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Post and Auxiliary Officers Take Office this Month

Post 3063 2017-2018 officers will take office this month. First nominations were made in March, followed by second nominations and an election in April. Installation happened in May but officers do not take office until the department commander is installed.

Congratulations and good luck to the new leadership team!

Commander: Pete Krawitz

Sr. Vice Commander: Joe Tiffany

Jr. Vice Commander: Joe Fitzgerald

Chaplain: Bill Griffith

Quartermaster: Harold Rodenberger

1-Year Trustee: James Williams

2-Year Trustee: Aaron Stoltz

3-Year Trustee: Russ Seelig

1-Year House Committee: Gail Engler

2-Year House Committee: Doug Maines

3-Year House Committee: Jordan Houghton

The following members were installed as auxiliary leadership:

President: Margaret Philips

Secretary: Jo Ann Anderson

Treasurer: Marge Hestad

Trustees: Alice Voyce, Agnes Demyanovich, and Karen Flynn

The following individuals were appointed by the new commander, Pete Krawitz:

Adjutant: Alyson Teeter

Judge Advocate: Norm Limric

Surgeon: Dan Stokke

Service Officer: Gail Engler

Parliamentarian: VACANT

Librarian: Norm Limric

Historian: VACANT

Officer of the Day: VACANT

Guard: VACANT

Webmaster: Alyson Teeter

Manager, Facebook Page: Bob Kettle

Newsletter Editor: Alyson Teeter

Honor Guard Captain: Joe Fitzgerald

Chair, Membership Committee: Joe Tiffany

Chair, Americanism Committee: VACANT

Chair, Community Affairs: VACANT

Some positions are still vacant and if you’re interested in volunteering for a position, please contact the commander at [email protected].

Flag Day 2017

In Memoriam (July 2017)

In Memoriam

During the June business meeting on June 1, 2017, the post charter was draped with a black cloth for the following comrades who recently passed away. The charter will stay draped for 30 days in their honor.

James A. Kessler, U.S. Army, World War II

Jimmie B. Souther, U.S. Army, Vietnam War

Gerald L. Yager, U.S. Army, World War II

Redding VFW Post 1934 Goes Above and Beyond

By Jon Guncay

On May 15, 2017, my family and I were in Redding, Calif. for a wedding. While visiting around the town, I happened into the local VFW, Post 1934. My son and I were looking at some of the photos on the wall when a picture of an Armored Security Vehicle (ASV) caught my eye, as it was my vehicle in Iraq. Upon a closer look, I noticed that the bumper number not only had my company’s number on it, but it was in fact MY exact vehicle from that deployment. I was so taken aback by this, as no one from that unit was from this part of the country, so I have no idea how it came to be there in this high plateau town.

Photo of Jon Guncay’s Armored Security Vehicle that he drove while deployed in Iraq. This photo was hanging in Redding California VFW Post 1934.

In seeing this, I asked the post if they wouldn’t mind adding “In memory of 1LT Ashley Henderson-Huff” to the photo, to honor my platoon leader we lost that deployment.

To make a long story short, the post invited my family and I back the next day, prior to having to make a flight home, to hold a dog tag and flag folding ceremony in her honor. Complete with a chaplain rendering a prayer, honor guard with military police (our job in Iraq), and dog tags made with Ashley’s information on it, the post made sure to pull out all

VFW Post 1934 members perform a flag folding ceremony in honor of Jon Guncay’s deceased platoon leader, 1st Lt. Ashley Henderson-Huff.

the stops to honor my LT as if she and I were life members of their post. I was moved to tears, which made telling her story in front of that impromptu crowd all the more difficult, but important.

This VFW post was a stout reminder that we are all brothers and sisters — that we share each other’s pains and joys. My family, 1LT Henderson-Huff’s family, and I will never forget this post’s outpouring of support and above expectation hospitality. While post 3063 is our home, this only goes to prove that we are welcome to hang our hat at any VFW post that we happen into.