Veterans Health

Council

A VVA Program

If you served during one or more
of these periods of war and have any of the highlighted diseases, you may be eligible for compensation, benefits
and health care.

Vietnam War

Persian Gulf War

Global War on Terror


 

VETERANS'   N E W S

On this page:

• National Purple Heart Hall of Honor Luncheon, June 25th

• Korean War Memorial Unveiled on 60th Anniversary

• Memorial Day "A Day to Remember"

~ Palm Beach Memorial Park, Lantana, FL~

~South Florida National Cemetery~

• A Visit to Omaha Beach

• Helping Homeless Veterans - Stand Down House, Lake Worth

• Veterans' Day Parade, West Palm Beach, Nov. 8, 2009

~VETERANS OF THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE~

• Veterans of the Battle of the Bulge Florida SE Chpt. (62):

~65th Anniversary Luncheon Held, Sun., December 13, 2009~ 

~Spring Luncheon held, Sun., April 18th 2010~

POW Pledge of Allegiance, submitted by Murray Stein, 

P.Pres. 106th Div.

• Gen. Carlson's speech at the April 2003 VBOB meeting

• "What is a Veteran?" submitted by Jimmy Walker, C.I.A. Cdr.

 • Veterans' Organizations Directory 

VETERANS' HOT LINKS

 

National Purple Heart Hall of Honor Luncheon, June 25th

George Fisher is pictured with General David H. Petraeus

While awaiting his Senate confirmation, General David H. Petraeus was the keynote speaker at a luncheon hosted by the National Purple Heart Hall of Honor, June 25, 2010 in New Windsor, New York. General Petreaus was chosen by Pres. Obama to replace Gen. Stanley McChrystal who resigned following remarks made by him and some of his aides about Obama in an article published in Rolling Stone Magazine

Some 1200 guests and 100 recipients of the Purple Heart attended the luncheon.

George Fished, pictured with the General, is a Purple Heart Life Member and President of the Veterans of the Battle of the Bulge Fla SE Chapter (62).


Korean War Memorial Unveiled on 60th Anniversary, June 25, 2010

Story & Photos by Jimmy Shirley

Korean War Memorial

Joe W. Green, 1st Vice President of the Richard E. Cronan Chapter #17 of the Korean War Veterans looks on during the ceremonies.

Doo Hwa Oh, a Sgt. in the ROK Marine Division, stands with the Memorial. He has lived in Palm Beach County for over 35 years.

On Friday, June 25th, the 60th Anniversary of the beginning of the Korean War, a Monument to the Veterans of that war was unveiled at the Boynton Beach Bicentennial Park.

The monument was sponsored by the Richard E. Cronan Chapter #17 of the Korean War Veterans, Delray Beach. Some 200 people attended the unveiling.

Monuments for WWI, Pearl Harbor, POW/MIAs, plaques commemorating individuals, and now Korea, fill the park.

According to the Department of Defense, more than 54,000 U.S. troops gave their lives during the war and some 100,000 were wounded.


   Memorial Day, May 31, 2010    "A Day to Remember"

JWV Post 520 was well represented: 

L-R (front row) Mel Shubert, Marion Shubert, Mickey Wecker. 

(rear) Cdr. Samuel Rosen, Marilyn Rosen, Seymour Kirschner, 

Bernard Weixelbaum, Abe Dunn

Photo by Betty Thomas

Post 520 of the Jewish War Veterans was among the many organizations presenting wreathes. Seen here are the presenters, David Waldstein and Commander Samuel Rosen (extreme right)    with two unidentified Boy Scouts who participated in the ceremony.

 Submitted by Bernard Weixelbaum

(Left) Michael Coleman, of Forgotten Soldiers Outreach accepts a check from 

Seymour Kirchner and 

Cdr. Samuel Rosen 

of JWV Post 520.

Photo by Betty Thomas

Culminating the program was the dramatic release of white doves by the 

Cub Scout Troop 241.

Photo by Betty Thomas

Palm Beach Memorial Park in Lantana and Forgotten Soldier’s Outreach presented their Memorial Day program on Monday, May 31st. Guests and dignitaries included Lt. Col. Allen West, Ret., Congressman Ron Klein, Co. Comm. Shelley Vana, P.B.C. Supervisor of Elections Susan Bucher, Roy J. Foster of Faith Hope Love Charity, Inc., Bill Baggett, of Royal Palm Memorial Gardens, and David H. Bludworth, former Palm Beach County State Attorney. The program Emcee was Jay Cashmere, Vice Chair of Forgotten Soldiers Outreach, Inc.

Fifteen Veteran and Patriotic Organizations presented wreaths followed by the presentation of the Wreath of Honor.

The program was culminated by a dramatic dove release by the Cub Scout Troop 241.

POW/MIA Ceremony. 

Narrated by Col. West. 

Text supplied by the 

Patriot Guard Riders.

Those who have served and those currently serving the uniformed services of the United States are ever mindful that the sweetness of enduring peace has always been tainted by the bitterness of personal sacrifice. We are compelled to never forget that while we enjoy our daily pleasures, there are others who have endured and may still be enduring the agonies of pain, deprivation and internment.

We call your attention to this small table, which occupies a place of dignity and honor near the podium. It is set for one, symbolizing the fact that members of our armed forces are missing from our ranks. 

Photo by Jimmy Shirley

They are referred to as POWs and MIAs. 

We call them comrades.

They are unable to be with their loved ones and families tonight, so we join together to pay our humble tribute to them, and bear witness to their continued absence.

This table, set for one, is small, symbolizing the frailty of one prisoner, alone against his or her suppressors.

The tablecloth is white, symbolic of the purity of their intentions to respond to their country's call to arms.

The single red rose in the face signified the blood many have shed in sacrifice to ensure the freedom of our beloved United States of America. This rose also reminds us of the family and friends of our missing comrades who keep the faith, while awaiting their return.

The yellow ribbon on the vase represents the yellow ribbons worn on the lapels of the thousands who demand with unyielding determination a proper accounting of our comrades who are not among us tonight.

A slice of lemon on the plate reminds us of their bitter fate. 

The sale sprinkled on the plate reminds us of the countless fallen tears of families as they wait.

The glass is inverted - they cannot toast with us this night.

The chair is empty - they are not here.

The candle is reminiscent of the light of hope which lives in our hearts to illuminate their way home, away from their captors, to the open arms of a grateful nation.

Let us remember and never forget their sacrifices.

Let us now have a moment of silent prayer that all of our comrades will soon be back within our ranks.

May God forever watch over them and protect them and their families. 

South Florida National Cemetery Memorial Day Ceremony

Retired Co. Connie Christensen (guest speaker) and Charlotte M. Rebilliard (P.B.C. Veterans Committee Secretary and Women Veterans of America Ch. #11 Commander. 

 

 

Photos submitted by Charlotte Rebilliard

l to r—Jerry Klein [Vietnam Veterans of America]; Joe Green (Korean War Veteran); Charlotte M. Rebillard (Women Veterans of America Chapter #11 Commander); David Knapp (P.B.C. Veterans Committee Chair); and Barry Tutin (Korean War Veteran). Note: All five of are on the P.B.C. Veterans Committee.


A Visit to Omaha Beach

Story & photos by Ralph Wugman, 

Cdr. Golden Century Post #501 Jewish War Veterans of the USA

Omaha Beach in its present peaceful condition. The size of this beach, compared to the length of New York beaches where the writer grew up, was, in comparison, small, yet deadly, where many of our troops lost their lives. 

Omaha Beach American Cemetery Memorial

Visitors at the Omaha Beach American Cemetery. Each grave marker has the name of the deceased, his rank, his unit, date of death, but not the age of these heroes.

Grave markers at the Omaha Beach American Cemetery with Star of David markers in the foreground. 

On a visit to Normandy, France last year, I visited Omaha Beach and the American Cemetery there. There are over 5,000 graves of the young men who made the supreme sacrifice for our country. Many of the fallen heroes from WWII remains were returned t their families in the United States.


Helping Homeless Veterans

By Jimmy Shirley

Roy Foster at the Stand Down House in Lake Worth

 

 

Photos by Jimmy Shirley

L-R: Tairetha Foster, Casimiro Hampton-Crocket, Ph.D., Admin. Dir. of Faith*Hope*Love*Charity, Inc. (resident of Mayfair House Condominium in South Palm Beach), (name) , and Roy Foster at City Hall in West Palm Beach on Veterans' Day, Nov. 11, 2009, where Roy was honored as a nominee for CNN Hero of the Year 2009 Award.

Roy J. Foster is a modern success story. An Army veteran, 54 years old, he overcame the hopelessness of being a homeless alcoholic to co-found The Stand Down House, a rehab halfway house for what is a national scandal - homeless veterans. I say this because it aught to fall on the federal government, for whom these proud men and women pledged their very lives, if need be, in the service to their country, to care for them the rest of their natural born lives.

Mr. Roy was one of those who found it hard to readjust back to the civilian life they had left behind. After serving nearly 6 years in the Army, four of those in Germany, he came back home with little sense of direction. Heading to California, where he had some family, Mr. Roy mostly found some drinking buddies and party animals that only wanted to good times to roll forever. He began to realize this was not the life for him and headed back east.

Arriving in South Florida he connected with Faith Farm to have a place to stay and something to do, refurbishing the furniture they sell to help fund their program. Eventually, through his Faith Farm connection, he got a job working to counsel borderline criminals in the Palm Beach County jail, contracting through the Sheriff’s Department. His counseling was with drug addicts and alcoholics, having some real life experience with the latter. Mr. Roy worked for a time out at the county stockade located near the South Florida Fairgrounds.

In 1994, Mr. Roy and his friend Donald Reed, deceased, formed Faith*Hope*Love*Charity, a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization dedicated to offering struggling veterans a hand up to help them find dignity in their lives once again and to find a worthy endeavour for their life’s work. In May of 2000, Stand Down House opened on Davis Road in suburban Lake Worth. The facility has the sound endorsement of Rep. Ron Klein (D) Florida, Rep. Tom Rooney (R) Florida and Charisse Grant, VP for Programs of the Dade Community Foundation, among others.

Currently, Stand Down House provides 46 beds and has contracted with the Department of Veterans affairs to provide 21 more on referral. The help they provide includes medical classes, substance abuse classes, psychiatric visits and compensated work therapy. My hat is off in total respect for what Mr. Foster and his dream has done, the good that has come from it and the broken lives from war, that he and his organization have helped put back together.

For more information on how you can help, please call their administrative office at 561-968-1612, the Stand Down House at 561-649-9919 or visit their website at http://www.standown.org/. Trust me on this. Their mission is worthy, you could almost say "They are on a mission from God."

 

Veterans' Day Parade, West Palm Beach, November 8, 2009

By Betty Thomas

Pictured before the parade.

Standing l-r: David Knapp, American Legion So. Area Cdr.; Charlene Szabo, Dir. WPB VA Med. Center; Carmen Hall, VA Med. Center. 

Seated in car l-r: Kip Monroe and Jonas Jackson, both of the Military Order of the Purple Heart, #717. 

Photos by Betty Thomas

Korean War Veterans, Chpt. 17, Delray Beach, members: l-r: Al Ratner, Herb Lake, Stanley Gavlic, Herb Dareff, Bob Green and Robert Spahn are pictured with Megan Clementi, Miss Florida USA 2010, before the parade.

Grand Marshall of the Veterans’ Day Parade in West Palm Beach, Nov. 8, 2009, was Gen. Albin Irzyk (ret) pictured in the jeep he rode in. Seated in the back seat is his wife, Evelyn Irzyk.

Members of the Veterans of the Battle of the Bulge Fla SE Chpt (62) are pictured before the parade. L-R: Bob Erksine, George Fisher, Pres/Founder of the chapter, Sid Levine, and Bob & Yvette Sendker.

Veterans' Day at the Carlisle Palm Beach

The Carlisle Palm Beach presented their Veterans’ Day Celebration November 20, 2009. The event, planned by Madeleine Garbarino, Consierge at the Carlisle, included a procession of the Carlisle Veterans. Col. Walter Clarke (ret) (pictured at left) gave an overview of the Carlisle Veterans. Guest speaker was Jesus Pintos, Dist. V.Cdr, Marine Corps League. Congressman Ron Klein, a longtime friend of veterans, also spoke. The Wellington Twirlers performed to the delight of all present.

This year's Veterans’ Day Parade kicked off on Sunday, November 8, 2009, in West Palm Beach. The parade route went east down Clematis Street to Narcissus at the Fountain where Dennis Koehler, Commander of the Vietnam Veterans of America Ch. 25 announced each group participating in the parade and educated the crowd about them. The parade headed south to the Meyer Amphitheater where booths were set up, hot dogs were being sold, and speakers and entertainment was provided with David Knapp acting as MC. The day was perfect but for the high winds making flag holding a tad difficult.


Veterans of the Battle of the Bulge Florida SE Chapter (62) 

By Betty Thomas   

(Photos by Betty Thomas)

Veterans of the Battle of the Bulge, Fla SE Chpt. 62,  meet twice a year at the Hilton Palm Beach Airport for their gala banquet in December near the anniversary of that bloodiest of battles during WWII and their spring luncheon in April.

Other veterans groups that attend the luncheon include the Military Order of the Purple Heart Chapter 717and the Combat Infantrymen's Association. 

Veterans of the Battle of the Bulge, their wives/widows, and often the children of these veterans, attend the banquet which includes entertainment and a featured speaker.

The Spring luncheon/meeting was held on Sunday, April 18, 2010. This date marked the chapter's 10th anniversary of their first meeting at the 391st Bomb Group Restaurant in West Palm Beach.

The program featured "Living Under German Occupation", by 4 ladies who recounted their poignant stories of the occupation and liberation as they remember. They are Yvonne Jeck (Metz, France), Celina Portnoy (Brussels, Belfium), Janine Mendelsberg (Brussels, Belgium) and Yvette Sandker (Chartes, France). Both Portnow and Scndker married American G.I.s. 

Last year's annual Christmas Gala luncheon commemorating the 65th anniversary of that bloodiest of all battles of WWII, their 10th annual Christmas meeting, was held Sunday, December 13, 2009. 

Program speaker was Marshall J. Goby, Ph.D., Col. U.S.A. (ret) who served tours in both Iraq and Afghanistan.

The room was filled to capacity. "Our last meeting was the largest ever, and we thank those who brought their children  and grandchildren", said George Fisher, Chapter President, 26th Inf. Div. 

"We have a great chapter, added Fisher. "We are the 3rd largest in the USA (there are 68 chapters)." he confirmed.

After dessert, a showing of a most realistic video "The Taking of Elsenborn Ridge" by the 99th Division, evoked memories, and, for some, tears.

 For information on the Chapter please call George Fisher, founder/president, 

at (561) 585-7086.


Joan Herman & William Langfan, 

2100 South Ocean Blvd., 

at the Dec. 2009 Christmas Gala.


Dec. 2009: L-R: JWV Post 520: Seymour Kirshner, Rivie Sacks, Hy Weber


Ivan and Rose Steenkiste from Belgium. Mr. Steenkiste is a photographer with special interest in nature. He also has photographed Battle of the Bulge sites and chronicled Gen. Irzyk's December 2006 revisit to Bastogne and Chaumont Battlegrounds where Gen. Irzyk and Gen. James Leach were honored in a ceremony at the Mardasson Memorial for parts they played in the liberation. Gen. Irzyk if referred to as the Liberator of Chaumont and holds the Purple Heart, Distinguished Service Cross, Silver Cross, Bronze Cross and legion of Merit. To read Steenkiste's account and see his remarkable photographs, visit General Albin Irzyk.



Say Thanks to a Vet

by Tony Ditizio

We arise each morning 

to do as we please; 

Off to work or to church, 

to bend our knees;

To shop or to plant 

or prune a tree;

Knowing we live in a land 

where we're free.

So, lest we forget, 

say thanks to a Vet.

 

Young and old, 

they went off to war

To fight for freedom 

on some distant shore, 

Doing their duties 

without glamour nor fame, 

Praying each day, 

no bullet had their name.

Their thoughts were 

of home and their family,

Risking their lives 

so that we will be free.

So, lest we forget, 

say thanks to a Vet.

 

Some paid the price, 

never to come home

To the wife, mother or child, 

across the foam.

When called before God, 

who asked openly,

"Thy did you come 

here to Eternity?"

They replied without thinking, f

or they knew, you see,

"To keep our land a

nd our family free."

So, lest we forget, 

say thanks to a Vet.

 

POW Pledge of Allegiance.

Submitted by Murray Stein

 

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG ...

 

I am an American. I was a POW. I have served my country. I need no one to tell me what allegiance I owe ... to my flag ... to my home ...

 

OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ...

 

This is my country. I have fought for it. I have been imprisoned for it. I have died for it.

 

AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS...

 

This flag stands for me, for love. My love for my family. My love for my friends. I did not forsake it when I was beaten, when I was starved, when I was killed ...

 

ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE ...

 

I am one man. I have one country. I worship one God. Under God I was saved. Under God I have no fear...

 

WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL ...

 

My allegiance is to Liberty, to Justice. My flag represents the best of myself, my effort, my home, my country. I will pledge allegiance to the flag, I will pledge under the love of God. It is my right, My privilege, My duty. I have earned it. Tell me not how! I have given you much. I am an EX-POW. Take nothing more from me.

 

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG ...

 

"It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly, who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement; and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat."

— Theodore Roosevelt


George & Annette Fisher with Evelyn and Al Irzyk. George Fisher is founder and president of the VBOB chapter and Albin Irzyk, Brig. Gen. (Ret) is commander.


April 2010: 

l-r: Janine Mendelsberg, Celina Portnoy, George Fisher, Yvette Sendker and Yvonne Jeck.


(L-R) George Fisher, president/and founder of the VBOB Chapter, with BOSN4 James T. Mullinax and PA Specialist Edwin Greenfield, U.S. Coast Guard. Millinax was assigned to the Coast Guard Cutter Baranof in the North Arabian Gulf during Operation Enduring Freedom, Iraqi Freedom and the first Gulf War.


April 2010:

L-R: With husbands standing behind their wives: William & Edna Panzini; Tony & Chicki Ditizio; Louie & Jo Panzini; Tony & Grace Barrasso; and Joseph & Johanna Currao. The group is from Greenway Village in Royal Palm Beach.


Dec. 2009: L-R: 

Bernard Weixelbaum, Mickey Wecker and Marilyn Sills were among the JWV 520 members who attended the VBOB annual Christmas Gala on Dec. 13th.


Dec. 2009: L-R: JWV Post 520 P.Cdr. Walter Greenwald, Sr.V.Cdr. Sam Rosen and Marilyn Rosen.


For information about the chapter, call George Fisher, Pres., at 585-7086.


 



Following Submitted by 
Jimmy Walker
Commander of the
Combat Infantryman's Assn. 
Co. B, 1st Bn, 1st Reg, FL
 
What Is A Veteran
 

Some veterans bear visible signs of their service:
a missing limb, a jagged scar, a certain look in the eye.

Others may carry the evidence inside them: a pin holding
a bone together, a piece of shrapnel in the leg -
or perhaps another sort of inner steel: the soul's
ally forged in the refinery of adversity.

Except in parades, however, the men and women who
have kept America safe wear no badge or emblem.

You can't tell a vet just by looking. What is a vet?

He is the cop on the beat who spent six months in Saudi
Arabia sweating two gallons a day making sure the armored
personnel carriers didn't run out of fuel.

He is the barroom loudmouth, dumber than five wooden planks,
whose overgrown frat-boy behavior is outweighed a
hundred times in the cosmic scales by four hours of
exquisite bravery near the 38th parallel.

She - or he - is the nurse who fought against futility
and went to sleep sobbing every night for
two solid years in Da Nang.

He is the POW who went away one person and came back another -
or he didn't come back AT ALL.

He is the Quantico drill instructor who has never seen combat -
but has saved countless lives by turning slouchy, no-account
rednecks and gang members into Marines, and teaching them to
watch each other's backs.

He is the parade - riding Legionnaire who pins on his ribbons
and medals with a prosthetic hand.

He is the career quartermaster who watches the
ribbons and medals pass him by.

He is the three anonymous heroes in The Tomb Of The Unknowns,
whose presence at the Arlington National Cemetery must forever
preserve the memory of all the anonymous heroes whose valor
dies unrecognized with them on the battlefield
or in the ocean's sunless deep.

He is the old guy bagging groceries at the supermarket -
palsied now and aggravating slow - who helped liberate a
Nazi death camp and who wishes all day long that his wife were
still alive to hold him when the nightmares come.

He is an ordinary and yet an extraordinary human being -
a person who offered some of his life's most vital years in
the service of his country, and who sacrificed his ambitions
so others would not have to sacrifice theirs.

He is a soldier and a savior and a sword against the darkness,
and he is nothing more than the finest, greatest testimony on
behalf of the finest, the greatest nation ever known.

So remember, each time you see someone who has served our country,
just lean over and say Thank You. That's all most people need,
and in most cases it will mean more than any medals they could
have been awarded or were awarded. Two little words that mean a lot,
"THANK YOU."


 Father Denis Edward O'Brien
USMC

The speaker at the April 10, 2003 spring luncheon of the V.B.O.B. was Brig. Gen. William E. Carlson, who is a veteran of the wars in Korea and Viet Nam, and holder of the Distinguished Service Medal, the Legion of Merit, Silver Star and Bronze Star. He played an important role in the creation of the Veterans of the Battle of the Bulge Monument in Orlando, FL, and was the keynote speaker for the National Convention there.

Though he was too young to serve during WWII, Gen. Carlson has been a student of the greatest battle ever fought in modern times. He skillfully traced the Battle of the Bulge from the planning stage to the end in a breathtaking speech that drew vivid pictures for the rapt audience and rendered most eyes tearful and voices mute when it was over. It was so moving that we elected to carry it as a permanent feature of this Web page

Click here to read the text 

of Gen. Carlson's Speech: 

Brig. Gen. Wm. E. Carlson's Speech

 


LET'S KEEP THE SPIRIT ALIVE. PLAN TO JOIN US.


 

Veterans Organizations Directory

Veterans of World War 1 U.S.A., W.P.B. Barracks No. 507

In Memoriam, Al Ross, 1902-2003

Airborne Veterans

(All Service Branches -- Jump Qualified Eligible)

James Hunter, Chairman: (561) 793-3597

Robert Robinson: (561) 706-9299 (M-F)

 

Air Force Sergeants Assn. 

Auxiliary, A-558, Betty Peace, President, (561) 967-2917

 

American Legion District 11

David Knapp, Commander, 561-301-2961

American Legion 

Auxiliary Palm Beach Unit 12, 3201 So. Dixie Hwy., W P B., (561) 655-1343

Post 47, 2315 N. Dixie Hwy., Lake Worth, FL 33460, (561) 585-4616

Post 258, 364 Swain Blvd., Greenacres, FL 33463, (561) 432-0781

Riviera Beach Memorial Post 268, 

1690 Ave. H. West, Riviera Beach, FL 33404, (561) 844-7125 

Post 367,  meets in the Royal Palm Beach Cultural Center, 

(561) 792-3813, (561) 795-4854

Post 371, Palm Beach Gardens, Duke Peters, Adj., (561) 626-1460

 

Combat Infantrymen's Association, Inc.

George Fisher (561) 585-7086

 

Disabled American Veterans, Chap. 42

Joseph Jakuboski, Cdr.

7305 N. Mil. Trl., Rm 1A-141, West Palm Beach, FL 33410

(561) 422-8312

Disabled American Veterans of Delray Beach & Boynton Beach

Chapter 152

Michael Corbett (561) 742-8016; Ted Adams (561) 558-1399

 

8th Air Force Historical Society

Robert H. Nolan Fl. Chapter

For membership, Jim Hart, 114 Monterey Way, Royal Palm Bch., FL 33411

 

Jewish War Veterans

Post 266, Delray Beach, Dr. Randy Libes, (561) 735-4865

Post 321, Delray Beach, Jake Sahl, (561) 496-7024

Post 440, Boynton Beach, Irv Schildkraut, (561) 738-7091

Post 501, Golden Century, WPB, Ralph Wugman, (561) 689-1271

Post 502, No. Palm Beach, Gene Moore, (561) 638-6435

Post 520, Lantana-West Palm Beach, Samuel Rosen, (561) 478-3079

Post 520-A, West Palm Beach, Dorothy Greenwald, (561) 478-6521

Post 684, Royal Palm Beach, Elliot Belt (561) 795-1145

Post 819, W. Boynton Beach, Dr. Peter Fishman, (561) 364-8874

Treasure Coast District Council, Howard Lowenthal, (561) 478-2780

 

Korean War Veterans Association

Lt. Richard E. Cronan Chapter 17

Delray Beach, FL

Arnold Bob Kempler, Sect.  (561) 499-4892

 

Marine Corps League

Gen. A.A. Vandegrift Detachment 068

PO Box 243888, Boynton Beach, FL 33428-3888

Jesus Pintos 561-386-4030 or Dianne Bradley 561-309-5262

www.palmbeachmcl.org  Email: det068info@palmbeachmcl.org 

 

Military Officers Association of America (MOAA)

Palm Beach Area Chapter (out of Boynton Beach)

Membership, Call Sonny Barber @ 561-362-5206

Palm Beach-Martin Counties Chapter (out of Jupiter)

Membership, Call Marc Oliveri @ 561-753-7565

 

Military Order of the Purple Heart, Post 717-West Palm Beach

Office: Veterans' Administration Hospital, Suite 1A-143

Membership: Call (561) 422-5647

 

Navy Seabee Veterans of America

Department of Florida, Island X-12 Palm Beach County

William Edwards, Secretary, (561) 881-8245

 

Pearl Harbor Survivors Association, Inc. Fla. Gold Coast Chpt. 4

Jerome Mintz, Pres: (954) 472-2754

E.K. Carstens, Sec'y.: (954) 989-8438

 

Reserve Officers Association, Chapter 20, Palm Beach County, FL

Membership, call Don Isaacs (561) 697-4902

 

US Coast Guard Combat Veterans Ass. 

PO Box 544, Westfield Ctr., Ohio 44251

Baker W. Herbert, LM, National Secretary

330-887-5339

Palm Beach County contact Jack Campbell

N.J.: 732-229-2413; W.P.B.: 561-842-3057

 

Veterans of the Battle of the Bulge, Fla. SE Chapter (62)

Al Irzyk, Brig. Gen., Ret., Commander; George Fisher, President

Membership: George Fisher, (561) 585-7086

 

Veterans of Foreign Wars

Post 4143, 2404 Broadway (US-1), Riviera Beach, FL 33404, (561) 844-5718

Post 4360 & Ladies' Aux,217 Alemeda Dr, Palm Springs, FL 33461, 439-4515

Post 4445, 364 Swain Blvd., Greenacres. FL 33463, (561) 432-0781

 

Vetsville Cease Fire House (Shelters for Veterans)

291 NE 19th Ave., Boynton Beach, FL 33435 (561) 533-5797

 

Vietnam Veterans of America

Chpt. 25, West Palm Beach, FL

Membership call (561) 512-0678

 

Women Veterans of America

Chapter #11

Charlotte Rebillard, Commander

Membership, call (561) 686-7262.

 

 

To list your veterans organization, send your request by email to info@condonewsonline.com

 

 


 

 

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1943-1945

Sharing the pictorial history of World War II in
Europe


U.S.S. Indianapolis — Still at Sea Homepage with history and news


Korean War Memorials

Photos of Korean War Memorials across the country


Korean War Project

Includes information about KIAs, MIAs, WIAs & POWs


The Vietnam Veterans' Memorial Wall Page

Honors those who died in Vietnam


The Wall On The Web

Lists the names appearing on the  Vietnam  Memorial Wall


American Merchant Marine at War Dedicated to the Mariners who died in service in all wars


Arlington Cemetery


Department of Veterans Affairs Home Page


National Cemetery Administration, Dept. of Veterans Affairs


American WWII Orphans Network


Combat Infantrymen's Association

Co. B, 1st Batt., 1st Reg., FL


U.S. Coastguard Combat Veterans Association


The National WWII Museum New Orleans