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Representative Kathy Landess
SILVER STAR DAY A GREAT SUCCESS
SILVER STAR DAY IN CALIFORNIA
We had a wonderful turnout. The Boy Scouts from Brentwood presented the colors and led us in the Pledge of Allegiance. Boy, talk about feeling your age - two of the Scouts shared with me their
grandfathers served in Viet Nam! We were honored to have two WWII vets attend - Bill Hall, who was awarded four Purple Hearts, and Neal Sterud. Wolf presented Mr. Hall with a Silver Star Banner. The mayor of Oakley, Kevin Romick, attended and read the proclamation he signed for SSD. In attendance were members of the Blue Star Riders, American Legion Riders - Rolling 9's (including one member who served in the Korea War and one who served in the Gulf War), the Patriot Sentinels, Emil whose daughter Mariela has been awarded a Silver Star banner, two gentlemen who lost loved ones in Viet Nam, a managing editor for the local newspapers and his photographer, Garrett Hamilton - Wolf's son who will be leaving for boot camp soon - and many others who braved the threat of rain to come out to honor the wounded on their special day.
Proudly flying alongside our glorious flag was the Silver Star flag. What a sight it was!!!
CALIFORNIA SSFOA CHRISTMAS at PALO ALTO
Kathy serves as SSFOA Rep for California and has been involved with military support activities for over 26 years. Her support of our troops began as a way to honor her fiance who was KIA in VietNam. She has had 100s of penpals over the years, ranging from raw recruits up to Colonels, in nearly every service branch.
Besides SSFOA, Kathy belongs to and is associated with: StarSupportMilitary Group, Adopt-a-Soldier/Adopt-a-Platoon, Operation Military Pride, Soldier's Angels and co-coordinate of Operation: Mail Support, a penpal program. She happened to find SSFoA's website by accident and very soon realized that she had to belong to this organization. Supporting our military is important, but supporting/honoring our wounded/our vets is even more so. Kathy feels very privileged to be part of the SSFOA cause and all the wonderful people in the group. Contact Kathy to join Silver Star Families in California.
~Kathy
Silver Star Day 2008
