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Door County Veterans!
Welcome home to
"Landing Zone (LZ)"
Liberty Grove, Wisconsin!
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Heads up!
For security
reasons!
Only
Post' members are allowed into zoomed
meetings
Zooming Instructions
While all
Door County veterans
are encourage to attend meetings via "Zoom",
all must first be cleared into the meets by
Post' Commanders.
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Let's Roll!
Join
us in singing:
The
Star Spangle Banner!
Help us teach
the
history of
"The Pledge of Allegiance"
to the next generation.
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VFW Post 8337 meets at the Liberty Grove Town Hall the 1st Tuesday of each month
at 7 PM
VFW Post 8337 member will find their ZOOM
invitation (ID and Password) in their monthly newsletter.
* We zoom
our meeting between 6:30 and 8 p.m.
* We assemble
between 6:30 and 7 p.m.
* Post 8337 family members are
encouraged to attend in person and/or via zoom.
* Veterans are reminded to wear
their cover!
* All Zoom video's should be on during the meeting and
all microphones should be "muted", during the meeting.
All Door
County veterans on active duty are encouraged to join the
post closest to their home.
The Chaplain's
"Good of the Order" will be at 7:30 sharp.
Go to:
www.zoom.com
and upload their "free" app on your smart phone,
computer and tablet.
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A message to VFW
members, who live, work or are retired
in Door County.
There are two VFW
posts in Door County:
VFW Post 8337,
supports veterans living north of the
45th
parallel, to
and including Washington Island! VFW Post
3088 support veterans living
south of the 45th parallel to the county line.
Billy Weiss American
Legion Post 527 - Thomas Kowalski
Commanding
tom@garrowoil.com (Zoom)
Below is a list of
contacts and meeting times of some of
the Veteran Organizations.
VFW Post 3088 – 2nd
Thursday of ea. Month – 744 Delaware
St., Sturgeon Bay, WI
CDR Joe Knaapen -
(920)493-2183 –
joewk47@yahoo.com
QM Bill Graf -
(920)743-7688 –
billnmarygraf@charter.net
AL Post 402 – 1st
Thursday of ea. Month – 1254 Main St.,
Washington Island, WI
CDR Dick Purinton –
(920)535-0046 –
richard@wisferry.com
Adj Charles Grandy
– (920)535-0334 –
chas.grandy@gmail.com
AMVETS Post 51 – 4th
Tuesday of ea. Month – Leatham Smith
Lodge
CDR Bill Forry –
(920)559-8019 –
chiefsqtrs@yahoo.com
Robert Gamble –
(920)559-9458 –
rgam1r222@gmail.com
AL Post 72 – 2nd
Tuesday of ea. Month – 692 Tacoma Beach
Rd., Sturgeon Bay, WI
Door County Veteran Service Officer
(CVS)
CDR Deb Logerquist
– (920)823-2109 –
spaulsdoor@aol.com
Veteran
Service Office 2nd in Command
Nathan M. LeClair
421 Nebraska St.
Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235
Toll-Free:
888-743-1844
x2225
Phone:
920-746-2225
Fax:
920-746-2519
Email:
nleclair@co.door.wi.us
United States Navy Veteran
Veteran
organizations with members living on the
Door County Peninsula:
Vietnam
Veterans of America Wisconsin State
Council
Navy Seabees Island 14 Meets in
Manitowoc
1611 South 17th Street Manitowoc, WI
54220
Navy
Seabee Veterans of America / National
Headquarters.
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VFW Post 8337 News
Letters:
May 2022
Agenda for
the
Door
County Veterans Service Council.
VFW Post 8337 Quarterly
Report to CVSO April 12, 2022 |
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Landing Zone (LZ) 45
"At the
Heart of the Peninsula" |
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Mission Statement:
We will set up a 24/7 zooming
network, to monitor the "Good of the
Order" needs of all Door County
veterans, no matter where they're
serving around the world.
We will build the troop
strength in all Door County veteran
organizations. We will locate,
lockdown and safely land Door County'
veterans, with family and friends, as
close as possible to the Door County'
based veteran organization of their
choice.
We will work with High Schools
within our respective "Theater of
Operation" to support students planning
to enlist, students on active duty, with
a special operation focused on veterans
returning from active duty.
We will provide "Basic" and "Advanced
Individual Training (AIT)" focused on:
Conducting "Search
and Rescue" operations, when a child
goes missing on the Door County
peninsula. Conducting "Mass
evacuations", during a natural
disaster or terrorist attack on the Door
County peninsula. Conducting
"School/Building evacuations, during
a bomb threat. Creating "Defendable
Zones" in our schools and business
community. "Responding to "Active
Shooter Events (ASE)" on the Door
County peninsula and "Responding to a
chemical/biological attack on the
Door County peninsula.
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Door County veteran
organizations need your support.
Please
click here
to learn more about veteran services in Door County!
Update: Our current Door County Veterans
Service Officer is: Beth Wartella.
Her office address is: 421 Nebraska
Street, Sturgeon Bay, Wi. 54235
Her Contact # are: Toll-Free
888-743-1844 x 2226 and 920-746-2226 Fax #
920-746-2519
Her email is:
bwartella@co.door.wi.us
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Our Door County Veteran Posts need your
support - Join today!
Call our County Veteran Service Officer
(CVSO) at: 920-746-2225
Richard Woldt – Past Commander VFW Post
8337 Liberty Grove, Wisconsin
Now is the time
for "all veterans" to stand and fight.
It's an easy mission to join. All
veterans need to do is email Door
Country Veterans Service Officer, or call
her at 920-746-2225 for a briefing
they'll never regret.
There is little doubt, if we don't
aggressively recruit new members for all
Door County veteran organizations, we're
eventually going to lose our ability to
stand our post, safeguard veteran
benefits already promised, and support
our troops returning to civilian life.
With battles yet to be won, boarders yet
to be secured, and veterans yet to be
backed, now's not the time to let down
our guard.
Allow
me to suggest:
Families, go together and purchase a
life time membership in one of our three
VFW posts for your solder returning from
combat. For your marine; purchase a life
time membership in our Marine Corp
Detachment. And don't forget those who
qualify to belong to AMVET post 51 or
one of our four American Legion posts.
If you want to know when and where Door
County Veteran organizations meet:
Click
here
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Stop!
I
launched this site
back in 2001, just
after the 9-11-01
attack on the New
York World Trade
Center. Much below
this point is dated
material, so read it
as if you where
there. God Bless
"Full speed ahead
and damn the
torpedoes." |
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Eyes right and
page down for a KIA
briefing on five of
Door County's
finest.
Click here a song
for the wall!
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Their motto?
I've Got Your Back! |
Their guard dog road
point!.
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LZ
"Landing Zone" Lambeau
was an awesome success!
Go to
www.LZLambeau.org
for details.
Page down for a
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Dan L. Pfister
Sfc. U. S. Army - Medic
Sturgeon Bay,
KIA June 18, 1968
Panel 56W line 26 RIP
Bayside Cemetery |
Randy W. Wagner
Corporal U.S. Army
Egg Harbor,
KIA 11/27/1968
Panel
38W line 80 RIP
Egg Harbor Cemetery |
David R. Schaefer
Sergeant U.S. Army
Sturgeon Bay
KIA May 1, 1969
Panel
26W line 94 RIP
St P&P Institute |
Richard E. Perez
Lance Corporal USMC
Washington Island
KIA September 6, 1969
Panel 18W line 49
RIP Island Cemetery |
Philip M. Overbeck
1st Lieutenant US Army
Sturgeon Bay
KIA June 10, 1970
Panel 09W line 40
RIP Bayside Cemetery |
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In 'Nam we seldom had a day without rain so riding wet
with Rolling Thunder's 1244 or Door County's "Rubber
hits the Road" only brought back memories of drying out
before moving out! Don't miss our
www.youtube.com
video shot while our ride paused at Door County's Fallen
Heroes Memorial in Sturgeon Bay. |
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primary
mission was
to safely
deploy 5
Honor Riders
with Rolling
Thunder's
1244 riding
out of La
Crosse to LZ
Lambeau
while at the
same time
deploying 5
from KIA
gravesites
in Door
County to LZ
Lambeau on
Friday, May
21, 2010.
The 1244
represent
the number
of Wisconsin
solders
killed in
action,
missing in
action, or
who were
prisoners
during the
Vietnam War.
All Door
County
riders made
it safely to
LZ Lambeau.
Two of
Rolling
Thunder's
riders went
down in the
rain on the
way to La
Crosse
suffering
only minor
injuries.
Three went
down in the
rain during
the first
deployment
sending one
to the
hospital,
and one went
down later
in the day
suffering
minor
injuries but
totaling his
bike. The
FAA grounded
the chopper
planning to
fly over the
1244.
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primary
mission was
to guard the
Moving WALL
while
landing Door
County
Vietnam vets
with KIA
family
members
safely on
the ground
at LZ
Lambeau
Saturday May
22, 2010.
We
all landed
safely
in-country!
We answered
roll-call,
signing a
parking lot
size map of
South
Vietnam!
We reconnected
with
comrades and
shared "war
stories" and
common
experiences!
 
We hugged,
saluted, and
prayed with
"Golden"
Mothers!
Golden
Mothers are
the mothers
of solders
on the WALL!
Click here and view
"Door County
Veterans' Welcome Home"
and
"Over
Door County - Under God"
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Rolling
Thunder
escorted the
Moving WALL
out of town
Monday
morning, May
24, 2010
Pioneer 1
packed up
and moved
out at high
noon!
We salute
our fellow
veterans and
applaud Door
County
residents
for their
heart
warming
"welcome
home" and
shouts of
support as
our
Ride-for-Five
wound
through Door
County on
its way to
LZ Lambeau.
We cried and
beamed with
pride along
the way!
We'll never
forget your
signs,
banners, and
shouts of
encouragement.
Almost
everyone on
our
"Ride-for-Five"
out of Door
County and
our ride for
1244 out of
La Crosse
reported
crying as
they
realized the
welcome they
knew was
there but
had never
really felt.
I guarantee
We'll never
forget our
welcome
home.
Rich Woldt
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Life Safety
had to come
first!
Our only
mission
glitch came
when the
threat of
rain forced
us to deploy
early from
Northport.
With two
bikers, not
ours,
already down
in the rain on their way
to La
Crosse,
another three down
in
the first
wave out of
La Crosse,
it
starting to
rain in
Green Bay,
was
sprinkling
in Sturgeon
Bay, I
made the
call to
deploy the
moment the
ferry docked
in Northport
in order to
reach at
least
Sturgeon Bay
on dry
roads.
Staging area
#2
deployment
went better
than
expected so
we were past
Gibraltar
High School before
students had
time to fall
out and form
a flag line.
Note:
I posted
an apology
to the
school
the
moment I
realized
they hadn't
heard our
passing
sirens.
Our early deployment
was entirely for
safety reasons.
At 4 a.m.
I had learned it
was pouring
rain in La
Crosse and
two bikers
had gone
down in the
rain
on the way
to La
Crosse, suffering
minor
injuries.
At 5:30
I learned
our riders
were
standing
mission
ready in the
rain. They
were OK but
had already
needed one
first aid
kit, and had
lost one
flasher in
the rain.
at 6:30
I learned
three bikers
had gone
down in the
first wave
with one
taken to the
hospital and
one bike
said to be
totaled.
Knowing it was
already
raining in
Green Bay
and
sprinkling
in Sturgeon
Bay, I
made the
call to
mount-up and
move-out the
moment the
ferry landed
at
Northport.
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THANK
YOU OB1!
Vietnam
Vets across the state thank NEWBA's
President Owen "OB1" Bergwin
for his support and dedication
throughout the LZ Lambeau planning year.
OB1 rode
with Rolling Thunders' 1244 soaked to
the bone in the second wave out of La
Crosse. He worked in the Rolling
Thunders' food stand, attended countless
meetings, and stood with us at every
turn. Thanks OB1! You're a friend of
veterans around the world. Any single
women vacationing in Door County would
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and THANK
YOU Fingers
for riding
with the
1244 and so
much more!
THANK YOU
Honor Riders!
Vietnam Vets
were proud
to ride with
members of
the
TITAN MC and
Door Devil
Motorcycle
Clubs,
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Door County's "Ride for
Five" with Rolling Thunder's 1244
was
ridden by Owen
"OB1" Burgwin for Richard
Perez, Eric Peil for Dan Phister, Joe Rockwell
for David Schaefer,
Karen "Finger" Nicholson for
Phil Overbeck, and Michael "Saint
Michael" Burgwin for Randy Wagner.
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Door County's "Ride for
Five"
was
lead by Emmett VanGorver
riding for Randy Wagner, Ken
Suess for Dan Phister, Tim
Gauthier for Richard Perez,
Joe Stich for Dave Schaefer
and Frank Mack riding for
Phil Overbeck. |
.... and with Rolling Thunder, Patriot Guard, Warriors' Watch
and clubs too many to mention...
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Vietnam
vets thank our Door
Co. Business
Community:
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Motor Pool -
Fuel & Medical Supply Depots
During "Rubber hits the
Road" managers at all
refueling depots carried
the rank of "Full Bull!"
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U.S. Hwy 57
AL
Post 527 Tom Kowalski |
Staging Area # 2
Ken
Gobel - US Navy
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Staging Area # 3
BP' Diane Hank & Shell' Lisa Anschutz |
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Motor
Pool:
Viking
Grill Owner/CEO
Dan
Peterson Commanding |
Medical Supply Depot
Bay
Pharmacies Inc.
President/CEO
Thomas
Voegele Commanding |
Medical Supply Depot
Pamida
Pharmacy
President/CEO
Jim Thomas Commanding |
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Vietnam vets send a special THANK YOU to Pioneer Credit Union's
CEO Tom Young, Wisconsin credit union chapter
leaders, the Wisconsin
Credit Union League, and members of the World
Council of Credit Unions for their
financial council and liquidity
management support offered honor riders
traveling to LZ Lambeau from across the
country and around the world.
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Wisconsin Credit Unions
resupplied
our
M.P.C
and Green Backs?
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enlisted the support of the
world credit union movement.
FYI: The Door County
Community Credit Union,
organized in Egg Harbor,
Wisconsin is now a branch of
the Pioneer Credit Union
located two blocks due south
of LZ Lambeau. Pioneer CU
joined our "Unified" command
to mentor our Chiefs of
Finance. This helped ensure
all internationally
recommended internal, audit,
and collection control
procedures were followed.
They also consulted on
security and safety with our
Planning, Operation, and
Logistic Chiefs.
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Thank you
"Lambeau
Credit
Union"
in Tobago,
West Indies.
We salute
them from
"Lambeau
Field" the
home of the
World
Champion
Green Bay
Packers! My
promise made - is a
promise
kept!
Rich Woldt
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Thank you International Credit Union Risk Managers
in Scotland,
Ireland,
England, Poland, Jamaica, South Korea and beyond...
for observing and benchmarking our ability to move a segment of our population out of harms way when faced with a natural disaster, terrorist attack, or pandemic requiring a mass evacuation or the need to segment our population.
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Veterans
once
again
thank
McDonalds
and
Walmart for
the
gift
cards
and
their help
to
field
test
our
mass-evacuation
tracking
protocols.
Both
honor
rides
were
used
to
field
test
"private
sector"
mass-evacuation
protocols
that
would
be
used
during
a
natural
disaster,
pandemic,
terrorist
attack,
or
large
scale
community
crisis
whose
scope
overwhelms
or
whose
duration
exhausts
public
sector
response
assets.
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Sunday:
Operation  was a ecumenical kite flying celebration of our
religious traditions
and Christian
heritage. Five kites
bearing the picture and
panel patch of our
5 KIAs were
launched with a
brigade of kites from Hansen's
Century Farm across
Hwy 42/57 from
Shepherd of the Bay
Lutheran Church
(11836 Hwy 42) just
south of Ellison
Bay.
Click here and view
"Door County
Veterans' Welcome Home"
and
"Over
Door County - Under God"
videos!
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All Door County veteran
organizations are in dire need of members. We're
finding it increasingly difficult to find vets
healthy and able to march in parades or take part in
fundraisers and honor guards at funerals.
"Please encourage all
vet's to join and support a veteran organization
near their home!"
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As
always, let your
voice be heard!
Note: some of these links
are old and may not work. |
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Thank You
Senator Ron Johnson
for helping to defeat the Coburn' Amendment #564.
Considering Tom Coburn is a fellow Republican I think he deserves a
trip to the Wisconsin woodshed.
We salute the Door County's VFW, American Legion,
AMVET Posts and Marine Corp League taking part in
"Operation Kill the Coburn'
Amendment #564." While we won this
skirmish
Click here,
the budget war and battle with those who
consider Jane Fonda someone to
admire has just begun. Note AARP's pro Jane Fonda
article in their November publication. I'm
cancelling my membership, insurance, and
support of AARP at the end of my current
enrollment.
Click here to contact your State
Legislators.
Click here to contact the U.S. House of
Representatives.
Click here to contact the U.S. Senate.
And
click here to contact your Door County
CVSO and join your hometown post.
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Action
requested!
Contact your U.S. Senators and tell them Senator Tom
Coburn's (R-Oklahoma) Amendment #564 to H.R. 2055 is
a deal breaker with Vietnam Vets.
FYI:
Coburn wants
to change the manner in which presumptive
disabilities related to Agent Orange exposure are
determined. He wants us to again prove the positive
connection between exposure to Agent Orange and the
15 presumptive illnesses that have already been
recognized by the VA. We need to fight Coburn and
his amendment #564 as we fought through Agent Orange
to knock out Charlie sympathizers hiding behind
their desks in Washington.
We can not
allow this amendment to pass. For decades we fought
to convince Washington that exposure to Agent Orange
was killing our troops. Now that the VA Secretary
has the scientific proof we need to guard against
guys like Coburn pulling the rug out from under us
in an effort to balance their budget. Not on our
watch!
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Effective
1-1-11... I'll use this
and my post website
www.VFWPost8337.com to
promote "private sector"
Homeland Security response
protocols taught through my Risk
Management Learning Center
and RMLC Graduate School.
(learn more).
www.RMLearningCenter.com
May 2010:
Thank You Wisconsin & Door County
for a great...
"Vietnam
Veteran' Welcome Home!"
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A
special thank
you to LZ
Lambeau
organizers and
Rolling Thunder!
Rich Woldt Past
Commander -
Chaplain VFW
Post 8337 |
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Note: This site is
a Homeland
Security R&D
site managed by
faculty from my
Risk Management
Learning Center
at
www.RMLearningCenter.com.
Go there for
"Rubber-Hits-the-Road", "Boot-on-the-Ground", and
"Over Door
County - Under
God"
debriefings,
security best practices
learned during
LZ Lambeau,
Incident Command
System (ICS) updates,
as well as
mass-evacuation
protocol changes
made after LZ
Lambeau.
Field Tests:
The
1244 and Door
County memorial
rides were used
to field test RMLC'
recommended
Emergency
Operation Center
(EOC), Staging
Area (SA),
as well as mass-evacuation,
troop safety, and
supply line
security
protocols
recommended
during a large
scale community
crisis such as a
terrorist
attack, natural
disaster, or
pandemic. |
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Risk
Management Learning Center -
Veteran Basic Training
Since
9-11-01...this site has
been used develop "private
sector" emergency response
protocols
Page
down... for highlights
of 2010.
(learn more).
Click here and view "Door County
Veterans' Welcome Home" and "Over
Door County - Under God"
videos!
Click here to view other
LZ Lambeau Videos:
Homeland Security
and CU Risk Managers:
Click here
to upload our mission
incident reports. I will
file all R&D papers in our
RMLC library at
www.RMLearningCenter.com Click
here for a Poster for honor
riders. To
safely land at LZ Rich Woldt
go to
www.RichWoldt.com
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It's time
crat,
RDoor
County Veteran'
Mission Statement:
Under the direction
and control of our
County Veteran
Service Officer, we
will recruit all
veterans living or
working in Door
County to join the
VFW, American
Legion, AMVET,
and/or Marine Corp
League Post nearest
their residence with
a special effort to
enlist veterans
coming off active
duty.
Note:
All Door County
veteran posts are in
desperate need of
members to support
our military honors
program at funerals,
fundraising for
needy vets,
scholarship
programs, etc. We
have an increasing
number of veterans
coming off active
duty suffering with
war wounds, PTSD,
unemployment, and
family stress
brought on by
multiple
deployments.
We will launch a
basic training
initiative to ensure
all Door County
veterans are
familiar with
Incident Command
System and stand
mission ready to
join a "Unified"
command when the
scope of a natural
disaster or
terrorist attack
overwhelms, or it's
duration exhausts
our public sector
response asset.
Note:
Veterans
organizations are
well position to
respond to the
hierarchy of victim
needs. The ICS is
required training
for all Wisconsin
law enforcement,
fire fighters, and
emergency
government. It's
used by all
Wisconsin' Homeland
Security
Public-to-Private
Partnerships and
private sector
volunteer
organizations such
as the Red Cross,
Salvation Army, etc.
Go to
www.Cops007.com
for more
information.
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Thanks to all advocates who
joined the fight! The Senate
passed S. 210 , the
Stolen Valor Act last
night. Below is the link to
the new alert and a letter
you can send to thank your
Senators. We were able to
get through to all 100
Senate offices! Kudos!
Have a wonderful Memorial
Day!
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It's time; no
it's past time for us to circle our wagons,
take up arms and stand mission ready to
protect and defend our homeland.
Like all
internationally known tourist destinations, Door
County affords terrorists their five top target
characteristics.
- A high first strike body count to inflict
maximum trauma across international boundaries.
- Vulnerable mass-evacuation routes providing
terrorists secondary targets and strike
opportunities.
- Vulnerable communication links and
infrastructure assets that if neutralized would
isolate Door County. .
- We have in-place mass media assets to
neutralize or commandeered and used to their
advantage.
- We have limited public sector first-response
assets guarding a pre-softened population.
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Door County is a sitting
target. We need veterans both
on active duty and those return from active duty to
immediately join a veteran organization nearest
their home. Door County veterans need to be
constantly briefed on the most current military
training and latest military strategies tested in
Iraq and Afganistan.
Vote to protect "Medals of
Honor"
Click here
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The origin of the “Battlefield Cross”
The
origin of the “Battlefield Cross” dates back
to before the Civil War, to a time when
fallen soldiers, in the heat of battle, were
buried on the battlefield.
The fallen soldier’s
rifle
with bayonet attached would be stuck at the
head of the grave and their helmet placed on
top to identify the soldier. After the
battle was won, their comrades in arms would
return and conduct what’s now become the
traditional graveside service, to include
placing a makeshift headstone and flag to
mark the grave, firing a “three-shot” volley
over the grave, and starting during the
Civil War, the playing of Taps.
The origins of “Taps,” dates back to the
Civil War:
In July 1862, U.S. General Daniel
Butterfield and his brigade were camped at
Harrison’s Landing, Virginia, recuperating
after the Seven Days Battles near Richmond.
Dissatisfied with the standard bugle call,
Butterfield reworked the bugle call used to
signal the end of the day. Not long after,
it was played for the first time at a
military funeral, for a Union soldier killed
in action. The commanding officer (Captain
John Tidball) felt, when on the front-lines,
it would be safer to sound Taps, than fire
off the traditional three-volley salute over
the soldier’s grave.
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Prior to Butterfield’s bugle call,
the lights-out call was followed by three
drum beats, originally dubbed the “Drum
Taps,” than “The Taps” and then simply
“Taps.” When Butterfield’s call replaced the
drum beats, soldiers unofficial dubbed it
their “Taps.” Butterfield’s bugle call was
officially known as “Extinguish Lights” in
American military manuals until 1891. Since
that time, “Taps” also has been a formally
recognized part of U.S. military funerals.
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Today at Berkeley Plantation,
the historic estate located at Harrison’s
Landing, there’s a monument commemorating
the origins of “Taps” at the site. Berkeley
Plantation also happens to be the birthplace
of Benjamin Harrison V, a signer of the
Declaration of Independence, and William
Henry Harrison, the nation’s ninth
president.
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Words to Taps (Note:
There ere are no "official"
words to Taps below are the most
popular.)
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Day is done,
Gone the sun,
From the hills,
From the lake,
From the skies.
All is well,
Safely rest,
God is nigh
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Go to sleep,
Peaceful sleep,
May the soldier
Or sailor,
God keep.
On the land
Or the deep,
Safe in sleep.
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Love, good night,
Must thou go,
When the day,
And the night
Need Thee so?
All is well.
Speedeth all
To their rest.
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Fades the light;
And afar
Goeth day,
And the stars
Shineth bright,
Fare thee well,
Day has gone,
Night is on. |
Thanks and praise,
For our days.
'Neath the sun,
'Neath the stars,
'Neath the sky,
As we go,
This we know,
God is nigh. |
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Attention Door
County students heading for Washington DC to visit
The Wall!
Thank you for
stopping at the Wall for all of us who've yet to
make the trip!
Whether you make it to the Wall during this trip, or not,
isn’t what’s most important. What’s most
important, is you travel safe and know, when
you take the time to visit any of our
nation's war memorials, you're helping us
all to heal, from the loss of lives we
suffered securing our freedom, defending our
homeland, and preserving our liberty for
generations yet to come.
I've put together a short tutorial, that highlights what's being
taught to law enforcement officers, fire
fighters, and emergency government personnel
(EMTs) around the world. It's a short course
in what you can do, before you leave Door
County, so you're prepared to act, if and
when, you're confronted by a sudden and
unexpected, life threatening event. You'll
learn how to "take command" and lead your
fellow students out of harm's way.
You'll learn what to look for, and what to do, and not do, during a
mass evacuation, terrorist attack, bomb
threat, major fire, or traffic accident.
Equally important, you'll learn how to stay
connected to your home base in Door County
throughout your trip, and how to muster our
entire county to your rescue anytime you
find yourselves in harm's way.
God Bless!
Richard Woldt - Army, Vietnam 1968 - 1970! |
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Are you
wondering when and how to display our flag?
Click here!
or go to:
http://www.senate.gov/reference/resources/pdf/RL30243.pdf
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When the
scope of a natural
disaster or
terrorist attack
overwhelms, or it's
duration exhausts
our public sector
response asset.
Note:
Veterans
organizations are
well position to
respond to the
hierarchy of victim
needs. The ICS is
required training
for all Wisconsin
law enforcement,
fire fighters, and
emergency
government. It's
used by all
Wisconsin' Homeland
Security
Public-to-Private
Partnerships and
private sector
volunteer
organizations such
as the Red Cross,
Salvation Army, etc.
Go to
www.Cops007.com
for more
information.
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Thanks to all advocates who
joined the fight! The Senate
passed S. 210 , the
Stolen Valor Act last
night. Below is the link to
the new alert and a letter
you can send to thank your
Senators. We were able to
get through to all 100
Senate offices! Kudos!
Have a wonderful Memorial
Day!
http://capwiz.com/vfw/issues/alert/?alertid=62685126 |
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Flash back to
Vietnam Veterans return to LZ (Landing Zone)
Lambeau! |
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Door County Veterans!
Welcome home to
"Landing Zone (LZ)"
Liberty Grove, Wisconsin!
Join Zoom Meeting
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VFW Post 8337 and
American Legion Post 527 are
walking point north of the 45th parallel, while VFW Post 3088,
AMVET Post 51, the Marine Corp League
and the other American Legion posts
operating south of the 45th, launch their
own Post' Zooming
Operations (PZO's) to better
serve veterans living within their "Theater of
Operation".
It is our stated
"Mission Objective", to build the
troop strength in each and ever Door
County' veteran organization. Experience
has taught us, the closer a
veterans lives to the Landing Zone near
their home, the
more active they'll be and the quicker
they'll be able to respond to the needs
of their fellow veterans living within their Theater of Operation.
For example:
We encourage veterans, living north
of the 45th parallel to join VFW Post
8337 and those living south of the 45th
parallel to join VFW Post 3088. Keep monitoring the Door County' veteran'
organization of your choice, so you'll be able to jump
on-board the moment they come on-line.
FYI: VFW Post
8337 and AL Post 527 will be setting up
Landing Zone "LZ Billerbeck Field" at
Gibraltar High School,
with a stated mission to conduct basic
Risk Management' training in: Crime
Prevention though Environmental Design
(CPTED), how to mobilize Public to
Private Partnerships (PPP'), how to
command SWAT
maneuvers during an Active Shooting
Event (ASE), how to handle bomb threats and
conduct bomb-threat evacuations, how to
update and integrate defendable zones in
schools, churches, financial
institutions throughout the private
sector. and how to get the most
out of your investment in surveillance
systems and armed security guards.
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The
Star Spangle Banner!
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Rich Woldt
&
Lee Patza
Saigon Vietnam
1968 - 1970
Cousins: Although
we on opposite ends of the political spectrum,
we're both "American" Vietnam Vets, proud
members of VFW Post 8337, and stand mission
ready to fight for our freedom and defend our
homeland!
HQ Military
Assistance Command Vietnam (MACVn)
January 11,
1969
"Door
County had 5 solders killed in action during the
Vietnam War"
Randy Wagner,
Lee Patza and I left Egg Harbor about the same
time. Lee landed in Vietnam March 23, 1968,
Randy on September 11, 1968 and I landed on
November 10, 1968. Randy was killed by a
demolition bomb on November 11, 1968 the day
after I landed at Long Bien Ben Hue.
David Schaefer,
son of Roy and Helen (Rohr) Schaefer, Sturgeon
Bay, landed in the Mekong Delta as part of the
Ninth Infantry Division on March 1, 1969 and was
killed 61 days later on May 1, 1969; leaving
three brothers; Steve, Rick and Mark and
paternal grandmother, Nellie Schaefer behind. I
remember hanging out with David at his family's
Shell Station on Jefferson where he spent many
hours working on his '62Corvair.
Sergeant
Schaefer was awarded several medals posthumously
for valor in combat. The Silver Star with 1st
Oak Leaf Cluster. The first was for picking up
an armed Vietcong grenade from beneath a wounded
soldier and hurling it away, where it exploded
shortly thereafter. The second was for
courageously leading an attack against a
Vietcong bunker where he took machine gun fire
that cost him his life. Also awarded were the
Bronze Star and Bronze Star first Oak Leaf
Cluster for meritorious achievement while
participating in sustained aerial flight in
support of combat forces and the Purple Heart.
Rick Perez,
Washington Island, was scheduled to leave
for home on September 22 (we called it
"DEROS" to "CONUS" or "Date Expected to Return
from Overseas to Continental United States"). He
was killed by a fragmentation grenade in Quang
Nam province on September 6, 1969; sixteen days
before he would have safely landed at home on
the Island.
Dan Pfister,
born in
Jacksonport, had been in the Army since 1955. He
was the oldest and first Door County vet to be
killed in Vietnam. Dan and I were attached
to the same MACVn command. We called him a
"Brown Boot" because once you're in Nam for over
a week you're boots are red-brown from the mud
in the rivers. Dan was a medic on an operation
out of Binh Thuan when he was first listed as
MIA but than the same day (June 18, 1968), his
body was recovered and he was official reported
as Killed in Action.
Philip Overbeck,
Son of Henry and
Thea, brother of William and Charles and Michael
and Margi and Elizabeth and Jennifer; a 1965
graduate of Sturgeon Bay High School, was the
fifth and last Door County vet to be Killed in
Action on June 10. 1970. Phil was a paratrooper
serving with the 173 Airborne Brigade, Company
B-4, 503 Infantry when he was killed by an
explosive device while on an operation out of
Binh Dinh. Phil's brothers William and
Charles are both Vietnam vets.
Lee landed
safely back in the U.S. February 9, 1969. I was
scheduled to go home November 10, 1968 but
extended my tour to get the --- who killed
Randy. I landed back in the U.S. January 10,
1970.
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Door County' Veteran
Operations
Would not have been possible
without the hard work and support of so many over the past year.
Following are just a few critical liaisons.
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From Door County's Veteran Service Office |
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From Iraq |
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From 1st Sergeant Thomas Blohowiak and his 372 Engineer Company... |
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and VFW District 8 Commander Steve Conto |
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with the 372 Engineer Co. (VERT) |
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The line at the WALL ran through LZ Lambeau. |
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Panel Patches by: Woody West |
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From Wisconsin National Guard and
Emergency Management |
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From Wisconsin Department of Homeland Security |
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From leaders of the World Credit Union Movement |
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From Lambeau Credit Union in Tobago |
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From Door County's Sheriff and our local and State Emergency
Management |
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From bikers across the State |
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From front-line firefighters |
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From LZ Lambeau planners and organizers |
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From fellow bikers across the US |
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From Northeast Wisconsin Bikers Association
Members |
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From Door County Motorcycle Clubs |
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From local radio stations |
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From my fellow VFW Post 8337 members |
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From the Door
Devils of Door County! |
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They're covering
our back! |
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Door Devil rider
Emmitt's sister-in-law was engaged to
Randy when he deployed to Nam. Randy was
killed the day after I landed in
country. |
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LZ Lambeau vets
will be flying Vietnam era aircraft! |
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We'll be building
ramps for the wall the week before! |
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Flyovers were friendly! |
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We're bonded through
generations of military service |
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off guard again! |
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| Choppers provided LZ
Lambeau air cover! |
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| Door
County Honor Riders answered roll-call well trained, properly
equipped, and mission ready to roll! |
| Disclaimer:
As Nixon would say, I want it made it "perfectly clear"
that operations launched from this site are by one old
Vietnam Vet who's only interested in putting back
together the lives of his comrades who've been wounded
too often by politicians more interested in their
re-election than standing up for the Christian
principals on which our country has been built.
If my lack of tact or unconventional tactics offend you,
I apologize. It is precisely because of my passion at
times that I must clearly state so there can be no
misunderstanding; "I do not in any way, shape, form, or
fashion represent any veteran post of which I'm a
member, nor do I represent any credit union or credit
union affiliate for whom I've been privileged to work"
If you or any of your associates chose to follow any of
my recommendations or adopt any of my protocols, you do
it at your own risk. Now that that has been said, Let us
proceed full speed ahead and damn the torpedoes!
Rich Woldt -
Proud Army Strong Vietnam Vet |
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As each
deployment started
so it closed with a prayer to our
"Eternal God!"
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Prayer: Eternal God!
Written by: Pastor Roger Falk
AMVET Post 51
Prayed Graveside: 0600 Hours May 21, 2010
Eternal
God, Supreme Commander of us all, Lord of the
far-flung battle line, to whom all ranks of life
report, we bow before you with reverent hearts
and in sublime faith, knowing that you lead us
on in death as you do in life.
Once again
you ordered servants of our country to lay down
their arms and dwell forever with the unnumbered
multitude. Mindful of service nobly done, you
have called them to everlasting rest. You have
sealed their lips. You have called them to
eternal peace.
Hear now the
sorrows of those who mourn. Touch their tired
hearts with healing. Protect them with your holy
care. Keep clean and bright in memory the
splendid flame that now has flickered out!
Shelter us with your divine compassion. Join us
with those whose daily lives are an offering to
duty and their native land. Inspire us by their
example that we may die worthy of like service.
We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ who gave
his life as a sacrifice for all mankind. Amen.
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For once I have to
come to
President
Obama's defense. He
doesn't deserve the
heat he's taking
over the change in
funeral protocol
that replaces "On
behalf of the
President" with "On
behalf of the
"Secretary of
Defense"
Click here and
you make the call.
But I will not cut
him any slack for
his apology to
Afghanistan's
President Karzai
when our troops
unintentionally
burned copies of the
Koran.
Click here
for an apology
that's more to my
liking. |
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