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Bill Neessen
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Posted on: Nov. 12 2017,10:12 am |
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Our Veterans are people who, at one point in their life, wrote a blank check payable to the United States of America, for an amount up to and including their life. “As long as there is a Vet, the Orange Elks will never forget”!
This is the third year of the patriotic tribute to our men and women who are serving and have served in the military. The Orange Elks are a Silver Star Sponsor and are honoring fifty of our veterans from the lodge at the Orange Field of Valor.
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Bill Neessen
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Posted on: Nov. 12 2017,10:13 am |
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There were 1,776 flags being displayed. Down the main isle were flags honoring our country’s Medal of Honor winners.
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Bill Neessen
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Posted on: Nov. 12 2017,10:14 am |
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Each flag had a serviceman or servicewoman’s name, branch of service, their rank, where they served, who sponsored them and a colored ribbon attached to it. There were six different ribbon colors: Yellow: Returned Home Alive, Blue: Medal of Honor Recipient, Purple: Purple Heart Recipient, White: POW who returned home and Black: killed in action, missing in action or prisoner of war
Here are a few of our veterans.
John Smith, Army and Terri Schatz, Marines with John Sibley in the back ground.
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Bill Neessen
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Posted on: Nov. 12 2017,10:15 am |
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Tom Ruff, Navy and National Guard
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Bill Neessen
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Posted on: Nov. 12 2017,10:15 am |
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L – R Charlie Salas, Air Force and Vietnam and David Salas, Army
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Bill Neessen
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Posted on: Nov. 12 2017,10:16 am |
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Jack Ferrero, Army and Vietnam veteran.
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Bill Neessen
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Posted on: Nov. 12 2017,10:17 am |
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Mike Jung, Army and Vietnam veteran with his flag that has both a yellow and purple ribbon.
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Bill Neessen
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Posted on: Nov. 12 2017,10:18 am |
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The Orange Lodge has three World War II veterans. Here is Armand Cruz who served in the Navy on the battleship Nevada and received three medals.
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