Dugout - May Newsletter 2015

Dugout - May Newsletter 2015   Special WWII Edition 

Freeport Memorial Day Observance Honors WWII Veterans

We at the Post are proud of you and your service to our wonderful nation.  We here at the William Clinton Story Post would like you to share your story and we would like to put it in the Dugout for our May 2015 issue.  

The May Issue of the Dugout will highlight the Freeport Memorial Day Observance & Parade.  We ask that you send us your information in the following format:

1)      Your Name, Rank at Discharge and Branch of Service

2)     Where you served during WWII (Europe, Asia, Pacific, Atlantic, etc.)

3)     What was your MOS (Job in the Service)

4)     Please tell us of any battles or engagements you were part of (Leyte Gulf, D-Day, Iwo Jima, etc)

5)     Please give us a brief account of your experience.

6)     Please send us a copy of  a photo of yourself during WWII and now.  

(e-mail us at wcspost342@gmail.com or mail to the address on the letterhead.  Photos retained by the Post. 

Do not send original photos.)  Photos and info can be e-mailed in .pdf, jpg or other formats.

Also, if you would like to participate in the Parade let us know.  We would like to consider you as a Parade Marshall for the upcoming Memorial Day Observance.

We also extend this courtesy to the families of Legionnaires and Veterans of WWII who have now passed from time into eternity.

Please send us the information asked for above and your loved one will be part of the Freeport Memorial Day Parade and Observance.

Contact:  David Cockerel @ (516) 410-9994 or email the photos and biography to wcspost342@gmail.com. 

Again, we thank you for your service, your membership in the American Legion and your continued support of our Post.

For God & Country

  

David Cockerel, Editor

By Direction

Parade Committee: James Sweeney, Chairman, Ed Martin, Ben Kissling, Sandy Cannon, Calvin Andrew and David Cockerel, Co-Chairman • Coy Richardson, Commander – William Clinton Story Post 342, Freeport, N.Y.

April Newsletter Addendum

Addendum

In the April 2015 'Dugout' it was reported that "The Village of Freeport has given a long term lease of the building at 925 S. Ocean Avenue to the American Legion on October 1, 2012 under Past Cmdr. Nehrich and Former Mayor Andrew Hardwick."

It was indeed under the tenure of Past Commander Nehrich as Commander of William Clinton Story Post 342 and in the year 2012 that William Clinton Story Post 342 was given a long term lease on the building at 925 S. Ocean Avenue by the Freeport Village Board of Trustees during the term of the last Mayor.

The statement in the Dugout is not false, but given some complaints, we choose not to in any way to minimize or neglect the work of the Village Board of Trustees.

D.N. Cockerel, by direction.

WWII Photos

CMDR. Richardson has ordered a special edition of the "Dugout" for Memorial Day that highlights WWII Veterans who have photos of themselves during the WWII.   

Please e-mail copies of your photos and your story to 'wcspost342@gmail.com' or mail your photos with your story/bio to "William Clinton Story Post 342, P.O. Box 7339, Freeport, N.Y. 11520" by April 18, 2015.