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We honor these recipients of the Purple Heart who are no longer with us. We are proud of their service and sacrifice to our Nation, to her citizens, and to their fellow servicemen and servicewomen. The Purple Heart signifies one thing…”sacrifice.” Whenever one sees the Purple Heart, know that it represents a combat wound and the blood that has been shed in defense of our Nation. Thank you to our departed Patriots for their service to our chapter.

Note: Chapter Commander names are in bold letters.

Name	City/State	Passing	Age	Military Service
Johnny R. Thompson	Marana, AZ	02/17/24	76	Vietnam – Army
Robert O. Skipworth	Tucson, AZ		75	Vietnam – Army
Ralph T. Masters	Tucson, AZ	08/13/23	92	WWII – Army
Marcus J. Marlow	Sierra Vista, AZ	08/15/22	79	Vietnam – Army
Edward L. Christiansen	Tucson, AZ	07/14/22	77	Vietnam – Army
Bailey Stauffer	Safford, AZ	04/22/22	74	Vietnam – Army
Joseph M. Smelt	Sierra Vista, AZ	12/05/21	74	Vietnam – Marine Corps
Willis E. Young	Yates City, MI	06/19/21	96	WWII – Army (POW)
Laurel Gomillion	Tucson, AZ	07/3/21	78	Vietnam – Army
Randolfo V. Lopez	Tucson, AZ	01/29/21	70	Vietnam – Marine Corps
Dennis R. Wall	Oro Valley, AZ	01/18/21	77	Vietnam – Army
Mickey G Kocher	Green Valley, AZ	12/27/20	85	Vietnam – Army
Henry Brown-Otter	Tucson, AZ	09/14/20	81	Vietnam – Marine Corps
Rafael A. Duron	Tucson, AZ	08/07/20	92	Korea – Army
Eben N. Smith	Tucson, AZ	07/18/20	97	WWII – Marine Corps
Roger L. Warrick	Sierra Vista, AZ	02/06/20	80	Vietnam – Army
Lawrence Rushing	Tucson, AZ	12/17/19	89	Korea – Army
Ervin A. Buchler	Alma, MI	11/07/19	72	Vietnam – Army
Wendell W. Fenn (BG)	Tucson, AZ	11/04/19	97	WWII – Army
Norman F. Sponcey	Sierra Vista, AZ	05/10/19	90	Korea -Marine Corps
James W. Larson	Tucson, AZ	01/24/19	94	WWII – Army
Ralph A. Grant	Tucson, AZ	09/18/18	85	Vietnam – Marine Corps
Patrick Michael Ryan	Tucson, AZ	09/12/18	68	Vietnam – Army
Enrique “Ricky” Mayer	Tucson, AZ	09/09/18	35	Iraq -Marine Corps
Joe T. Stroud	Tucson, AZ	08/20/18	73	Vietnam – Army
Francis R. Obrien	Tucson, AZ	06/28/18	95	WWII – Marine Corps
Bert Q. Rincon	Tucson, AZ	06/15/18	87	Korea – Marine Corps
Miguel A. Arivizu	Sierra Vista, AZ	06/05/18	88	Korea – Marine Corps
Pablo L. Garcia	Ajo, AZ	03/12/18	86	Korea – Marine Corps
Joseph N. Hite III	Tucson, AZ	12/28/17	69	Vietnam – Army
Charles M. Shackleford	Tucson, AZ	12/18/17	91	WWII – Navy
Gilbert V. Romero	Tucson, AZ	04/15/17	87	Korea – Army
James A. Clark	Green Valley, AZ	04/01/17	92	WWII- Army
Norman G. Jensen	Tucson, AZ	02/09/17	91	WWII – Navy
Jonas D. Eldridge	Tucson, AZ	01/15/17	82	Korea – Army
James F. Doner	Tucson, AZ	12/21/16	76	Vietnam – Marine Corps
William R. Aumock	New Berlin, WI	12/08/16	92	WWII – Marine Corps
Arnold V Ramos Jr.	Casa Grande, AZ	11/27/16	69	Vietnam – Marine Corps
Kerry D. Inman	Tucson, AZ	07/26/16	65	Vietnam – Marine Corps
Robert J. Hines	Tucson, AZ	04/19/16	77	Vietnam – Army
Antonio Garcia	Murrieta, CA	04/12/16	77	Vietnam – Army
Arthur K. Dorfman	Tucson, Az	02/23/16	91	WWII – Marine Corps
Marshall W. Baird	Oracle, AZ	12/18/15	92	WWII – Army
Charles B. Plummer	Tucson, AZ	12/06/15	91	WWII – Army
Leon Elmer Tracy	Margate, FL	10/08/15	93	WWII – Army
Frank Sproule	Tucson, AZ	09/30/15	91	WWII – Army
John Malkowski	Green Valley, AZ	08/14/15	93	WWII – Marine Corps
Mathias J. Martin	Chandler, AZ	07/06/15	90	WWII/Korea – Air Force
Michael B. Foster Sr.	Tucson, AZ	06/05/15	74	Vietnam – Army
Melvin O. Linderman	Tucson, AZ	05/07/15	67	Vietnam – Army
Orville R. Abney	Tucson, AZ	02/14/15	91	WWII – Army
George Miller	Tucson, AZ	12/25/14	92	WWII – Marine Corps
David K. Warman	Tucson, AZ	12/21/14	76	Vietnam – Air Force
Lyle A. Gupton	Roseburg, OR	12/16/14	91	WWII -Air Force
Francisco S. Cordero	Mesa, AZ	09/17/14	85	Korea – Army
Esequiel C. Benavidez	Tucson, AZ	08/28/14	69	Vietnam – Army
Vincent F. Corrao	Tucson, AZ	08/18/14	81	Korea – Army
Edward E. Eppley	Tucson, AZ	07/15/14	89	WWII – Air Force
James M. Muzrall	Green Valley, AZ	02/22/14	92	WWII – Army
Warren C. Traweek	Tucson, AZ	03/31/14	71	Vietnam – Army
Ernest C. Felix	Tucson, AZ	03/30/14	88	WWII – Army
Lloyd R. Hutchinson	Tucson, AZ	01/25/14	62	Vietnam – Marine Corps
Ralph B. Rivera	Amado, AZ	01/14/14	89	WWII – Army
Lloyd E. Polan	Montville, NJ	12/31/13	96	WWII – Army
Anthony L. Wotkyns	Tucson, AZ	12/07/13	75	Vietnam – Army
Gordon E. Moore	Chico, CA	11/28/13	93	WWII – Army
Lewis A. Sleeper Jr.	Tucson, AZ	09/13/13	91	WWII – Army
Terry N. Vaughn	Tucson, AZ	08/13/13	62	Vietnam – Marine Corps
Franklin D. R. Kestner	Tucson, AZ	08/19/13	80	Korea – Army (POW)
Jack Ariola	Corning, AR	07/30/13	90	WWII – Army
Anthony F. Lalli	Tucson, AZ	07/16/13	94	WWII – Army
Arthur K. Jacobsen	Tarzana, CA	04/04/13	92	WWII – Army
James W. Welcher	Tucson, AZ	02/14/13	89	WWII – Army
John A. Bersell	Oro Valley, AZ	2013	64	Vietnam – Army
Donald E. Williams	Hereford, AZ	12/24/12	91	WWII – Army Air Corps
Harold R. Erickson	Tucson, AZ	11/29/12	83	Korea – Army
Edwin Agostini	Tucson, AZ	11/25/12	62	Vietnam – Army
John Cevaal	Birmingham, MI	10/25/12	94	WWII – Army
A.V. Johnson	Tucson, AZ	10/02/12	79	Vietnam – Air Force
Ernest Montoya	Tucson, AZ	09/13/12	83	Korea – Army
Raymond R. Battreall	Sierra Vista, AZ	07/06/12	85	WWII/Vietnam – Army
John Fickett	Chicago, IL	06/12/22	93	WWII – Marine Corps
William D. Eckard	Tucson, AZ	05/07/12	87	WWII – Army
George F. Nunez	Tucson, AZ	02/02/12	89	WWII – Army
Billy N. Barnett	Mesa, AZ	02/01/12	81	Korea – Marine Corps
Carl D. Swallow	Tucson, AZ	01/15/12	94	WWII – Army
Carl W. Clark	Tucson, AZ	01/01/12	87	Korea – Marine Corps
Edward Lamb	Phoenix, AZ	11/05/11	85	WWII – Army
Jack E. Ayers	Tucson, AZ	10/11/11	82	Vietnam – Air Force
George H. Ernst	Green Valley, AZ	08/27/11	87	WWII – Army
Earl N. Colbey	Buckeye, AZ	08/22/11	81	Korea – Army
Findlay E. Russell, MD	Phoenix, AZ	08/21/11	92	WWII – Army
Cleveland Hall	Tucson, AZ	07/15/11	86	WWII – Army
Alex B. Rodela	Safford, AZ	07/11/11	81	Korea – Army
George W. Peterson	Tucson, AZ	07/07/11	87	WWII – Army
Donald A. Hippel	Tucson, AZ	07/01/11	86	WWII – Army
Edward E. Boyles	Tucson, AZ	06/17/11	93	WWII – Army
John E. Robinson	Tucson, AZ	06/16/11	79	Vietnam – Army
Avery J. Miller	Tucson, AZ	03/02/11	89	WWII – Air Force
Richard F. Archer	San Angelo, TX	01/31/11	88	WWII – Army
Alfred E. Hussey	Tucson, AZ	01/03/11	89	WWII – Navy
William A. Moser	Veradale, WA	12/11/10	87	WWII – Air Force
Lee Louis Field	England, UK	11/05/10	81	Korea – Army
Richard A. Merrick	Tucson, AZ	10/22/10	80	Korea – Army
Ned S. Robinson	Tucson, AZ	09/03/10	88	WWII – Marine Corps
William R. Davis	Tucson, AZ	08/25/10	61	Vietnam – Army
Verlyn H. Peterson	Tucson, AZ	06/10/10	84	WWII – Navy
Elroy F. Anderson	Tucson, AZ	05/13/10	87	WWII – Army
George W. Skeels	Green Valley, AZ	04/03/10	85	WWII – Army
Arthur E. Merchant	Tucson, AZ	03/10/10	95	WWII – Army
Joseph J. Lobrillo	Tucson, AZ	02/08/10	61	Vietnam – Army
Sebert S. Huffman	Kenna, WV	01/10/10	88	Korea – Marine Corps
Harry A. Cornell	Prescott, AZ	11/30/09	93	WWII – Army
Robert R. Prikosovits	Tucson, AZ	11/18/09	60	Vietnam – Army
George P. Knox	Tucson, AZ	11/07/09	81	WWII – Air Force
Wayne F. Umphress	Tucson, AZ	09/19/09	89	WWII – Army
James L. Grainger	Tucson, AZ	09/07/09	61	Vietnam – Army
Herbert R. Oxnam	Tucson, AZ	07/13/09	80	Korea – Marine Corps
Verlyn A. Nelson	Green Valley, AZ	05/31/09	64	Vietnam – Army
Homer J. Dechaine	Tucson, AZ	05/29/09	90	WWII – Army
Paul M. Dixon	Tucson, AZ	05/16/09	63	Vietnam – Army
Duane B. Seaman	Tucson, AZ	05/11/09	93	WWII – Air Force
Leonard E. Griffith	Tucson, AZ	04/29/09	86	WWII – Army
Canute E. De Nogean	Tucson, AZ	02/17/09	84	WWII – Army
Verdon P. Boone	Casa Grande, AZ	01/04/09	88	WWII – Navy
Chester L. Smith	Tucson, AZ	12/16/08	81	Korea – Army
Clifford L. Beatty	Plano, TX	08/22/08	86	Korea – Army
John G. Tapia	Tucson, AZ	06/28/08	69	Vietnam – Army
Edward M. Bates	Phoenix, AZ	04/28/08	88	WWII – Air Force
Rudolph W. Cooper	Manassas, VA	04/25/08	85	Vietnam – Army
David C. Shope	Tucson, AZ	02/27/08	82	WWII – Army
Louis M Alvarez	Tucson, AZ	02/22/08	88	WWII – Army
Thomas J. Wilkes	Saint Helena, CA	02/03/08	87	WWII – Navy
David H. Staley	Tucson, AZ	11/01/07	68	Vietnam – Army
Donald M. Keeder	Tucson, AZ	10/03/07	86	WWII – Army
Paul Franklin	Tucson, AZ	09/01/07	87	Korea – Air Force
Wilfred R. Ohnesorgen	Tucson, AZ	07/28/07	83	WWII – Army
Cipriano C. Ayala	Nogales, AZ	01/20/07	61	Vietnam- Army
James R. Buxton	Tucson, AZ	12/27/06	84	WWII – Army
Fernando C. Moreno	Tucson, AZ	08/25/06	76	Korea – Army
Arthur D. Droegemeier	Tucson, AZ	08/07/06	83	WWII – Air Force
Laird Guttersen	Tucson, AZ	06/13/06	81	WWII – Air Force
Leroy L. Aske	Saddlebrooke, AZ	03/31/06	85	Korea – Army
Victor Waskiewicz	Tucson, AZ	03/29/06	58	Vietnam – Marine Corps
Vernon M. Cox	Tucson, AZ	03/24/06	87	WWII – Air Force
Ira W. Austin	Topeka, KS	02/26/06	87	WWII – Army
Jack W. Beckman	Tucson, AZ	01/30/06	83	WWII – Army
Edward Gwynn	Phoenix, AZ	01/06/06	62	Vietnam – Army
Rosalie S. Markley	Harrisburg, PA	12/14/05	89	WWII – Army
Albert A. Mallis	Tucson, AZ	10/30/05	80	WWII – Army
Raymond Gibson	Tucson, AZ	04/11/05	84	WWII – Army
James W. Regan	Tucson, AZ	01/31/05	84	WWII – Air Force
Samuel R. Kerley	Tucson, AZ	01/21/05	91	WWII – Army
Howard Slovack	Tucson, AZ	11/15/04	80	WWII – Marine Corps
Joseph Peters	Tucson, AZ	10/10/04		Army
Richard O. Kiser	Tucson, AZ	09/27/04	81	WWII – Army
W. Weldon Warrick	Tucson, AZ	09/25/04	82	WWII – Army
Robert G. Soltero	Tucson, AZ	09/22/04	54	Vietnam – Army
Walter L. Lederer	Tucson, AZ	04/14/04	86	WWII – Army
Clarence G. Charleston	Mesa, AZ	03/25/04	82	WWII – Marine Corps
Herbert T. Gordon	Tucson, AZ	01/02/04	75	Vietnam – Army
Sheldon M. Blatt	Loveland, CO	09/21/03	80	WWII – Army
Charles L. Hathaway	Tucson, AZ	09/21/03	71	Korea – Army
Thomas P. Heuser	Tucson, AZ	07/25/03	80	WWII – Army
Charles L. Gifford	Tucson, AZ	07/17/03	79	WWII – Army
Ralph E. Smith	Tucson, AZ	06/30/03	77	WWII – Army
David A. Ruelas	Tucson, AZ	06/24/03	57	Vietnam – Marine Corps
Perry U. Zemlicka	Tucson, AZ	05/11/03	81	WWII – Marine Corps
Donald C. Horner	Tucson, AZ	04/03/03	79	WWII – Army
Miley R. Crabtee	Tucson, AZ	11/24/02	84	WWII – Army
Warren W. Canright	Tucson, AZ	02/24/02	80	WWII – Army
Eugene A. Fehlig	Helena, MT	03/31/02	82	WWII – Navy
Leo F. White	Alma, MI	02/24/02	84	WWII – Air Force
Joe B Hernandez	Tucson, AZ	05/29/02	75	Korea – Army
William G. Farley	Tucson, AZ	01/31/02	83	WWII – Army
Richard R. Almada	Tucson, AZ	12/27/01	77	WWII – Army
Courtney Gwin	Tucson, AZ	07/10/01	78	WWII – Army
Ernest R. Aviles	Tucson, AZ	05/27/01	79	WWII – Navy
Douglas J. Bol	Tucson, AZ	05/10/01	65	Vietnam – Army
Samuel J. Kobernick	Tucson, AZ	01/17/01	83	WWII – Army
John M. Hughes	Tucson, AZ	11/04/00	80	WWII – Army
Henry B. Matty	Tucson, AZ	10/22/00	77	WWII – Air Force
William R. Davis	Tucson, AZ	08/25/00	51	Vietnam – Army
Frederick J. Beamish	Tucson, AZ	06/17/00	79	WWII – Army
Lawrence B. Seifner	Tucson, AZ	06/17/00	74	WWII – Army
James E. Holder	Tucson, AZ	04/15/00	79	WWII – Army
George A. Butler	Elmhurst, IL	02/28/00	80	WWII – Marine Corps
Claude L. Maine	Mesa, AZ	02/26/00	74	WWII – Army (POW)
Jack M. Heflin	Colorado Springs, CO	12/17/99	75	WWII – Army
Vernon R. Nelson	Phoenix, AZ	09/15/99	80	WWII -Army
Eduardo Lara	Tucson, AZ	Jul 1999	64	Vietnam – Marine Corps
Eugene E. Riester	Tucson, AZ	05/16/99	73	WWII -Army
Lawrence L. Krumwiede	Tucson, AZ	05/12/99	81	WWII -Army
Arthur L. Lewallen	Tucson, AZ	04/24/99	77	WWII -Army
Donald C. O’Halloran	Show Low, AZ	04/09/99	75	WWII – Army
Leslie E. Prieb	San Antonio, TX	04/05/99	74	WWII – Air Force
Richard E. Belford	San Manuel, AZ	03/20/99	65	Korea – Marine Corps
James F. Becker	Tucson, AZ	02/06/99	50	Vietnam – Navy
Richard P. Sloviaczek	Phoenix, AZ	12/07/98	81	WWII -Army
Michael J. Joyce	Tucson, AZ	11/04/98	74	WWII -Army
Franklin L. Nemitz	Tucson, AZ	09/21/98	76	WWII – Army
Howard E. Raatz	Pearce, AZ	06/13/98	76	WWII -Army
Wayne E. St. Ores	Tucson, AZ	05/27/98	76	WWII -Army
Dale P. English	Tucson, AZ	04/05/98	76	WWII – Army
Dominick Tua	Tucson, AZ	09/15/97	89	WWII – Army
Francis J. Hilcoske	Okeana, OH	08/12/97	72	WWII – Army
Bobby Davis	Phoenix, AZ	08/12/97	48	Vietnam – Army
James R. Scriven	Tucson, AZ	08/08/97	77	WWII – Marine Corps
Roberto H. Lizardi	Tucson, AZ	07/01/97	69	Korea – Army
Ernest E. Adrian	Tucson, AZ	05/23/97	73	WWII – Army
Clifford L. Moes	Tucson, AZ	05/13/97	79	Korea – Air Force
Raymond Wilton	Phoenix, AZ	01/13/97	89	WWII – Navy
Frederick M. Ingram	Tucson, AZ	02/24/97	70	WWII – Army
Harold Katz	Tucson, AZ	02/22/97	71	WWII – Army
Kenneth S. Turkington	Hilton, NY	12/01/96	71	WWII – Army
Edward Tappan	Sonoita, AZ	10/01/96	75	WWII – Air Force
Wilmer D. Martin	Tucson, AZ	09/14/96	78	WWII – Army
Cleveland Hall	Tucson, AZ	08/24/96	81	WWII – Army
Richard T. Looms	Tucson, AZ	06/06/96	77	WWII – Air Force
Francis M. Bunch	San Manuel, AZ	05/18/96	74	WWII – Army
Leo J. Corby	Tucson, AZ	11/18/95	74	WWII – Army
Earl E. Baumgart	Alpena, MI	11/02/95	72	WWII – Army
Louis E. Koussa	Tucson, AZ	07/21/95	73	WWII – Army
Orin D. Smith	Tucson, AZ	06/27/95	78	WWII – Navy
James H. Phillips	Tucson, AZ	06/22/95	71	WWII – Air Force
Robert L. Long	Tucson, AZ	05/04/95	75	WWII – Air Force
Deryl B. Zumwalt	Tualatin, OR	02/08/95	79	WWII – Army
Christopher Watson	Tucson, AZ	12/16/94	46	Vietnam – Army
Robert J. Navas	Tucson, AZ	05/15/94	69	Vietnam – Marine Corps
Justin J. Smith	Tucson, AZ	04/26/94	66	Korea – Army
Lonnie W. Hicks	Green Valley, AZ	02/24/94	76	WWII – Army
Clarence Skidmore	Ashboro, NC	02/06/94	66	WWII – Army
Adolph C. Miranda	Tucson, AZ	01/12/94	69	WWII – Army
George E. Moorman	Tucson, AZ	11/12/93	71	WWII – Air Force
Bill ‘Will’ Rogers	Tubac, AZ	07/12/93	81	WWII – Army
Lawrence W. Lathrop	Tucson, AZ	07/07/93	78	WWII – Air Force
Fred J. Picket	Sun City, AZ	05/24/93	80	WWII
Peter J. Attarian	Tucson, AZ	1993	63	Vietnam – Air Force
Norman L. Shapiro	Tucson, AZ	10/30/92	66	WWII – Army
Harold Jorgensen	Phoenix, AZ	09/02/92	70	WWII – Army
Charles E. Willerup	Tucson, AZ	08/15/92	72	WWII – Air Force (POW)
Charles E. Twomey	Sierra Vista, AZ	07/17/92	56	Vietnam – Army
Marvin O. Larson	Tucson, AZ	Jul 92		WWII – Army
Durward F. Dragger	Tucson, AZ	04/08/92	69	WWII – Army
Cyril Ronkowski	Hastings Center, NY	03/14/92	67	WWII – Marine Corps
Joseph H. Ebner	Tucson, AZ	02/28/92	80	WWII – Army
James G. Worthen	Phoenix, AZ	02/23/92	63	WWII/Vietnam – Army
James C. Paul	Shawnee, KS	1992		WWII – Army
Charles E. Baird	Tucson, AZ	11/21/91	67	WWII – Army
Larry J. Jaskoviak	Los Alamitos, CA	11/16/91	78	WWII – Army
Robert C. Hunter	Bisbee, AZ	10/01/91		Army
Joseph R. Martin	Tucson, AZ	09/19/91	75	Korea – Army
Harold W. Lilley	Marysville, AR	09/02/91	69	WWII – Army
Ora E. Le Hew	Tucson, AZ	05/06/91	83	WWII- Army
Andrew P. Sandager	Tucson, AZ	05/06/91	81	WWII – Army
Matthew J. Sanza	Eagar, AZ	03/25/91	67	WWII – Navy
John C. Mealka	Tucson, AZ	03/05/91	70	WWII/Korea – Air Force
Robert E. Campbell	Tucson, AZ	10/19/90	77	WWII – Army
Ralph Wilkerson	Yuma, AZ	09/25/90	78	WWII – Army
Donald M. Munhall	Tucson, AZ	09/15/90	67	WWII – Army
John G. Glover	Tucson, AZ	05/13/90	75	WWII – Air Force
John H. Miller	Tucson, AZ	May 90		WWII – Army
James B. Michael	Silver Spring, MD	Feb 90	66	Vietnam – Army
Garner J. Hooper	Tucson, AZ	02/26/89	66	Vietnam – Army
Ray Price	Phoenix, AZ	01/11/89	74	WWII
Robert E. Hunter	Sun City, AZ	09/25/88	73	WWII
Franklin G. Sapp	Tucson, AZ	06/09/88	66	WWII
Sam T. Sarpolus	Tucson, AZ	01/10/88	70	WWII – Army Air Corps
Reinholdt Brester	Tucson, AZ	10/07/87	70	WWII – Air Force
Edward VanDeusen	Ogilvie, MN	Sep 87	75	WWII – Army
Vincent Arnold	Casa Grande, AZ	Jul 87	70	WWII
Eugene F. Sparks	Tucson, AZ	Jan 87	54	WWII
Melvin Todd	Tucson, AZ	Sep 85	75	WWII
Alberto Higuera	Tucson, AZ	03/02/85	69	WWII – Army
Norman R. Lewis	Tucson, AZ	12/17/84	70	WWII
Gilbert Gutierrez	Tucson, AZ	08/26/84	54	Korea – Army
Ricki Rarick	Tucson, AZ	Jul 84	71	WWII – Air Force (POW)
Jack Ferguson	Tucson, AZ	Nov 83	63	WWII
Howard Corbin	Tucson, AZ	Sep 83	63	WWII
Jack Medford	Tucson, AZ	Nov 82	64	WWII – Army
Ruben Villegas	Tucson, AZ	Nov 82	60	WWII
Walter Griebel	Tucson, AZ	Mar 80	63	WWII

Rest in Peace

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Chapter 442 - Ft Lowell

To foster an environment of goodwill and camaraderie among combat wounded veterans, promote patriotism, support necessary legislative initiatives, and most importantly, provide service to all veterans and their families.

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