesickness’ set in. All of this as a 19-year-old!
Finally getting my orders to join the 228th Signal Company gave me a destination where I was greeted by my Company Commander and platoon leader.
I was a bit scared, however, I was able to collect myself and settle in. I kept thinking of the pasta and braciole dinner that I knew was happening at home.
I think of that time every Christmas season. It all worked out as I was home on Christmas Eve, December, 1967, I had my pasta and braciole dinner. Woo Hoo.
Nowadays I do not want to wake up in the morning without hope and faith that our country is moving in the right direction.
Who do you believe with all the difficulties at our border, war in Israel, war in Ukraine, and the unrest going on around the world?
I believe we will prevail because we are Americans, a strong nation that will always fight for the freedoms that our forefathers proclaimed.
A very troubling time which puts our troops serving today in a very uneasy time. Tonight, say a prayer for our troops still serving and God bless America.
Marc Farmilette, PDC – Commander VFW Post 1545
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I used to love skiing, snowmobile riding and enjoying the snow. Not so much nowadays. Although it is beautiful on the mountaintop, it makes up for some of the above moaning.
This week we will be holding our awards ceremony for the essay entries for the VFW Patriot Pen and Voice of Democracy contests. The students from WAJCS will receive their certificates and cash prizes.
We will have some refreshments for them, and their families, and it is so nice to have these young patriots at our Post.
The teachers really are great at getting them to participate. By participating, they learn what being an American is all about. I love reading their essays and having a little part in making them a part of our way of life.
I think that education in America and how it works is imperative for our younger generation to know what freedom is about. Pictures of the event next week for sure.
As the Christmas season comes, I was reflecting on what it was like for me personally being in Vietnam during the holiday season.
I shipped over December 19, 1966, and that first night a mortar round landed in the tent next to the one I was in at Tan Son Nhat Air Force base.
Then I was stuck in a transfer camp outside of Saigon, and it was unknown to me what outfit I was being put into as a replacement.
Along with that I was thinking of the family I left behind and what they were doing, as a bit of loneliness hit and homesickness’ set in. All of this as a 19-year-old!
Finally getting my orders to join the 228th Signal Company gave me a destination where I was greeted by my Company Commander and platoon leader.
I was a bit scared, however, I was able to collect myself and settle in. I kept thinking of the pasta and braciole dinner that I knew was happening at home.
I think of that time every Christmas season. It all worked out as I was home on Christmas Eve, December, 1967, I had my pasta and braciole dinner. Woo Hoo.
Nowadays I do not want to wake up in the morning without hope and faith that our country is moving in the right direction.
Who do you believe with all the difficulties at our border, war in Israel, war in Ukraine, and the unrest going on around the world?
I believe we will prevail because we are Americans, a strong nation that will always fight for the freedoms that our forefathers proclaimed.
A very troubling time which puts our troops serving today in a very uneasy time. Tonight, say a prayer for our troops still serving and God bless America.
Marc Farmilette, PDC – Commander VFW Post 1545
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