Shelby County Vets to D.C.: September 2012

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Team Picture from Trip #8...

Here are some of the pictures of the Vietnam/Vietnam Era Vets from Trip #8. Also included in this picture is our one WWII Vet (Don Pulfer) seated just to the right of the POW/MIA Flag.

You can click your mouse of the pictures shown above to get a larger view of them.

We will have some links posted over on the right-hand side of the blog in a few days showing the various parts of the trip. You can view them, or you will be able to download pictures from the linked sites so you can print them for yourself.

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Thursday, September 20, 2012

Donation from KTH sponsored car show

Following a recent car show sponsored by KTH Parts Industries, Inc., a donation of $1,570.00 was made to the Shelby County Vets to DC to sponsor veterans on Trip #8. That trip will be held on September 21-23, 2012. Making the trip to DC this time will be 1 World War II Vet and 36 Vietnam/Vietnam era Vets.

Shown here at the check presentation are (l-r) Mike Bennett, Chairman of the Vets to DC Committee, Art Liming, Plant Manager, KTH, and Larry Goins, car show coordinator for this event. Also instrumental in helping with this event was Andrew Donahoe, KTH Administrative Manager (not shown).

KTH Parts Industries, Inc. has been a tremendous supporter over the past couple of years and their donations have enabled many Vets to see their Memorial.

Vietnam Memorial

The Memorial Wall, designed by Maya Lyn, is made up of two gabbro walls 246 feet 9 inches (75 m) long. The walls are sunk into the ground, with the earth behind them. At the highest tip (the apex where they meet), they are 10.1 feet (3 m) high, and they taper to a height of eight inches (20 cm) at their extremities. Stone for the wall came from Bangalore, Karnataka, India, and was deliberately chosen because of its reflective quality. Stone cutting and fabrication was done in Barre Vermont. Stones were then shipped to Memphis, Tennessee where the names were etched. The etching was completed using a photo emulsion and sandblasting process. The negatives used in the process are in storage at the Smithsonian Institution. When a visitor looks upon the wall, his or her reflection can be seen simultaneously with the engraved names, which is meant to symbolically bring the past and present together. One wall points toward the Washington Monument, the other in the direction of the Lincoln Memorial, meeting at an angle of 125° 12′. Each wall has 72 panels, 70 listing names (numbered 1E through 70E and 70W through 1W) and 2 very small blank panels at the extremities. There is a pathway along the base of the Wall, where visitors may walk, read the names, make a pencil rubbing of a particular name, or pray.

WWII Memorial...

The memorial honors the 16 million who served in the armed forces of the U.S. during World War II, the more than 400,000 who died, and the millions who supported the war effort from home. Symbolic of the defining event of the 20th Century, the memorial is a monument to the spirit, sacrifice, and commitment of the American people to the common defense of the nation and to the broader causes of peace and freedom from tyranny throughout the world. It will inspire future generations of Americans, deepening their appreciation of what the World War II generation accomplished in securing freedom and democracy. Above all, the memorial stands as an important symbol of American national unity, a timeless reminder of the moral strength and awesome power that can flow when a free people are at once united and bonded together in a common and just cause.

Korean War Memorial ...

From 1950 to 1953, the United States joined with the United Nations forces in Korea to take a stand against what was deemed a threat to democratic nations worldwide. At war's end, a million and a half American veterans returned to a peacetime world of families, homes, and jobs - and to a country long reluctant to view the Korean War as something to memorialize. But to the men and women who served, the Korean War could never be a forgotten war.

The passing of more than four decades has brought a new perspective to the war and its aftermath. The time has come, in the eyes of the Nation, to set aside a place of remembrance for the people who served in this hard-fought war half a world away. The Korean War Veterans Memorial honors those Americans who answered the call, those who worked and fought under the most trying circumstances, and those who gave their lives for the cause of freedom.

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Shelby County Vets to D.C.

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Team Picture from Trip #8...

Thursday, September 20, 2012

Donation from KTH sponsored car show

Pictures from Trip #10

Applications for the 2016 Vets to DC Trip - TBA

See pictures of our trips below:

Contact us ...

Our Mission...

Schedule of Events...

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Vietnam Memorial

WWII Memorial...

Korean War Memorial ...

Thoughts from a fundraising weekend...

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