PATRIOT BULLETIN - Military Order of the Purple Heart

PATRIOT BULLETIN
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DEPARTMENT OF TEXAS CONVENTION 2010
...Fort Worth, June 11th, Our New Department of Texas Officers Take The Oath...
FROM LEFT: COMMANDER JOHN FOOTMAN, SENIOR VICE COMMANDER SAM LUNA, JUNIOR VICE
COMMANDER JACK PALMER, ADJUTANT & SERVICE OFFICER RICHARD (ROCKY) HERNANDEZ,
SGT-AT-ARMS OCATAVIO LUNA, FINANCE OFFICER WAYMON FAULKNER, AND INSPECTOR
ROBERT HERNANDEZ. OTHER OFFICERS PRESENT AT CONVENTION, BUT NOT PICTURED HERE
WERE, NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEEMAN DELEON WESTON, ALTERNATE COMMITTEEMAN
HARRY SMART, HISTORIAN ALEX PEREZ, AMERICANISM OFFICER RAUL CAMPBELL, AND
CHAPLAIN DON WILSON
NATIONAL
JUNIOR VICE
COMMANDER
BILL HUTTON
WAS THE
INSTALLING
OFFICER
CHAPTER 1919’s ROTC LEADERSHIP AWARDS - DONE
When this year’s ROTC Awards had all been completed the count was twenty-one
High School JROTC programs and eight University ROTC programs. Thanks to
Patriot Lee Hagan, our chapter coordinator, for doing a great job making sure the
medals got to the schools on time and for lining up our
presenters to be on hand at the ceremonies to confer
the awards. In the photo at left, Jr Vice Commander,
Fred Hudgeons presented the award to Cadet Kristian
Young at the Leander High School Air Force JROTC
ceremony; and on the right, Americanism Officer,
Ernie Banasau did the honors for Cadet Jenna Kadjar, recipient of MOPH’s
Leadership award at the Hays High School Marine Corps JROTC ceremony.
Prequel to Tributes
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
In Memory Of Patriot
RUFUS DYE 5/10
SERVANDO C. VARELA
ARMY, WWII, WOUNDED IN NORMANDY
COMPANY B, 300th ENGINEER BATTALION
by both RAY DIAZ & DON MORRISON 8/10
IN MEMORY OF PATRIOT
R.M. (DON) BOSSERMAN JR.
ARMY, VIETNAM
PAST CHAPTER COMMANDER
PAST DEPARTMENT COMMANDER
RAYMOND DIAZ 8/10
In Honor Of
JOE S. CASTRO
ARMY, WWII, PACIFIC
Medic, 105th Inf, 27th Infantry Division
Wounded on Saipan, June 21, 1944
by both RAY DIAZ & JENNYNE BILSKY 8/10
In Memory Of Patriot
SAMUEL BIER
ARMY AIR FORCE, WWII, EUROPE, POW
465th Bomb Group, 8th Air Force
In Memory Of Patriot
RUFUS DYE 5/10
CARL H. KLEIN
ARMY, WWII, WOUNDED IN FRANCE
2nd BN, 38th INF, 2nd INFANTRY DIV
DONALD MORRISON 5/10