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Fall Conference Will Be Held in Willmar The Minnesota American Legion and Auxiliary LegionnaireVolume 99, Number 10 For God and Country October 2017 Fall Conference will Newest War Stories book now on sale beThe Fall Conferenceheld this Ain keynote Willmar speaker will have two major events on year will be held Oct. 27-28 be Alan Duff, a retired Thursday, the day before in Willmar. major with 23 years in the the sessions begin. The conference will be military, who will talk on A gambling seminar will split this year, with no joint “Bringing Americanism be held at 2 p.m. at the session of the Legion and into Action.” Willmar Conference Center. Auxiliary. Duff, who lives in Isanti, At 7:30 p.m. the On the Legion side, has written a book titled Department Executive speakers will include Brett Fixing America’s Shattered Committee will meet in Reistad of Virginia, the Politics. Gallaries 5-7 at the Center. leading candidate for His book explores the The Executive National Commander. state of American politics, Committee is made up of Reistad will be seeking and he calls on Americans this year’s and last year’s election at the 2018 to reclaim their power over district commander and National Convention to be government. other state officers and is held in Minneapolis. The conference will the governing body of the Minnesota American Legion. The first Legion session will be called to order at 8 a.m. Friday. Between the morning and afternoon sessions, signed copies of War Stories III will be available. In the afternoon session, Department Service Officer Jeremy Wolfsteller will speak on veterans affairs and rehabilitation. There will be a session Containing 31 stories of Minnesotans who on post histories with a fought for their nation, the book is now available member of the national on the Legion’s website: mnleigon.org. staff. Signed copies of the book will be available at Following the Friday the Fall Conference in Willmar. session, the American The book is $25 and all proceeds go to Legion BRETT REISTAD MAJOR ALAN DUFF Legion Family Hospital youth programs. Leading Candidate Author and speaker Continued on Page 2 Legion continues to work with other than honorable discharges (The subject of this story was offered the option of not the American Legion Claims Office in Minnesota, he’s He was made a truck driver, and then sent to school at using his real name in the story because of the sensitive halfway there. He now receives the treatment he needs from Cherry Point, N.C., to learn to be a refueler. The training nature of his revelations. He chose to use his name, hoping the Minneapolis VA Medical Center, and he has earned a involved learning how to set up a forward operating base his openness will help others in his situation.) service-connected disability rating. that could refuel Marine helicopters and other equipment. Tracy grew up in Maple Grove. “I think I was the lucki- Still things went well, and Tracy learned his job. The By Al Zdon est kid around. It was a great childhood, the white picket final pre-deployment training was at 29 Palms in California fence, sports, everything.” where the Marines simulated trying to set up the base under Ryan Tracy looked out from under his Marine Corps ball He became an Eagle Scout, and his Eagle project, creat- enemy fire – using blanks. cap and smiled. “I just want the damn license plate.” ing a fire pit for his high school’s outdoor program, is still At one point in the training, the FOB was surrounded by The plate he referred to would be one that identified him serving students. the enemy. Taking the initiative, Tracy headed out on the as a veteran of the Afghan war. Tracy spent seven months in “I wanted to be in the military since about the first grade, desert and snuck up behind the “enemy” position that was Afghanistan at a forward Marine refueling base in 2010. He and I joined the Marine Corps right out of high school. I delivering fire to the base. is proud of his service to his nation. picked the Marines because they were the best. I wanted to From just a few feet behind, he asked the snipers to sur- Tracy’s quest to get that plate and to upgrade his other do it the hardest way.” render. “I thought it was the moral thing to do.” than honorable discharge still have a ways to go. All went smoothly though boot camp in San Diego and A Marine officer disagreed. He told Tracy, in Marine But, thanks in part to an American Legion program and combat training. “I loved it.” Continued on Page 3 Speaker tells VA staff about passion and compassion Minneapolis Fred de Sam Lazaro has covered sto- help people. native was ries, mainly on health issues, in 62 coun- One story was on Dr. Barry Kerzin, tries for PBS’ NewsHour. the personal doctor for the Dalai Lama, one of He recently spoke at the Education who has worked with people and doctors Day 2017 at the Minneapolis VA Medical in Tibet. famous Center. Kerzin, who is a student of Buddhism, “People do not want to watch stories said that he has been taught by the Dalai about human suffering,” he said, “but that Lama, “You don’t just do wisdom. You Tuskegee is what we do.” do the love and compassion. In fact, it De Sam Lazaro, who also teaches at should be about 50/50.” Airmen the University of St. Thomas as part of Another story, set in India, showed Under-Told Stories Project, showed clips how doctors there are making prosthetics of past stories he has done on what med- for amputees and others. But instead of ical people and others are doing world using expensive materials, they are con- Pages 8-10 wide, often with a lack of resources to Continued on Page 6 Page 2 Minnesota Legionnaire October 2017 FallContinued Conference from Page 1 from the Legion. will Those featurework, there will becommander a Family meeting on Thursday candidate night from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.Reistad at a chicken noodle soup and Association will meet in in attending (All Legion, Feud at 6:30 p.m. and fol- at the center. cost of $8. vegetable soup. Gallery 7 at 4:30 p.m. Auxiliary and SAL are lowing that there will be On Friday, registration The lunch bar will fea- The dining room menu Two new members of the members) should be pre- hospitality suites at pool- will be from 7 a.m. to 5 ture ham, turkey, roast beef, will be available from 11 Associations’s board of pared to nominate candi- side at the Best Western p.m. at the Willmar and tuna. There will also be a.m. until 9 a.m. directors will be elected, dates. Motel. Conference Center Atrium. one from the SAL and one Following the day’s On Saturday, the Legion On Saturday, registration will feature a talk by Al will be open from 7 a.m. to 9 at the Atrium. Zdon on American Legion Official Registration – Mail to: history, and a presentation Shuttle service will run from the conference center by Brett Reistad. Car ports Storage Buildings Garages Legion Post 167 Fall Conference The session is expected to the Willmar hotels and from $945 from $1,467 from $1,690 220 19th Ave SW to wind up before noon. the Willmar post. Shuttle Price includes construction on your site! On the Auxiliary side, times will be in your regis- Wacouta Motor Co. Willmar, MN 56201 there will be an executive tration packet along with 28112 Hwy. 61 Blvd., Red wing, MN Pre-registration sliding fee: committee meeting at 1 additional information. 651-388-8138, See Butch Tues.-Sat. Registration received by 1 Oct: $15 p.m. Thursday in Gallery 1 The approximate time Registration after 1 Oct: $18 room. from the conference site to Registration at event HQ: $20 That night, from 7-9, the Legion is 10 minutes. there will be a leadership, The post will be offering Registration is for each person attending, with the membership and public a variety of food and enter- exception of Junior SAL and Junior Auxiliary relations seminar. tainment options. members. Please copy and send a separate form The conference will On Thursday there will for each person. Make checks payable to: begin at 8 a.m. on Friday. be a spaghetti dinner at the post from 4-7 p.m. at a cost ‘Fall Conference Committee’ An agenda is on page 15. Housing will be in local of $8.50. The Custom Made PLEASE PRINT LEGIBLY – NO CURSIVE Band will play from 7:30 to hotels, a list of which is CONFERENCE DATES: 26-28Oct217Oct. 26-28, 2017 available on the Department 11:30. website: mnlegion.org. In the dining room, a The registration form is menu will be available from DISTRICT POST UNIT SQUADRON on this page. 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. The bar will be open Registration at the con- NAME (This will be the name on your name badge) ference will be held until 1 a.m. Pull tab hours Thursday, from noon-8 p.m. are from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. ADDRESS at the Willmar Post 167. both days. Registration for DEC On Friday, there will be members will be prior to the a soup and sandwich bar CITY STATE ZIP E-MAIL CELLULAR PHONE Legion coin is SPECIALAll special NEEDS needs OR CONSIDERATIONS need to be directed to okayed by Congress (i.e.
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