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January 2011 · American Legion Post 291 · American Legion Auxiliary · Sons of the American Legion · American Legion Yacht Club
AIR FORCE
1st VICE COMMANDER
BILL DUNN
Fellow Comrades,
I wish you all a blessed, safe, healthy,
happy , prosperous New Year. I hope
everyone had a wonderful holiday
season. Now it is time to get started
and involved with the Post.
We cannot operate without volunteers.
I’m asking everyone to become
a recruiter for the Post. We need you
to go out and bring in one new member for the Post this year. It is not a
difficult task, as most of you have friends or relatives who have served
in the military, but just haven’t signed up yet. I have had people say
“no one has ever asked me to join” . Believe me, we have so much to
offer at our Post. We are truly blessed. Just have a prospective member
meet you at the Post and show them our facility. The only American
Legion Post with a Yacht Club and a beautiful view of the Newport Harbor.
We have a first class restaurant with some great staff. If someone
you know may have a need for a meeting place, wedding or special
occasion, our patio, bay view room, great hall are always available
to be rented to a member at a discount rate. We are now the second
largest American Legion Post in the country, and the largest American
Legion Post in California. With your help this year, we could become
the largest in the nation. For convenience, we have Membership forms
available for you to use. Just go to our website: al291.com, then go to
CONTACT US . You will see on the left side of the page, the Membership
Application. Click on it and the form should appear. Please remember
this important information. THE PROSPECTIVE MEMBER MUST MEET
THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA:
To qualify for membership, you must have served at least ONE day of
ACTIVE DUTY during the periods shown on the form. Another important
item is that you must ATTACH A COPY OF THE DD214 AS EVEDENCE
OF YOUR ELIBILILTY FOR MEMBERSHIP IN THE AMERICAN LEGION.
THIS INCLUDES TRANSFERS AS WELL AS NEW MEMBERS. If you do not
have a copy of the DD214, you can go online to the following address
to receive one: www.vetrecs.archives. gov . If you need additional help
with this, feel free to contact our office at the Post and they will be
happy to assist you with any questions you may have.
I wish to thank everyone who helped in the Christmas morning visit to
the Long Beach Veterans Hospital. It’s always a very rewarding experience
for anyone who attends. In some cases, it is a difficult sacrifice to
make. But I must tell you first hand that everyone who is visited, truly
is touch by your kindness. Some of these individuals have no family,
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or are not able to go home for Christmas. By our taking the time out
of our holiday to visit with them means so much. We are always thanked
by patients and staff, wishing us a Merry Christmas and a Happy
New Year.
Our annual New Year’s Eve Party was held at the Post and a wonderful
time was had by all. If you attended this party, you know that our Post
goes all out for this event. I would like to take the time to thank our
2nd Vice Commander Ken Widdall and his wife Cindy, for all the fantastic
decorations they put up every year for the Christmas and New Years
events. Thank you both for a great job!
For God and Country,
Bill Dunn
WELCOME NEW MEMBERS
NAME BRANCH WAR
ARCHETA, ERIC NAVY GULF
BRADY, JACK NAVY KOREA
CHAPMAN, SCOTT AIR FORCE GULF
CROOK, MICHAEL R. ARMY VIETNAM
DAVIDE, DEWEY D. ARMY VIETNAM
DOBKOWSKI, DENNIS J. AIR FORCE VIETNAM
DUNHAM, GLEN COAST GUARD WWII
FRANGIS, JOHN C. ARMY VIETNAM
HOFF, JAMES D. USMC VIETNAM
HUNT, RAYMOND N. ARMY VIETNAM
HENNACY, RICHARD E. ARMY KOREA
KAY, DOUGLAS W. AIR FORCE GULF
KENNEDY, JOHN A. NAVY GULF
KESSLER, ROBERT W. AIR FORCE GULF
KOURKOULIS, PETER AIR FORCE LEB/GRENADA
KUBOTA, TOM USMC VIETNAM
LANDERS, GREGORY AIR FORCE VIETNAM
MARTINEZ, ZACH L. NAVY VIETNAM
O’CONNOR, MICHAEL A. AIR FORCE VIETNAM
OROZCO, EUGENE USMC LEB/GRENADA
PERCELL, DENNIS M. ARMY GULF
PRESTON, GEORGE L. ARMY VIETNAM
RHOADES, JAMES M. NAVY VIETNAM
ROBERTS, GEORGE P. AIR FORCE VIETNAM
ROGERS, EDWARD A. USMC KOREA
ROJAS, PETE A. ARMY VIETNAM
RUZGIS, WILLIAM J. ARMY VIETNAM
SCHWARTZ, JOE L. ARMY VIETNAM
SCOTT, RALPH M. ARMY VIETNAM
STILLIONS, FREDERICK K. ARMY VIETNAM
TABB, HARVEY P. ARMY VIETNAM
TRULOCK, RONALD E. NAVY VIETNAM
WILLIS, RAYMOND E. USMC VIETNAM
TRANSFERS
EULA, MICHAEL J. ARMY C/G NAVY GULF
GEORGE, ROBERT E. AIR FORCE VIETNAM
LECKIE, BERNARD A. ARMY KOREA
MARTINEZ, JOHN S. NAVY GULF
PUICH, ROBERT L. ARMY KOREA
SAMMONS, DONALD E. ARMY KOREA
STUBBLE, SCOTT A. AIR FORCE VIETNAM
WOLFF, EDWARD L. NAVY VIETNAM