SOME OLD FRIENDS OF MINE. A LITTLE BIT NUTSO BUT GOOD GUYS IN SPITE OF THAT.
Midwest All Airborne Alliance (MWAAA) usually holds their meetings at the Richfield American Legion Post (66th and Portland Ave So) the 3rd Thursday of each Month. No dues any and All Airborne Soldiers welcome—1800 hrs. Check out the new MWAAA website at www. midwestallairborne.com
Chapter XV’s next meeting will be held October 15, 2014@
7:30PM Hearthside Pizza, 1641
Rice St., St. Paul (Rice St. & Larpenteur Ave.). The Chapter regularly meets on the 3rd
Wednesday of each month. The Hearthside has very good food at
reasonable prices—if you are looking for a place to eat, stop in and give it a
try.
UPCOMING EVENTS
October
24. POW WOW at Magnet School at the old Harding
High School located at E. 3rd
and Earl St. on the East side of St Paul. Grand Entry starts at 6pm and closing
ceremony at 8pm. Uniform is fatigue.
October
25. Mid West All Airborne Alliance will dedicate
of plaque honoring members of the 551st Parachute Infantry Battalion
for their heroic service during WW2. The
dedication will take place at Airborne Circle located on the grounds of The Ft.
Snelling National Cemetery. Opening
ceremony will start at 10 AM. Members should try to arrive by 9:00 to help set
up. Uniform, civilian or fatigue.
October
25. Following the 551st event the MWAAA
will dedicate a plaque honoring special Opps units that have served the United
States as surrogates primarily in South
East Asia. The Royal Lao and Hmong SGU’s
(Special Guerrilla Units) were instrumental in slowing war supplies from North
Vietnam along the Ho Chi Minh Trail and recovering personnel from downed
American Aircraft. Their intervention
and the losses they incurred (that number in the tens of thousands) saved
untold numbers of Americans in the course of the war. We hope this is just a beginning in recognizing
their service to this country.
November 11. Veterans Day is coming
together chairs and porta pots are ordered and a guest speaker has been
secured.
Dale Means Flag will fly
over the proceedings. Dale’s was KIA in
Afghanistan on 11-18- 2012. Dale and his
family members were well known by many members of the Chapter. Dale served with 2nd Marine
Division in Anbar Province, Afghanistan.
CALL TO ORDER
1930 Hours
ROLL CALL
August meeting: 15 members present—J. Anderson, Nordan,
Dvorak, B. Andersen, Johnson, S. Anderson, Davis-Ortiz, Carlson, Guerue,
Stuart, Insixiengmay, Sinouthsay, Running, Wortman, Rednest
GUESTS
Mrs. Wortman
PRESIDENT’S REPORT
ONCE again President Guerue spoke of his volunteer job as a
driver for the VA and how many vets he has the opportunity to meet. He appears to be quite happy with something
that falls under the category of “doing something”. He also spoke of the 173rd BOD
meeting to be held in San Diego and how he is looking forward to it. Several members winter in AZ. and may attend
the meeting as observers.
Trudell mentioned that he will make an inquiry to see if it
would be possible to turn the Tribal Cemetery on his reservation into an
unrestricted National Cemetery as he feels it could help making the residents
of both Indian and non Indian communities have something in common. This writer thinks it to be a very good idea.
Treasurer Report
Dave
reported the Chapter is in very good financial condition.
Mail
Dues or donations to:
Chapter XV
173rd AB Brigade
PO Box 583131
Minneapolis, MN. 55440
Single year
membership is $24.00
Life
Membership $173.00
Annual
membership runs Jan 1 to Dec. 31.
Chapter 15
was asked to perform a Color Guard for a local vintage automobile and
motorcycle show. The event was a fundraiser
for the Ronald McDonald House and Gillette Hospital in St.Paul. There was a unexpected honorarium that
members of the color guard promptly returned as our donation to the cause. Once again Noel Johnson’s contacts within the
classic car (MSRA ) continues to provide our Chapter with notoriety and
associations with great organizations.
VICE PRESIDENT’S REPORT
Bill Andersen spoke of his wife Jenny and her stay in vet’s
hospital. She continues to undergo
Dialysis while being treated for several small bones that are broken in her
ankle that happened in a fall. He spoke
of those who were able to visit with her on her Birthday and how it picked her
spirits up. On that same note Bill
spoke of Marianne Running who is confined to nursing facility as is John Roy’s
wife Pat. Keep them in our prayers.
SECRETARY’S REPORT
Jack reported the Chapter had more events this month than we
have had in a long- long time. We had
weekends with multiple POW WOWS, one
funeral, we provided a color detail for
the opening of a new bank, several attended a picnic hosted by Chapter 20 SFA
,and honors ceremony for SGM Jerry Huntington Sr. (ret) that was hosted by the
Military Museum located at Camp Ripley, MN.
(Jerry has been one of the driving forces behind MWAAA as he organized
most of the group picnics for many years.
Jerry served as a Parachute Rigger and spent 30 plus years in service to
his country).
All in all it was a very busy month
MIDWEST ALL-AIRBORNE ALLIANCE
(MWAAA)
See upcoming events above…
About MWAAA any and all former Airborne Soldiers are welcome
to attend MWAAA meetings, Brad Nichols,
President (served with 82nd and 101st). The group meets the Third
Thursday of each month at the Richfield MN. American Legion on 65th
and Nicolet So. All A/B are welcome.
There are no dues and everyone has a vote.
Meeting starts at 1800 hrs. Come early and have a bite to eat the food
is quite good and the “stories” are usually original.
NEW BUSINESS
None
VETERANS DAY 2014
We have a speaker and have made some reservations for chairs
and will also contact Matt Oyen about the Central High School Band availability
POW/MIA
Well, we got Bergdahl back—at a hell of a price, considering
the circumstance of his “capture”(?) I
sometimes wonder what god damn planet I’m on—this guy apparently deserted his
unit and he gets a welcome home from Obama at a ceremony in the White House
while we have a decorated Marine rotting in a lousy Mexican jail because he
made a wrong turn and ended up in Mexico with a loaded gun. Put some heat on your
Congressman and Senator on their Facebook page, tweet or call them to get Sgt
Tahmooressi home. Every other sob in
Mexico seems to have an AK or an AR 15 from the bungled Fast and Furious scam
and they can’t find them. I say cut their foreign aid by 10 million a day until
he gets home.
OLD BUSINESS
We are still trying to get some modest benefits for the Lao
and Hmong people who fought (as surrogates) for the USG during the secret war
in Laos. Many of the problems they face
in receiving recognition is because their numbers are so small. Neither, DOD or the CIA kept records of who
served in the Special Guerilla Units. As
a result the Lao and Hmong have taken it upon themselves to investigate the
many that have come forward in anticipation of receiving a benefit. The credentialing process requires the
applicant to account and verify ALL of his service time, their commanding
officer(s) units served, when and where they were. Everything that can be done to make sure they
are not being dishonest. There have been
a few cases of charlatans that have been caught through the credentialing
procedure.
Quite frankly even the most modest benefit being requested
has reached a wall because their numbers are so small they do not have the
endorsement from veteran service organizations.
A quick example would be the number of Lao and Hmong that might be
eligible for a benefit is around 11,000 souls in contrast there are 14,900
American Legion Clubs in the United States and many have never even heard of
Hmong and Lao soldiers so their message does not get to become an agenda item
for these organizations. I was unable to
determine how many VFWs are in the USA.
You can see they need our help.
Anything you can do would be of great service to our fellow vets who fought
so bravely in our behalf. Two bills
that help are HF 3192 authored by Representative Jim Costa of California. A companion bill in the Senate is S 200
authored by Sen. Lisa Murkowski and Mark Begich of Alaska. If these bills would become law it would
allow these courageous soldiers to be buried in National Cemeteries the bills
are simple and can be found at WWW Thomas.gov
To be sure it would be a hard pull to see anything until
after the election this year---but hope springs eternal.
MISCELLANEOUS
MINNESOTA
WEAPONS COLLECTOR SCHEDULE
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Next 2014 MWCA Shows:
October 25 -
26 MN State Fair Coliseum Building
December 13 - 14 St. Paul River Centre
December 13 - 14 St. Paul River Centre
Food for thought
Do you believe this to
be true?
Author: Unknown.
Subject: Muslims in America
Can a good Muslim be a good American?
This
question was forwarded to a friend who worked in Saudi Arabia for 20 y=
ears.
The following is his reply:
Theologically
- no. Because his
allegiance is to Allah The moon god of A=
rabia
.
Religiously
- no. Because no
other religion is accepted by His Allah except=
Islam. (Quran=2C2:256)(Koran)=20
Scripturally
- no. Because his
allegiance is to the five Pillars of Islam a=
nd
the Quran.
Geographically
- no. Because his
allegiance is to Mecca = to which he tur=
ns
in prayer five times a day.
Socially
- no. Because his
allegiance to Islam forbids him to make friends =
with
Christians or Jews.
Politically
- no. Because he
must submit to the mullahs (spiritual leaders)=
who teach annihilation of Israel and
destruction of America = the gre=
at
Satan.
Domestically
- no. Because he is
instructed to marry four Women and beat an-
d
scourge his wife when she disobeys him. (Quran 4:34)
Intellectually
- no. Because he
cannot accept the American Constitution sin=
ce
it is based on Biblical principles and he believes the Bible to be corru=
pt.
Philosophically
- no. Because
Islam= Muhammad= and the Quran does not a=
llow
freedom of religion and expression. Democracy and Islam cannot co-exis=
t.
Every Muslim government is either dictatorial or autocratic.
Spiritually
- no. Because when
we declare 'one nation under God. The Chr=
istian's
God is loving and kind while Allah is NEVER referred to as Heav=
enly
father nor is he ever called love in the Quran's 99 excellent names=
.
Therefore
after much study and deliberation... Perhaps we should be very=
suspicious of ALL MUSLIMS in this country.
They obviously cannot be both '=
good'
Muslims and 'good' Americans. Call it what you wish it's still the tr=
uth.
You had better believe it. The more who understand this the better
it
will be for our country and our future.
The
religious war is bigger than we know or understand!
Footnote:
The Muslims have said they will destroy us from within.SO FREEDOM IS NOT FREE.
'IN
GOD WE TRUST'
Quite frankly I do not know where the origins of the
above came from---but it deserves serious thought from all of us.
GOOD AND WELFARE.
Bill
Andersen mentioned that his wife Jenny is in the VA Hospital in Minneapolis
trying to get some strength back from some bones that have broken in her foot
and back. Jenny is a 24 year veteran of the Army and served in Medical groups.
She is in Ward 1F room 105.
Also in that ward is Stan Kowalski better
known as killer Kowalski during his professional wrestling career?. Stan has
been super active in veteran’s affairs for many years. Mr. Kowalski served during WW2 as a
submariner. Both are still in the VA hospital on this date 9-29-14.
Also Keep MaryAnn Running and Pat Roy in your prayers—we
could use some good news.
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AIRBORNE
MAY GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS!!!!!!!
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Other Airborne Organizations
CHAPTER 20 SF
Meets at the Glockenspiel located on west 7th st. in St
Paul—7pm. First Tuesday of each month come early and enjoy a great meal.
Contact Mat Mitlyng 763-208-6487
Screaming
Eagles Minnesota contact is Troy Lindstad he can be reached by email
at or the more conventional telephone
method –call 952-448-4933.
Midwest All Airborne Alliance (MWAAA) usually holds their meetings at the Richfield American Legion Post (66th and Portland Ave So) the 3rd Thursday of each Month. No dues any and All Airborne Soldiers welcome—1800 hrs. Check out the new MWAAA website at www. midwestallairborne.com
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In need of donations!!!
Please call Linda Wiedwitsch
218-841-4114
Looking
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Contact:
Gold Star Mother Jill Stephenson
Some Gave
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Call: 612.868.7446
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Force
Options is offering several MN Concealed Carry Permit classes.
If
you need some snow plowing done in St Paul area
Call Dan @ 651-776-0434. (Dan is a
chapter member)
BOOK
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Ed reveals the torture and mistreatment he endured as a POW.
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