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Page 4 PATRIOT BULLETIN NEW MEMBERS National Headquarters has added two new members to the rolls of Chapter 1919 since publication of last month’s PATRIOT BULLETIN. Welcome and Congratulations to: WALLACE E. DOWNEY is an Army Korean War veteran. Wally was serving in the I & R Platoon, HHC, 187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team when wounded July 9, 1953 during a fire fight at an outpost near Kumhwa in the Iron Triangle in North Korea. BILLY H. HUGHES is a Marine Corps Korean War veteran. Billy was wounded May 9, 1952 when assigned to Co A, 1st Bn, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division. At “press-time” there were two additional applications in processing at National Headquarters. DEVIN D. GATES, Army, Iraq WALTER HALE, Army, Vietnam READ YOUR “PATRIOT BULLETIN” ON THE INTERNET This newsletter can be viewed on the internet at our chapter’s website. Go to: purpleheartaustin.org and click on October-November 2005 Newsletter to open it up and read it. It was posted there about 10 days before you received this paper version in your mailbox. The numbers just keep growing among our members and friends of the chapter who tell the editor to stop wasting money printing and mailing newsletters. They say it looks better in color on their home computers. The chapter is now realizing significant savings on newsletter printing and postage costs, but it will help if even more sign up. Upon your request, Chapter 1919 will inform you by e-mail each month as soon as PATRIOT BULLETIN is available for viewing and we will suspend mailing this paper copy (until such future time that you may want us to re-start mailings). To make sure we get your e-mail address correct, please direct all such requests to your editor at : adjutant@purpleheartaustin.org
PATRIOT BULLETIN Page 5 ADJUTANTS CALL LERTNESS TEST ! Did you notice, on page 1, that the date of this month’s meeting A has been slipped by one week ? Our calendar for October had previously carried the date for this chapter meeting as the 15th. An unavoidable, last-minute conflict has required us to reschedule to Saturday, October 22nd. I hope to see you there. Remember last month’s feature story on Patriot David Tosh ? Dave reports that his new son, Ryan Matthew Tosh was born Sept 23rd, weighing in at 8 lbs, he and Anne-Marie are fine ! Since this next regular chapter meeting date has slipped, there is not much time between the meeting and Veterans Day, so this issue of PATRIOT BULLETIN covers both those events. However, the brief details on page 1 about the Veterans Day Parade and Ceremony do not quite capture everything that deserves to be said about that very special nationwide patriotic observance. If you are one among that big majority of veterans that always intended to participate in a Veterans Day Parade but, just never got around to actually doing so—make up your mind to join us this year. Austin, Texas does Veterans Day right and you will enjoy the experience. The parade begins at 9AM, but there is always a lot of congestion in the area so you should plan to arrive and link up with us on the Congress Avenue Bridge by 8AM (look for our banner and a lot of people wearing purple). As our parade entry, led by our Purple Heart Banner, moves up Congress Avenue to the State Capitol, without fail the spectators that line the streets and look on passively as other veterans groups pass by, will suddenly show more excitement and respond with an obvious show of respect for combat wounded veterans that they do not display for any other veterans group. It is a good feeling for all of us who participate. If you feel unable to be a part of our lead walking unit (calling us a “marching unit” would be a bit presumptive), you can’t use that as an excuse, come on down anyway, because we will have plenty of vehicle transportation for our elderly and disabled members. The various groups giving out coffee, donuts, and maybe breakfast tacos ahead of time make it even nicer. Following the parade, you also do not want to miss the inspirational ceremony on the south Capitol steps, beginning precisely at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month. Remember, America used to call this Armistice Day in celebration of the moment in history that the guns fell silent ending the Great War in 1918. Patriot, if you are an Annual Member with a membership card that says it is good through December 2005, be advised that you will be receiving your first dues renewal notice in the mail from National Headquarters later this month, probably within a few days of your receipt of this newsletter. Please make things easy for us by taking a few moments of your time to send in your check and renew promptly. Better yet, why not do what almost 90 percent of the membership has already done and convert now to LIFE MEMBER. Rather than pay twenty bucks year after year, pay life member dues once, and never get another dues notice again, ever. You can call National Headquarters on their toll free number, (888) 668-1656, and convert to LIFE MEMBER while you are on the phone by charging your life dues payment in full using your credit card. ...MILT CARR, Adjutant, (512) 343-7940 MEMBERS BY STATE TX 3,440 CA 2,848 PA 2,593 FL 2,519 NJ 2,489 M I 2,057 NY 1,872 OH 1,358 VA 972 AZ 882 CT 841 GA 820 W I 812 I L 799 NC 766 WV 714 OK 671 TN 650 MN 648 NM 639 LA 635 SC 614 MO 573 MA 559 KY 544 MD 543 MS 506 I N 501 WA 500 AL 485 AR 478 CO 399 ME 386 NE 339 OR 333 H I 280 I A 277 KS 256 I D 214 MT 202 NV 202 DE 192 AK 186 R I 163 NH 141 VT 126 UT 125 GU 56 SD 54 WY 50 ND 25 TOTAL 38,126
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