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In This BugleAgent Orange Blue Water Navy pg 2Application Form pg 5Announcements pg 5Bible Stays pg 3Committee members pg 2Compatriots in Corps pg 5Constitution pg 1Constitution Week pg 1Description of Corps pg 5Events pg 5Mess Dress pg 4-5MOFW pg 3Paris August 29, 1944 pg 2

A Veterans Recognition Committee NewsletterSeptember 2019

C o n s t i t u t i o nWeek Sept. 17-23Constitution Week is thecommemoration of America'smost important document. Itis celebrated annually duringthe week of September 17-23.This celebration of theConstitution was started bythe Daughters of theAmerican Revolution. In1955, DAR petitionedCongress to set asideSeptember 17-23 annually tobe dedicated for theobservance of ConstitutionWeek. The resolution waslater adopted by the U.S.Congress and signed intopublic law on August 2, 1956,by President Dwight D.Eisenhower.

The United States ConstitutionThe state delegates approved thedraft of the Constitution onSeptember 15, 1787. The signingwas set for the very next Monday.Jacob Shallus the assistant clerk forthe Pennsylvania GeneralAssembly, agreed to engross (copyin a fine, clear hand) the document.Over the course of about 40 hours,he created an accurate transcriptionof the draft. He was paid $30 forhis efforts. On September 17, thedocument was ready for signing.Thirty-nine of the 42 men presentsigned the Constitution. GeorgeWashington was first, followed byeach state delegation descendingfrom north to south. GeorgeMason, Elbridge Gerry, andEdmund Randolph refused to signbecause the Constitution lacked abill of rights. Thomas Jefferson andJohn Adams did not sign becausethey were on diplomatic missionsin Europe during the convention.

Preamble We the People of theUnited States, in Order to form amore perfect Union, establishJustice, insure domesticTranquility, provide for thecommon defense, promote thegeneral Welfare, and secure theBlessings of Liberty to ourselvesand our Posterity, do ordain andestablish this Constitution for theUnited States of America.

The Veterans RecognitionCommittee is responsible forpromoting and conducting programsdesigned to recognize those Compatriotswho have served in the U.S. ArmedForces or other military forces alliedwith the United States. The Committeeis responsible for monitoring therequirements for presentation of the WarService Medal and Military ServiceMedal and for developing certificaterecognition programs commemorateparticipation in specific armed conflicts.Members listed on page 2.See Committee on page 2.

The Committee will meet on September 20 at 8:30Editor Steve Monez smonez1@gmail.com Volunteers to edit thisnewsletter please contact Chairman COL Patrick Jay NiemannPat Niemann niemannpat@gmail.com

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Veterans Recognition Committee 2019 Our members:

CHAIRMANCOL Patrick Jay Niemann USA (FL)VICE-CHAIRMANDr. Philip Gary Pettett (AZ)SECRETARYCOL David Edward Thompson (AZ)REGISTRAR GENERAL - EX OFFICIODouglas Thomas Collins (TN)MembersMAJ Walter Joseph Timoschuk III (VA)SFC James Claude Arnold USA (IN)Sgt M. Troy C Bailey , USAF – (OH)Dr. William Lee Baran (PA-AZ)LTC Herman Charles Brown USMC – (VT)MAJ Bruce Alden Buehler USA (Ret.) – (AL)LTC Paul Robert Callanan USA (Ret.) – (MI)COL Peter M. Davenport USA (Ret.) (VA)Lt Col Gary Owen Green (NC)LCDR David George Jessel USN (Ret.) (GA)Lt Col Stephen John Miller USAF (Ret.) (AZ)SGT Steven C. Monez , USA (AZ)Victor George McMurry (TN)SSgt Paul Ithel Prescott (Ret.) (GA)CW5 Kenneth Duane Roach USA (Ret.) (CT)COL David Roy Shaul USA (Ret.) (MO)LTC EuGene Charles Smith Jr (AR)Douglas Baird Stuart (MD)Stephen David Sullins (MO)

Blue Navy and Agent OrangeRecently, Congress expanded the geographiclimits where exposure to Agent Orange isconsidered presumed. Veterans who served onvessels within 12 nautical miles seaward fromthe demarcation line of waters of Vietnam andCambodia as defined in Public Law 116-23(Blue Water Navy) between January 9, 1962and May 7, 1975 are presumed to have beenexposed to herbicides such as Agent Orangeand may be entitled to service connection forconditions related to that exposure. Exposureto Agent Orange carries a presumption ofservice connection for a list of specificconditions as listed in 38 Code of FederalRegulations section 3.309(e).Nicole Baker

Public Information OfficerArizona Dept. of Veterans’ ServicesFor more info follow this link:https://cck-law.com/blog/list-of-blue-water-navy-ships-exposed-to-agent-orange/

PARIS — Aug. 29, 1944Seventy-five years ago,they helped free Europefrom the Nazis. U.S.veterans went back toParis to celebrate, andcommemorate. Now intheir 90's, these men aren’tafraid to cry about whatthey saw in World War II.They want everyone toremember what happenedback then, so that itdoesn’t happen again.

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Military Order of Foreign Wars of the UnitedStates.

This is one of the Oldest Veteran’s and HereditaryAssociations in the Nation.Welcome to The Military Order of Foreign Wars of theUnited States (MOFW) we are a 501(c)4 Organization. Weare one of the oldest Veterans’ and Hereditary Associationsin the Nation with a diverse Membership that includesOfficers and their hereditary descendants from all of theArmed Services. Membership is composed of Active-duty,National Guard, Reserve and Retired Officers of the UnitedStates Armed Services, including the Coast Guard, whohave served during one of the wars in which this countryhas engaged and/or is engaged.The Seven Purposes of the MOFW are:

�� Honor and perpetuate the names of brave andloyal men and women.

�� Keep in mind the memory of their martial deedsand the victories which they helped gain.

�� Strengthen the ties of fellowship among theCompanions of the Order.

�� Foster the cultivation of military and navalscience.

�� Bear true allegiance to the United States ofAmerica, based upon a paramount respect for andfidelity to the National Constitution and laws.

�� Aid in maintaining national honor, union andindependence.

�� Foster and encourage the study of AmericanHistory and particularly of American MilitaryHistory, to the end that the memory of brave menand women may freely be enshrined and that weand our children may learn from the past toformulate sound policies for the present andfuture.For more information use link https://mofwus.org/

Pence: ‘The Bible stays’ at NewHampshire veterans hospital facinglawsuitThe Bible became part of the missing man tablehonoring missing veterans and POWS at the en-tranceway of the Manchester VA Medical Center.The Department of Veterans Affairs said the tablewas sponsored by a veterans group called theNortheast POW/MIA Network.A federal lawsuit was filed in Concord in May byU.S. Air Force veteran James Chamberlain againstthe center’s director, Alfred Montoya, saying theBible’s inclusion is a violation of the Constitution.The First Amendment stipulates “that the govern-ment may not establish any religion. Nor can thegovernment give favoritism to one religious beliefat the expense of others,” according to the suit.Chamberlain, a devout Christian, said in the lawsuitthe table should be a memorial to all who haveserved, regardless of their beliefs. The suit said theoriginal POW/MIA table tradition was started by agroup of Vietnam combat pilots and didn’t includea Bible as one of the items.

Vice President Mike Pence weighed in on a FirstAmendment lawsuit challenging a Bible on displayat a New Hampshire veteran’s hospital, saying underthe current administration, “VA hospitals will notbe religion-free zones.”

“We will always respect the freedom of religion ofevery veteran of every faith,” Pence said in a speechaddressing the American Legion NationalConvention in Indianapolis on Wednesday. “Andmy message to the New Hampshire VA hospital isthis: ‘The Bible stays.’”

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Wear your military mess dress unless you are in Color Guard

"The photographs show some of our compatriot veterans wearing their mess dress at the Houston and Costa MesaCongresses and Leadership. Enlisted and officer compatriots from E-4 to General Officer are standing proud inthe various pictures. Unless you are wearing a Revolutionary War uniform for the Color Guard we want toencourage our veteran compatriots of all ranks to wear their military dress mess at Congress and Leadership. Acouple of first time attendees at Costa Mesa did not know they could wear their mess dress and thought it was agreat way to show espirit de corps and the veteran influence in the SAR."

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Announcements, News, and Events

News, follow this link; https://www.sar.org/newsSAR Foundation, follow this link; https://www.sar.org/news/tag/SAR%20FoundationWhat will our museum look like, don’t miss this.Interpretive Plan; https://www.sar.org/news/sar-center-interpretive-plan-members-only

Future Congress Locations;130th Congress - Richmond, Virginia (2020)131st Congress - Seattle, Washington (2021)132nd Congress - Savannah, Georgia (2022)

Future Leadership Dates;Fall 2019 - 9/19/19 to 9/21/19Spring 2020 - 2/27/20 to 2/29/20Fall 2020 - 9/24/20 to 9/26/20

Wear your military mess dress unless you are in Color Guard

Use the links below to access;

Compatriots in Corps by state Veteran Corps Compatriots

Descriptions of the Six Veterans Corps

Application form with instructions The Veterans Multi-Corps Recognition Form