I hope everyone had a Happy Easter this past Sunday. Usually, Easter starts the Spring season off with weather that gets spring-like.
This coming week we have a storm heading our way with snow accumulations that vary from not too much to who knows.
Not what spring is supposed to start out like. We shall prevail though with the hope that the sun comes out and everything starts to grow again. We shall see what happens.
As many of you have heard, we lost two local soldiers on March 8th while serving along the border; CWO2 Casey Frankowski and CWO2 John Grassia, of the 1st Battalion, 244th Aviation Regiment.
Our VFW District 3 has asked for donations for the families of these two soldiers. Posts throughout the District will donate along with individual members donating.
Should you like to donate along with us, please send you donations to James Haas, 2023 Oak Tree Lane, Schenectady, NY 12303-3506. VFW District 3 is a 501c19 tax-exempt veterans organization and all donations are tax deductible.
The VFW has announced the topics for the Voice of Democracy, and Patriot Pen contests for the 2024-2025 school year.
The topic for Voice of Democracy will be; “Is America Today Our Forefathers’ Vision?” and the Patriot Pen topic is “My Voice in America’s Democracy.”
I will be delivering the entry forms to the school this week. They are not due until October 2024 which will give the students time to formulate their essays.
VFW District 3 lost a past District Commander this past week, William J. Perkowski on March 25, 2024, at Stratton VA Hospital after a short battle with cancer.
He was a decorated Vietnam Veteran. He was a member of VFW Post 770 in Catskill. Calling Hours are 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm at A. J. Cunningham Funeral Home, 4898 State Route 81, Greenville, NY
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced burial updates for service members who have been missing and unaccounted for from World War II and the Korean War. Returning home for burial with full military honors are:
Army Air Forces Tech. Sgt. Robert Allen, 20, of Oakland, California, was assigned to the 860th Bombardment Squadron, 493rd Bombardment Group. He was killed in action on Aug. 18, 1944. He will be buried in San Diego, California.
Army Air Forces Sgt. Frank J. Seiferheld, 25, of New York, New York, was assigned to the 348th Bombardment Squadron, 99th Bombardment Group, 15th Air Force.He went missing in action on Jan. 20, 1945. Interment services are pending.
Army Pvt. 1st Class Jimmy D. Smith, 21, of Muskogee, Oklahoma, was a member of Medical Company, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, Eighth U.S. Army. He was killed in action on July 30, 1950.
Remember these fallen warriors and keep them in your thoughts and prayers along with the still serving now throughout the world for our freedoms. God bless America.
Marc Farmilette, PSC – Commander Post 1545.
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