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Save the date!

Saturday, April 26, 2008 - 10:00am - 2:00pm

Sepulveda Ambulatory Care Center
16111 Plummer Street
Sepulveda, CA 91343

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3rd annual Salute To Veterans Parade

Please plan on joining us that day to honor the Inland Empire’s veterans. You are hereby invited to join the parade as a participant and encourage all your friends and relatives to come along as spectators.

Saturday, April 19, 2008 - 10:00am - Noon

Downtown Riverside, CA

Event Memo Participation Entry Form

Welcome Home Event

The Director and staff of the VA Northern California Health Care System cordially invites you and your family to attend the 1st OEF/OIF Welcome Home, a day for our Nation’s Veterans and their Families

Saturday, May 3, 2008 - 11:00am - 3:00pm

Sacramento VA Medical Center
10535 Hospital Way
Mather, CA 95655

Event Flyer

Welcome Home Event

"Welcome Home 2008"

In recognition of our local heroes, a free Welcome Home Event will be held on May 10th for all active duty and returning veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan and their family members.

Saturday, May 10, 2008 - 11:00am - 4:00pm

Moffett Federal Airfield
Santa Clara County
(Near Mountain View)

More Information... Event Flyer

Hire Veterans First

A comprehensive career website for hiring veterans of America's military. Whether you're a manager, human resources specialist or veteran seeking employment, you'll find the resources you need for matching employment opportunities with veterans.

Republic of Korea
Korean War Service Medal

Criteria for award of the Republic of Korea Korean War Service Medal (ROK-KWSM) have been established by the ROK government. More information is available at korea50.army.mil/medal/index.shtml.

USS CARBONERO (SS-337)

This ALERT was passed to me today. Please alert all submariners. Thank you.

Our ASR/ARS Deep Sea Divers Secretary/Treasurer Chuck Micele sent this in his latest newsletter and I thought it might be pertinent to some of you or someone you know.

If you were aboard the USS Carbonero (SS-337) during any of the following dates: May & June 1965 August & September 1966 or April & May 1968, you should contact the nearest VA Medical Center and request an evaluation from their Environmental Agents Group.

This was the boat that was used for the SHAD testing to determine vulnerabilities to chemical and/or biological warfare.

For more information contact Ted McAnly - his email address is thmjmac@netzero.net .

If you have sub buddies out there somewhere, please pass this on to them and ask them to do the same to others they know.

Veterans History Project

The Library of Congress and its American Folklife Center invite you to join us in an important project -- The Veterans History Project

This project will honor our nation's war veterans and those who served in support of them. How? By creating a lasting legacy of recorded interviews and other documents chronicling Veterans' and other citizens' wartime experiences and how those experiences affected their lives and America itself.

Read the brochure

The Retired and Senior Volunteers Program [RSVP] of Sacramento is co-sponsor of the Veterans History Project in the Sacramento Area. Individual Veterans in the area who wish to be interviewed should call (916) 875-4460 to request the necessary materials.

Sacramento County Office of Education "Operation Recognition"

Presenting Diplomas to People Who Were Unable to Complete High School Due to World War II, Korean War, or the Vietnam War.

Sacramento County residents whose high school education was interrupted during World War II, the Korean War or the Vietnam War due to military service and/or internment have an opportunity to receive belated high school diplomas. Beginning in January 2002, the Sacramento County Board of Education began presenting high school diplomas to qualifying veterans and internees through its Operation Recognition program. Application information and forms are available at the Operation Recognition web site.

Documentary on the contribution of African-Americans to the Korean War

Dear African-American Korean War Veteran:

I work for American Radio Works, the documentary project of National Public Radio. We are currently working on a documentary on the contribution of African-Americans to the Korean War. We are trying to track down reunions of all-black and/or racially integrated military units that fought in the Korean War so that we can interview African-American Korean War veterans about their wartime experiences. If you are an African-American Korean War veteran and would like to share your experience of the Korean War with us, please contact me at bgumusdawes@mpr.org by e-mail or at 651 290 1190 by phone.

Thank you very much for your kind assistance.
Sincerely,
Baris Gumus-Dawes
Researcher
American Radio Works