KOREAN WAR VETERANS

Jack VandenHeuvel Earl Dube James Bousquet

Commander, 1989 - 2001 Commander, 2001 to August 2009 Commander, August 2009 to present

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Let us wish you a "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" and / or "HAPPY ANNIVERSARY" .
contact Betty Comeau

"HAPPY ANNIVERSARY" TO:	"HAPPY BIRTHDAY" TO:
Jan 03 Glenn & Lynette Block Jan 19 Jim & Sheila Bousquet Jan 27 Jake & Betty Comeau	Jan 08 Rene Mele Jan 11 Glenn Block Jan 14 Earl Dube Feb 03 Charlie Mackey Feb 05 Bill Stortz Feb 13 Louis Castonguay Feb 13 Jerry Chamberland

February 2012

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Feb 01 Members' meeting at Bristol Senior Center, 8:00am to 9:00am

Feb 01 Mass at St Joseph Church for Veterans

Feb 05 A.Legion's Sunday Breakfast, each month, second Sunday, 8:00am to 11:00am at the Post Hall

Feb 06 Social meeting at Price Chopper, 8:00am to 9:00am

   Feb 07    Every Second Tuesday, each month, Legion's Monthly Meeting at 7:00pm. Plan to attend.
                  VETERAN SERVICES, at the Post on second Tuesday each month.
                                                                             From 6:00pm to 7:00pm, NO appointment necessary.
                                                         Lori DiFillippi can also be reached at 860-584-1728.

Feb 08 Members' meeting at Bristol Senior Center, 8:00am to 9:00am

Feb 08 Village Gate ...

Feb 01 Social meeting at Price Chopper, 8:00am to 9:00am

Feb 12 Breakfast members' meeting at Oasis Restaurant, 8:00am to 9:00am

Feb 13 Social meeting at Price Chopper, 8:00am to 9:00am

Feb 15 Breakfast members' meeting at Oasis Restaurant, 8:00am to 9:00am

Feb 15 Meatloaf Supper for Jerry Chamberland

Feb 20 Social meeting at Price Chopper, 8:00am to 9:00am

Feb 22 Members' meeting at Bristol Senior Center, 8:00am to 9:00am

Feb 22 Meet w/ Senator Welch

Feb 27 Social meeting at Price Chopper, 8:00am to 9:00am

Feb 29 Members' meeting at Bristol Senior Center, 8:00am to 9:00am

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Our Christmas Party was held on Dec. 16th with good food,
good music to sing and dance to and good company to have many laughs with.
Courtesy of Betty Comeau

Jim and Sheila Bousquet

Maddy Bauer and Edward Pelkey

Marie Buchiere and Lou Hart

Click on pictures to enlarge ...!

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Gone ... not forgotten !

Clifford Carlson, 75, of Forestville, was called to his eternal rest on Sunday, March 27th, 2011.
He was a life long resident of Bristol and Forestville. He had served in the US Marine Corps from 1955 to 1959.
He was an active member and an officer of the Korean War Veterans Association and
member of the ELKS Lodge B.P.O,E. #1010.

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Ruth Lidia Janning, born in 1920, was called to her eternal rest on February 7, 2011.
She was very active in the Korean War Veteran's Association of Bristol with which she traveled extensively.

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John J. Denehy, Jr., 75, of Bristol died after a brief illness on Friday, April 30, 2010 at Bristol Hospital.
He served with the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean War and then joined the military reserves.
He served with the Connecticut Air National Guard and eventually retired from the U.S. Coast Guard Reserve as a chief petty Officer.
Due to his great respect for the military and love of history, he founded the Memorial Military Museum, Inc.
It was started as a bicentennial project to pay tribute to the veterans of the city of Bristol and to preserve their stories.
Mr. Denehy was a retired Bristol school teacher and was an active member of the Bristol Choral Society, the Bristol Historical Society,
the St-Ann's Choir, the Bristol American Legion Seicheprey Post #2 and the Korean War Veterans Association.

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Long ago, in a very far-away country called Korea, a terrible and vicious war broke out one sunny June day while the rest of the world was on a summer picnic.
It was the culmination of continually worsening relations between our country and its friends, on one side, and the Soviet Union and its friends on the other.

The war lasted 37 months and two days. June 25, 1950 to July 27, 1953.
America lost over 54,000 service personnel, the South Koreans lost over 2 million, including civilians. The North Koreans and Chinese suffered at least 4 million casualties. It was the bloodiest war in which Americans were engaged in the 20th Century - more American young men died there - more often and faster - than in any but the Civil War. The Korean War is long forgotten now, along with the many thousands of young Americans who died during it. But it did happen, and it altered my life, your life, and lives of generations to come - beyond all recall - forever.

At dawn, on Sunday, June 25, 1950, North Korea unleashed one of the most vicious attacks in modern history. Without warning, six armies and 100 tanks smashed across the border, killing everything in front of it, soldier and civilian, and burning the cities to the ground. Caught off guard, and without a really effective army, South Korea was almost overrun in a few days. President Harry Truman, fearing the communists would next attack Japan, ordered our Army and Marines into battle to stop Koreans - under the banner of the United Nations. They were assisted by some brave troops from Canada, Britain, Australia, Turkey, Austria and a few others. This was the first time an army had fought under the United Nations flag to maintain peace.

An armistice was initiated at 10:00am July 27, 1953. This was three years one month and two days after the PDRK (People's Democratic Republic of Korea in the North) attack. However, it was only an armistice, which means the combatants would stop at each other openly. No peace treaty has ever been arranged, so technically, the two sides are still at war - making the Korean War the longest war in which the United Stated was ever engaged.
By DAVID P. DePEW

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