LAST UPDATED May 5TH, 2008

Please download Java(tm). Thanks to everybody that worked on the Homecoming. It was a great success, no thanks to the weatherman. Next year will be bigger and better. That's right I said next year. We decided at April 6th meeting to do it all again next year. The dates for 2009 are March 28th and 29th thanks to this year being leap year. IN THE FUTURE IT WILL BE HELD THE FOURTH SATURDAY IN MARCH. We thank all the Veterans that braved the weather. We especially thank the Chapter 203 Vietnam Veterans of America,Chattanooga, TN for all they contributed to our celebration. We thank them for bringing the mobile TN WALL. We would like to thank "Little Sis" (aka Monica Harvey). Ms. Harvey paid her own way from Stapelton NE to sit and console veterans at the wall. This is her 29th sitting when the wall is on display. She says a prayer and then gives the veterans a heart shaped hat pin with a band aid on it. A real great lady for sure. There are so many people we would like to thank we will just say THANKS TO ANYONE WHO WAS CONNECTED TO OUR CELEBRATION IN ANY WAY SHAPE OR FORM. MUSIC DIRECTOR FOR 2009 IS CARL JONES OF HOMELAND AND FRANCIS EDWARDS. All entertainment must contact them at: Carl Jones E-mail Address(es): carl.jones@cadresol.com Director of Vendors is Jeri Chaney and she can be contacted at lasweetiepie@bellsouth.net DISREGUARD LAST WEEKS LOCATION FOR THE MAY 18TH MEETING IT WILL BE ONCE AGAIN BE AT THE SENIOR CENTER RTE 127 SOUTH NEAR THE AMERICAN LEGION SEE MAP BELOW . SEE MAP FOR LOCATION HIT HERE ANYONE WISHING TO JOIN THE VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA CROSSVILLE CHAPTER PLEASE SEND A COPY OF YOUR DD214 (DO NOT SEND ORGINAL)& $20.00 PLUS A APPLICATION FORM (hit below) HIT HERE WALT STEIGER P.O. BOX 3694 CROSSVILLE, TN 38557 @(931)788-1117 OR EMAIL HIM AT LET'S ALL YOU VIETNAM VETS COME TO OUR MEETINGS. WE FIGURE THERE ARE NEARLY 2000 VIETNAM VETERANS IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY ***Interim Officers*** were elected at the May 4, 2008 Meeting. They will serve until we get our charter from the VVA. The officers are as follows President--Walt Steiger Vice President--Mike Mattson Secretary--Mike Knappen Treasurer--Franc Connor Master At Arms--Bob Axline ALL VETS ARE INVITED TO THE 7TH ANNUAL CUMBERLAND PLATEAU POW WOW WHERE THEY WILL BE RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR SERVICE. THIS IS SPONSORED BY THE INDIGENOUS INTERTRIBAL CORP. IT IS HELD IN COOKEVILLE MAY 17-18 FOR MORE INFO HIT BELOW AND SEE FLYER. HIT HERE FOR FLYER If anyone would like to make a contibution toward Welcome Home Reunion 2009 please mail to Wellcome Home 2009 Bookeeper, 3000 Oklahoma Drive Crossville, Tn. 38572. If anyone has any photos of the Welcome Home please send them to. I will have a FULL movie of the parade SOON. Here is a great site and song our Secretary Mike Knappen sent me. To View it hit below HIT HERE Here is another great site and song Forwarded to me by Larry Troxell. To View it hit below. HIT HERE The Crossville City Council Voted on unanimously to pass a bill to rename part of Interstate 40 from just east of Exit 322 to just west of exit 317 as Vietnam Veterans Highway. The State did name that section. We thank Mayor Graham and the City Council and the State for this, and all the help they gave us in our celebration. Welcome Home and Thank You was copy written by Francis Edwards in 2007 © 2007 Francis Edwards ~~~~Turn up your sound on all pages.~~~~ The background music is Crossvilles own Ron "Scooter" Dyer with backup by Sue Patterson performing "WELCOME HOME AND THANK YOU". This music and lyrics were written by an Australian Vietnam Veteran named Francis Edwards seen below. WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE FOLLOWING ARTISTS FOR VOLUNTEERING THEIR TIME AND GREAT TALENT. IF WE COULD HAVE ONLY HAD THE WEATHER MAN VOLUNTEER US A NICE COUPLE OF DAYS IT WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE ENJOYABLE. THE MUSIC COULD HAVE BEEN EXPLAINED IN ONE WORD -- "GREAT" Below is Dann and Scooter with Senator Bob Corker. Dann made the trip to Nashville when the vote passed making March 29th Vietnam Veterans Day from this year forth. THE TENNESSEE WALL The wall is owned by Chapter 203 Vietnam Veterans of America,Chattanooga, TN. To View Subject hit the buttons below subject WHEN THINKING AND PRAYING FOR OUR VIETNAM VETERANS LET'S NOT FORGET THE ONES WHO CAME BEFORE US, IN THEIR OWN FORGOTTEN WAR -- THE KOREAN VETS. THEY WERE NOT WELCOMED HOME PROPERLY EITHER. LET'S HOPE THEY CAN BAND TOGETHER AND GET THEIR JUST REWARDS AND WELCOME THEM HOME AND THANK THEM. OUR HEARTS AND PRAYERS GO OUT TO THE VETERANS OF IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN AND THE FIRST GULF WAR AND TO THE TROOPS STILL SERVING IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN. AND SPECIAL PRAYERS TO THOSE WHO ARE GOING TO DEPLOY TO THE MIDDLE EAST. AND LETS NOT FORGET OUR TROOPS STATIONED ALL OUR AROUND THE WORLD AND ON THE SEAS AND IN THE SKIES. To view a slide show dedicated to them hit the Iraq Campaign ribbon below. . Cumberland County Mayor Brock Hill and Crossville Mayor J.H. Graham III have also proclaimed the 29th of March as Vietnam Veterans Day in Cumberland County and Crossville. We would like to thank both Mayors and their governing bodies for this proclamation and granting permission for the parade and other festivities. DANN DUNHAM and RON "SCOOTER" DYER for getting this whole "Welcome Home" started. They put in a lot of work. And thanks to Ron for recording our theme song. Vietnam is where American personnel came over as boys and went home as men. If indeed they were lucky enough to survive to make that trip. Many made the trip but not with all the body parts they came with. That was not the case for some 58,000 that made the sad trip in body bags. May their souls rest in peace. And numerous others are still listed as either MIA or POW. Let's keep them in our prayers. Praying some day that they too will be returning. Some of the faces of Vietnam Visitors to our site since February 1 2008 Powered by counter.bloke.com To e-mail us hit below.