PATRIOT BULLETIN - Military Order of the Purple Heart

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PATRIOT BULLETIN
Chapter Notes
THIS ISSUE HAS
PICTURES OF THE
LAST MEETING AND
LOTS OF INFO ON
VETERANS DAY AND
PURPLE SANTA, BUT
NOW, FOCUSING ON
THIS MONTH…...
Our guest speaker in October will be Lieutenant
Colonel Micheal Dye, Texas Army National Guard,
the son of Patriot Rufus Dye, and an Associate
Member of Chapter 1919. His presentation will be
about the Apache Helicopter and what its mission in
combat will be.
COMMANDERS MESSAGE
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his year is moving right along and it will soon
be gone. Chapter 1919 has several projects that
are still not completed. One of those is our chapter’s
share of the funding for the Purple Heart Trail. The
state requires $11,000 to pay for the cost of the signs
marking the trail and Harvey Webb, our MOPH
Department of Texas Commander is asking each of
us Patriots to send in a contribution of $5.00 dollars
(or more) in a special fund raising effort to pay those
costs. Patriots contributing to this fund, please send a
check or money order payable to “Chapter 1919,
MOPH” and designated “for Purple Heart Trail.”
Mail to:
Raymond Diaz, Finance Officer
Chapter 1919, Military Order of the Purple Heart
612 W Annie St
Austin, TX 78704
We had a great meeting in September, with a fine
presentation by retired Captain Renaldo Gallardo of
the Air Force of Mexico who served in that nation’s
201st Fighter Squadron that fought along side the
United States Air Force in the Philippines during
WWII. His presentation about the squadron was
short, but his inspirational address about America’s
youth was also very informative. Captain Gallardo
has been a resident of Austin and a US citizen for the
past 30 years.
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.,
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NOTIFY EDITOR, MILT CARR, (512) 343-7940, OR CONTRIBUTING EDITOR, DON
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I will try to set up an excursion with “Austin Duck
Adventures” on the lake for our Patriots and Ladies
soon. I am looking at prices and dates now and will
send out the information when things are decided.
We are joining Chapter 1876 in Killeen, in “adopting
a unit” in Iraq. We will help by sending some basic
items that soldiers need that are not available there
from unit supply. Elaine and I will be meeting with
the command group of the 17 th Artillery based at Fort
Hood, that will be deploying to Iraq in October, to
determine how we can best support them. We will
send items to Batteries A & B, and the Killeen
Chapter will support the rest of the battalion.
Friday, Nov 11 th is Veterans Day. We are planning
to have a passenger van to help Patriots get to the
Congress Bridge. Park between 15 th and 17 th St. on
the north side of the Capitol on Congress Ave. Please
be there about 7:00 AM in order for the van to make
several trips. We also expect “Austin Duck
Adventures” to furnish us a “Duck” again this year
for Patriots and Ladies to ride behind our march unit.
This month I want to thank Ruth and Sam Bier for
their help with the Coffee Bar this year. Both work at
the Clinic running the Volunteers program. They are
this month’s “for the good of the Order people.” The
Coffee Bar still needs help, please call me if you can
spare the time, (339-8034). To Ruth and Sam, a big
thanks and a respectful salute.
Yours in Patriotism,
Federico Rey