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February 21, 2013Vol. 90, No. 2aire

The mission of The American Legion, Department Of Wisconsin is to provide service to veterans, their families and their communities.

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mented in a recent Milwaukee Journal Sentinel story, “Veter-ans have always thought that was ill-gotten gains. They never had any intention of giving any property to the north to the art museum.”

Art Museum Executive Direc-tor Dan Keegan has called this issue a “distraction” that “has nothing to do with (today’s) discussion.” Those comments

Milwaukee County War Memorial Discussions ContinueDiscussions on the future di-

rection and management control of the Milwaukee County War Memorial have generated sig-nificant interest among veterans groups throughout the state.

The Milwaukee Art Museum, a tenant of the War Memo-rial, sparked the debate in 2012 when it sought to obtain opera-tional control over portions of the War Memorial property that house its art collection. Repre-sentatives of the War Memorial and Art Museum have been con-ducting negotiations over the past several months. The origi-nal War Memorial was con-structed in 1957 with the motto of “honor the dead by serving the living.”

Former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Janine Geske was recently appointed as mediator to help bring about an agree-ment between the War Memo-rial and the Milwaukee art Mu-seum.

Complicating the negotia-tions is the fact that Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele has pushed forward a slate of new appointees to the War Me-morial Board of Trustees. Mil-waukee County veterans have urged delay of the appointments out of a concern that Abele (a former member of the Art Mu-seum Board of Directors) may be seeking changes in the War Memorial Board in order to affect the outcome of the ne-gotiations. The vote on those appointments was laid over by the County Board at its Febru-ary 7, 2013 meeting on a unani-mous 16-0 vote. Attending that meeting was a contingent of

veterans, many of whom were Legionnaires, who have been active in lobbying their super-visors on behalf of veterans is-sues.

Representatives of the War Memorial have offered a num-ber of concessions in the ne-gotiations and have developed a business plan to operate the facility in a financially sound manner while enhancing pro-grams and services targeted to the emerging needs of area vet-erans. Milwaukee County has the largest concentration of vet-erans of any county in the state with over 26,000 residents who served in the military. Over 100,000 veterans, better than 25% of the state’s veteran popu-lation, reside in the five county Milwaukee metropolitan area.

Leading the negotiations on behalf of the War Memorial is Department Adjutant David A. Kurtz of the Alonzo Cudworth Post No. 23 in Milwaukee. “Many veterans believe that there was an orchestrated effort underway to take over the War Memorial,” said Kurtz. “This is clearly an issue that veterans care deeply about and we have been encouraged by the number of veterans who have become engaged and united around this important issue.”

Among the sticking points in the negotiations are the proper-ty rights associated with a tract of land to the northeast of the War Memorial. A 1997 provi-sion gave control of seven acres to the north of the War Memo-rial to the Art Museum. Marine veteran and Milwaukee County Supervisor John Weishan com-

The Milwaukee County War Memorial Center was built in 1957 to honor Milwaukee County’s war dead from World War II. The mission of the War Memorial is to Honor the Dead by Serving the Living. Many annual patriotic ceremonies and observances are held at the center. The Milwaukee Art Museum is a tenant in the complex.

have been criticized by mem-bers of the Veterans Community Relations Team (VCRT), a vol-untary organization consisting primarily of veterans formed to protect and maintain the in-dependence of the Milwaukee County War Memorial.

Department Commander Wayne W. Jensen of Post No. 415, a retired Lieutenant of the Milwaukee Police force, has

followed the discussions and expressed his support for War Memorial negotiations. “This is a valued institution that re-flects the debt we owe to those who have given their lives in defense of our liberties,” Jen-sen said. “We must preserve and enhance the War Memorial and resist efforts to diminish its importance. “

Talks with Milwaukee Art Museum on management and control energize statewide Veterans groups

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David A. Kurtz, Executive Editor

2012-2013 Communications CommitteeHarold Rihn, Chairman

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2012-13 Department Officers

CommanderWayne Jensen

Vice Commanders Ken Rynes

Chuck RoloffRon Hessil

Randy Lenser

AdjutantDavid A. Kurtz

ChaplainRobert Herried

Assistant ChaplainGreg Simonis

Sergeant-at ArmsTodd Braun

Charles Roessler

Service OfficerJames Fialkowski

NECmanDavid L. Gough

Alternate NECmanSteve Krueger

District Commanders 1st – Dave Brisk 2nd – Robert Shappell 3rd – Rich Ruland 4th – Claire Goodfellow 5th – Pete Goosens 6th – Barb Belmont 7th – John Thurk 8th – Dan Rindt 9th – Dale Oatman 10th – Larry Wyrcza 11th – Frank Kostka 12th – Bob Buhr

Change of Address & Other Information:Subscribers: To report any upcoming changes of address, please ask your Post Adjutant to fill out a Membership Data Form and forward it to Wisconsin American Legion Headquarters. The change of address form that will be completed by the Post Adjutant should not be confused with the change of address card filled out at the Post Office. Department financial statements are available to Legionnaires in good standing upon written request through their District Commanders.

“Wisconsin”American Legion AuxiliaryDepartment of Wisconsin2930 American Legion Drive

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DEPARTMENT COMMANDER

WDVA SECRETARY

Wayne JensenCommander

This month I want to welcome to the Depart-ment Service Of-fice staff Tony Anguiano, who is a retired Ma-r i n e / S o l d i e r.

Tony served on active duty three years as a Marine, followed by ac-tive duty in the U.S. Army. Tony also served in the Army Reserve and finished his military service with the Marine Corps Reserve. His entire military career encompassed over 23 years of duty. Tony joined our office as a temporary part time re-placement while another employee was out for four weeks. This gave us a great opportunity to see how well he fit in with the office. He has since been hired as our new full time VSR – Veteran Service Representa-tive. He has the “can do” attitude

NOW HEAR THIS…..

Operation Comfort War-rior (OCW) is a National Ameri-can Legion pro-gram dedicated to meeting the

needs of wounded, injured or ill military personnel by providing them with comfort items not usu-ally supplied by the government. National Commander Jim Koutz and I have been preaching it from the rooftops for half a year now. At the beginning of this member-ship year I asked that anyone in the Legion Family doing anything new and exciting related to OCW, please advise Department so your ideas could be shared.

Now here’s a project you all can participate in! I am asking all posts in the Department of Wis-consin to support National Com-mander Koutz’s OCW Program

As the January and February cold hopefully soon starts to turn to warmer spring weather, history reminds us of just how cold our veterans

have been. From the Revolutionary War to the current war in Afghani-stan, our soldiers have battled not just the enemy, but also the weath-er, in their missions.

In the fall of 1777, General George Washington and his Con-tinental Army suffered several defeats at the hands of the British, including losses at Brandywine and Germantown, effectively leav-ing Philadelphia open for the Brit-ish and the forcing the Continental Congress to flee the city.

To keep pressure on the British,

and dedication to duty that I con-sider essential for a good service officer. Welcome aboard Tony!

Now, for the knowledge nugget: You may have heard about pre-sumptive illnesses and you may even know about ALS (Lou Geh-rig’s disease) being a presumptive illness for all veterans with the re-quired 90 days consecutive active duty service, but I am going to let you know about a less known pre-sumptive list. That is, “Chronic Diseases.”

The following diseases shall be granted service connection by the U.S. Department of Veterans Af-fairs (VA) even if the disease hap-pens after service as long as it man-ifested to a compensable degree within the applicable time limits (NOTE: Unless otherwise indicated the time limit is one year): Anemia-primary; Arteriosclerosis; Arthri-

by donating funds. You can ac-complish this in one of two ways; First - send checks for OCW to Department Headquarters; Sec-ond - Commander Koutz is sched-uled to visit the Wisconsin Veter-ans Home at King for the Annual American Legion King Day spon-sored by the 8th District. Plan on attending the 2013 American Le-gion King Day on Sunday, June 16th. At that time we will present the National Commander with a lump sum check for Operation Comfort Warrior. We are asking all Districts to get back on track to visit and support this very special annual celebration.

What an excellent Midwinter Conference we experienced in January. The comments and con-ference surveys we received from attendees indicated that Legion Family members received the types of training they were most anxious to receive. You folks were especially interested in classes on

Washington positioned his forces fairly close to Philadelphia at Val-ley Forge, which became one the most romanticized tales of winter warfare and hardship in military history. While conditions were certainly not ideal, Washington’s men were meagerly, but adequately supplied, and Washington took the opportunity during the winter slowdown in fighting to retrain his troops.

On February 23, 1778, Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben ar-rived in the camp. While in Paris, Benjamin Franklin recruited the former member of the Prussian general staff to the American cause. Washington accepted von Stueben and training commenced. The Continental Army was trained company by company into a pro-fessional, drilled and regulated fighting force on par with their

tis; Atrophy, progressive muscular; Brain hemorrhage; Brain thrombo-sis; Bronchiectasis; Calculi of the kidney, bladder, or gallbladder; Car-diovascular-renal disease, including hypertension. (This term applies to combination involvement of the type of arteriosclerosis, nephritis, and organic heart disease, and since hypertension is an early symptom long preceding the development of those diseases in their more obvi-ous forms, a disabling hyperten-sion within the 1-year period will be given the same benefit of service connection as any of the chronic dis-eases listed.) Cirrhosis of the liver; Coccidioidomycosis; Diabetes mel-litus; Encephalitis lethargica residu-als; Endocarditis (This term covers all forms of valvular heart disease.) Endocrinopathies; Epilepsies; Han-sen’s disease (3 years) Hodgkin’s disease; Leukemia; Lupus erythe-

proper meeting protocol, funeral honors and public speaking. The “Sandbox Symposium” was well attended for a Sunday morning (I want to personally apologize for the heating issue). The content of the symposium was exceptionally informative, and beneficial to all. The old saying “You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink” holds so true with our returning GI’s. We have to be pa-tient and know they’ll come forth for help when they’re ready for it. We can’t force feed them. Kind of like when you were 20 years old….remember?

Hey, keep this in mind…War-riors need advocates, that’s why The American Legion exists. With that being said, let me remind you folks we have been tasked by the Department Executive Commit-tee to correspond with Governor Scott Walker and WDVA Secre-tary John Scocos in support of the following issues:

British adversaries. Von Steuben also benefited the Americans by re-fining their sanitation – of the 2,000 men who died at Valley Forge, two-thirds were from disease, which likely would have been more had von Steuben not made changes.

The army stayed at Valley Forge until June, where the bitter cold turned to extreme heat and the Continental Army fought the Brit-ish to a draw at the Battle of Mon-mouth and then scored a victory at the Battle of Yorktown, no doubt due to the winter spent training at Valley Forge.

More than two centuries later, our troops are still the best trained and equipped fighting force the world has ever seen. Just like the Revolu-tionary War, they are still doing the most basic tasks asked of soldiers in the same conditions they always have, this time on the opposite side

matosus, systemic; Myasthenia gravis; Myelitis; Myocarditis; Ne-phritis; Other organic diseases of the nervous system; Osteitis defor-mans (Paget’s disease); Osteoma-lacia; Palsy, bulbar; Paralysis agi-tans; Psychoses; Purpura idiopathic, hemorrhagic; Raynaud’s disease; Sarcoidosis; Scleroderma; Sclero-sis, amyotrophic lateral; Sclerosis, multiple (7 Years); Syringomyelia; Thromboangiitis obliterans (Buerg-er’s disease); Tuberculosis, active (3 Years); Tumors, malignant, or of the brain or spinal cord or periph-eral nerves; Ulcers, peptic (gastric or duodenal).

If you or someone you know qualifies and didn’t submit a claim because it started after active ser-vice, you should contact your lo-cal County Veteran Service Officer http://www.wicvso.org/your_cvso.htm or this office at (414) 902-5722.

Developing a veteran’s ID card in conjunction with the State Driver’s License or State ID card; expanded grants for the Depart-ment Service Office and Camp American Legion; general pur-pose funding for the Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs; the transfer of the Disabled Vet-eran Outreach Program and the Local Veteran Employment Rep-resentative Program from the De-partment of Workforce Develop-ment to the Department of Veter-ans Affairs.

As you can tell, Department committees and the Department itself, is humming along on all cylinders.

One closing comment from Midwinter for those who couldn’t attend, I had announced that the US Navy no longer needs Ma-rines on board ships since we now have female sailors for dance partners. Semper Fi, and Anchors Aweigh!

of the globe in places like Afghani-stan.

Just as our military veterans are the best, the manner in which we care for them needs to reflect that. We are always striving to help our soldiers and veterans – our veterans homes and programs for veterans in need are just some of the ways we strengthen our veterans popula-tion and ensure they do not have to relive anything close to their hard-est days as soldiers.

We also like to recognize our veterans and continue to tell their stories and preserve them for his-tory. Governor Walker recognized veterans in 2012 with the “Year of the Veteran” – to wrap up that cel-ebration, there will be the “Faces of Freedom” event March 2 hosted by First Lady of Wisconsin Tonette Walker to benefit the Wisconsin Veterans Museum Foundation.

John A. ScocosWDVA Secretary

DEPARTMENT SERVICE OFFICER

James FialkowskiService Officer

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Camp American Legion’s Annual Wish List Identifies Donor OpportunitiesE a c h

year Camp American Legion de-

velops a donation “Wish List” to help ensure we are able to meet the needs of the many veterans who come to stay at Camp. Camp American Legion is available to Wisconsin veterans free of charge. The annual Wish List is designed to let Legion Family members know just what items are needed at Camp for the upcoming season. Camp Director Kevin Moshea has formulated the Wish List and pres-ents it along with the following message;

The annual Camp Wish List is a simple topic. Many of you ask about and request it. I suppose I could just present it here and this article would be done; simple. Well, all of you who know me and read my writings know I usually go beyond the simple. I always try to take you somewhere on a more meaningful journey. Well I am go-ing to do that again – here we go.

WISH LISTS! - I think I’m pretty safe in saying, that all of us, at one point in our lives have had a “wish list”. Many of us have one right now. It may not be written down,

it might be somewhere in the back of our mind. Most young children have wish lists. They have them for every Christmas and for their birthdays. If you remember how it was as child, you can remember your wish list contained all those things we wanted, needed and thought we could not live without. At the time we thought all those things were so important and we desperately needed to have them. As time passed we learned that most of those things were not that important and we could do without them. When we grew up the wish lists did not stop, the items just changed and got more expensive.

For most people, their wish lists were full of wants and nice-to-haves. But for others, their wish list contains things they desperate-ly need. They contain things need-ed to survive. Things they need to get through the day. For some, a wish list can contain things as fun-damental as food, clothes, shelter, and a warm blanket. For a home-less veteran, it is having a roof over their head for a night. Some people wish for a friend, someone to talk to and care about them. These days many veterans wish for a job and a source of income that will help

hold their marriage and family to-gether. Wish lists take on a whole different meaning when we start to think this way. The ill, injured and disabled veterans who come to Camp, along with those currently serving, are looking for some “Help to Heal.” They have wish lists which are basic to their health, well-being and daily living.

As Director here at Camp my focus is always on improving the camp experience. I am always amazed at the way our Legion Family opens their hearts and gives generously to support Camp in any and every way possible. So as I present this year’s Camp American Legion “Wish List”, I want you to know how much your support is appreciated. You are all truly amazing supporters of camp. I’m asking you to please look at our wish list and pick something you feel willing to give. The best place to start is our “top-ten” do-nation list. Most of these items are small but all of them are important to us here at camp. They help keep Camp operating on a daily basis. With your help we can give our wounded warriors and their fami-lies some of the things on their wish lists here at Camp. We can

Michael Martin, La CrosseTribune, Coulee News

The Bangor American Legion recently made a huge donation — of both money and labor — that should benefit the community and the school district for years to come.

After seeing a need for seating at the new baseball and softball fields east of the high school, Legion members acted to alleviate the problem and, in the process, spared the school district a major expense.

“In essence, these guys saved us almost $7,000,” said District Su-perintendent Dave Laehn. “We’re very lucky to have people like this in our community.”

According to Legion Command-er Butch Knudtson, his members wanted to pay back the community for letting the Legion baseball team use the new baseball field during the summer this year (in the past the Legion played all their games at Village Park). Neither the new baseball field nor the new softball field had permanent seating.

“People had to bring lawn chairs or stand up,” Knudtson recalled. “We brought it up at a meeting and the consensus was that, if the cost was under $6,000, we wanted to make the donation.”

As it turned out the new bleach-ers, which have a net seating ca-pacity of 68, cost $5,280. Shipping, however, was $690 so that brought the total donation necessary to buy the bleachers to $5,970. That

wasn’t the only expense, though. The bleachers had to be assembled as well. The cost for company rep-resentatives to do that was approxi-mately another $1,000.

Knudtson decided the Legion members could do it themselves, so he assembled a crew including Sam Arentz, Chris Christensen, Curly Tenner, Ron Paulus and Dennis Sprehn. When the bleach-ers arrived, they got to work be-hind the high school tech ed area where tools were readily available.

It took them a couple days and, like most assembly projects, it was not the easiest job in the world.

“You’ve got a bunch of 60- and 70-year-old guys out there not used to doing something like this,” Knudtson said. “The first day we decided to quit after six hours.”

The next day they came back and finished up in about an hour and a half. Knudtson noted that they were lucky to have Arentz available since he was consider-ably younger than the other guys and was able to do some crawling around underneath sections when necessary.

“We needed Ron— he was a real go-getter,” Knudtson said.

The new bleachers will remain at the ball fields the majority of the time, but they are portable so that gives the school some flexibility.

“The nice thing is that they’re movable,” Laehn said. “If we have a big track meet or event at the football field we can move them over there.”

Bangor Legion Comes Up Big for Ball Field Bleachers

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give them good food, a warm bed and restful sleep here in the North-woods along with friendship, fam-ily bonding, marriage strengthening and camaraderie.

To see Camp American Legion’s complete donation “Wish List” go to the Department of Wisconsin’s website at www. wilegion.org. Just click on the Camp American Le-gion logo; then click on the “Dona-tion & Camp Wish List” link.

Camp American Legion’s “top-ten” most needed donation items: 1. Wal-Mart gift card2. Paper towels (jumbo/giant size

rolls, multi-roll packs) 3. Disposable dinner plates (heavy-

duty Styrofoam) 4. Disposable cups (Styrofoam for

hot / plastic for cold)

5. Decaffeinated ground coffee (two pound can)

6. Trash bags (tall kitchen, small 4 gallon, large garbage-can size)

7. Worms for fishing bait (we go through a lot of them)

8. “Forever” stamps from the US Postal Service

9. Super “IRON OUT” automatic toilet bowl tablets (6-pack tab-let box)

10. Monetary (a financial donation is most important and gives us flexibility to use where needed, when needed)

To the entire Wisconsin Legion Family; thank you for supporting camp. God bless you all.

Kevin Moshea, Director Camp American Legion

Dear Legion Family,I want to thank each and every one of you for your support during the recent challenges with my health. I’m home now and I want you all to know how much I appreciate your kindness, get well wishes and prayers as I recuperate. Thank you and God Bless.

— Greg Simonis, Assistant Chaplain

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Veterans Home Honors David Zien

Sylvan Post Honors Legionnaire

Riders Serve Holiday Cheer

SAL Commander and Squadron No. 294 Support Camp

Sylvan Post No. 44 of Wabeno is very proud of one of their Le-gionnaires. LTC Peter A. Tschohl recently received the Bronze Star. His father, Ronald Tschohl of Wa-beno, is also a member of Post No. 44. LTC Tschohl is currently the Deputy Director of Operations for the 18th Air Force at Scott Air Force Base in Illinois and is pic-tured here with his family. Post No. 44 sends out many care pack-

Flanagan-Dorn Squadron No. 294 of Hartland presents their contribution to the SAL Com-manders Project.

Detachment Commander Ste-ven L. Meyer extends a sincere thank you to Commander James C. Schwartz, his officers and all members of Squadron No. 294 in Hartland. Their generosity and dedication to helping our Veterans is displayed through all their commendable contri-butions. Squadron No. 294 con-tinues to set an example of what

Former Wisconsin State Senator David Zien speaks at the opening of the Wisconsin Veterans Home at Chippewa Falls on January 17. The main hall of the facility was named the David A. Zien Hall in honor of both Zien’s legislative work to es-tablish the facility and his service as a Marine in the Vietnam War. The Wisconsin Veterans Home at Chippewa Falls is a 78,000 square foot, 72-bed skilled nursing facil-

ages to service members from Wisconsin and LTC Tschohl was gracious enough to send a thank you letter along with a unit insig-nia patch which is now on display at the Post in Wabeno.

LTC Tschohl was also kind enough to come with his wife and children to speak with both the Legion and Auxiliary mem-bers when the family was home in Wisconsin.

we all strive to achieve; assist-ing our Veterans their families by supporting the programs of The American Legion. Standing on the left in the photo is Asst. Detachment Adjutant Gary L. Le Roy, who is also the Adju-tant of Squadron No. 294, as he presents Detachment Com-mander Steven L. Meyer with a $2,000.00 contribution for this year’s Commanders Project; Camp American Legion. God Bless America and God Bless our Veterans.

ity based on the neighborhood concept. The facility will have two neighborhoods, each having two 18-bed households. It will offer 24-hour care and the complete range of skilled nursing services, includ-ing sub-acute care; on-site speech, physical and occupational therapy; laboratory and diagnostic services; and long-term care in a spacious environment that promotes healing and recovery.

The 1st District American Legion Riders were honored to host a Christmas Party for the residents of Boland Hall and their families at the Wisconsin Veterans Home in Union Grove on Saturday, December 15th. After handing out gifts to the veterans, the Riders got busy and provided root beer floats to all of the invitees. The Riders are pictured at one of the three root beer float stations they manned for the event.

Wisconsin American Legion Press Association

2013 Publication Contest Entry

Publication entries must consist of three (3) separate editions published during the 2012 calendar year. The "Class VI” Editorial Entry - only one article is necessary. The Contest is open to all Wisconsin Legion Posts, Auxiliary Units, SAL Squadrons, American Legion Riders Publications, and County or District Publications published by members.

CLASS I Posts with membership of 15 to 100

CLASS II Posts with membership of 101 to 300

CLASS ill Posts with membership of 301 and over

CLASS IV Special category: County, District,, Auxiliary, Sons of The American Legion, Auxiliary, Riders.

CLASS V Electronic Website/Newsletter-(should be different from the printed newsletter)

CLASS VI Editorial - Single article regarding an American Legion or veteran’s issue.

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Post’s 2012 Membership for class determination _________Class_______ Contest winners will be announced at the Department Convention. Certificates will be awarded for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Place in each class.

All entries should conform with the National American Legion Press Association (NALPA) standards also; all contestants must be a current WALPA member.

If not a WALPA member, please submit $5 with your entry to cover 2013 WALPA membership dues. Please make out checks to American Legion/WALPA and enclose with your entry before the deadline on April 1, 2013. Mail all contest entries to:

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Dues for 2012-13 for the Wisconsin American Legion Press Association are now due and

remain at $5.00, the same as last year. The membership period begins at the annual

meeting at the Midwinter Conference. WALPA membership is required for all contest

entries. All Legionnaires, Auxiliary and SAL members are eligible for membership in

WALPA. Your WALPA membership card will be mailed to you upon receipt.

Make your check payable to the Wisconsin American Legion Press Association (WALPA)

and mail to; The American Legion ATTN: WALPA PO Box 388 Portage WI 53901.

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Early in 2011, a group of citi-zens thought it was time to honor the military veterans from the City of Darlington and formed a committee to do just that. The Darlington Veteran’s Memorial Committee was formed and be-gan by contacting the local high school and asked the art teacher if his students could come up with some design ideas for a monu-ment. The students developed several ideas for consideration and the committee compiled their best features to come up with a final design. The committee was then ready to begin fund raising in earnest and researching the his-tory of Darlington to determine the names of all who entered mili-tary service from the city.

A ground breaking ceremony was held following the annual parade on Memorial Day 2012 with art teacher Greg Bykowski turning the first shovel of dirt. Over the ensuing months trees came down, concrete was poured and electric power was installed. The entire site was landscaped

On Saturday January 26th Schreiber Foods in Rich-land Center held their annual Christmas Party/Fund Raiser for the benefit of Cabin No. 14 at Camp American Legion. Schreiber Foods employees created gift baskets depicting various themes, which were raffled off during the evening. Schreiber Foods, headquar-tered in Green Bay, gener-ously matched the funds that were raised. The added funds made the total presented to Department Vice Commander Ken Rynes and Cabin No. 14 Chairman Mick McCormick $3,110.00.

and new flag poles were erected. Finally, in October of 2012 the granite walls and benches arrived and were put in place.

The dream of a group of citizens came true for the City of Darling-ton on November 11, 2012 when the memorial was dedicated to all of the veterans and citizens of Darlington. The master of ceremonies for the event was

National Executive Committee-man David L. Gough. The Dar-lington High School band played for those in attendance. An Honor Guard comprised of Legionnaires from the Bates-O’Brien-Howe-Wiegel-Roelli Post No. 214 fired a salute. While it rained all day it didn’t dampen the spirits of the large crowd that was on hand for the event.

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The Last Bugle

3 Antigo Michael J Barnes V 12/23/12 Richard D Lund K 12/29/12 4 AthensRoger Langhoff K 01/16/13 6 Stevens PointJames R Ostrander II 11/22/12 8 WaukeshaLarry Burke II 01/20/13 10 WausauLowell Leubner II 01/11/13 11 Green BayRobert Gray KRobert M Martin 01/10/13 Greg H Halverson 07/12/11 Alton Philibeck K 01/11/13 Clarence Dubois II 09/29/12 David L Bartelt II 01/29/13 15 JuneauHenry G Evans II 01/11/13 19 HartfordLeonard J Wilhelmi II 01/01/13 Richard Harry K 01/03/13 Donald A Moravec V 08/26/12 26 BarabooDonnie L Beckwith V 01/20/13 Paul A Umhoefer V 01/18/13 Alvin Zipsie K 01/27/13 27 MilwaukeeRalph V Zimmerman II 09/29/12 29 KewauneeLeo E Sager II 02/03/13 32 MenomoneeKenneth J Erickson II 12/20/12 38 Appleton Norbert D DeBaere V 01/09/13 Gene F Schuldes K 01/15/13 John A Stotmeister II 01/21/13 39 MarinetteJohn A Thanos II 01/04/13 John J Klement II 01/13/13 45 ElkhornDelmar E Recknagel K 01/29/13 46 MerrillVirginia Paradise II 01/25/13 Halvor H Hanson K 11/15/12 47 PortageDonald A Hoffmann K 01/17/13 52 Fox LakeJoseph E McGowan K 01/12/13 53 Eau ClaireAlbert H Pritchard II 05/24/11 54 MarshfieldRichard O’Brien V 01/12/13 59 StoughtonKeith Baker II 02/05/13 66 Ahtelstane-SilvercliffRobert W Jose V 12/05/12 Adrian H Wiegers K 11/12/12 70 Oshkosh Louise R Roeder II 01/12/13 Herbert G Ziebell K 01/20/13 William D Shepherd II 01/26/13 71 PewaukeeWilliam Rauwald II 01/27/13 74 OcontoEdward Young V 01/07/13 Joseph Cardinal K 01/05/13 75 Fond du LacLeroy Walters V 07/29/12 Leon E Sivil K 07/09/12 Carl Senkbeil II 12/02/12 Clarence Rozek II 11/26/12 John Langolf II 10/15/12

Joseph A Kowalski II 01/21/13 Ishamon Harris V 12/10/12 Roger Gibbons II 09/13/12 William J Fritz K 07/02/12 Roy J Friedel II 01/26/13 Robert J Erickson K 08/19/12 Charles W Burnett V 08/10/12 77 Chippewa FallsAlec O Maug II 01/07/13 Robert E Loiselle II 02/01/13 79 BurlingtonMary M Dantzler K 01/12/13 80 New RichmondDavid J Berends V 01/07/13 Andrew P Slater K 01/27/13 81 MaustonGary R Tovsen V 11/10/12 Richard Jablonski II 12/14/12 82 Port WashingtonWayne G Horman II 12/21/12 Wilbur M Lee K 01/04/13 84 MonroeRobert Rhyner K 01/05/13 John McElhaney K 10/21/11 Leon P Geiger II 01/30/13 Harold L Gissing II 01/31/13 88 ManitowocNorbert Nelson II 12/19/12 Lester Deubler II 12/13/12 Gilbert Brandt II 12/28/12 89 MinocquaThomas W Miklautsch V 01/02/13 Raymond W Trimble II 12/28/12 93 TomahawkDonald K Osness II 01/13/13 105 ShullsburgJohn R Engels K 01/22/13 112 StanleyAlex E Sloviak II 04/22/12 117 ShawanoHarvey Wetzel II 12/20/12 121 River FallsDavid J Williams V 01/15/13 Martin “Bob” Bernard K 01/21/13 Edward Miller K 01/25/13 127 HilbertDonald Lemke K 01/18/13 128 StockbridgeSylvester Zahringer II 01/02/13 Richard F Volp II 01/14/13 133 Camp DouglasArthur H Martin G/L 01/25/13 142 BlanchardvilleDennis G Novinski K 12/14/12 146 Beaver DamCharles C Sterrenberg II 01/02/13 Stanley A Baranowski II 01/12/13 148 BloomingtonJohn P Cull V 01/22/13 152 MenashaEugene A Piette II 04/18/12 David J Walbrun V 07/15/12 John J Wittmann II 07/22/12 Roman Rappert II 01/13/13 John L Resch K 02/05/13 153 PittsvilleRichard Heeg II 12/20/12 Anton Luken II 02/05/13 Felix F Grutzik II 01/27/13 154 MondoviRussell J Schmitt K 12/05/12 158 Maiden Rock Dan M Serene K 01/23/13 164 JeffersonRobert A Grant II 01/22/13 167 Sauk CityWillis E Koenig K 01/16/13 170 Mineral PointLeo D Barrette K 01/18/13 180 MilwaukeeRichard T Domask K 01/09/13 George C Schlinder II 03/04/12 George H Benning K 02/01/13 Richard J Kowalewski V 02/04/13 182 Park FallsCharles Miesbauer K 01/15/13 188 East TroyHenry G Helmstetter II 12/24/12

189 WatertownDuane R Michel II 01/07/13 Lloyd H Voss II 01/12/13 Richard A Symoens V 01/28/13 Edward Kuckkan II 02/04/13 191 WhitehallDennis W Peterson II 01/18/13 Norman Pederson K 02/04/13 192 FranklinAnthony W Stavish K 01/05/13 201 TomahVickers Thompson II 12/24/12 Kenneth L Smith V 01/02/13 John Hubert II 01/10/13 Laurel H Schilhabel II 01/27/13 John J Hassett II 01/25/13 202 ChaseburgLeo Davidson II 01/04/13 203 MilwaukeeFerdinand F Kujawa II 01/27/13 204 EllsworthArvid L Johnson K 01/03/13 Clair Gense K 01/02/13 205 JanesvilleDonald T Swanson K 01/08/13Raymond Erbs II 01/13/13Richard W Whelan II 01/21/13Richard Milbrandt K 01/22/13 Lowell E Elver K 02/04/13 206 WonewocClarence Degner K 01/17/13 209 OrfordvillePeter Klassy K 01/13/13 210 WaupunFrederick P Arriens V 01/18/13 Gordon Abrahamson II 01/29/13 212 BarronByron Dodge K 01/04/13 Harold Kringle II 01/10/13 216 LodiClifford S Hunt II 10/29/12 Leverne Kirking II 07/29/12 225 Shell LakeWarren Winton II 01/18/13 229 Mt HopeMark M Freymiller K 12/12/12 Robert Hoffman K 12/08/12 238 GreenwoodCarl E Gerold II 01/06/13 245 Cross PlainsJoseph T Parisi II 01/20/13 Arnold Mier II 01/03/13 246 GenoaByron Clements K 01/12/13 George Jambois II 01/07/13 258 Little ChuteBernard Bongers II 01/17/13 260 DeerfieldRobert J Frutiger II 01/15/13 263 New LondonThomas J Rebman K 01/11/13 Richard C Wells K 01/19/13 268 BruceMurv Huse K 01/11/13 280 ColemanDonald Miller K 01/12/13 284 HolmenErnest “Ernie” Baker K 01/02/13 288 CedarburgJohn D Boltz K 03/12/12Richard Delcamp K 06/18/12 Eugene Nelson II 06/28/12 290 BentonFred M Williams V 01/22/13 Melvin Gulley V 02/24/11 291 AugustaMichael F Voth V 12/29/12 293 Silver LakeDonald Bolyard II 07/09/12Henry D Andrews II 01/24/13 Joseph R Fliess II 01/21/13296 BrookfieldLeonard A Zydowicz II306 Green LakeSamuel L King II 01/05/13 Richard L Bruggeman K 01/04/13 308 Gays MillsJoseph J Neylon K 02/05/13

310 RacineHarry Maillet II 01/06/13 Archie L Wise K 01/23/13 316 SheldonLoren R Stephens II 01/21/13 317 WautomaRobert D Larsen V 02/29/12 John N Jankowski K 01/27/12 318 Lake TomahawkEarl J Schroeder II 01/19/13 333 Sun PrairieLudwig “Pete” Petersen II 01/20/13 337 PulaskiOrville Olson II 01/09/13 340 BerlinWilliam R Francke II 01/01/13 345 HinghamStanley A Lammers II 12/29/12 348 DeForestHarold Manthe II 11/10/09 Frank Lovicott II 11/20/09 Kenneth Fay K 08/31/12 Arthur Kruse K 06/08/10 351 MontelloOrlan Warnke II 01/10/13 355 GraftonRalph G Wegner II 01/11/13 358 UnityDuane W Neuman K 01/03/13 359 GilmanGeorge E Mahalko V 11/28/12 360 WaunakeeEd Bollig V 01/03/13 Bob Hoskins V 12/21/12 Nathan J Engels II 02/01/13 James Dix V 01/28/13 Casmer Konczak II 12/28/12 363 DenmarkNorbert Wanek K 02/04/13 364 WinneconneJames Christian K 01/06/13 382 Menomonee FallsHughie J Donley II 01/09/13 James L Smith V 01/09/13 Melvin Erickson II 01/21/13 384 KewaskumHomer Schaub II 01/28/13 393 EdgarCalvin Ledbetter II 01/01/13 Norbert Merkes II 12/29/12

406 MilwaukeePaul M Barnes II 12/29/12 412 BelgiumJack A Zamow K 01/07/13 434 Oak CreekKenneth D Neitzel V 11/30/12 Daniel H Schmitt II 01/07/13 435 SuperiorForrest D White II 01/30/13 439 MelroseJohn W Kleinfeldt V 01/06/13 442 Wisconsin RapidsWilliam J Benz II 01/19/13 Arthur J Ritschke V 12/10/12 Richard F Davis II 01/26/13 452 SpiritHarold Lowe II 12/22/12 455 MilwaukeeEllis Gee II 01/26/13 461 PembineLarry Toltzman V 01/20/13 470 SaukvilleDonald E Bradley K 12/11/12 Harvey G Freitag II 11/29/12 483 AllentonDavid Zingsheim K 02/05/13 485 RudolphMelvin Joosten II 01/25/13 486 JacksonPaul A Loepfe K 01/02/13 492 RothschildJ Klein Schield K 12/15/12 Robert R Scherer K 12/23/12 496 SherwoodBruce Vonbarkhausen V 01/21/13 504 Union CenterLawrence H Brockman II 01/11/13 519 StetsonvilleHoward W Grunwald II 01/05/13 521 Fox LakeDean Johnson K 07/03/12 523 AbramsHenry C Brehmer K 01/26/13 527 Sister BayAllie Bergwin V 12/18/12 James V Champeau II 12/31/12 John G Olson 01/12/13 Harry T Wehling II 01/13/13 547 LublinJohn Szpara K 04/17/11

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Commander Jensen Visits VAMC

Badger Legionnaires on Parade

Commander Wayne Jensen visited the Ft. Snelling VAMC in Minneapolis on February 1st and was briefed by VA engineer Andrew Hansen on various pieces of therapeutic equipment. Commander Jensen is pictured here with a machine designed to allow patients confined to bed to exercise.

Luxemberg WWII Memorial DedicatedPictured here is a World War

II memorial at St. Mary’s Cem-etery in Luxemburg WI which was dedicated on Memorial Day 2012. Present that day were the Honor Guard and officers of the Luxemburg Post No. 262. The monument and a bronze plaque were donated by the post along with the Auxiliary unit. The plaque reads as follows;

VOIE DE LA LIBERTEROAD OF FREEDOM

This Milestone Marker was pre-sented to the Village of Luxem-

people of Luxemburg, one each to Luxemburg WI, Luxemburg MN, and Luxemburg IA.

The stars on the top of the plaque represent each of the 48 States of the United States in 1944. The waves represent the Atlantic Ocean. The rectangles represent the four campaigns the 3rd Army fought along the route. The torch on the plaque is modeled after the torch of the Statue of Liberty. The emblem that appears on the plaque is the insignia of the 3rd U.S. Army under the command of General George S. Patton Jr.

burg, Wisconsin. It is to remind people of the path of hardship and the triumphant progress of the soldiers of the 3rd U.S. Army, from the Allied landing in Nor-mandy on June 6, 1944, to the Battle Of The Bulge (Bastogne) and the final liberation of France, Belgium and Luxemburg.

There are 1,182 milestones marking out the Liberty Road which traces the path of Pat-ton’s 3rd Army. Three mile-stone markers have been pre-sented here in the United States as a gesture of solidarity by the

Bill and Liz O’Donnell of the Lange-Ostrander-Hurd Post No. 62 in Columbus and represen-tatives from AT EASE Stables in Deerfield participated in the Inaugural Parade on Monday, January 21st in Washington, DC. Three horses and riders, along with banner carriers, took part in the parade down Pennsylva-nia Avenue, which was viewed by President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden.

“AT EASE” stands for A Thera-

Post No. 18 Promotes Americanism

Students at Kosciuszko School in Milwaukee offered a great big Thank You to American Legion Post No. 18 for their visit on Mon-day, December 17. The veterans answered questions about their military service, quizzed students on flag etiquette, and showed them the proper way to fold a flag. At the conclusion of the assembly,

each student received their own small American flag. In addition, Milwaukee Post No. 18 donated a new American flag to the school. Students gathered on the front lawn as the old flag was lowered and the new flag raised. Students took great pride in their new flags and thanked the Legionnaires for their service to our country.

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