BIVOUAC VETERANS NEWS

MANATEE / SARASOTA COUNTY VETERANS
SALUTE - OCTOBER 2020
STAND DOWN, Saturday, November 14, 2020 Turning
Points, 701 17 th Ave West, Bradenton. Judge Arend will preside
over the Stand Down Amnesty Court, which will be the primary
function of this event. Veterans please bring VA card or DD 214, if
available.
There are still troops deployed to Afghanistan, Iraq, & Kuwait and
Manasota Operation Troop Support is still sending packages to
them every month. At 401 32 nd St W, Unit C-20, Bradenton, 941-
782-0748, MOTS is also helping them upon their return home.
They could use your help with postage and items for the troops.
USCG Exchange – Cortez is open M-F 8AM-4PM, Sat 9AM-3PM,
Closed Sundays & Holidays. Call 941-794-1607 to open the gate.
Bar Manager Rhonda and her team Tammy, Melissa, Megan and
Mae are welcoming veterans to American Legion Glen Peters Post
266. (941-371-1326) (facebook: American-Legion-Post-266)
Condolences offered to the family, and friends of Arthur
Neal “Art” McAninch, Jr., Major, USAF (Retd). A Southern
Baptist Minister for 23 years, in retirement he enjoyed trading
piloting tales with the Air Force Lunch Bunch. He will be
missed.
Farewell comrade farewell.
Submitted by: Bob Greene 941-524-0253
WE NEED YOU!!!!!
IF YOU WERE STATIONED IN KOREA
JUNE 1950-PRESENT YOU ARE EITHER A
KOREAN WAR VETERAN OR DEFENDER
BOTH ARE ELIGIBLE TO JOIN US
KWVA CHAPTER 199
WE MEET AT VFW 10141
51 ST ST AND MANATEE AVE.
BRADENTON, FL.
9:30 AM THIRD THURSDAY
Activities: Historical Fair, Korean War
Commemoration Committee, Memorial Day
Activities, POW/MIA Ceremony, Honor
Guard, "Tell America" School Program
Objective: To Honor Manatee County's
Korean War Veterans, Family Members,
And Surviving Family, And To Provide The
County Residents With An Understanding
Of The Korean War
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