There will be a Salute to Korean War Veterans on Friday, Nov. 13, at Watkins Field on Joint Base Lewis-McChord. The Salute Ceremony begins at 10 a.m. Other events include interactive displays with service members. Family and friends also are welcome.
For more information, call the 593rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command at 253-967-0400.
Party time
The Marine Corps’ Birthday Party will be on Saturday, Nov. 14, at the Sequim Elks Club. Everyone is invited.
For more information and tickets, call Sid at 417-3710.
The Mount Olympus Detachment of the Marine Corps League is the host. They also are selling their 1917 Eddy-stone 3006 rifles through Fred’s Guns and Hobbies in Sequim. Please go by and check them out. The money raised will be used for MCL programs.
Support Sarge’s
Sarge’s Place in Forks is hoping you can help support the veterans they serve by sending small gifts (socks, haircutting gift card, food gift cards, candy, cookies, etc.). Gift cards from Walmart and Safeway to buy toilet paper, paper towels, fresh fruit and vegetables always are welcome.
Please mail to Sarge’s Place, 250 Ash Ave., Forks, WA 98331.
Sarge’s Place is a 501(c)3 serving Clallam and Jefferson counties by providing emergency shelter for homeless veterans. Google Sarge’s Place for more information.
DAR group sets Vietnam ceremony
The ladies of all the DAR Chapters in the state will be holding a ceremony in Olympia on Nov. 11 to remember those veterans who died in Vietnam.
We will be reading the names of the people from each county and ring a bell in their memory. I will be there as will the Regent of Michael Trebert Chapter, NSADAR.
The Chapter will hold its monthly meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 18, at the Veterans Center on Francis Street in Port Angeles.
To continue the Vietnam Commemorative the speaker will be Norm Goodin, a Vietnam veteran, talking about POWs in Vietnam.
If you would like to attend, contact Joyce at n7jpw@juno.com.
Touching tribute
There is now a beautiful cement bench donated by the Korean War Veterans Association and the Clallam County Veterans Association at the Vietnam Memorial located on the Vietnam Memorial Highway 112 near Joyce.
Please stop if you are passing by and think about the veterans who were involved in the conflict.
Christmas Store
The ladies of the American Legion Auxiliary will be in Port Orchard at the Washington State Veterans Home from Nov. 30-Dec. 3, hosting a Christmas Store for the residents. The residents can choose gifts for their families.
The gifts, cards, wrapping and postage are all free to them.
If you would like to help by donating money for postage or gifts, contact me at 683-6419. I will be there helping and can take your donation down with me.
Get your flu shots
No cost flu shots are available for VA patients at Walgreens. Go to www.eHealth.va.gov/immunization.asp to get the form. You will need to take the filled out form, your VA ID card and a photo ID with you.
Upon receipt of the shot your VA electronic health record will be updated. Don’t get the awful flu — get a free shot!
Contributors: DAR, Joyce Stroeher,n7jpw@juno.com; American Legion and MOAA, Lorri Gilchrist, cdrlgilchrist@gmail.com; Marine Corps League, Sid Gerling, sidjean6@gmail.com; Korean War Veterans, Jerry Rettela, eletteor@msn.com; Fleet Reserve Association, Marty Arnold, martinarnold2001@yahoo.com
