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Next Meeting Date
Tuesday
May 20th
7pm at the Bunker
We need everyone in attendance Please!
We ask that you contact other members about the meeting!
Many events to coordinate
Memorial Day is a week away!
 

VFW 8343 Events Page
 

Special Thanks to
State Commander Bill Husted
Bill stopped at the Bunker to attend the VFW Post 8343 meeting.
He praised our Post for our involvement in Vets Events & Our Post Website

Welcome Aboard to our New Post members
Bob-Bob-Bob
THIS WAS NOT A TYPO
3 New members were sworn in at our April Meeting!
 

Bunker/DMZ
1st Annual
"National Moment of Remembrance Ride"
Motorcycle Ride

Riders meet at the Bunker
Free registration 9-10am
Riders leave Bunker at 10:15am

1st ever
Bunker/DMZ
"POW-MIA Balloon Launch"

Doc Dentice-Crew

Sponsor's
Images On Rock
Bunker/DMZ
VFW Post 8343
Welder Supply Company-Pete Mueller
Thanks to the 128th for the chute! Thanks Gordy

 

VFW Post 8343
1st Veterans & Boyscouts Campout
The Bunker/DMZ
September 8, 2007
 
 
 
 

Weather Forecasts | Weather Maps | Weather Radar
 

The 2008 VFW Calendar Raffle is now drawing Winners.

 

VFW Post 8343 Calendar
2008 Calendar

Winner's
 

New Web Site
Click on the Bunker Logo above
 

Help sell our Veterans Patches/Shirts
Contact Commander Fischer
VFW Post Fundraiser
Great Holiday/Birthday Gift
Commander Tony Fischer


$10 each

Polo shirts are $22  M-L-XL  $25 XXL-XXXL

The Commander has new Polo shirts & Patches celebrating
Windlake Veterans...Its a Post Fundraiser
Please help him sell these items to raise funds.

Memorial bricks sales continues at a steady pace
Bill Schiller continues to manage the Monument project.
A Fallen warrior statue is in static display at the Bunker.

Thanks Bill-Great Job

POW-MIA FLAGS
FOR REST AREAS ON WISCONSIN INTERSTATE SYSTEM

Comrades, Sisters and Friends:
 Soon you will see the POW-MIA Flags flying along the Wisconsin Interstate System.
This is a result of Legislation that was passed last year.
Funds have been raised from many donors, to purchase the flags.

 We are required under the law to provide flags to the Department of Transportation.
The Department of Transportation is required to display the POW-MIA flags every day 24 x 7. Year around.

 Contributions for the POW-MIA flags can be made to the VFW Department of Wisconsin.
Earmark your check POW-MIA Flag fund.  No amount is too small.
Each batch of flags provided to the Department of Transportation cost about $700.00.
The life of these flags is expected to be 3 or 4 months, before they need to be replaced.
 

CHRISTMAS WITH THE VETS ZABLOCKI VA 2007 UPDATE & PICTURES
Thanks to each and everyone of you who helped to
make this years show for the Hospitalized Vets a success!
BOTH AT ZABLOCKI VA & UNION GROVE
VFW POST 8343 MEMBERS-DMZ/MC-BUNKER-VVA 921

CONTACT INFORMATION
U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs (VA)
1-800-827-1000
www.va.gov
WI Dept. of Veterans Affairs (WDVA)
1-800-WIS-VETS (947-8387)
www.dva.state.wi.us
WDVA Claims Assistance Office
(Milwaukee)
(414) 902-5757
www.dva.state.wi.us/claims
Milwaukee Veterans Service Center
(414) 382-1727
Veterans Benefits Booklets
www.dva.state.wi.us/BenefitsBooklets
VA Health Care Benefits
1-877-222-VETS (8387)
Wisconsin Veterans Museum
(608) 267-1799
www.museum.dva.state.wi.us
Wisconsin Veterans Homes (WVH)
WVH King
1-888-458-5586
WVH Union Grove
1-866-669-8387
Northern WI Vets Mem. Cemetery
(Spooner) (715) 635-5360
Southern WI Vets Mem. Cemetery
(Union Grove) (262) 878-5660
Central WI Vets Mem. Cemetery
(King) (715) 258-5586 x2203
WDVA Military Funeral Honors Program
1-877-944-6667
Wisconsin CVSO Association
www.wicvso.org
WI Veterans Employment Services
1-888-258-9966
www.wisconsinjobcenter.org/wjc
 
 

The Articles of the Military Code of Conduct

ARTICLE I:
I am an American, fighting in the forces which guard my country and our way of life.
I am prepared to give my life in their defense.

ARTICLE II:
I will never surrender of my own free will.  If in command, I will never surrender the
members of my command while they still have the means to resist.

ARTICLE III:
If I am captured I will continue to resist by all means available.  I will make every effort to escape and to aid others to escape.
I will accept neither parole nor special favors from the enemy.

ARTICLE IV:
If I become a prisoner of war, I will keep faith with my fellow prisoners.  I will give no information nor take
part in any action which might be harmful to my comrades.  If I am senior, I will take command.
If not, I will obey lawful orders of those appointed over me and will back them in every way.

ARTICLE V:
When questioned, should I become a prisoner of war, I am required to give name, rank, service number, and date of birth.
I will evade answering further questions to the utmost of my ability.  I will make no oral or written
statements disloyal to my country or its allies or harmful to their cause.

ARTICLE VI:
I will never forget that I am an American, fighting for freedom, responsible for my actions, and dedicated to the
principles which made my country free.  I will trust in my God and in the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

Yes
it is possible to obtain a flag for a deceased Veteran even if documentary proof of the Veteran’s service is unavailable.

            Many families that have experienced difficulty in obtaining a flag for a deceased Veteran.
“Some don’t ever apply for the flag because they don’t feel that they will be successful in obtaining it.”

          The instructions on the VA application (Form 21-2008) explain that if the applicant is unable to furnish documentary
proof (such as a DD214), a “statement… made by a person of established character and reputation that he/she personally
knows the deceased to have been a Veteran…” will be an acceptable substitute.

          Deceased veterans qualified to receive flags are Veterans of Wars, the Mexican border service, or service after
January 31, 1955, discharged or released from active duty under honorable conditions, or discharged from or released
from active duty in the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps or Coast Guard under honorable conditions after
serving at least one complete peacetime enlistment before June 27, 1950 or for disability incurred in the line of duty.
Flags are also available for service men and women that were in active service at the time of death if a flag was not
obtainable from a military or naval establishment in time for the burial.

          “When widows and survivors of deceased Veterans need assistance obtaining flags, I hope they will be aware
of this option”.  “This is something that can really help if official documents are not available.”
 
 

National
POW-MIA Day 2007 Pictures
Milwaukee

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