- Fundraiser for Robert Price – 17 Jan 2013 – The Crash Crew” along with Dadz Bar and Grill is holding a benefit/fundraiser for the Family of Robert Price Jr. who tragically passed away due to a motorcycle accident on Saturday 1/12/2013. Proceeds will go towards his fiance Ana Mclean and his 2 sons Trevor and Elijah. $25 per person. Beef & Beer. Live Auction & 50/50 raffles. For more info call (609) 267-0637
- Operation Stand Down – 18 Jan 2013 – Morristown Armory, 430 Western Avenue, Morristown, NJ 07960
Helping Our Homeless Veterans Combat Life on the Streets. Join us at Operation Stand Down New Jersey
A Stand Down is a community-based intervention program designed to help the nation’s estimated 107,000 homeless veterans on any given night “combat” life on the streets. Homeless veterans are brought together in a single location and are provided access to the community resources needed to begin addressing their individual problems and rebuilding their lives. At Stand Down events, hundreds of homeless veterans are provided with a broad range of necessities, including food, clothing, medical, legal and mental health assistance, job counseling and referral, and most importantly, companionship and camaraderie. It is a time for the community to connect with the homeless veteran population and address this crisis that affects each and every town, city and state in this country. For more information, contact Thomas Dresdner, President of NJ Fallen Soldiers Foundation, at tom@njfallensoldiers.org or 973.920.0831
- Rolling Thunder-NJ2 Annual Pasta Dinner – 19 Jan 2013 – 3PM – 7PM at Knights of Columbus #6522
15 East Lacey Road, Forked River, NJ 08731. BYOB. Door Prizes. Canoli Eating Contest. DINNER INCLUDES: Tossed Salad, Italian Bread, Pasta, Meatballs & Sausage, Soda / Water, Coffee & Dessert. Donation $10 at door. $5 (Ages 5-11) Active Military free. PROCEEDS TO BENEFIT VETERANS IN NEEDA portion of the proceeds will be donated to the “Ride Home” in September 2012 to sponsor former POW’S on National POW/MIA Weekend in Andersonville, Ga. Home of the Prisoner of War Museum WWW.POWRIDEHOME.ORG. FOR MORE INFO: (609)971-3544
- POW/MIA Awareness MC Beef & Beer – 19 Jan 2013 – 7pm – 11pm at the Deerfield Twshp. Elks Lodge. 642 Garton Rd, Bridgeton, NJ. 1st annual POW-MIA Awareness MC Beef & Beer. $20 PP $30 a couple. Contact Super Dave @ 856.831.5889
- Welcome Home US ARMY Sgt Andrew Park (aka Drew) – 20 Jan 2013 – Drew is 27 years old he grew up in Marlton NJ and is a 2004 graduate of Cherokee High School. During college he also joined the NJ Army National Guard in 2007. While assigned to Assault Helicopter Battalion, Our Hero completed a 12 month tour in Iraq that ended January 2010. He transferred to a Combat Support Sustainment Battalion in 2011 where he was selected and was promoted to the position of Sergeant. His specialty is in computer security analysis. Some of the Medals Drew has received include; Army Good Conduct Medal 2010, Army Commendation Medal January 2010, and the Army Achievement Medal Feb 2012. If interested in the MOTORCYCLE ESCORT, Rally 12:45pm, KSU: 13:25. Rally Location: Lowes Maple Shade, 2834 rt 73, Maple Shade NJ 08052. If interested in being a part of the surprise celeration (not escort) be at the following address at 2pm – 4 Brookview Ct, Voorhees, NJ
- American Flag History – 26 Jan 2013 -for American Legion Juniors. PRESENTED BY PHILADELPHIA FLAG DAY ASSOCIATION AND THE OAKLYN-BETTLEWOOD LADIES AUXILIARY UNIT 84. Time: 11:00am. PIZZA PARTY TO FOLLOW PRESENTATION. Location: American Legion Post 84, 705 Newton Ave., Oaklyn, NJ 08107. Please RSVP to Marie Lohmiller at 856-428-8756 With number of Juniors and Adults attending
- Beef & Beer – VFW – 26 Jan 2013 – VFW Post 3620, 27 North Burlington St, Gloucester City, NJ. Tickets $15. Beer, Food, Music and Chinese Auction. Contact Tim WIlliams at 856-952-3204. To Support the Veterans of Yesterday and aToday.
- Welcome Home – 27 Jan 2013 – Major Edward Dowgin. Major Edward Dowgin is an 18 year Veteran of the U. S. Army National Guard with the 117th CSSB out of West Trenton. Our Hero joined the Army National Guard at 17 years of age and decided to make it his full time career to defend our way of life since 2003. Major Dowgin has spent the better part of 2012 on his deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom where among his Medals and Ribbons earned are the Bronze Star, Afghan Campaign Medal, NATO Medal and the Overseas Service Ribbon to name a few. If interested in the MOTORCYCLE ESCORT Rally Location: Town & Country Diner, US Hwy 130 & Wood ave., Bordentown Twp. Rally time—1520 (3:20pm) TENTITIVE. K.S.U.——-1600 (4:00pm) TENTITIVE. For updates, click here.
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Veteran reunited with dog tag 45 years later
More than 45 years ago, Jim Alderman left behind a dog tag in Vietnam.
That 1-by-2-inch tin tag stamped with Alderman’s name, service number, service branch, religious affiliation and blood type made it back to the former U.S. Marine Saturday at a ceremony in east Orange County.
Standing in front of a group of fellow veterans at the Nam Knights motorcycle clubhouse in Bithlo, an emotional Alderman accepted the tag, taking back something he thought was lost to history.
“I’ll remember this day till the day I die,” said 64-year-old Alderman of Kissimmee, while his wife Pat and son Jon looked on… read more and view video |
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WWII Remains Return to New Jersey – SSGT Zoltan Joseph Dobovich
On Nov. 1, 1946, a year after the end of World War II, U.S. Army Air Corpsman Staff Sgt. Zoltan J. Dobovich boarded a plane in Naples that was bound for England.
A radioman from Riegelsville and Butztown who was just 21 at the time of his death, Dobovich and seven others aboard the B-17 Flying Fortress were never heard from again.
In 1947, a year after Dobovich’s flight went missing, a French military unit operating in the French-Italian Alps, near Estellette Glacier, found the wreckage of the ill-fated aircraft at an altitude of more than 12,000 feet… read more and view video of funeral in NJ.
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