Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States General MacArthur Memorial Post 392 2408 Bowland Parkway Virginia Beach, Virginia 23454-5207 (757) 486-5875 www.vfw392.org

2011 Membership Goal 1800 Current 2011 Membership 1583 Members, 92.9% February 2011 - VOLUME 22, NUMBER 8

2010—2011 Officers Post Commander……………………..Dave Curtis Judge Advocate…...……………....……Lyle Soule Sr. Vice Commander……….………Pete Gebelein Ladies Auxiliary President………....Denice Moran Jr. Vice Commander….……………….Bill Sowers Ladies Aux. Sr. Vice President…...Suzie Forehand Quartermaster………………………..John Phillips Ladies Aux. Jr. Vice President…….....Judy Lupole Chaplain……………………..………..Bob Duvall Ladies Aux. Chaplain...………...Maureen DeGrush House Committee Chairman……...Ralph Stephens Ladies Aux. Treasurer……………..Mary Richards Service Officer…………….....Gunnar Gudjonsson Seam Squirrel………………….….…….Joe Brady Surgeon……………...…………….……Ernie Cox M.O.C.A. President…………….……...Gail Payne

COMMANDERS 2/12 Lincoln’s Birthday B u r t o n H . J o n e s , a n d 2/14 Valentines Day Christopher A. Wszolek and 108 CORNER fine comrades. I also extend 2/20—Daytona 500 2/21—’s Birthday Birthday Wishes to Marian D. Comrades and Sisters 2/23 - House Committee Mtg Bryant, Brenda Demoulin, Joanie Congratulations to our new life Hanna, Mary A. Harnden, Kristin member Jenny McCorkle. She New Members: I extend a warm Isfeld and 21 other fine sisters. is our first winner in the welcome to the new members quarterly drawing for a free life who were voted into our Post at Post Meetings: Post meetings are membership. Would you like to the December regular meeting. held the first Tuesday of each be the next winner? Entry is month. Our next meeting is at easy, just attend our monthly New/Transfer Life Members: 1900 (7 PM) on 1 February, I am business meeting and sign the Corey D. Schaad looking forward to seeing all of attendance sheet. For each you at the meeting. meeting you attend you get New/Transfer Annual another free chance. If already a Members: Membership Eligibility life member the prize is $100. Larry E. Mulholland The next drawing is on April William L. Reich Question: Can a Post require 4th. Think of all the pull tickets a DD214 before accepting an you can buy with that. We are Thank you for your service and individual’s application? still behind in meeting our welcome aboard. Answer: No. Section 103, membership goals. Paragraph 3, of the National By- Birthdays: Laws, provides that "the Post Dates to remember: Reviewing Committee shall not I wish a very ―Happy Birthday‖ to recommend acceptance of an 2/1—Post Meeting James F. Benson, Donald E. application unless eligibility has 2/6—Super Bowl Brown, Kimberly A. Frost, been fully determined. The Post 2/8—MOC Scratch is accountable for the eligibility Page 1 Continued Page 2 of every member accepted into Wayne E. Duprey membership." There is nothing John E. Balius Jose Ibarra Jr. in the National By-Laws stating Wayne M. Determan Emil M. Mull that a DD214 is the only Charles E. Hopler document required to Michael B. McManus substantiate eligibility. Copies SR. Vice Commander of orders, payroll vouchers, etc., TWENTY (20) YEARS OF Peter Gebelein are other sources of eligibility. CONTINUOUS pete [[email protected]] Therefore, all applicants are required to provide proof of SERVICE eligibility prior to be voted into JUNIOR VICE the VFW. William L. Barkley COMMANDER Robert D. McRae Yours in comradeship; Donald E. Melia WOW!!! What a great football Dave Curtis William Sowers season!!! Doug, Frank and all Post Commander made it even better by [email protected] FIFTEEN (15) YEARS OF inventing and executing the CONTINUOUS BFD ―snack attack‖ menu SERVICE during the gridiron battles. SENIOR VICE We still have the play off and COMMANDER John M. Baldwin III SUPER BOWL to go!! This Aubrey D. Dugger year’s SUPER PARTY will be

Wayne A. Jensen a great time for all of us football The following comrades have Leon A. Mackey fans. I hope to see all of you earned the Continuous Richard S. Otto there!! Membership Award indicated Cory B. Phillips below. Please attend the next Robert Walker Coming up soon is POPPY day General Membership Meeting and I’ll be looking for VETS to receive your lapel pin. If you TEN (10) YEARS and Ladies to ―shake their cans‖ are unable to attend the OF CONTINUOUS for poppies. meeting, contact any Post I hope all of you had a great officer and your pin will be SERVICE holiday season and I look presented. If your name has not forward to seeing you around been listed and you believe that Robert J. Agnor the post. REMEMBER, an award is due, please contact William H. Carlton VOLUNTEERS are what makes the Quartermaster. Thomas R. Dussman Jr. us SPECIAL!!! Contribute your O. Keith Evans Shawn K. Hurdle share!!! THIRTY (30) YEARS OF CONTINUOUS Thomas A. Jackson Michael L. Piotter Junior Vice Commander SERVICE Bill Sowers FIVE (5) YEARS 641-0471 Robert L. Conrad OF CONTINUOUS [email protected] SERVICE TWENTY FIVE (25)

YEARS OF QUARTERMASTER Jose L. Amaro CONTINUOUS Stephen DiMichele SERVICE William L. Dugan

Page 2 Continued Page 3 NEWSLETTER Keller, or Post Chaplain Duvall in ladies who attended January’s AVAILABLE ONLINE the main office. meeting, you got to see your AND BY EMAIL president do ―the membership SICK CALL: dance of celebration‖. Thanks to The newsletter is now all who made the extra effort to available via email, go to our We have Comrades and Sisters call members and all those who website at www.vfw392.org, who have fallen ill or been injured supported the effort to reach select NEWS and scroll down, and who are Hospitalized or at 100%. I can’t wait for enter the following, first name, home recovering. Convention to represent 392 last name, email address Auxiliary for this outstanding Member ID No. and sign up. Short Term Members Hosp/ achievement. Home: 60 days. Change of Address Dates to remember: Feb.1 Post Les Lawton. . . Home and Aux. meetings 7PM Please keep our members in your Feb. 26 – VA Hospital visit. Even though we are no longer thoughts and prayers for a speedy Please check the calendar for mailing out the newsletter, we recovery. other events. February is the need to maintain a current month of love. I hope all of you address on our members, here at TAP’S: will take some time to the post and at national None to report appreciate your loved ones in headquarters. So please keep in Remember to check the Post some special way. Remember to touch and fill out an address Bulletin Board within the Chaplains show that love to our Veterans change form and mail it to me at Corner for most recent updates. in whatever way you can. David the post. Grayson said ―Looking back, I Email: PLEASE NOTE: have this to regret, that too often [email protected] Comrades, when you or a family when I loved, I did not say so.‖ John H. Phillips member falls ill, please contact the Quartermaster Post and let us know. It is My thanks again to all my important that we extend our hand ladies who have worked so hard CHAPLAIN’S CORNER in any way possible to aid and and are always there to lend a comfort our fellow comrades in helping hand whenever needed. Comrades & Sisters their time of need. We each maintain a certain degree of self- Denice Moran reliance and independence but if we Ladies Auxiliary President Ladies Auxiliary: cannot fall back upon our VFW Email: brothers and sisters as family, then [email protected] VFW Veterans and Ladies who are we to call upon? Auxiliary assisting our We would like to extend our wishes veterans. to all VFW Post # 392, members and families – Have a very Marry LADIES AUXILIARY We are still in need of Christmas and Happy New Year. MEMBERSHIP volunteers to assist in the Bob Duvall transportation, for members to Maureen DeGrush Dear sisters: and from medical appointments VFW Chaplains The sisters listed below are and other medical needs. Also requested to attend the regularly volunteers for funeral Ladies Auxiliary President scheduled meeting of the ceremonies. Auxiliary to be held on If you would like to volunteer Great news!! Our Auxiliary is at December 7th, 2010. Auxiliary your free time by assisting, 100% membership! For you lucky President Denice Moran stands please contact Gunnar, Doug ready to decorate you with the Page 3 Continued Page 4 Continuous Membership awards credit, including mileage. A PLEASE attend the meetings and indicated. scratches, show your support. signup sheet will be put up at Thanks the Post.

FIFTEEN (15) YEARS OF CONTINUOUS Joe Brady Seam Squirrel SERVICE MOCA President This will be fun and such a worthy cause. [email protected]

Dixie L. Sandifer Upcoming MOC/MOCA Event KEEP THEM SMILING IN TEN (10) YEARS OF BEDS OF WHITE LOTCS STU, ―LET’S TALK TRASH‖ CONTINUOUS On 5 February, the cooties of Pup CARSON SERVICE Tent #9 are doing a joint Hospitalized veteran Program with Carolyn J. Olson Pup Tent #14 Dale City, VA and CANTEEN HOURS Christine J. Powers Pup Tent #5 Phoebus, Va. Our SAT - THURS 11AM - 10PM Mary Richards program is to do a special Casino Day for the FRIDAY 11AM - 11PM Treasurer patients at the McGuire VA

Hospital in Richmond, VA. MOC / MOCA We now taking Until this scheduled event, the applications for a cook. If . only Cooties in Virginia to do What is the VFW Honor elaborate Casino Days for patients interested please see Degree? The answer is simple it has been our Pup Tent at VFW Post Betty. is a group of men and women 392. Early on the 5th of February, who take care of the Veterans. we will convoy from the Beach to Thank God It’s Friday!! Our Military Order of the Richmond with all of our gaming Cooties in this Post 392, Pup equipment. We will also earn This is the time of the week to Tent 9; has approximately 60 hospital hours and mileage. As this unwind from the rat race members. is a Pup Tent 14 evolution, we will enjoying a quiet evening of

basically be there to advise and entertainment, socializing with The Cooties along with the your friends and taking a great Ladies Aux, have had a lot of assist. They will be taking care of dealers, prizes, food, etc. Like opportunity to make new success in the past, serving the friends. Social hour prices are Vets good food and most of the every major function, anyone in effect from 4 to 6 PM. work has been done by the volunteering to help us will be From 6:00 to 8:00 PM the women. graciously welcomed. Our game kitchen will offer steamed As your Seam Squirrel I am plan is to spend the night in shrimp and our full menu is asking you Cooties to get into Richmond acting like Cooties are the act of showing you really suppose to – indulging in copious available. care about the position you hold amounts of Cootie Kool-Aid at the as a member of the "Honor Richmond VFW Post and returning ENTERTAINMENT Degree". Sunday, 6 Feb 2011. However, if When we have a scratch and the you wish to go and return after the Below is the entertainment for same 5 or 6 cooties arrive, I Casino Day is finished, that is the month of December 2010 wonder where the rest of you entirely your decision. We will also from 7PM – 10PM. are. be safe guarding our equipment. Friday The only way you can have an Again, help is needed to haul and input on how the Post and Pup setup the equipment. Please, you February 4, 2011 Tent are run; is by coming to don’t have to be a Cootie to help as Tim Hopkins the Meeting and the Scratch. VFW/Cooties get hospital hours Voice your opinion and vote. Page 34 Continued Page 45 Friday Doug Keller February 11, 2011 Bob DeChamplain Jim Berry STATE OF VIRGINIA Doug Keller Friday Hot Wings, Pizza, Bratwurst, VETERANS AFFAIRS February 18th, 2011 REPRESENTATIVE Real Polska Kielbasa, Homemade Premium Blend Meatball Subs, French Fries & Friday Every Tuesday from 11 AM to Onion Rings. February 25th, 2011 4 PM, Ms Elizabeth Bonin is at SUNDAY’S Capt Moose the Post to answer your questions From 4:30PM to End of 3rd DJ & Karaoke concerning veteran’s affairs. She Quarter: Prepared by . has provided this valuable service Bob DeChamplain THURSDAY NIGHT and helped many of our comrades TACOS DINNERS and sisters get the benefits they solely earned. She stands ready Also, chili, hotdogs and free February 3rd, 2011 to assist you. popcorn are available. Come Beef Tips down and spend a great afternoon Buttered Egg Noodles So, please come out and talk to with your comrades and sisters at Green Beans her. Liz Bonin the Post. Hot Rolls RALPH STEPHENS Fresh Salad Bar WEEKENDS AT THE VFW CHAIRMAN Dessert BETTY STEPHENS

Cost: $7.50 MANAGER Cootie breakfast is off and

running, so come out and enjoy th POSTAL MATCHES February 10 , 2011 the best breakfast anywhere, eggs Pork Chops in to order, omelet, waffles, The NRA and the VFW have a Mushroom Sauce pancakes, etc. for only $7.00. Mashed Potatoes program for Junior and Adult Weekends at the VFW has Small-bore Rifle, Sporter Air Buttered Beets something for everyone. The Hot Rolls Rifle and Precision Air Rifle Canteen will open at 10AM, with Postal Matches. These matches Fresh Salad Bar all your favorites on tap and in Dessert are fired during December only bottles. and are due (or postmarked) to Cost: $7.50 We have six (6) TVs, five (5) February 17th, 2011 NRA by December 31st. I have are large Flat Screens. We have received only one entry form just Meat Loaf the NFL football package so you Mashed Potatoes & Gravy a few days ago and will try to get can watch your favorite team. a few more for those who are Corn Social hour prices will be in effect Hot Rolls interested. Obviously we can’t from 1-4 PM for all NFL games. participate for this year but should Fresh Salad Bar Dessert be able to compete next year. The SPECIAL NOTE Cost: $7.50 pamphlet list the requirements February 24th, 2011 FOOD NOW and the awards that will be given BBQ Chicken Leg Quarters AVAILABLE ON by the NRA and the VFW. NRA rule books are now available on Mashed Potatoes & Gravy WEEDENDS Peas line in PDF format at http:// Hot Rolls www.nrahq.org/complete/nra-rule Fresh Salad Bar SATURDAY’S -books.asp. A printed copy will Dessert From 12 Noon to 4 PM be available at the Post for those Cost: $7.50 interested.

Page 35 Continued Page 6 MEMBERSHIP Comradecommitment Frank to Myler care and prepares provide questions you can correspond RENEWAL Hamfor her& Cheese defenders and Turkey and & their w i t h m e a t Cheesedependents Subs. in their time of need, [email protected] and and to ensure that the United I will do my best to answer any RENEW NOW SUNDAY’S It takes a lot of time and States remains ever vigilant, questions. From 1 PM to 4PM. money to send out reminder while maintaining a strong notices or bother you with national All prepared defense. by volunteers telephone calls The VFWFrank National Myler Legislative PLEASE DO IT NOW it’s Service represents the your VFW, continue your organization before the United support. States Congress to advance

At the present time we have legislation that is beneficial to veterans and our active duty 290 members who are no longer in good standing military and to work towards the defeat of legislation that would because they did not renew their membership. The 290 harm them. The founding who did not renew encompass principle of the VFW is to ensure the years 2009 and 2010. the provision of needed services Did You Know? to veterans by a grateful nation. Douglas Albert Munro was born For more than a century our Since it’s founding, the VFW in , Canada, of has been a cornerstone in the organization has worked tirelessly American parents, on October community. Troop support, to guarantee veterans are provided youth activities, volunteering all the health care and 11, 1919, but spent his entire and scholarship programs are entitlements they have life previous to his enlistment in a few of the ways VFW The founding principle of the South Cle Elum, Washington. shines in the many VFW is to ensure the provision of His parents are Mr. and Mrs. communities where Posts are needed services to veterans by a James Munro of South Cle grateful nation. For more than a located. Elum. Douglas Munro was VFW honors veterans through century our organization has educated at the South Cle Elum f u n d - r a i s i n g e f f o r t s , worked tirelessly to guarantee sponsorship of special events veterans are provide all the health Grade School and was for disabled veterans and by care and entitlements they have graduated from the Cle Elum symbolically recognizing earned through their service and High School in 1937. He volunteer service. Donations sacrifice in defense of our nation attended the Central in a prompt and compassionate also help victims of natural Washington College of manner by the Department of disasters and less fortunate Education for a year and left to children. Veterans Affairs and other federal VFW has played an departments and agencies. enlist in the United States Coast instrumental role in virtually Guard in 1939. He had an every significant legislation As you can see your membership outstanding record as an passed in the 20th century, as is very important to you and the enlisted man and was promoted well as bills developed in the VFW. When our National rapidly through the various Legislators go to the Hill they 21st . ratings to a signalman, first The mission of our have 2.1 million members. In the class. Washington office is ―To eyes of our Congressional honor the Dead by Helping Legislators that many members In the action [where he was the Living‖ by prevailing on are a lot of constituents. If you killed in action], Munro had Congress and Administration have a reason for not wanting to already played an important to fulfill this nation’s be a VFW member or have any part, since he was in charge of

Page 46 Continued Page 7 the original detachment of ten But his crew, 2 of whom boats that had landed the wounded, carried on until the Marines at the scene. He had last boat had loaded and successfully got them ashore cleared the beach. By his and then had headed his boats outstanding leadership, expert back to a previously assigned planning, and dauntless position. Almost immediately devotion to duty, he and his upon his return, he was advised courageous comrades by the officer in charge that undoubtedly saved the lives of conditions had been different many who otherwise would than had been anticipated and have perished. He gallantly that it was necessary to gave his life for his country. evacuate the men immediately. Munro volunteered for the job of heading the boats for the THIS HERO IS THE evacuation. In charge of the Citation ONLY COASTGUARDS rescue expedition, he brought MAN TO RECEIVE the boats in-shore under heavy Rank and organization: Signalman THE NATIONS MEDAL enemy fire and proceeded to First Class, U.S. Coast Guard Born: evacuate the men on the beach. 11 October 1919, Vancouver, OF HONOR When most of them were in the . Accredited to boats, complications arose in Washington. evacuating the last men, whom Munro realized would be in the Citation: For extraordinary heroism greatest danger. He accordingly and conspicuous gallantry m action so placed himself and his boats above and beyond the call of duty that they would serve as cover as Petty Officer in Charge of a for the last men to leave. It was group of 24 Higgins boats, engaged thus that he was fatally in the evacuation of a battalion of wounded -- protecting the men marines trapped by enemy Japanese after he had evacuated them. He forces at , remained conscious sufficiently on 27 . After long only to say four words: making preliminary plans for the "Did they get off?" He died, evacuation of nearly 500 therefore, with the realization beleaguered marines, Munro, under that his mission had succeeded constant strafing by enemy and his final assignment had machineguns on the island, and at been carried out. great risk of his life, daringly led 5 In addition to the Medal of of his small craft toward the shore. Honor, Munro was also As he closed the beach, he signaled awarded, posthumously, the the others to land, and then in order Medal, and was to draw the enemy's fire and protect eligible for the American the heavily loaded boats, he Defense Service Medal, the valiantly placed his craft with its 2 Asiatic-Pacific Area Campaign small guns as a shield between the Medal, and the World War II beachhead and the Japanese. When Victory Medal. the perilous task of evacuation was

nearly completed, Munro was instantly killed by enemy fire,

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SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT JAN 30 JAN 31 FEB 1 FEB 2 FEB 3 FEB 4 FEB 5 Cootie Breakfast VFW/LAUX Post /LAux USMC League’ Beef Tips Steamed Shrimp 6 - 8 PM Team 1 Staff Meeting Meetings 7 PM Mtg Buttered Egg 5:30 PM Noodles Entertainment 7:00PM 6-7:30PM Tim Hopkins $7.50 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Cootie Breakfast FRA 166 Staff Pork Chops In Steamed Shrimp Lincoln’s Team 2 Mtg MOC / MOCA 110 Mtg Mushroom Sauce - 6 - 8 PM Birthday Mashed Potatoes - Entertainment Meetings 7 PM Buttered Beets 6 - 7:30 PM Jim Berry

13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Cootie Breakfast FRA Branch USMC League’ Meat Loaf - Mashed Steamed Shrimp Team 3 Potatoes - Gravy - 6 - 8 PM 166 Mtg Mtg Corn Entertainment Salty Dawg Valentines Day AOA Assn Mtg 6 - 7:30 PM Premium Blend Meeting $7.50 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Cootie Breakfast Washington’s Vietnam Vets House Committee BBQ Chicken Leg Steamed Shrimp Team 1 Birthday Meeting Meeting 7:00 PM Quarters - Mashed 6 - 8 PM Hampton VA Potatoes - Peas Entertainment Movie Team 2 (Observed) Washington’s 6– 7:30 Capt. Moose President’s Day Birthday $7.50 27 28 MAR 1 MAR 2 MAR 3 MAR 4 MAR 5 Cootie Breakfast VFW/LAUX Post /LAux Team 2 Staff Meeting Meetings 7 PM 5:30 PM

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