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Chairman Terry Haines assisted by trustee Ken Wilson and member Ralph Groover presented WWII Medallions to 13 veterans at a ceremony at a local retirement facility during a planned event. There were 7 Navy veterans, 2 Air Force, 1 Coast Guard and 3 Army in the first picture. Chapter members then went to the facility's hospital unit and presented a Medallion to Army veteran Orcutt Frost who was unable to attend the public presentation. A Medallion was also provided to honor Navy veteran Gerald Todd who had passed and his daughter was unable to be at the ceremony.   Michael Wescott, Chairman of the Mountain Post Chapter, recently presented JROTC Awards to cadets in the Army JROTC Program at Pueblo City Schools.
Chairman Terry Haines is joined by Rogue Chapter trustees Ron Kohl and Ken Wilson to present a WWII Medallion to Army veteran Chet Danforth. The presentation took place at a Bi-Monthly veterans' breakfast in Medford.
 NCOA Executive Director Joe Terry presents the Outstanding Chapter Chairman Award to CSM Deneise McFarlane.  L-R Chapter Trustees MSG Akeiko Fukuda, SSG Rasheda Elijio, and SFC Eric Serrano received the NCOA Achievement Award recognizing their ongoing dedication and support of the Association and the chapter.  Chairman Terry Haines presents a WWII Medallion to 101-year-old Marine veteran Ross Miles.
Rogue Chapter member Fred Crowder provided WWII Medallions to his cousins Carolyn (Crowder) Wright and Sharon (Crowder) Johnson. Carolyn's father was Navy veteran William Crowder and Sharon's mother was Army veteran Altha Searle. Fred also obtained a Medallion in honor of his uncle FC1 Samuel Warwick Crowder who died on the USS Oklahoma BB37 during the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Two Auxiliary members, Ava Newbury of Oregon City, OR, and Megan Ytzen of Colorado Springs, CO, were awarded Bettsy Ross Education Fund grants during the first quarter of 2022.
Best wishes to these two ladies who are working toward their degrees.  Chapter Trustee Barbara Weatherill (left) presents World War II Medallions to the family members of three World War II veterans - Jessie Stober - honoring her uncle George Edward a paratrooper with the rating of TC5, Kathy Walsh - in honor of her father Joseph E. Dalton who served in the South Pacific, and Karen Haltiner - honoring her father SSgt Kenneth K. Kenney who served in the U. S. Army Air Corps.  Umpqua Valley Chapter Chairman Ron Dukes and Vice Chairman Roger Arnold present an NCOA World War II Medallion to Marge Cook, a veteran of WWII. |
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