The Greene Legion News
Thanks to L Bourque, Phil Gagnon, and the Estays for getting plants out at Christmas to widows. This year the post thanked 10 widows in Greene, which was a record. If you know of other widows please pass their names on to any of the people mentioned in this article for next year and our files. The Post also put funds for Greene veterans at the Oxford Veterans Home for Christmas. We are able to do this because of the support of people in town and work of veterans in Greene who continue to serve. I see so many people with vet hats we wish would help us.
The Greene Legion Post will have its first monthly meeting of the new year at 7 p.m., Monday, Jan 8, at the Catholic Church. All who have served are welcomed. The January staff call will be at 6 p.m., Jan. 3 at the Library.
We will be reviewing or busy December and various issues facing us and vets this coming year.
If you have a question about Flag Retirement contact L Bourque(656-9047); about Flags(we do not sell the poles), Plaque sales, etc. J. Girton; Membership, G. Marr; Monument questions or applications (pavers run $30 and stay around as a memorial to a loved one who served)E. Howell; Honor Guard, L. Bourque; and other questions myself, J. Koopman. If you have a Greenite that is in the service or has served since September 11 please call our commander so the name can be put on the 9/11 banner that rotates between Bonnie's and the Silo restaurants. There is no cost to have a name added on the banner. If you have a tattered American Flag and would like to retire it the proper way please put it in the podium we have on the South Canal St. entrance to the library.
If you have a veteran/widow/active duty military member(Guard-Reserve-Active) in need of help, please call any of the following: Veterans Crisis Line 1-800-273-8255, Binghamton Vet Center 772-2393, VA Outreach Center 772-9100, County Outreach Officer 778-2147, Southern Tier Veterans Support Group 205-8332, Post Chaplain 656-4533 or other questions 765-6269. A whole additional list of support services are available in a pamphlet put out by the Red Cross.
The Southern Tier Veterans Support Group( a volunteer non-govt. supported local group)continues to amaze me. They get 4-8 calls daily for assistance. They help raise around $100,000 a year and give it out to help service people who fall through the cracks of the bureau tape. None of the folks are paid but put in hours to help. I often hear about and help when I can when vets are hospitalized. I am only a small cog compared to others like Al Eaton and Ben Margolius and their wives who are constantly on the go helping in their leadership roles.
Have you ever thought about how modern wars are having more people hospitalized and on disability? I would love to see the numbers proportionately of WW 1 and WW 2, and Korean vets and subsequent Wars and skirmishes. We do know we didn't have PTSD identified. I personally worked with WW 2 troops who saw the horrors of war in the Pacific and around concentration camps who never got post-war support but lived with their nightmares and never shared their feelings. We also are saving many that would have died on the battlefields because of medical, scientific, and logistical support and advances. Going back to PTSD it is not just a war thing. I know the medicines. Some overcome it and others allow it to disable them and their families. I am glad we have so many places for modern vets to get help nowadays. Family members of vets please direct your vet to the agencies listed in this article.
-John Koopman, Greene American Legion
The Greene Legion Post will have its first monthly meeting of the new year at 7 p.m., Monday, Jan 8, at the Catholic Church. All who have served are welcomed. The January staff call will be at 6 p.m., Jan. 3 at the Library.
We will be reviewing or busy December and various issues facing us and vets this coming year.
If you have a question about Flag Retirement contact L Bourque(656-9047); about Flags(we do not sell the poles), Plaque sales, etc. J. Girton; Membership, G. Marr; Monument questions or applications (pavers run $30 and stay around as a memorial to a loved one who served)E. Howell; Honor Guard, L. Bourque; and other questions myself, J. Koopman. If you have a Greenite that is in the service or has served since September 11 please call our commander so the name can be put on the 9/11 banner that rotates between Bonnie's and the Silo restaurants. There is no cost to have a name added on the banner. If you have a tattered American Flag and would like to retire it the proper way please put it in the podium we have on the South Canal St. entrance to the library.
If you have a veteran/widow/active duty military member(Guard-Reserve-Active) in need of help, please call any of the following: Veterans Crisis Line 1-800-273-8255, Binghamton Vet Center 772-2393, VA Outreach Center 772-9100, County Outreach Officer 778-2147, Southern Tier Veterans Support Group 205-8332, Post Chaplain 656-4533 or other questions 765-6269. A whole additional list of support services are available in a pamphlet put out by the Red Cross.
The Southern Tier Veterans Support Group( a volunteer non-govt. supported local group)continues to amaze me. They get 4-8 calls daily for assistance. They help raise around $100,000 a year and give it out to help service people who fall through the cracks of the bureau tape. None of the folks are paid but put in hours to help. I often hear about and help when I can when vets are hospitalized. I am only a small cog compared to others like Al Eaton and Ben Margolius and their wives who are constantly on the go helping in their leadership roles.
Have you ever thought about how modern wars are having more people hospitalized and on disability? I would love to see the numbers proportionately of WW 1 and WW 2, and Korean vets and subsequent Wars and skirmishes. We do know we didn't have PTSD identified. I personally worked with WW 2 troops who saw the horrors of war in the Pacific and around concentration camps who never got post-war support but lived with their nightmares and never shared their feelings. We also are saving many that would have died on the battlefields because of medical, scientific, and logistical support and advances. Going back to PTSD it is not just a war thing. I know the medicines. Some overcome it and others allow it to disable them and their families. I am glad we have so many places for modern vets to get help nowadays. Family members of vets please direct your vet to the agencies listed in this article.
-John Koopman, Greene American Legion
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