September 2012 - Military Order of the Purple Heart Chapter 1919

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VOL 13-2
SEPTEMBER
PATRIOT
BULLETIN 2012
YOUR NEXT PURPLE HEART EVENT DATES
PATRIOT BULLETIN
THE MILITARY ORDER OF THE PURPLE HEART OF THE U.S.A.
TEXAS CAPITAL CHAPTER 1919, DEPARTMENT OF TEXAS
3 SEP —
12 SEP —
14 SEP —
15 SEP —
17 SEP —
27 SEP —
1 OCT —
6:30AM, “BREAKFAST AT JIM’S—NORTH,” RESEARCH BLVD AT BURNET RD
12 NOON, STAFF MEETING, AMERICAN LEGION POST 76, 2200 VETERANS DR
11AM, LUNCH, TEXAS ROADHOUSE, 9300 SOUTH IH-35 #F, AUSTIN
10AM, CHAPTER MEETING, AMERICAN LEGION POST 76, 2200 VETERANS DR
8AM, “BREAKFAST AT JIM’S—SOUTH,” AT THE Y-IN-OAK-HILL, HWYS 290 & 71
12 NOON, LUNCH, DUKE’S BBQ RESTAURANT, 408 W MORROW, GEORGETOWN
6:30AM, “BREAKFAST AT JIM’S—NORTH,” RESEARCH BLVD AT BURNET RD
SEPTEMBER
COME TO THE NEXT CHAPTER MEETING
DATE & TIME: 10:00 AM, SATURDAY, SEPT 15th
LOCATION: AMERICAN LEGION POST 76
2200 VETERANS DRIVE
AUSTIN, TEXAS
SCHOOL IS BACK IN SESSION, CHAPTER 1919’s SUMMER BREAK IS
OVER EVEN IF SUMMER’S HOT WEATHER IS NOT, AND THE CHAPTER
RECONVENES REGULAR MONTHLY MEETINGS, STARTING WITH AN
OUTSTANDING PROGRAM. GUEST SPEAKER WILL BE MITCHELL
KENT, DIRECTOR OF “OPERATION R & R, AUSTIN,” A NON-PROFIT
ORGANIZATION PROVIDING SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECONNECT WITH THEIR SPOUSES AND CHILDREN UPON
THEIR RETURN FROM DEPLOYMENTS TO IRAQ OR AFGHANISTAN.
PROPERTY OWNERS, REPRESENTED BY MANY PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANIES, ARE DONATING USE OF THEIR HOMES AND
VILLAS AROUND AUSTIN, TEXAS FOR THIS PURPOSE.
THAT WEBSITE IS
http://austin.operationrandr.org
DIRECTIONS ON HOW TO GET TO LEGION POST 76
FROM NORTH AUSTIN:
FROM SOUTH AUSTIN:
TAKE MOPAC TO LAKE AUSTIN BLVD EXIT
GO PAST LAKE AUSTIN BLVD
IMMEDIATELY BEYOND RUN-TEX BLDG
THE POST IS ON THE RIGHT
TAKE MOPAC TO LAKE AUSTIN BLVD EXIT
TURN LEFT ONTO LAKE AUSTIN BLVD
GO LEFT ONTO FRONTAGE ROAD
THE POST IS ON THE RIGHT
...This Month’s Patriot Story—Starts on Page 8…
WILLIAM “BILL” J. DALLAS
1922—2008
BORN IN MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA IN 1922, HE
WENT ON ACTIVE DUTY IN 1940 AND INTO THE
ARMY AIR CORPS IN 1942. AFTER FLYING 10
MISSIONS, HE WAS SHOT DOWN OVER FRANCE
AND HELD AS A POW UNTIL THE END OF THE
WAR. HE RETIRED AS A MAJOR IN 1960 AND
THEN EARNED A DEGREE AT TEXAS A&M AND
WORKED ANOTHER 20 YEARS FOR TEXAS HIGH2LT DALLAS WAY ADMINISTRATION. HE PASSED AWAY AT
B-17 COPILOT
AGE 85, A MEMBER OF CHAPTER 1919 FOR TEN
IN WW II
YEARS AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH.
INSIDE:
LEADER BOARD
2-3
NEW MEMBERS
4
ADJUTANT’S CALL
5
NEWS / FEATURES / PHOTOS
DEPARTMENT OF TEXAS NEWS
4 - 12
10
BIRTHDAYS / BOOSTERS
12 - 13
TRIBUTES / TAPS
14 - 15
CHAPTER CALENDAR
16
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Chapter Notes
PATRIOTS, IN ADDITION TO MY NOTES
HERE BELOW, THIS ISSUE ALSO HAS
NEWS ABOUT THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF
SOME OF OUR OUTSTANDING LADIES
AND PATRIOTS. UNIT 1919’s ELAINE
REY IS THE NEW LAMOPH NATIONAL
PRESIDENT AND OUR PATRIOT, MIKE
TARPLEY IS THE NEW DEPARTMENT
OF TEXAS “PATRIOT OF THE YEAR.”
CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM BOTH
do you want to support fluff, or a true
American Patriot? I’m looking for Denzel
Washington films.
2.
COMMANDER’S MESSAGE
Greetings Fellow Patriots,
I have received some e-mail messages recently that I
believe we need to share:
1.
Denzel Washington and his family recently
visited the troops at Brooke Army Medical
Center in San Antonio, Texas (BAMC). This
is where soldiers who have been evacuated
from Germany come to be hospitalized in the
United States, especially burn victims.
BAMC has “Fisher Houses” there, they are a
type of hotel where the soldiers’ families can
stay, for little or no charge, while their soldier
is in the hospital. BAMC has quite a few of
these houses on their base, but as you can
imagine, they are almost always filled.
While Denzel Washington was visiting
BAMC, they gave him a tour of one of the
Fisher Houses. He asked how much it took to
build one of these. He took out his checkbook
and wrote a check for the full amount right
there on the spot.
The soldiers overseas were amazed to hear
this story and wanted to get the word out to
the American Public, because it warmed their
hearts to hear it.
The question is – why do Britney Spears,
Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton, Tom Cruise
and other Hollywood fluff make front page
with their ridiculous antics, but Denzel
Washington’s Patriotism and charity doesn’t
even make page 3 in the Metro section in any
newspaper except the local newspaper in San
Antonio?
Please remember this the next time you’re
thinking of spending your money for a movie,
3.
Women's Memorial Purple Heart Project
From the blood-spattered halls of Pearl
Harbor’s military hospitals to the war-torn
streets of Afghanistan and Iraq, for some 60
years military women have been among the
multitudes of American service members to
receive the Purple Heart. Though women
have been direct recipients of this
distinguished award beginning with World
War II—first for those demonstrating
exceptional heroism or bravery and now for
those killed or wounded in combat—
compiling a comprehensive list of women
recipients had not been attempted until
recently. Through a generous grant from the
Military Order of the Purple Heart
Foundation in 2000, the Foundation began
the long and painstaking task of researching
and identifying women veterans and
servicewomen who have been awarded the
Purple Heart. But there is still much work
to be done and we need your help.
Locating female Purple Heart recipients is
an ongoing project for Dr. Judith Bellafaire,
Chief Historian at the Women’s Memorial
Foundation.
How You Can Help
Though the project has been underway for
more than five years, Bellafaire and her
colleagues at the Women’s Memorial will
continue searching until their roster is
complete and up to date, but community
assistance remains key to project
completion. If you are a service woman or
veteran and have received a Purple Heart,
or if you know a woman who has, from any
era and any service, please contact Dr.
Bellafaire via e-mail at
[email protected] or by
calling 703-533-1155 or 800-222-2294.
Finally, please keep our fellow patriots that
are under the weather in our prayers. Seems
we have quite a few of our comrades not
feeling up to snuff. If you are aware of
someone who is not doing so well, let us
know. A card or a call or a visit can lift the
spirits.
THE PATRIOT BULLETIN IS PUBLISHED, NORMALLY MONTHLY, BY THE TEXAS
CAPITAL CHAPTER 1919, The MILITARY ORDER of the PURPLE HEART of the U.S.A.,
Inc., 5701 PAINTED VALLEY DRIVE, AUSTIN, TEXAS, 78759, FOR ITS MEMBERS.
TO SUBMIT MATERIAL, OR COMMENTS, OR TO REPORT CHANGES OF ADDRESS,
NOTIFY EDITOR, MILT CARR, (512) 343-7940. THE CUTOFF DATE TO SUBMIT
MATERIAL FOR PUBLICATION IS EXACTLY 3-WEEKS PRIOR TO THE DATE OF
THE NEXT CHAPTER MEETING. YOU CAN VIEW OUR NEWSLETTER IN COLOR,
GO TO WEBSITE www.purpleheartaustin.org , FIND NEWSLETTER IN THE MENU.
Fred Hudgeons
Commander, Chapter 1919,
Military Order of the Purple Heart
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Unit Notes
LADIES, CONGRATULATIONS ARE IN
ORDER FOR LAMOPH’s NEW NATIONAL
PRESIDENT, UNIT 1919’s OWN, ELAINE
REY, JUST ELECTED AT THE NATIONAL
CONVENTION IN PHOENIX — AND I’M
STILL EXCITED ABOUT THAT. THERE’S
LOTS OF OTHER NEWS IN THIS ISSUE
OF PATRIOT BULLETIN ALSO, COME TO
OUR NEXT MEETING, ON SATURDAY,
SEPTEMBER 15th AND GET CAUGHT UP
COMMAND AND
PRINCIPAL STAFF
CHAPTER / UNIT
1919
OFFICERS, MOPH CHAPT 1919
NOTE: AREA CODES NOT LISTED ARE ( 512 )
COMMANDER
FRED HUDGEONS
SENIOR VICE COMMANDER
DANNY BAKER
Auxiliary for a one-time special
price of $25.00! The first 20 ladies,
Hello Ladies, I trust that each of you
age 14 or older, joining LAMOPH
had a wonderful summer break.
will get the special rate. Mail or
Although I was not able to attend
hand the completed application, with
Purple Heart Day, several people
your $25.00 check or money order,
indicated that it was a huge success.
to Betty Cepeda and she will handle
There were many Patriots, Ladies,
the rest. The application can be
family, and guests who enjoyed the
found in the Purple Heart Magazine,
meeting, the speaker, and of course a downloaded from
great lunch catered by Rudy’s BBQ.
www.purpleheart.org, or from any
officer. LAMOPH has a strong
August 7-11, 2012 I attended the
national membership campaign. We
LAMOPH National Convention in
need to grow our numbers to remain
Phoenix, AZ. Our own Elaine Rey
was elected National President of the vital and continue supporting our
Ladies Auxiliary of the Military Order dutiful Patriots.
of the Purple Heart. We are very
We will have a box available at
proud of her. Congratulations, Elaine! every meeting to collect coupons for
We hope you have a dynamic and
our Overseas Coupons Campaign.
fruitful year as our leader. The Ladies Any coupons we send will be
of Unit 1919, as always, are here to
honored two months after the
support you. I will be making a full
expiration date. Please take 10-15
report on the National Convention at
minutes a week to cut out some
our October meeting.
coupons for the families stationed in
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
Eileen Oltmann from Louisiana was re
-elected Region V President. The
Region V Conference will be on a
Friday in October. As soon as the
information is available I will give you
the details. It would be very nice to
see a few ladies from Unit 1919 there.
Okinawa. They do not receive
coupons overseas and this will help
them stretch their dollars a little
further. Thank you all very much!
I look forward to seeing each of you
very soon. Have a special month.
Best regards,
I would like to reiterate Betty
Cepeda’s message regarding the
membership special promotion that the Josephine
Unit 1919 President
Department of Texas is sponsoring:
Become a Life Member of the Ladies
845-7175
246-6439
JUNIOR VICE COMMANDER
FRED LORD
733-2422
ADJUTANT
MILT CARR
343-7940
FINANCE OFFICER
JIM BROWN
773-8274
SERVICE OFFICER
TONY MOORE
417-4132
PUBLIC RELATIONS
JOHN BURKHARDT
497-5857
JUDGE ADVOCATE
JAY KIMBROUGH
450-9400
CHAPLAIN
RUFUS DYE
926-5691
AMERICANISM OFFICER
ERNIE BANASAU
894-0644
WELFARE OFFICER
RAYMOND DIAZ
444-6342
SERGEANT AT ARMS
RICHARD CONTRERAS
282-0467
OFFICERS, LAMOPH UNIT 1919
PRESIDENT & SECRETARY
JOSEPHINE MAYS
928-9238
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT
LAURIE ANNE HUDGEONS 335-1230
JUNIOR VICE PRESIDENT
JENNY BANKSTON
252-1512
TREASURER
BETTY CEPEDA
567-8569
TRUSTEES, 1-2-3 Yr
MARY CONTRERAS
MARY DIAZ
JANIE BAKER
202-0467
444-6342
246-6439
SERGEANT-AT-ARMS
MARY CAMPBELL
759-1303
HISTORIAN
ELAINE BURKHARDT
479-5857
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NEW MEMBERS
Three new members have been added to the rolls of Chapter 1919 since publication of your
last PATRIOT BULLETIN. Congratulations and Welcome to:
HERBERT LONG JR. is an Army Vietnam veteran. He was wounded March 24, 1969 during an
engagement of Task Force “Remagen” when assigned to Company A, 1st Brigade, 5th Infantry Division.
MICHAEL S. MCGRATH is a twice wounded Navy Vietnam veteran. Michael was a Corpsman in 1st
Medical Bn, forward deployed, 1st Marine Division wounded in the I Corps area at Duc Tho in January
1967, then wounded a second time in July 1967, outside Danang, when with Combined Action Platoon
(CAP B 2-2).
DANIEL C. WILSON, SFC, Army, wounded in both Iraq and in Afghanistan. He was serving in the 704th
Ordnance Company of the Multi-National Corps, Iraq in Baghdad when wounded May 22, 2005, and was
wounded a second time on September 15, 2011 when a member of the 129th Explosive Ordnance Disposal
Company (EOD), assigned to United States Forces-Afghanistan in Kabul.
Also “in-process” at National Headquarters when this newsletter went to press:
JAY FONDREN, Army, Iraq
...Big News From National Convention, The New….
LAMOPH NATIONAL PRESIDENT
...For 2012-2013, Is One Of Our Own, Elaine Rey…
Okay, so Elaine is in our Ladies Auxiliary Unit 1919, not in the Chapter, but all us Patriots can bask in the
reflected glory of Elaine’s achievement, and in fact what all of our Auxiliaries do for us and for the Order.
PHOTO IN THE 79th CONVENTION
OF THE LADIES AUXILIARY, THE
PAST NATIONAL PRESIDENT, JOAN
WALSH, ADDRESSES DELEGATES
IMMEDIATELY AFTER CEREMONIAL
“PASSING OF THE GAVEL” TO THE
NEW PRESIDENT, ELAINE REY.
ACTUALLY, THE LADIES ARE JUST CATCHING
UP TO CHAPTER 1919’s PATRIOTS. PATRIOT
ROBERT N. LICHTENBERGER, AFTER RISING
“THROUGH THE CHAIRS” WAS ELECTED AS
MOPH NATIONAL COMMANDER IN 2004, SO
NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE BOTH A NATIONAL
COMMANDER AND PRESIDENT TO THE CREDIT
OF CHAPTER / UNIT 1919, IN FACT, BOB AND
ELAINE ARE THE ONLY TWO EVER ELECTED
FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF TEXAS TO THOSE
TOP POSITIONS IN THE HISTORY OF MOPH
AND LAMOPH. (BOB PASSED AWAY, APR 2008)
DURING NATIONAL CONVENTION
AUGUST 7-11, 2012 HELD IN
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA
CAPTAIN LICHTENBERGER,
AERIAL ROCKET ARTILLERY
PILOT, 2-20 FA, AT CU CHI
MOPH
NATIONAL
COMMANDER
2004
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ADJUTANTS CALL
O
ut of Sight, Out of Mind: It shouldn’t be that The 80 shown in the statistics of Chapter 1919 inset
way, but it often is, that the hardest working here reflect the numbers as of the end of the Fiscal
volunteers are overlooked because they are not Year that are being used for Life Member
around to be seen. That’s not so with us this year. Verification. Add the two signed up since then
(reported on facing page 4) and
We have two valuable
CHAPTER 1919
we are now at 82 and expect
contributors, a Patriot and an
MEMBERSHIP STATISTICS
several more to be in process
Auxiliary, not personally known SUMMARY BY COMBINATION OF
soon.
to most of us because they are SERVICE & WAR WHEN WOUNDED
both distant members, who
ARMY
VIETNAM
221
nonetheless have received well MARINES
Calendar Updates:
If you
VIETNAM
85
IRAQ
54
deserved accolades recently for ARMY
looked at last month’s PATRIOT
WW II
51
the good works they do in our ARMY
BULLETIN to post our Chapter
ARMY
KOREA
27
name. Chapter 1919’s Patriot, AIR FORCE
1919 events on your personal
VIETNAM
19
WW II
18
Mike Tarpley, of Big Spring, is AIR FORCE
calendar for the first half of 2013,
MARINES
KOREA
15
this year’s Department of Texas
then you need to recheck it now.
NAVY
VIETNAM
15
“Patriot of the Year,” and Unit ARMY
Webmaster Howard McKinney
AFGHANISTAN 13
WW II
11
1919’s Lilo Saenz in Temple MARINES
found a couple of mistakes I
IRAQ
10
received special honors for her MARINES
made and so this month’s
ARMY
’91 GULF WAR
3
VA Volunteer Service.
See MARINES
calendar on page 16 has been
AFGHANISTAN
1
IRAQ & AFGHAN 1
details and photos about Mike ARMY
corrected.
NAVY
WW II
1
and Lilo’s awards on page 11.
ARMY
WWII & KOREA
1
Thanks to our Boosters: We
MARINES
WWII & KOREA
1
MARINES
’91
GULF
WAR
1
recognize, on page 13, all our
Congratulations are in order:
ARMY
PANAMA
1
contributors that generously help
Our very own, Elaine Rey, is the ARMY
SOMALIA
1
to keep the chapter running. But,
LEBANON
1
LAMOPH National President, MARINES
NAVY
KOREA
1
if you are a Randall’s Food Store
just elected in the National
AIR FORCE
IRAQ
1
shopper you can donate to
Convention (not an entirely MARINES
OTHER
1
Chapter 1919 automatically
OTHER
1
unexpected happening since she NAVY
without even paying anything
was last year’s Senior Vice
TOTAL……..554
extra for your groceries.
President).
Now, you might
Randall’s (owned by Safeway
think the announcements by Unit President
Josephine Mays on page 3, and Department now) rebates to Chapter 1919 a part of their sales,
President Beth Oakley on page 10, and the article under their “Good Neighbor Program,” to any of
and photo on the facing page 4, to have been their customers who register their “Randall’s Card”
sufficient notification. But, just ask yourself, how with our Chapter’s own:
many opportunities does a local chapter newsletter
Good Neighbor Account # 5939.
get to announce that one of their members has been
All you have to do is drop by the customer service
elected to the top national office?
desk and ask them to issue you a “Randall’s Card”
with that Good Neighbor Account number or
Iraq and Afghanistan wounded Patriots: The electronically imprint your existing card. That is an
numbers of this younger generation of combat easy way to help support Chapter 1919, and anyone
wounded who are signing up as MOPH members can do it, any of your friends, family, or whomever,
continues to rise, and their readiness to embrace help is welcome from all.
membership is an inspiration to us older Patriots.
—Milt Carr, Adjutant, (512) 343-7940
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...Photo Report on Chapter 1919’s Last Meeting, Our Annual ...
PURPLE...Saturday,
HEART
DAY CELEBRATION
August 11th, at American Legion Post 76 ...
GUEST SPEAKER, JEFF HUNT,
DELIVERS AN INSPIRATIONAL
HISTORY ADDRESS AS
COMMANDER FRED HUDGEONS
AT THE HEAD TABLE LOOKS ON
PHOTO OF SOME OF THE ATTENDEES LISTED IN THE ORDER THEY SIGNED IN; RUDY ALANIZ,
JIM BROWN, BOB COOK, DAVID PENNINGTON, FRED LORD, FRED HUDGEONS, DANNY BAKER,
DON MORRISON, ERNIE BANASAU, JOHN ELI, TED ACHESON, JOHN BRYANT, JIM FARMER,
JOHN BURKHARDT, MIKE TARPLEY, MILT CARR, ROBERT WARD, GEORGE CARRUTHERS,
SEAN CARR, JESS FARMER, LES ALLEN, BOB HEFFORD, JACK HADSELL, GABRIEL TAMAYO,
JAY FONDREN, CURTIS CARR, BRIAN McCLUSKY, IRVIN BILSKY, AND PATRICK REILLY
MIKE TARPLEY AND WIFE, BARBARA, ENJOY
RUDY’S BBQ AFTER ALL THE CEREMONIES
PATRIOT MIKE TARPLEY
RECEIVES DEPARTMENT
OF TEXAS “PATRIOT OF
THE YEAR” AWARD
(SEE DETAILS, PAGE 11)
DEPARTMENT OF TEXAS
COMMANDER JERRY
TERRY WAS AT THE
NATIONAL CONVENTION
SO THE AWARD WAS
SENT TO CHAPTER 1919
WHERE ADJUTANT MILT
CARR WAS PROUD TO DO
THE PRESENTATION
ERNIE BANASAU (L)
AND BRIAN
McCLUSKY IN
POSITION AT THE
BACK OF THE HALL
AND THEY ARE
HAPPY ABOUT
EVERYTHING ON
PURPLE HEART
DAY
PATRIOT JAMES P.
BRYANT AND WIFE,
GLORIA. NEXT
MONTH, KOREAN
WAR VET JAMES’
PURPLE HEART
STORY WILL BE
THE FEATURED
ARTICLE IN
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JESS FARMER (LEFT) LOOKS ON AS JON MEDINA MAKES
HIS “P-90-X” SIGN (HIS WORKOUT VIDEO FOR WEIGHT
LOSS). DON MORRISON (RIGHT) PAYS NO ATTENTION
WW II VETERAN OF
THE 439th TROOP
CARRIER GROUP,
PATRIOT JACK
HADSELL AND
WIFE, JANELLE
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...Other Scenes Developing During The ...
PURPLE
HEART DAY CELEBRATION
...Included It Being Another Red, White, and Bike Event...
FOR THE NON-PROFIT “RED, WHITE & BIKE” GROUP,
PURPLE HEART DAY WAS JUST ONE MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO VISIT CHAPTER 1919 WITH
“BIKES FOR LITTLE HEROES” — NEW TREK BICYCLES
WITH ALL THE ACCESSORIES, INDIVIDUALLY
ORDERED AHEAD OF TIME FOR THE CHILDREN OF
IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN WOUNDED.
THIS TIME, 1ST CAV DIVISION VET, JAY FONDREN,
WOUNDED IN BAGHDAD IN 2004, ARRIVED WITH HIS
FAMILY TO HELP CELEBRATE PURPLE HEART DAY
AND AFTER A BRIEF BICYCLE-MATCH UP EVENT
IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING LUNCH HE LEFT FOR
HOME WITH TWO REALLY HAPPY BOYS
RODOLFO ALANIZ AND WIFE GLORIA ARE
THE LEFT MOST COUPLE (SEE RUDY’S
PURPLE HEART STORY IN THE MAY-JUNE
2012 PATRIOT BULLETIN). THEIR FAMILY
ARE, FROM RUDY, RIGHT, AROUND THE
TABLE: DAU, GLORIA; GT-NEPHEW, JOE;
NIECE, SUSAN; DAU, ROSEMARY; AND
GT-NIECE, TIFFANY
LES AND JOANNE ALLEN
ROBERT AND MAURINE WARD
GEORGE AND MARILYN CARRUTHERS & FRED LORD
Prequel to
Tributes
In Tribute To The Memory Of
In Honor Of
In Tribute To Patriot
JERONIMO DOMINGUEZ
JOE S. CASTRO
HAROLD E. “HAL” LEWIS
ARMY, WORLD WAR II
WOUNDED IN GERMANY
702nd TANK DESTROYER BN
RAY DIAZ 1/12
In Memory Of Patriot
ARMY, WWII, PACIFIC
WOUNDED IN TWO WARS
Medic, 105th Inf, 27th Infantry Division
3rd Inf Div—WWII & 1st Cav Div—Korea
Wounded on Saipan, June 21, 1944
by both RAY DIAZ & JENNYNE BILSKY 1/12
In Memory Of Patriot
VA Coffee Bar Volunteer ‘ til age 90
RAY DIAZ 1/12
In Memory Of Patriot
WILLIAM A. BRANT
CARL H. KLEIN
SERVANDO C. VARELA
ARMY, WWII, EUROPE
ARMY, WWII, WOUNDED IN FRANCE
ARMY, WWII, WOUNDED IN NORMANDY
2nd BN, 38th INF, 2nd INFANTRY DIV
COMPANY B, 300th ENGINEER BATTALION
1st Infantry Division, Wounded, Normandy
RUFUS DYE 8/11
DONALD MORRISON 5/11
by both RAY DIAZ & DON MORRISON 1/12
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WILLIAM “BILL” J. DALLAS
1922—2008
Air Force, WWII, Europe, POW
Patriot, Chapter 1919
William J. Dallas was born in Muskogee, Oklahoma in 1922. He was called into active
duty in 1940 and then transferred to the Army Air Corps in 1942. He went through flight
training and after receiving his wings as an Army Aviator Bill was assigned to the 303rd
Bomb Group (Heavy). The 303rd Group flew B-17 “flying fortress” bombers and it was
one of the early arriving bombardment groups sent to England and assigned to the 8th Air
Force.
2LT BILL DALLAS
On March 26, 1944, the 303rd Bomb Group sent 20 aircraft on a bombing mission over
1944
th
occupied France. That was the 128 combat mission for the group; they were to attack an
Operation “Crossbow” target, that being a special missile launching site that the Germans had built at
Wizernes, France in the Pas de Calais area.
3O3rd BOMB GROUP
“HELL’S ANGELS”
Second Lieutenant Bill Dallas was co-pilot of aircraft #42-31929 in the group’s 427th
Bomb Squadron. That was the plane, “Tennessee Hillbilly,” commanded by pilot 1st Lt
Charles W. Mars, and it would be the only plane lost during that 20-plane bombing
mission. They went in at 21,000 feet and Bill Dallas’ plane took several FLAK hits
between the Initial Point (IP) and the target during the bomb run. Eyewitnesses reported
during debriefings after the mission, “The B-17 was hit just a few seconds before “bombs
away,” it peeled off to the right, passing under the formation, and went into a shallow
glide… Seven parachutes were seen to have opened before the plane nosed down in a
half-spin, made a three-quarter turn, then exploded in mid-air about ten kilometers
northeast of St. Omer. Then an eighth parachute came out and opened after the blast.
Although aircraft parts were all around it the canopy did not appear to have been
damaged.”
Bill Dallas described what happened to PATRIOT BULLETIN this way, “We were nearly
through (the bomb run) when suddenly hit by large caliber FLAK. A burst in front of the
aircraft wounded me in the arm and leg. It also severed a finger from the pilot (1Lt Mars)
whose hand was on the throttle when the throttle assembly was hit. That same burst also wounded the
Navigator in the nose of the aircraft. The B-17 also sustained damage from other hits in the rear and middle
of the plane. Engines were on fire on both the left and right wings when the crew bailed out just before the
aircraft blew up in the air.”
8th AIR FORCE
PATCH
Although eyewitnesses observed a total of eight parachutes, nine airmen had survived the loss of the
“Tennessee Hillbilly,” those being 1LT Charles Mars, 2LT William Dallas, 2LT George Avanites, T/Sgt
Conrad Kersch, S/Sgt Raymond Foster, S/Sgt Eddie McGinnis, S/Sgt Charles Dunlap Jr., S/Sgt Albert
Senechal, S/Sgt Delbert Nivens and S/Sgt Vincent Angione. All of them were in this accompanying photo
that was taken two months earlier of Lt Mars’ crew of aircraft #42785.
T/Sgt Conrad Kersch alone among the crew successfully evaded capture. The others, including 2LT Dallas,
were taken prisoner by the Germans and they spent the remainder of the war as POWs.
Bill described some of his experiences, “I looked really beat up when processed in and photographed as a
Stalag prisoner. That was the beginning of more than a year as a POW. As the Soviet troops were nearing
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the Stalag at the end of the war, our guards pulled out the day before they arrived and abandoned the camp.
The Gestapo office files had been left intact and I secured my file and photo. The prisoners were milling
around, uncertain what to do next. Many of the men determined to wait where we were, others did not trust
the Russian Army to get us back into U.S. custody. I determined not to wait, and with one other man started
out walking west in the hope of running into American or British troops.
We were on the road for days, but I don’t recall exactly how long it took for us to pass through the Soviet
controlled area. We encountered Russian troops often. Sometimes they eyed us suspiciously, but fortunately
none of them made any move to detain us and we just kept going. We were easily recognizable as Americans
and I do remember being given food along the way by German civilians. That was extraordinary generosity
coming from people who didn’t have enough for themselves and who were facing a far more uncertain future
than we were at the time. In one of the towns we passed through we were approached by several very
frightened girls asking us to protect them from Russian soldiers. We agreed to this appeal to our gallantry,
but unwisely so as it turned out, because some soldiers came by almost immediately after that and started to
forcibly take the girls into a house. When I made a move to intervene one of the Russian troops turned and
pointed his automatic weapon (a Soviet model that looked like a Thompson sub-machine gun) at my belly.
He didn’t say a word, but he didn’t need to. We beat it out of there, hustled on out of town and continued on
our way. That was the closest call we experienced before eventually reaching safety.”
After returning to U.S. control and back for duty, Bill Dallas remained in the Air Force and he continued on
flying status. He served as pilot of Search and Rescue aircraft and retired with the rank of Major at Carswell
Air Force Base at Fort Worth, Texas on November 30, 1960.
Upon retirement he enrolled at Texas A&M University and earned a Civil Engineering degree in 1964. He
then entered into a second career as an engineer with the Texas Highway administration and retired there
after 20 years service.
He was a member of the United Christian Church in Austin and he joined the Military Order of the Purple
Heart as a life member shortly after Chapter 1919 was chartered. Bill Dallas passed away at age 85 on April
25, 2008, being survived by: a sister, Mary Smith; his wife, Allyne and their four children, Suzanne, Cathy,
Ric and Carye; four grandchildren, Diana, Sylvia, Stephen and Ashlye; three great-grandchildren, numerous
other relatives; and a host of friends. This month, PATRIOT BULLETIN renders reverent salute to the
memory of Patriot William “Bill” J. Dallas.
1LT CHARLES. W. MARS AND CREW, 427TH BOMB SQUADRON
21 JAN 1944, AIRCRAFT 42785
FRONT (L-R) PILOT 1LT CHARLES W. MARS, CO-PILOT 2LT WILLIAM J. DALLAS,
NAVIGATOR 2LT JAMES G. CLARK JR., 2LT CHARLES W. WEBSTER. BACK
ROW (L-R) ENGINEER S/SGT A. PAPPAS, WAIST GUNNER SGT C.H. LUNDE,
RADIO SGT EDDIE MCGINNIS, ASST ARMORER SGT PETROWSKI, TAIL
GUNNER SGT CHAS W. DUNLAP, WAIST GUNNER SGT ALBERT J. SENECHAL.
SUBSTITUTE CREWMEN ON MISSION 26 MARCH 1944. NAVIGATOR 2LT
GEORGE ARVANITES, GUNNER T/SGT CONRAD J. KERSCH, WAIST GUNNER
S/SGT DELBERT S. NIVENS, ENGINEER S/SGT RAYMOND L. FOSTER, TAIL
GUNNER S/SGT VINCENT A. ANGIONE.
AFTER PARACHUTING FROM THE “TENNESSEE HILLBILLY, T/SGT CONRAD J.
KERSCH EVADED CAPTURE WORKING WITH THE FRENCH UNDERGROUND.
1LT MARS, 2LT DALLAS, 2LT ARVANITES, S/SGT FOSTER, S/SGT MCGINNIS,
S/SGT DUNLAP, S/SGT SENECHAL, S/SGT NIVENS AND S/SGT ANGIONE WERE
ALL CAPTURED BY THE ENEMY AND HELD PRISONER OF WAR
BILL DALLAS IN FLIGHT
TRAINING 1943
BILL DALLAS TOOK HIS PHOTO
FROM POW CAMP FILES WHEN
THE GUARDS DESERTED THE
CAMP AND CARRIED IT WITH HIM
AS HE WALKED THROUGH THE
SOVIET CONTROLLED AREA TO
SAFETY OF THE AMERICAN LINES
BILL DALLAS HAS AN ENTRY
IN THIS BOOK BY STEPHEN
NEAL MANNING
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DEPARTMENT OF TEXAS NEWS
...For Every MOPH Chapter & LAMOPH Unit…
FOR MOPH CHAPTERS
MOPH
PHONE NUMBERS
The
Military Order of the Purple Heart
th
80 National Convention was convened DEPARTMENT COMMANDER
from August 7-11, 2012 in Scottsdale,
THOMAS J. TERRY (210) 639-6249
Arizona. The following Patriots were
SENIOR VICE COMMANDER
elected to National Office: Bruce G.
GILBERT N. “GIL” BROWN (214) 605-7044
McKenty- Commander, Ron SiebelsSenior Vice Commander and Patrick
JUNIOR VICE COMMANDER
Little-Junior Vice Commander (He was
DON C. WILSON (817) 595-2626
Region 1 Commander). Bill Bacon was
ADJUTANT & SERVICE OFFICER
nominated by the Department
Commander from Colorado for Region V RICHARD HERNANDEZ SR. (254) 628-1323
Commander and was elected to that
FINANCE OFFICER
position. Elaine Rey was elected
DAVID W. TREESE JR. (210) 257-9985
National LAMOPH President and Vicki
Treese, Unit 1836, was elected LAMOPH CHIEF OF STAFF
National Treasurer. As you might guess, WILLIAM S. “BILL” BACON (210) 621-4408
the budget for the National Headquarters SGT-AT-ARMS
and LAMOPH has been reduced 15%
across the board. The convention was run OCTAVIO LAGUNA (409) 423-4977
smoothly without much conflict and the
JUDGE ADVOCATE
JAMES L. GULLEY (832) 751-6961
meeting location was great.
Monday, Aug. 27, Bill Bacon and I are
INSPECTOR
driving to Abilene and Lubbock to meet BILL E. CRUMLETT (210) 828-1126
with Patriots for purpose of organizing
chapters in these cities. Aug. 28, we will WELFARE OFFICER
drive to Amarillo and meet with Patriots PETER ROSIE (210) 826-8714
there. We will then travel to Ft. Worth
NATIONAL EXCECUTIVE COMMITTEEMAN
and meet with Commanders Gilbert
DELEON WESTON (915) 821-3880
Brown and Don Wilson.
ALTERNATE NAT’L EXEC COMMITTEEMAN
The GOODGUYS Rod & Custom 20th
Lone Star Nationals is Oct. 5, 6 & 7, 2012 HARRY SMART (210) 648-4529
at Texas Motor Speedway Ft. Worth, TX. LEGISLATIVE OFFICER
It is my understanding that car enthusiasts TONY ROMAN (210) 699-8292
from several states, as well as Texas, will
be at this event. This is a great
LAMOPH
opportunity for MOPH to recruit
throughout Texas. The Dept. of TX has a DEPARTMENT PRESIDENT & SECRETARY
free booth, indoors, which normally cost BETH OAKLEY (254) 644-3594
$495. (This project should not be
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT
undertaken unless we get needed support JOSEPHINE D. MAYS (512) 928-9238
and it’s done well). More information
regarding this event will be reported next JUNIOR VICE PRESIDENT
URSLA MCGRUE (913) 702-4986
month.
The good news is the Department of
TREASURER
Texas had all chapter election reports in
BETTY CEPEDA (512) 278-0292
before the National Convention and that
SERGEANT-AT-ARMS
gave Texas 238 votes to cast during the
MACRA BRUNSON (936) 559-0248
convention. However not all chapters
have their IRS form 990 or Financial
TRUSTEES
reports submitted which is a problem for 1-YR, LINDA SOTO (210) 381-8124
both the chapter and national
2-YR, LARUE TERRY (210) 637-6249
3-YR, GLORIA A. LUNA (281) 395-9152
organization.
Thomas J. Terry, Commander,
Department of Texas, MOPH
CHAPLAIN
ELAINE REY (512) 339-8034
PATRIOTIC INSTRUCTOR
JULIE BRIDGEWATER (972) 754-4393
FOR LAMOPH UNITS
Dear LAMOPH members, I hope
you all have had a wonderful
summer, with vacations and
seeing grandchildren as I have.
Thank you to those officers at
National level for 2011-2012 that
have worked so hard for our
organization. Congratulations to
our new National President,
Elaine Rey! We are all very
proud of you. Also to our new
National Finance Officer, Vicki
Treese, and National Historian,
Ursula McGrue, all from Texas !
We have come to know these
ladies, so we can expect a vital
productive year ahead from these
officers.
I would like to bring your focus
to two topics. The first one is
membership. We need to be
more diligent in finding and
signing up those people who are
eligible for membership. Not
only to expand our roles but to
connect with those families of
veterans and the veterans
themselves. Which brings me to
the second topic.
We need to care for those
members we already have on our
unit rosters. We all have them,
those members we haven’t seen
at meetings for a while, that we
ask other members about and no
one has heard from them. I urge
you to be in contact with each
member or try to check on them.
We need, as a unit, and as
individuals, to be in contact with
our members. Bring that back to
your unit as a report. There may
be health or other issues going
on.
Send cards, make phone calls, if
time allows, make a visit. I
would ask that you make this a
priority. Check on one of your
members every month and report
back to the unit any information
you have found. This way we
stay connected—and I would like
to stay connected with you as
well—feel free to contact me at
my e-mail address below or
phone (254) 644-3594.
God Bless !
Beth Oakley, President,
Department of Texas, LAMOPH
[email protected]
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...Patriot Mike Tarpley is...
DEPARTMENT OF TEXAS
“PATRIOT OF THE YEAR”
...Part Of What Makes Him Special Is That He Is A Distant Chapter Member…
Living in a city that does not have a chapter, like Big Spring, does not inhibit Mike’s veterans service and
doing volunteer work in our name, promoting our image as combat wounded veterans with the public and
making MOPH everywhere look good. He’s not the only one, after reading the article about Mike, look
down below and see what Lilo Saenz has been doing for us at the Temple VA hospital and the Texas State
Veterans Home.
MIKE TARPLEY SHOWS OFF HIS “PATRIOT OF THE YEAR” AWARD
FROM DEPARTMENT OF TEXAS WITH CHAPTER COMMANDER,
FRED HUDGEONS, ALSO JOHN BURKHARDT, MILT CARR AND
DANNY BAKER GETTING INTO THE PICTURE. PATRIOT BULLETIN
HAS OFTEN CHARACTERIZED MIKE TARPLEY AS BEING A ONE
MAN SUB-CHAPTER IN BIG SPRING FOR CHAPTER 1919. MIKE
WAS RECOGNIZED FOR HIS VOLUNTEER WORK AT THE VA
DOMICILIARY AND SERVICE AS A COMMITTEE MEMBER THERE
AND FOR HIS WORK AND LEADERSHIP IN OTHER VETERANS AND
COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECTS IN BIG SPRING. MIKE WAS THE
ORIGINATOR OF A 9-11 MEMORIAL IN THE BIG SPRING MALL, AND
ORGANIZES A 9-11 REMEMBRANCE CEREMONY THERE EACH
YEAR. HE IS ON THE “HANGAR 25 AIR MUSEUM” COMMITTEE
THAT CHOOSES AND PUBLICIZES A LOCAL AREA “VETERAN OF
THE MONTH” HE FREQUENTLY IS ASKED TO PARTICIPATE IN
VETERANS’ FUNERALS AND GRAVESIDE SERVICES, PROVIDING
THE PLAYING OF TAPS—A VOLUNTEER SERVICE THAT HAS
ATTRACTED CITATIONS FROM VA CHAPLAIN SERVICES AND FROM
THE “BUGLES ACROSS AMERICA” ORGANIZATION. AND, THERE
ARE OTHER INITIATIVES, MIKE DOESN’T SAY NO WHENEVER HE
SEES A VETERANS ISSUE ARISE, AND HE SAYS, “THIS IS WHAT
MY LIFE HAS BECOME SINCE LEAVING THE OILFIELD, SERVING
VETERANS.”
Lilo Saenz does her VA Volunteer work at Temple
...But, she has amassed a lifetime of Volunteer Service since beginning in Corpus Christi and San Antonio...
After the CENTEX VA Volunteer Recognition luncheon in Temple
every spring, PATRIOT BULLETIN runs a story naming our Purple
Heart volunteers receiving awards. Lilo is always included and is
always tops in lifetime volunteer hours—but, that kind of brief little
mention doesn’t even begin to do justice for her service to disabled
veterans and for the favorable image that service lends to our Chapter
and to the Order. This year, her recognition for 32,500 lifetime hours
of volunteer work put her in first place among the more than 1,600
VA Volunteers serving in the eight campuses of the VA System in the
39 counties making up the Central Texas area. Lilo has done all kind
of volunteer work, from working the Information Booth at the
entrance of Olin E. Teague Veterans Medical Center in Temple, to
LILO AND HUSBAND, HENRY SAENZ AT
collecting donated baked goods and reading material from local bakTHE CENTRAL TEXAS VETERABS HEALTH
eries, and merchants, and delivering those “goodies” as she calls them CARE SYSTEM AWARDS PROGRAM IN
2012. PATRIOT HENRY SAENZ WAS
to the VA Hospital and to the William R. Courtney Texas State Veter- APRIL
IN TROOP A, 4TH SQDN, 12TH CAV, WHEN
ans Home, and in just visiting, talking to the disabled veteran patients. WOUNDED AT QUANG TRI, RVN IN 1971
AMONG ALL HER UNDERTAKINGS, LILO IS MOST FAMOUS
AMONG THE VOLUNTEERS FOR MAKING “LAP ROBES” AND
PERSONALLY DELIVERING THEM TO WHEELCHAIR BOUND
HOSPITAL IN-PATIENTS AND STATE VETERANS HOME
RESIDENTS. SHE STARTED KNITTING THEM YEARS AGO
WHEN LIVING IN CORPUS CHRISTI AND CONTINUED DOING
SO IN SAN ANTONIO BEFORE MOVING TO TEMPLE. THIS
YEAR LILO WAS RECOGNIZED FOR HAVING DONATED
1,500 LAP ROBES (AND EACH ONE REQUIRED EIGHTEEN
HOURS TO KNIT BY HAND). SHE IS PICTURED HERE AT AN
EARLIER RECOGNITION EVENT DISPLAYING HER WORK.
FOR OUR PART, CHAPTER 1919 HAS BEEN FURNISHING
THE YARN SHE NEEDS TO KEEP KNITTING
THE MILITARY ORDER OF THE PURPLE HEART WAS CHARTERED BY THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES IN 1958 (PUBLIC LAW 85-761, 85TH CONGRESS, H.R.13558). THE ORDER IS EXCLUSIVELY COMPOSED
OF MILITARY MEN AND WOMEN WHO RECEIVED THE PURPLE HEART MEDAL FOR WOUNDS SUSTAINED IN COMBAT. ALTHOUGH MEMBERSHIP IS RESTRICTED TO THE COMBAT WOUNDED, IT SUPPORTS ALL
VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES. THE MISSION OF THE M.O.P.H. IS TO FOSTER AN ENVIRONMENT OF GOODWILL AND CAMARADERIE AMONG COMBAT WOUNDED VETERANS, PROMOTE PATRIOTISM, SUPPORT
NECESSARY LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVES, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, PROVIDE SERVICE TO ALL VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES.
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PATRIOT BIRTHDAYS
BIRTHDAYS FOR THE
LADIES AUXILIARY
Of the TEXAS CAPITAL CHAPTER
SEPTEMBER
Unit 1919 Ladies have nine birthdays in
September. Happy Birthday !
1 OSCAR R. SEGURA
2 GILBERT R. MONTOYA
2 MATTHEW V. LAMB
2 RUBEN N. MARTINEZ
3 WILLIAM E. DOOLITTLE
3 RICKI LEE (RICK) GLENN
2
MARILYN SWAN
4
VELIA CASTILLO
5
BARBARA CARR
7
MARY CONTRERAS
9
MARISOL CONTRERAS
15 MICHELLE COLLINS
16
JOHNNIE L. MATL
17 ELIZABETH LARSON
20 VIRGINIA ROGERS
4 ROBERT W. PETERSON
—JOSEPHINE D. MAYS, President
4 WILLIAM D. (BILL) WISCHMEYER
6 ROBERT L. WARD
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8 FRED M. (DOC) COX
9 FELIX B. SILVA JR.
10 EDWARD D. (ED) JONES
12 ROBERT A. MENDOZA
12 WILLIAM S. BARBER JR.
12 JERRELL W. HUDMAN
12 LONNIE GARZA
12 JAMES G. DRIETH
25 JOE VELASQUEZ
25 ROBERTO MORENO
26 PAUL R. HOLSTIN
26 JOSEPH W. RUANE, III
27 JOEL W. LEHMAN
27 GREG A. SCOTT
28 ERNESTO G. (ERNIE) JIMENEZ JR.
28 TOBY COLON
12 BRIAN D. MCCLUSKEY
28 CHARLES A. FRANKLIN
14 JAMES L. PREVATT
28 MARK E. GILMORE
14 ROBERT H. (BOB) HARWOOD
14 SAMUEL (SAM) FLORES
14 JACK G. LEDFORD
15 MILFORD A. TUCKER
15 HERMAN C. HAYDON
15 ROBERT A. WHITMAN
16 ROBERT R. JONES
18 RENESSA GERHARDT
19 JOHN E. (JOHNNIE) HOLUB
20 JOHNNY E. MANLEY
20 SCOTT C. (BIG SARGE) GARRETT
21 STANLEY M. JANKIEWICZ
21 JAY T. KIMBROUGH
21 RODOLFO (RUDY) ALANIZ
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Cont’d
30 BILLY R. MILBURN
30 HERBERT L. LIND
30 JONATHAN D. (JON)
OCTOBER
1 NICHOLAS SCHOON
2 CHARLES E. BONNEY
2 JOSEPH ZORNICK
3 DANA M. BECKER
4 ARNOLD E. (ANDY) KAUFFMAN
4 FRED E. LORD
5 JASON E. WORSDALE
5 THOMAS A. LYKE
22 RAYMOND M. DIAZ
7 ALVIN LANGHAMER
22 STEPHEN (STEVE) FERGUSON
7 JOHN A. HENNEN
23 JOHN SCHMIDT III
8 JOHN E. (JACK) ESHELMAN
23 RALPH W. WATSON
8 JOHN T. (JACK) HODES
23 ROBERT S. HACKNEY
9 RAYMOND T. (TOM) HARP
9 LARRY A. DARNALL
23 JOHN B.(BOB) BEST
10 STANLEY B. WILLBANKS
24 FLOYD H. (SONNY) LACKEY
24 ONDRE S. AIKEN
25 HENRY A. PAPKE
Cont’d
In Memory Of Patriot,
and 2004 National Commander
ROBERT LICHTENBERGER
ARMY, VIETNAM, WOUNDED, CU CHI
20th Artillery, 1st Air Cavalry Div
by both RAY DIAZ and RUFUS DYE 1/12
In Memory Of Patriot
SAMUEL BIER
ARMY AIR FORCE, WWII, EUROPE, POW
465th Bomb Group, 8th Air Force
RUFUS DYE 8/11
Tribute To The Memory Of
DON BOSSERMAN
Wounded Vietnam, Feb 1967
Soldier-Patriot- and Friend
SETH SORELL 2/12
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BOOSTERS
Help support Chapter 1919’s programs by becoming a “Booster” and adding your name to this distinguished list for one
year following. Send check contribution of $10 or more payable to Chapter 1919, MOPH and designate for “Boosters” to:
Adjutant, Milt Carr, 5114 Balcones Woods Drive Suite 307 #175, Austin, TX 78759-5212.
INDIVIDUALS
GARY ALFORD 10/11
LESLIE ALLEN 3/12
JOHN ALVARADO 8/12
PAUL & MILDRED ANDERSEN 1/12
DANNY & JANE BAKER 4/12
ERNIE & VIRGINIA BANASAU 9/11
WILL & MARY ANN BEATTY 6/12
STEPHEN BODNAR 5/12
CHARLES BONNEY 10/11
WILLIAM A. BRANT MEMORIAL 6/12
JIM & JULIE BROWN 1/12
JAMES P. BRYANT 8/12
JOHN & ELAINE BURKHARDT 3/12
MILT CARR 3/12
SEAN CARR 3/12
BOB COOK 5/12
JOE CRUZ 4/12
ROBERT S. DALTON 2/12
PAUL & PHYLLIS DEVAULT 5/12
RAYMOND DIAZ 6/12
JOHN DONNELLY 4/12
HERMAN HAYDON 5/12
BOB HEFFORD 4/12
FRED & LAURIE HUDGEONS 5/12
THE KERR FAMILY 8/12
CARL KLEIN MEMORIAL 9/11
JACK LEDFORD 2/12
JOHN & ANN LINGO 5/12
FRED LORD 4/12
JIMMY & REGINA MARTINEZ 1/12
JOSEPHINE D. MAYS 6/12
WILLIAM H. MAYS MEMORIAL10/11
RAY MCKEE 9/11
HOWARD MCKINNEY 6/12
KERRY MERRITT MEMORIAL 1/11
DAVID MONTGOMERY 10/11
DONALD MORRISON 5/12
BILL NEWBERRY 3/12
CHAPTER 1919 OFFICERS 8/12
SETH ORELL 1/12
HENRY & DELORES PAPKE 3/12
EDGAR L. PARKER 1/12
HARRY SWAN MEMORIAL 1/12
GABRIEL TAMAYO 1/12
MIKE TARPLEY 5/12
CHARLES TARVER 5/12
RANDY TAWATER MEMORIAL 8/12
VA OUTPATIENT CLINIC DONATIONS, Daily
CHARLIE WALLACE 10/11
ROBERT & MAURINE WARD 12/11
JACK WARDEN 5/12
HARVEY & LOUISE WEBB 8/12
HAROLD & EL ROSE WEEDEN 10/11
JOE & MARY ANN ZORNICK 3/12
ORGANIZATIONS
ACES 4/11
AMERICAN LEGION POST 76 1/12
MOPH SERVICE FOUNDATION
ODD FELLOWS LODGE 23 12/11
TEXAS MILITARY FORCES MUSEUM,Monthly
VFW POST 3377 6/12
VFW POST 856 QTRLY
FRESH FROM TEXAS 12/11
ALL-STAR DONORS
SPECIAL RECOGNITION IS DUE TO EACH OF OUR SUPER BOOSTERS, INDIVIDUALS WHOSE GIFTS HAVE TOTALED
$100 OR MORE — AND CORPORATE LEVEL DONORS WHO HAVE GIVEN $1,000 OR MORE DURING THE PAST YEAR.
PATRIOT BULLETIN SALUTES
— John Alvarado Jr. — Paul Andersen — Mike Barton — Danny & Jane Baker — Charles Bonney —
— James L. Brown — John & Elaine Burkhardt — Sean Carr — Paul & Phyllis DeVault — Ray Diaz —
— John Donnelly — Wallace Downey — Rufus Dye —Jack Hadsell — Lee Hagan — Bob Harwood —
—Herman Haydon —Fred & Laurie Anne Hudgeons—Carl Klein Mem.—Lew Ledbetter Mem.—Fred Lord —
— Kerry Merritt Memorial— Josephine D. Mays— William H. Mays Memorial — Howard M. McKinney —
— Jimmy & Regina Martinez— David Montgomery — Donald C. Morrison — Henry& Delores Papke —
— Edgar L. Parker — Ronald L. Roberts — Mortimer Sheffloe — James Seymour — Mike Tarpley —
— Randy Tawater Memorial — Charlie Wallace — Robert & Maurine Ward —
CORPORATE LEVEL:
— MOPH Svc Fnd. — Harold & El Rose Weeden — Texas Roadhouse — VFW Post 856 —
WALLACE E. DOWNEY 10/11
PHILIP DREISESZUN MEMORIAL 2/12
RUFUS DYE 8/11
RICKEY D. ESTES 3/12
VIC FRYSINGER 2/12
GONZALO GARZA 3/12
RANDY & VIOLA GREENE 9/11
JACK HADSELL 3/12
LEE HAGAN 9/11
JOE & GAIL HARTNESS 9/11
BOB HARWOOD 6/12
FRANK & KATHY PLUMMER 10/11
FRED RETTIG 8/12
MARLENA RICE 3/12
MAUREEN RICE 3/12
MINNIE RICE 3/12
RONALD L. ROBERTS 12/11
JAMES D. SEYMOUR, JR. 5/12
MORTIMER C. SHEFFLOE 1/12
RON SIEBELS (NAT'L AMER OFF) 3/12
CARLOS SOZA 8/12
BUSINESSES
HILL'S CAFÉ 5/12
INSTY-PRINTS S [ELLER FAMILY] 4360 S CONG
MIKE'S PRINT SHOP 6448 HWY 290E
RANDALLS FOOD MKTS, INC, QTRLY
SYSCO FOOD SVC OF AUSTIN, QTRLY
TEXAS ROADHOUSE 2/12
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Tributes
In Memory and Gratitude
CPL BENNY MATIAS, JR.
For a donation of $25, or more, we will place your message in subsequent
publications of this bulletin for the next twelve months. Special Note: Your contribution
may be tax-deductible to the extent of the law prescribed in the Internal Revenue Code.
—MILT CARR, (512) 343-7940
9th Infantry Division 12-11-68-RVN
In Memory of My Fallen Comrades
5th REGIMENTAL COMBAT TEAM
CPL JOE GARCIA
ARMY, KOREA
173rd Airborne Brigade 6-4-69-RVN
Who gave their all to their country and will
never be forgotten
RAYMOND DIAZ 1/12
In TRIBUTE to the Men of
Company “M”
223rd Infantry Regiment
40th Infantry Division
KOREAN WAR
JOHN & ANN LINGO 5/12
1950-1953
LEST WE FORGET
JAMES P. BRYANT 8/12
In Memory and Honor of the Heroes of
ADVISOR TEAM 1, I CORPS, VIETNAM-1971
Heroes of Operation Enduring Freedom
Thank You For Sacrificing Your All To Ensure
Peace and Freedom for all Mankind
JOE & GAIL HARTNESS 9/11
In Memory OF
J.M. HICKS
BETTY DYE
DURING WWII
JACK HADSELL 3/12
In Memory of those pilots of the
367th Fighter Group
—WWII Europe
That made the supreme sacrifice
RUFUS DYE 8/11
AND ALL OTHER PATRIOTS AND LADIES
OF THE CHAPTER & UNIT 1919
WHO HAVE PASSED ON
RUFUS DYE 8/11
IN MEMORY
Staff Sgt JOHN J. BROWN
A Good Soldier,
A Great Father
JIM BROWN 1/12
IN MEMORY
HANG IN THERE
MEN OF MOPH 1919
“HAVE A GREAT YEAR”
RAY McKEE 9/11
COMPANY “G”
187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team
“RAKKASANS”
DURING THE
KOREAN WAR
HAROLD WEEDEN 10/11
IN HONOR OF
And Of The
IN MEMORY OF
P.O.W. IN JAPAN FOR 36 MONTHS
In Tribute To All The Men Who Served In
Of the 27 crew chiefs and pilots
Who died in a single plane crash
In England during WWII
439th Troop Carrier Group
JACK HADSELL 3/12
PATRIOT RUFUS DYE
MARY L. BROWN 12/11
TO THOSE
WHO SERVED
Semper Fidelis
WILLIAM NEWBERRY 3/12
In Memory of “Troopers”
Ron -Charlie -Dick -Johnnie
KIA - Korean War - 1950
Eighth Cavalry Regiment
First Cavalry Division
JAMES LOGAN BROWN 2/13
IN MEMORY OF
PRIVATE JAMES L. BROWN
PRIVATE WIMBERLEY BAKER
Army Service Training Program
WORLD WAR ONE
JAMES LOGAN BROWN 2/13
To Honor
In Memory of Members of
Col Bill Brant
MACV Advisory Team 79
WWII
Vietnam
who were killed or wounded, and
to those who survived the conflict
PATRIOT HAROLD MARBURGER
Vietnam —1964 - 1965
MARCH 22nd
HIS FAMILY 6/12
In Memory of the pilots of the
388th Tactical Fighter Wing
VIETNAM WAR
That Made the Supreme Sacrifice
RUFUS DYE 8/11
HAL HUTH 2/12
In Memory of the Pilots of the
18th Fighter / Bomber Group
Who Lost Their Lives
During The
KOREAN WAR
RUFUS DYE 8/11
MEMORIAL
IN HONOR OF HAROLD’S BIRTHDAY
BETTY MARBURGER 3/12
To those who gave their lives
103rd Infantry Division
Europe, 1944-45
JOHN BRAND, D.Min., J.D. 5/12
PATRIOT BULLETIN
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In Memory of Crew Members of the
12th ARMY AIR FORCE
57th Bomb Wing, 321st Bomb Group
448th Bomb Squadron (B-25’s)
That Made the Supreme Sacrifice in WWII
TOM MATTHEWS 11/11
In Memory Of Patriot
WILLIAM J. DALLAS
ARMY AIR FORCE, WWII, EUROPE, POW
303rd BOMB GROUP, 8TH AIR FORCE
WOUNDED IN THE AIR OVER GERMANY
RUFUS DYE 8/11
IN MEMORY OF PATRIOT
R.M. (DON) BOSSERMAN JR.
ARMY, VIETNAM
PAST CHAPTER COMMANDER
PAST DEPARTMENT COMMANDER
RAYMOND DIAZ 1/12
In Memory of Patriot
ARTHUR RICE
SURVIVOR OF THE
BATAAN DEATH MARCH
WORLD WAR II
MINNIE RICE 3/12
In Memory of Patriot
BUREN “LEW” LEDBETTER
U.S. ARMY SPECIAL FORCES
COMMAND SERGEANT MAJOR, RETIRED
WOUNDED IN TWO WARS
KOREA AND VIETNAM
RAYMOND DIAZ 8/12
IN REMEMBRANCE OF ALL WHO HAVE
EVER SERVED WITH THE WOLFHOUNDS
27th INFANTRY REGIMENT
“The Wolfhound Pack”
25th INFANTRY DIVISION, U.S. ARMY
FRED HUDGEONS 5/12
Deceased Chapter 1919
Patriots and Ladies
FY — 2013
ALFREDO “AL” GARCIA
TAPS
Patriot ALFREDO “Al” GARCIA Jr. died August 4,
2012, passing peacefully at his home in Austin, Texas.
Born in Corpus Christi, Texas in 1924, his family
moved to San Benito (Cameron County) when he was a
small child. He attended school as he grew up there,
while earning money working part time in local grocery
stores, selling newspapers, and picking cotton at harvest
time. He worked briefly after graduation from High School and
then was drafted by the Army in January 1944. He was assigned to
Company G, 307th Infantry Regiment, 77th Infantry Division during
their participation in the Southern Philippines and Ryukus Campaigns.
He was wounded on Okinawa on April 23, 1945 and was discharged
after WWII, having attained the rank of Staff Sergeant before separation at Fort Bliss, Texas on February 14, 1946.
Al enrolled at the University of Texas in September 1946 and he
earned a degree in Government. In 1947, he married his college
sweetheart, Maria Torrez. They had five children during the years
that he pursued his career. He retired from the U.S. Department of
Commerce with 29 years service, but remained active in the local
community in programs for disadvantaged youths. He was an active
member of Knights of Columbus at St. Teresa’s Catholic Church and
he became a life member of the Military Order of the Purple Heart
shortly after Chapter 1919 was chartered in Austin.
Alfredo Garcia Jr. is survived by Maria, his wife of 65 years, their
five children, Suzanne Guerrero, Mario Garcia, Albert Garcia, Marc
Garcia, Maria Krug, and their families.
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AUGUST
SEPTEMBER
OCTOBER
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER
NO
MEETINGS*
6th BREAKFAST-NORTH
10th LUNCH-TX Roadhouse
20th BREAKFAST-S0UTH
23rd LUNCH at Dukes
3rd BREAKFAST-NORTH
14th LUNCH-Tx Roadhouse
17th BREAKFAST-SOUTH
27th LUNCH at Dukes
1st BREAKFAST-NORTH
12th LUNCH-Tx Roadhouse
15th BREAKFAST-SOUTH
25th LUNCH at Dukes
5th BREAKFAST-NORTH
9th LUNCH-Tx Roadhouse
19th BREAKFAST-SOUTH
***No LUNCH at Dukes,
22nd is Thanksgiving Day
3rd BREAKFAST-NORTH
14th LUNCH-Tx Roadhouse
17th BREAKFAST-SOUTH
27th LUNCH at Dukes
17th- STAFF NOON
7th- STAFF NOON
LEGION POST 76
SUN, 11th, 9AM
VETERAN’S DAY
PARADE
up Congress Ave, then
SUN, 9th, 1—3 PM
CHAPTER / UNIT
HOLIDAY PARTY
Combined with
CHILDREN’S PARTY
2200 VETERAN’S DRIVE
FOLLOWS AT 11AM
SOUTH STEPS OF THE
CAPITOL BLDG
BOTH PARTIES HELD IN
ODD FELLOWS LODGE #23
6809 GUADALUPE
SUMMER
BREAK !
*BUT OUR DEDICATED
EARLY RISERS STILL
HAVE BREAKFAST ON
1st & 3rd MONDAYS
AND HUNGRY GUYS
COME TO LUNCH AT
TEXAS ROADHOUSE
2nd FRI’s & DUKES 4th
THURSDAY’s MONTHLY
8th- STAFF NOON
LEGION POST 76
12th- STAFF NOON
SAT, 11TH, 11AM
PURPLE HEART DAY
CELEBRATION
2200 VETERANS DRIVE
“The 230th Anniversary
Of the Purple Heart”
LUNCH IS FREE FOR
PATRIOTS, FAMILY &
GUESTS
AMER LEGION POST 76
2200 VETERAN’S DRIVE
LEGION POST 76
LEGION POST 76
LEGION POST 76
2200 VETERANS DRIVE
SAT, 15th, 10AM
MONTHLY MEETING
LEGION POST 76
2200 VETERAN’S DRIVE
SAT, 20th, 10AM
MONTHLY MEETING
LEGION POST 76
5th- STAFF NOON
CEREMONY
JANUARY ’13
FEBRUARY
MARCH
APRIL
MAY
JUNE
7th BREAKFAST-NORTH
11th LUNCH– TX Roadhouse
21st BREAKFAST-SOUTH
24th LUNCH at Dukes
4th BREAKFAST-NORTH
8th LUNCH– TX Roadhouse
18th BREAKFASTSOUTH
28th LUNCH at Dukes
4th BREAKFAST-NORTH
8th LUNCH-TX ROADHOUSE
18th BREAKFAST-SOUTH
28th LUNCH at Dukes
1st BREAKFAST-NORTH
12th LUNCH-TX Roadhouse
15th BREAKFAST-SOUTH
25th LUNCH at Dukes
4th Wheelers for the Wounded
6th, BREAKFAST-NORTH
10th LUNCH-TX Roadhouse
20th BREAKFAST-SOUTH
23rd LUNCH at Dukes
NO
17th—STAFF NOON
15th- STAFF NOON
LEGION POST 76
23rd —STAFF NOON
20th —STAFF NOON
LEGION POST 76
LEGION POST 76
SAT., 26th, 9AM
MONTHLY MEETING
“G.I. BREAKFAST”
CAMP MABRY, CAFETERIA,
HEADQUARTERS BLDG #8
FRI, 22nd, 6PM
GEORGE
WASHINGTON’S
BIRTHDAY
DINNER PARTY
At “The Austin Club”
Great Entertainment,
Great Food, and, a
Great Time at a Great Party
13th —STAFF NOON
LEGION POST 76
LEGION POST 76
SAT, 16th, 10AM
MONTHLY MEETING
SAT, 20th, 10AM
MEETING & PICNIC
ANNUAL ELECTION
OFFICERS INSTALLATION
LEGION POST 76
2200 VETERANS DR
Location: TBA
11AM, MAY 27th, AT
PFLUGERVILLE
COOK-WALDEN
CAPITAL PARK
14619 N IH-35
,
SAT, 18th 10AM
HILL’S CAFÉ 4700 S
CONGRESS AVE
MEMORIAL DAY
MEETINGS*
SUMMER
BREAK !
*BUT OUR DEDICATED
EARLY RISERS STILL
HAVE BREAKFAST ON
1st & 3rd MONDAYS
AND HUNGRY GUYS
COME TO LUNCH AT
TEXAS ROADHOUSE
2nd FRI’s & DUKES 4th
THURSDAY’s MONTHLY
FY-2013 TEXAS CAPITAL CHAPTER 1919 EVENTS CALENDAR