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^top   General News   Detail   - Current^ - Next >  Posted: 05/06/23 ID: 1683415603 # 1683415603

With the deepest of regrets we are posting the loss of a long time dear friend of our Chapter. 

CAPT Shelba H. “Hank” Wade, Jr., USN, (Ret) passed away on April 12, 2023, after a seven-year valiant battle with cancer. 

He enlisted in the Navy in 1955, and became a naval aviator in 1963. Following his marriage to Gaye Sowers in 1963, they traveled to Rota, Spain for his first tour of duty. Other tours included Pensacola, Norfolk, and Virginia Beach. After leaving active duty, Hank and Gaye moved to North Carolina and raised their two daughters, Deborah and Ashley. He continued his service in the Navy reserves until he retired with the rank of Captain in 1985. Hank worked as general manager of CENCO, Inc. and served as the company’s chief corporate pilot. 

Community service was very important to him. He was active at Advance United Methodist Church in committee work and teaching. Hank also served as President of the Stratford Kiwanis Club, and in more recent years as President and other offices in the Tarheel Central Chapter of the Military Officers Association of America. 

He will be sorely missed by us all. RIP

^top   General News   Detail   < Previous - Current^ - Next >  Posted: 04/22/23 ID: 1682198242 # 1682198242

Fund Raising Event

Raising funds for: 

Wounded Warriors Battalion East/Semper Fi Fund, Camp 

Lejeune, NC 

The Fisher House, Camp Lejeune, NC 

USMC Young Marines Program 

Veteran’s Home---Salisbury, NC 

NC-JROTC Chapters 

Toys for Tots 

Detachment 1075 

City Lights Ministry/Winston Salem, NC 

YVEDDI Head Start 

“K-9 Savings Grace” 

Veteran’s In Need—emergency services.

• A most detailed brochure plus the Registration Form can be down loaded in the link below

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Terry Lee Hales, Col.,USA, Ret.  

December 14, 1946 — April 9, 2023. 

Colonel Hales was a proud veteran in the US Army and retired as a full bird colonel after 30 years with his service including two tours in Vietnam. A decorated military leader, he had the respect of many around him. After serving on active duty, he taught ROTC at Oak Ridge Military Academy, RJ Reynolds High School and Davie High School for over 20 years, teaching students the value of respect, loyalty and duty to country. He served these same students both inside and outside of the classroom.  

Colonel Hales joined our chapter in 2015.

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^top   Newsletter   Detail   < Previous - Current^ - Next >  Posted: 01/11/22 ID: 1641927306 # 1641927306

The following is from the March issue of the VFW MAGAZINE: 

"...By March 29, 1973, all U.S. combat troops had left the country, (Vietnam). 

U.S. military advisors to the South Vietnamese army and Marine guards at 

the U.S. Embassy in Saigon remained until the fall of the city in 1975. 

From Jan. 1, 1965, to March 28, 1973, a total of 2,594,000 U.S. troops- 

including 7,484 women- served within the borders of South Vietnam. During 

that same time period, a total of 3,403,100 U.S. troops, (including 514,300 

offshore) served in the Southeast Asia Theater, which included Vietnam, Laos, 

Cambodia, Thailand, and the South China Sea. 

According to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Foundation, a total of 58,281 

U.S. troops were killed in the war." 

Here are some interesting facts about the names that are on the Vietnam 

War Memorial Wall: 

There are three sets of fathers and sons on the Wall. 

39,996 on the Wall were just 22 or younger. 

8,283 were just 19 years old. 

The largest age group, 33,103 were 18 years old. 

12 soldiers on the Wall were 17 years old. 

5 soldiers on the Wall were 16 years old. 

One soldier, PFC Dan Bullock was 15 years old. 

997 soldiers were killed on their first day in Vietnam. 

1,448 soldiers were killed on their last day in Vietnam. 

31 sets of brothers are on the Wall. 

Thirty-one sets of parents lost two of their sons. 

54 soldiers attended Thomas Edison High School in Philadelphia. 

8 Women are on the Wall. Nursing the wounded. 

244 soldiers were awarded the Medal of Honor during the Vietnam War; 

153 of them are on the Wall. 

Beallsville, Ohio with a population of 475 lost 6 of her sons. 

West Virginia had the highest casualty rate per capita in the nation. 

There are 711 West Virginians on the Wall. 

The most casualty deaths in a single day was on January 31, 1968, 

with 245 deaths. 

The most casualty deaths in a single month was in May 1968, 

with 2,415 casualties incurred. 

MAY WE NEVER FORGET, THAT FREEDOM IS NOT FREE! 

GOD BLESS ALL THOSE THAT SERVED IN THAT TERRIBLE WAR!

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