Bloomingdale, IL
All-State Post
2008-9
VFW Post 7539 meets the third Thursday of each
month at the
Bloomingdale Library, 101 Fairfield Way,
Bloomingdale, IL, 60108-1537. Meeting is on the lower
level, starting at 7:00 pm and normally lasting
NLT 8:45 pm. Post Commander is Rick Middleton.
Cmdr Rick Middleton
Sr Vice Cliff Hall Jr Vice Chuck Groner
QM Dave Burdick
Contact
Information: Bill Bahr, Webmaster,
Public Relations/Community Affairs Officer,
Voice of Democracy Chair, & "Bugler," tel: 630 307-3634
Email
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2008-9 State of Illinois Winner
Buddy Poppy Display Contest
Post Chair: Cliff Hall
Voice of Democracy Winners (LPHS): 1st Place Dianna
Necka,
2nd Place Kaitlyn Kesler
Patriot Pen Winners (Trinity):
Justin Fehr, Cassidy Henshaw, Rachel Pudell
Aug 8 Hybrid Car Show
(Flag Disposal Booth)
Aug 9
District meeting Villa Park, 1 pm
Aug 15-20 National Convention, Phoenix, AZ
Sep 12 Septemberfest Booth
Oct 3 National Home Trip
Oct 20 CHARACTER COUNTS! Night Honor Guard 7 pm (yellow scarf)
Jul 31 2010 State Commander's Homecoming, Indian Lakes Resort
Memorial Day 2009
Hines VA Hospital Visit
12/10/08
Armed Forces Breakfast
for Blue Star Families
Bloomingdale-Walk-A-Dog-athon.org
Memorial Day, 2008
Iraq News from post member Chris Horton, CPT, Infantry
Greetings to the Troops
Hines VA Hospital Visit 12/13/07 w/music
Hines VA Hospital Visit 12/13/07
Snowman's Crossing Tree Decoration 11/24/07
View Commander Joe's Veterans
Day Tribute
View Nathan Bracher's (LPHS) Voice of Democracy First
Place Essay.
Veterans Day, 2007
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Voice of Democracy Essay Contest
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Patriot's Pen Essay Contest
Veterans Tribute Contest
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Challenge to Post Members:
Buy a Blue Star Service Flag and Pin (total $10) for relatives of active
military personnel. Post will pay membership fees for those actively
serving & qualifying for VFW.
Please help Commander Joe meet his goal of sending out
1000 care packages this year.
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Support Our Troops
Info
501 Packages Sent to Iraq & Afghanistan in 2006
To watch a packing session,
click here.
Beloved Comrade
Ray Klus, RIP
Deceased: July 27,
2009
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Bench & veteran grave-marker donations. 
To Our Veterans, We honor, We remember ("Mansions of the Lord"):
www.angelfire.com/ny5/ItisPeke/VDay.html
To Our WWII Veterans, Before You Go:
www.managedmusic.com/beforeyougo.html
Poignant
Photos from Iraq:
www.clermontyellow.accountsupport.com/flash/UntilThen.swf
Iraq Veterans Memorial (Video Tributes):
http://iraqmemorial.org
Honor the Fallen (Locator):
www.militarycity.com/valor/honor.html
"Let's Say Thanks!":
Send
a free printed postcard to a soldier serving overseas
Vietnam quote from Dana L. Safford, former Sergeant, USMC:
"For those
who have fought for it, life has a flavor the protected will never know."
Iraq quote from Jacob B. Schick, Cpl, USMC, wounded 20 Sept 2004 (Alive
Day Memories):
"When you look at the American flag, what do you see?
You know most people say, "an American flag." OK. I can put you in a
setting that would make your skin crawl. Because you've never been and
seen a national anthem with a bunch of guerneys and wheelchairs and people with
fake limbs and no limbs, burned faces, burned bodies, and seen them salute as
good as they could to the American flag.... The
fight doesn't stop when
you get home. In our cases, it's just begun."
Quote from Chaplain Gregory Todd, speaking at the
Wounded Warriers Ceremony, Camp Lejeune, NC
(Alive Day Memories):
"Today, Lord, we honor those who bear the scars of their
service that testify to their duty in the protection and defense that they have
provided us. We continue to pray for our brothers and sisters in arms,
those who stand the watch and are still in harm's way. Send your angels to
protect them and bring them back to us safely. Amen."
"In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row...."
-- Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae
RIP: Army Staff Sgt. Paul M. Latourney, 28 of
Roselle, IL; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment,
1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division,
Ft. Hood, TX; died March 2, 2007, in Baghdad of wounds sustained
when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle while on combat
patrol.
Also killed was Spc. Luis O. Rodriguez-Contrera.
"Military honors: On Friday, Aug. 1, members of
Bloomingdale VFW Post No. 7539 served as color guard for a memorial ceremony at
the Roselle Public Library for Army Staff Sgt. Paul M. Latourney, 28, of
Roselle. Latourney died in Baghdad on March 2, 2007. He was killed
when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle while on combat
patrol. Among the dignitaries at the ceremony were Illinois Lt. Gov. Pat
Quinn and Roselle Mayor Gayle Smolinski. 'The lieutenant governor gave a
very nice remembrance,” said Bill Bahr, a VFW member from Bloomingdale. 'And
Sgt. Latourney’s mother also gave a short but powerfully touching farewell.'”
Bloomingdale Press, 8/6/08: Sue
Crosson-Knutson.
Arlington National Cemetery
"Rest easy, sleep well my brothers.
Know the line has held, your job is done.
Rest easy, sleep well.
Others have taken up where you fell, the line has held.
Peace, peace, and farewell..."
VFW Motto: "Honoring
the dead by helping the living...."
Adopted Home of A Company, 1-64th Armor Battalion
www.vfw7539.org
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