Action Items - Iowa Department of Veterans Affairs
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Updated: 1 Sep 2011<br />
presentation will discuss her recent book The Forgotten Generation: American Children and World War II.<br />
World War II transformed a generation <strong>of</strong> youths as no other experience <strong>of</strong> the twentieth century; and<br />
somehow the children at home during the war-compressed between the "Greatest Generation" and the<br />
"Baby Boomers"-slipped into the margins <strong>of</strong> U.S. history. The Forgotten Generation: American Children<br />
and World War II remembers these children and their engagement in the war effort described as "the most<br />
tremendous undertaking". Free<br />
o Monthly Meeting <strong>of</strong> Blue Star Mothers <strong>of</strong> America Chapter 1, 1 Oct 2011 1400, <strong>Iowa</strong> Gold Star Military<br />
Museum, Building 3692 (A-9), 7105 NW 70 th Ave., Camp Dodge Joint Maneuver Training Center,<br />
Johnston IA 50131, Julie Greer, (515) 240-8764, iabsma1@hotmail.com, Note-Will be making Christmas<br />
Cards to send in quantity to deployed service members so they can mail them to their loved ones.<br />
o 2-34 th Brigade Special Troops Battalion BSTB (2 nd Brigade Combat Team) Post-Mobilization Yellow<br />
Ribbon Event, 1-2 Oct 2011, Cedar Rapids National Guard Armory (New), 1500 Wright Brothers Blvd,<br />
Cedar Rapids IA 52404, Jessica Taylor, Yellow Ribbon Support Specialist (<strong>Iowa</strong> National Guard), (515)<br />
334-2879, jess.taylor@us.army.mil, Note – this will include HHC, Company A, Company C, the 832 nd<br />
Engineer Company, and the 134 th Medical Company)<br />
o HHC & Company A & B & C 334 th Brigade Support Battalion BSB (2 nd Brigade Combat Team) Post-<br />
Mobilization Yellow Ribbon Event, 1-2 Oct 2011, <strong>Iowa</strong> Events Center, 730 3 rd Street, Des Moines IA<br />
50309, Lori Waters, Yellow Ribbon Support Specialist (<strong>Iowa</strong> National Guard), (515)334-2870,<br />
lori.l.waters@us.army.mil, Note – this will also include the individuals from the 185 th Combat Sustainment<br />
Support Battalion CSSB<br />
o Johnson County <strong>Veterans</strong> Job & Resource Fair "Giving Back To Those Who Have Served Our Country",<br />
06 Oct 2011 1600-1900, <strong>Iowa</strong> National Guard Armory Complex, 4540 Melrose Ave., <strong>Iowa</strong> City IA<br />
52246; POC: Gregory Clark, Veteran Advisor, <strong>Iowa</strong> Workforce Development, (319) 351-1035 X31320,<br />
gregory.clark@iwd.iowa.gov; Note - There will be opportunities to talk with Employers, <strong>Veterans</strong> Service<br />
Officers, VA Health Care & Women's Health Experts, VA OIF / OEF Clinicians, Vets Center, and there<br />
will be a wide range <strong>of</strong> service & training resources available. Public welcome.<br />
o Annual Fall Pow-Wow, <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Iowa</strong> <strong>Veterans</strong> <strong>of</strong> Foreign Wars VFW, 7-9 Oct 2011, Holiday Inn<br />
Hotel & Suites, Des Moines IA 50322, Ramada Inn, 5000 Merle Hay Road, Des Moines IA 50322,<br />
<strong>Department</strong> Commander Danny White, (515) 255-2139, xpara173@aol.com,<br />
o America's Family Coaches Military Marriage Conference, 7-8 Oct 2011, Sheraton West Des Moines<br />
Hotel 1800 50th Street West Des Moines IA, Note – Register online at<br />
http://www.thegreatmarriageexperience.com/discover/category/military_marriage_conference, Note - Cost<br />
<strong>of</strong> Attendance is $20.00, Note 2 –Americas Family Coaches knows that military marriages experience<br />
unique strain, especially during deployment. Even military couples with self-described strong marriages tell<br />
us about the immense toll separation causes as well as how difficult it is to reintegrate after deployment.<br />
America’s Family Coaches is here to support you and encourage you in your marriage. We invite you to<br />
join us for this fall’s Military Marriage Conference at the Sheraton in West Des Moines. Military personnel<br />
are invited to bring their husband or wife to the event where they will be pampered with a one-night hotel<br />
stay, meals, marriage resources, entertainment by a comedian and marriage teaching and coaching sessions<br />
by Dr. Gary & Barb Rosberg. This will be an event you won’t want to miss!<br />
o District 1 American Legion Fall Conference (<strong>Iowa</strong>, Johnson, Cedar, Washington, Muscatine, Louisa,<br />
Jefferson, Henry, Des Moines, Van Buren, Lee Counties), 8 Oct 2011, Keokuk American Legion Post,<br />
Keokuk IA, Harlan Yoder, District 1 Commander, (319) 626-7617, firstdistict@ialegion.org<br />
o District 4 American Legion Fall Conference (Worth, Mitchell, Howard, Winneshiek, Allamakee, Cerro<br />
Gordo, Floyd, Chickasaw, Fayette, Clayton, Buchanan and Delaware Counties), 8 Oct 2011, St Ansgar<br />
American Legion Post, St Ansgar IA, Mike Soltero, District 4 Commander, fourthdistricT@ialegion.org<br />
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