July 30, 2018
Happy Monday! As the end of July draws nearer, I’ve been looking at what we’ve accomplished this month at Mistletoe Enterprises and Victory & Valor. We’ve mentioned this in previous Victory & Valor Blog installments, but it bears repeating: a review of our business history helps us in our mission to educate others with the stories of history & heroes. This blog is going to be very brief because it’s not going to put out any new information. This is a sincere request for feedback from our readers and followers. At Mistletoe Enterprises and Victory & Valor, we want to know more about the topics that interest you. What do you like about our Facebook posts? Do you enjoy our blogs? How much time do you spend at our website and or Facebook page? Do we post too much? Or not enough? Like many of the great leaders we feature in our stories, they surround themselves with advisors who give them reliable information. Likewise, we’re looking for constructive feedback and we hope to hear from you. Tell us how we're doing and what you would like to see improved. You can respond by commenting directly at the bottom of this blog; you can use the contact form on the www.mistletoetom.com website; or you can provide feedback through our Facebook page. We hope to hear from you! Have a great evening! See you Wednesday!
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Happy Friday! Apparently, Mistletoe Enterprises and Victory & Valor has a following of folks who like seeing Presidents throwing baseballs!
The picture above, courtesy of the Library of Congress, shows President Woodrow Wilson showing his form. Pictured below, courtesy of the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library, President Truman delivers the first pitch at Griffith Stadium to open the baseball season on April 18, 1950. At Mistletoe Enterprises and Victory & Valor, we hope you are enjoying the summer season. We understand that not everyone is a baseball fan, but we appreciate the historical connection that baseball has had with our country. In any event, it's another way Mistletoe Enterprises and Victory & Valor share stories of history & heroes. Enjoy your weekend! See you Monday! Ike delivered the ceremonial first pitch in the 1956 World Series. Other notables nearby include Casey Stengel, Walter O'Malley and Walt Alston.
President Eisenhower was the Commander of Allied Forces in Europe during WWII. He understood a thing or two about leadership, about war, and about human nature. He was astute, as a General should be, to recognize the human qualities that gave strength to our military units. "One of the things that I noticed in war was how difficult it was for our soldiers, at first, to realize that there are no rules to war. Our men were raised in sports, where a referee runs a football game, or an umpire a baseball game, and so forth." - Remarks at the Conference of the National Women's Advisory Committee on Civil Defense, October 26, 1954 One of the things Ike knew that was not difficult for our troops was that those sports known by our men instilled the vital military concept of teamwork. Have a great evening! In the spirit of the season, let's play two!
From the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum, here's JFK delivering the ceremonial first pitch of the 1961 baseball season at Griffith Stadium, Washington, D.C. Also in the crowd are Vice President Lyndon Johnson and Senator Hubert Humphrey. Have a great evening! Happy Wednesday! Technical difficulties can be frustrating! One way I overcome frustration, while still remaining productive and accomplishing the Mistletoe Enterprises and Victory & Valor mission of telling stories of history & heroes, is to do research.
I love baseball. And I love that our national pastime has been enjoyed for generations by fans from all walks of life. The game of baseball has woven itself into our national fabric. I do a lot of research at the Library of Congress, the National Archives, NASA, and other sites to compile the stories of history & heroes we share at Mistletoe Enterprises and Victory & Valor. And I browse the Presidential Libraries almost every day, too. The photo posted here, from the Reagan Presidential Library, features President Reagan. He was an avid sportsman and a former sports broadcaster on the radio. Here, he's throwing out first pitch at opening day, April 7, 1986, at Baltimore's Memorial Stadium, Maryland. Mistletoe Enterprises and Victory & Valor deliver our "first pitch" every day, sharing stories of history & heroes. And, we hope you'll root for our team! Go Victory & Valor! Have a great day! July 23, 2018 Happy Monday! This installment of the Victory & Valor Blog turns a few pages back in history to look at one connection between two figures from World War One, and another connection between 1859 Britain and modern-day Washington, D.C. In separate posts earlier today, we recalled that “On This Day”, July 23, 1973, World War One fighter ace, Captain Eddie Rickenbacker, died in Zurich, Switzerland. Pre-war, Rickenbacker was an accomplished racecar driver. During the war, he was the most successful of American aviators, and he was awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions. The other World War One figure we featured was Glenn Curtiss. Curtiss designed motorcycles… and he was a pioneer in designing aircraft. His company produced the Curtis JN-4 “Jenny” for the Army and Navy during WWI. Glenn Curtiss died “On This Day”, July 23, 1930, in Buffalo, New York. The connection? Prior to going to war, while in Riverside, California for a car race, he took his first airplane ride… with Glenn Curtiss. By 1918, Rickenbacker was flying with the 94th Aero Pursuit Squadron, shooting down 26 German planes in 134 air battles. While the planes he flew during those WWI battles were of French design, many of the WWI aircraft flown by his comrades-in-arms were sold to the Army by Glenn Curtiss. It’s by mere coincidence that these two men both died on July 23. While their deaths occurred forty-three years apart, their lives and their talents intersected at a pivotal time in history. So… it’s evident and unavoidable: I am a history buff. And finding that connection between Rickenbacker and Curtiss might not be news to the countless historians who preceded me, but it was interesting. And while it may seem a trivial coincidence, it’s the kind of coincidence that keeps me digging for other connections in history. There are many. But here’s the one I promised from 1850.
While I was conducting the research on Rickenbacker and Curtiss, as I do with almost every figure I feature in a story, I research the Library of Congress, the National Archives, and the White House websites to see if there are any articles or images associated with the person. (These websites are great sources for teachers: that’s why Mistletoe Enterprises and Victory & Valor refer to them often!) Anyway, while browsing the White House website, I browsed through many presidential photographs, hoping to find one featuring both men with the President. No such luck. Although, while perusing the images, I did enjoy seeing the iconic photo of John Kennedy, Jr. playing under the desk while JFK worked. But that caught my attention, and I did some comparisons with other presidential photos from the Oval Office. The thing that caught my attention was that all our modern Presidents have not used the same desk. Further research showed that since the Oval Office was built, six different desks have been used by the Presidents. And I was unaware of the history of the most famous of those desks… until today. In 1850, the British Navy commissioned the HMS Resolute. The Resolute was designed to navigate and explore the arctic waters; it’s specific purpose was to help find Sir John Franklin who departed Britain in 1845 on an expedition to find the North West Passage but his fate was a mystery. While searching for Franklin in 1852 the Resolute was abandoned after being locked in the ice. In 1855 it was discovered adrift in the ice by an American whaling ship, and after being restored by the United States, it was returned to Queen Victoria in December 1856 as a gesture of friendship and goodwill. In 1879 the British Navy retired the Resolute, and it was salvaged for timbers. The British government ordered at least three desks be built from the salvaged wood. One of them, the Resolute Desk, was presented to President Rutherford B. Hayes in 1880 as a gift of thanks from Queen Victoria. Since then, every President has used the Resolute Desk except Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, and Gerald Ford. It has been used by seven Presidents in the Oval Office; and it has been used by others in their private study in the Executive Residence, or in other rooms in the White House. The Resolute is just a desk. But as an artifact of history, it is among the most visible and longstanding. It connects us to our past. See you Wednesday! Motor Sports Hall of Fame Library of Congress National Museum of the United States Air Force The Royal Collection (royalcollection.org) White House Historical Association (whitehousehistory.org) July 20, 2018 Happy Friday! I hope your week has been a good one. And I hope you’re at least one step closer to realizing your dreams. Today is the 49th anniversary of the historic Apollo 11 mission when American astronaut Neil Armstrong became the first man to set foot on the surface of the moon. After he stepped off the ladder of the Lunar Module and his foot hit the lunar dust he said, “That’s one small step for man: one giant leap for mankind.” A short time later, “Buzz” Aldrin stepped onto the surface of the moon. They conducted some tests; collected some samples of moon rocks; and they did some work preparing the spacecraft for its return trip to dock with the Command Module in orbit around the moon, piloted by Michael Collins. Two of their last tasks while on the lunar surface were to display a plaque commemorating the mission. The plaque reads, “We came in peace for all mankind.” Finally, they put up the flag of the United States. Between July 20, 1969 and December 14, 1972, the United States flag would be set up on the moon six times. Twelve Americans would walk on the lunar surface. And the aborted mission of Apollo 13 would be remembered as a triumph over near tragedy. The dream of landing on the moon became a national objective in 1961. In a speech before a joint session of Congress, on May 25, 1961, President John F. Kennedy announced the goal of sending an American safely to the moon before the end of the decade. It required an incomparable national effort. And America rose to the challenge. Dream big and never give up on your dream! America was beset by many woes during the 1960’s. It was a turbulent time. JFK was assassinated in 1963; Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy were assassinated in 1968. Protests against the war in Vietnam grew; there were civil rights marches; there were terrible riots. It seemed, for at least one day, the epic accomplishment of sending a man to the moon – in the name of all mankind – rose above those challenges. Those problems didn’t go away; but they didn’t seem to be so insurmountable. If we can walk on the moon… we can accomplish anything we set our mind to. Another Kennedy had a similar optimism. Barely a month after Robert was killed, Eunice Kennedy Shriver set foot in Chicago, at Soldiers Field, on July 20, 1968.
Six years earlier, she had founded Camp Shriver. This charitable effort grew and evolved. Eunice Kennedy Shriver’s dream became the Special Olympics. On that day at Soldiers Field, she spoke to more than a thousand athletes. In the opening ceremony of that first Special Olympics, she said to the assembled athletes, “Let me win, but if I cannot win let me be brave in the attempt.” She pledged that the new organization, Special Olympics, would offer those with intellectual disabilities “the chance to play, the chance to compete and the chance to grow.” Dream big. Don’t give up. From what we learned in those early years of space exploration, from the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo programs, we’ve gone further, and reached beyond our solar system. We’ve sent spacecraft to Mars, we’ve sent satellites that have explored Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus, and Pluto. The Voyager spacecraft that launched in 1977 have been operating and travelling more than 100-billion miles through space for more than forty years – and they continue to collect and transmit data to earth - even today. And fifty years later, Special Olympics serves more than 4.7 million people in 170 countries around the world. Mistletoe Enterprises and Victory & Valor pay tribute to the pioneers who paved the way to the moon, and we salute Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins for their historic journey on this day in 1969. And we pay tribute to Eunice Kennedy Shriver for building her dream into an inspirational reality that has touched the lives of millions since the Special Olympics began on this day in 1968. Have a good weekend. Dream big. Be brave. The following sources were researched to help compile and verify this installment: Library of Congress National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Special Olympics (specialolympics.org) July 18, 2018 Happy Wednesday! Today has been an unusually busy day at Mistletoe Enterprises and Victory & Valor. Exhilarating. Exhausting. And thought provoking, too. On an average day we research, write and publish at least two stories that look back at history and heroes for our “On This Day” posts. Today, we posted eight stories. We spent a lot of time at on-line libraries and research sites. For good reason, this Victory & Valor Blog installment, on this day, is dedicated to a teacher: her name is Mary Jo. Since Mistletoe Enterprises and Victory & Valor launched last fall, we’ve researched and published a number of special stories. Indeed, there have been some special days as the business slowly grows. But very few days like today. Without doubt, each day we strive to accomplish our mission: to teach others by telling the stories of history & heroes. But, unlike most other days, the assortment of stories selected today captured the essence of all our values. For those new to this blog, here are our values: education; truth; history; nature; art; science & technology; sportsmanship; teamwork; loyalty; humor; and courage. We value the stories from the arena of sports so we can tell about sportsmanship, fair play, and the benefits derived from healthy competition and a quest for excellence. So, the memory of Nadia Comenici’s historic performance on this day at the 1976 Summer Olympics was a fitting example. Similarly, today is also the anniversary of Ty Cobb’s 4000th recorded base-hit in 1927. From those sports stories we can appreciate the dedication and loyalty to teamwork and individual effort embodied in the Olympic effort of Nadia Comenici and Ty Cobb. We also shared stories about General William Westmoreland who was the Commander of U.S. forces in Vietnam, and went on to become the Chief of Staff of the Army from 1968-1972. This is educational information for those studying that era. It also speaks to the courage and loyalty necessary to be a leader in our armed forces. Another story of courage we shared was in recognition of Nelson Mandela’s birthday. Mandela was an anti-apartheid activist who was imprisoned for 27 years. He was awarded the Nobel Prize. In 1994 he became the first democratically elected President of South Africa. The people and events of today’s stories spanned more than one-hundred years of modern history. We shared the story of a 1914 Act of Congress that established the Aviation Section of the U.S. Army Signal Corps. We also looked back at the launch of Gemini X that took astronauts John Young and Michael Collins into space on this day in 1966. We remembered the birthday of another astronaut, too. Born on this day in 1921 we recalled the service of John Herschel Glenn: Marine Corps veteran; test pilot; one of the original 7 Mercury astronauts; first man to orbit the earth; and a man who went on to serve a long, distinguished career as a United States Senator from Ohio. I don’t care if it is cliché: he had the right stuff The efforts to advance from single engine biplanes to rockets propelling us into space are reliant on science and technology. And much of the knowledge we have gleaned from space exploration has helped us learn about weather patterns, precision mapping, geologic events, and even more about the nature of the world in which we live. So many of our values hit home today. I was taken aback. This installment was easy to see as the pieces came into view. But it was also difficult. Today, I saw stories of sports icons; pioneer explorers; and world leaders. Even though I saw figures from Romania, Vietnam, South Africa, and the United States, I was reminded of the small world in which we live. Researching and writing so much about history has benefits, for sure. You learn a lot. But sometimes you relive a memory or moment in time, and it can be bittersweet. There are times I have had to step away. Refocus. And take a more detached, objective approach. Today it was impossible. The combination of those people and events have had a profound impact on my life. Those events, either directly or indirectly, shaped me. In turn, they shape the way I present material for publication for this Victory & Valor Blog. I launched this business and the magazine because I want to help educate others. Mistletoe Enterprises and Victory & Valor have been my lifelong dream. So, when I select stories, it’s because those people and events align with the values I shared above. One more value was evident in that of an entertainer I wrote about today, as well. Red Skelton was born on this day in 1913. A lifelong entertainer, he loved to make people laugh, and he was good at what he did. One of his most popular characters was the clown, “Freddie the Freeloader.” And I remember laughing as I watched him so many years ago. His television show was on in an era of upheaval and turmoil in our country. But he prevailed with humility, sweetness, and humor. As I noted at the start, I dedicated this installment to a teacher named Mary Jo. All of today’s events in history would be a teacher’s dream. And Mary Jo would probably appreciate my point, unfortunately she’s also among those people and events whose stories I researched today.
Every day, part of the routine here is to search through multiple sources for significant events, birthdays, anniversaries, and memories of our past. I don’t regard the internet as a “library” but it is a search vehicle. And there are online libraries. Mary Jo’s name was among those listed who died on this day in history. She died July 18, 1969. She was 28 years old. She was born July 26, 1940 in Pennsylvania, raised in New Jersey, and graduated from Caldwell College in 1962. She was of Polish descent with a family history in Pennsylvania dating back to the time before our nation was born. Mary Jo was an idealist who was active in the Civil Rights Movement; she taught for a year in Montgomery, Alabama. She wanted to be part of a change for good. Mary Jo moved to Washington, D.C. where her work could make a greater impact. She began working for political campaigns; she helped write political speeches; and she helped coordinate campaign activities. On July 18, 1969 she was a passenger in a vehicle that careened off a narrow bridge and plunged into the waters off Chappaquiddick Island, Massachusetts. The vehicle had turned upside down as it fell into the water. Trapped, Mary Jo Kopechne drowned. Mary Jo Kopechne is not forgotten. She was a teacher. She was a concerned citizen. She was an active force for change. I hope the research and due diligence taken here to tell some of the story of Mary Jo Kopechne does justice and honor to her memory. I hope Mary Jo Kopechne smiles down on us for our efforts at Mistletoe Enterprises and Victory & Valor to teach others; to inspire others; and to share stories that make a positive impact on the world. Admittedly, I omitted some details. A teacher will encourage others to dig deeper… conduct some of your own research. The driver of the car who went off that bridge is a man with his own story. You can learn more about him, I’m sure, by studying Mary Jo’s achievements. He is a mere footnote in the life of Mary Jo Kopechne. I hope Mary Jo would also be pleased if I signed off this installment in the same way as Red Skelton signed off his television shows during the late 1960’s. To our friends and followers, from Mistletoe Enterprises and Victory & Valor: “Good night & God Bless!” July 16, 2018 Happy Monday! If you’re a baseball fan you probably know this is All Star week for Major League Baseball. And if you’re a Tigers fan, you probably heard on Sunday that former Tigers’ ace pitcher Justin Verlander took the mound in Houston against the Tigers. He had been selected to start for the American League All Star squad, but his outing on Sunday precludes him from pitching in tomorrow night’s mid-summer classic with only two days rest. Beyond that, the Tigers went on a homerun rampage Sunday, belting four long-balls into the seats, chasing JV off the mound with an early sixth-inning exit, and propelling the Tigers to a 6-3 victory. Verlander was a popular Tiger. He’s still popular among loyal Detroit fans, even after his move to Houston. He’s been a hard worker, and among active pitchers he ranks 5th in MLB with 24 complete games over his 14 seasons in the big league. But Verlander’s number of complete games is paltry compared to many former pitchers. Game strategies have changed substantially since baseball started with the formation of the National League in 1871. In those days, it was common for pitchers with teams in the “Senior Circuit” to throw many complete games. Cy Young had the most ever with 749. George Mullin is the all-time Tigers leader with 336 complete games. And another Detroit pitcher who stands out in that category ranks 58th among ALL pitchers who have ever played in the Majors: Charlie “Pretzels” Getzien. Pretzels Getzien was the starting pitcher in 292 Major League contests between 1884-1892; he completed 277 of those games. At the age of nineteen, he began the 1883 baseball season playing in the minors with the Grand Rapids Baseball Club of the Northwestern League. The league was also comprised of the Peoria Reds, Toledo Blue Stockings, Fort Wayne Hoosiers, Saginaw Greys, and teams from Bay City, Michigan, Quincy, Illinois and Springfield, Illinois. The Grand Rapids club played their games at the Grand Rapids Baseball Park, at Jefferson & Franklin Streets. It had a capacity of about 1000 fans and attracted an average crowd of about 760 over an 84-game season with about 42 home games. The team folded midway through Pretzel’s second season in 1884, and he was quickly signed by the struggling Detroit Wolverines of the National League. Pretzels compiled a 95-86 win-loss record in five seasons with the Detroit Wolverines. In 1886 he had a 30-11 record. And in 1887, he led the team in pitching with a 29-13 record. He also led them to the first World Series Championship recorded by a Detroit team prior to the establishment of the American League vs National League format in 1903. In the 1887 World Series between the Detroit Wolverines and the Saint Louis Browns, Pretzel led the team with 4 wins and 2 losses. That World Series was a set of fifteen games played in ten different cities; only two of the games were played in Detroit, at Recreation Park near the modern-day Harper Hospital of the Detroit Medical Center. A historical marker on the hospital campus now marks the location of the Wolverines homefield. As Sinatra once sang: “…there used to be a ball park, right here.” But back to Getzien: what made him so special? The “Pretzel” curve ball.
Hitters were befuddled. He had a quirky delivery and the ball curved away from hitters. Opposing players, curious fans, and sports-writers of the day were often confounded, and sometimes in denial about the physical properties of his curve ball. His pitching drew attention. Some newspapers published articles arguing that his curve was in the IMAGINATION of the hitters! Henry Chadwick responded in an 1886 article for the Scientific American magazine with scientific explanations and diagrams that illustrated the physical properties associated with the stitched ball in flight. The curve was very real. Despite the success, Pretzels was traded to the Indianapolis Hoosiers following the 1888 season. He struggled with injuries and fatigue, however. From there he went to the Boston Beaneaters and posted 23 wins during the 1890 season. He began the 1891 season with Boston but was traded again, after eleven appearances. In a brief stint with the Cleveland Spiders, he pitched one game giving up twelve hits and nine runs. He finished his major league career in 1892 with the Saint Louis Browns going 5-8. Over his nine years in MLB, Charlie Pretzels Getzien compiled a record of 145 wins and 139 losses. He was twenty-nine years old when he retired. As for that single complete-game loss in Cleveland in 1891, a twenty-four-year-old, hard-throwing right-hander in his sophomore season was on the bench beside Pretzels: Cy Young. Mistletoe Enterprises and Victory & Valor love to bring interesting stories of history and heroes to our followers. The nostalgia and history of our great American pastime is filled with people, places and events that give insight to our days gone by. It helps to connect our past to our present. Charles “Pretzels” Getzien might not be in the Hall of Fame, but he is remembered by Victory & Valor. We hope you enjoyed this. And we hope you enjoy the All-Star Game tomorrow night, even if Verlander isn’t pitching, and even if it won’t be a complete game! See you Wednesday! The following sources were researched to help compile and verify this installment: Library of Congress Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/getzich01.shtml Ernie Harwell Collection, Detroit Public Library Grand Rapids Historical Society Detroit Medical Center July 13, 2018 Happy Friday! I hope everyone has had a good week. At Mistletoe Enterprises and Victory & Valor our week has been typical: we’ve been busy researching, writing and posting stories about history & heroes. Typical. Most of our posts fall under the “On This Day” category, as you might already know. And yesterday we posted about a news event from July 12, 1973: a devastating fire at the National Personnel and Records Center (NPRC) in St. Louis that destroyed between 16 – 18 million military personnel files. Lost were the records of Army veterans discharged between 1911 and 1960, and those of Air Force personnel discharged between 1947 and 1964. No duplicates of these records were ever maintained. There were no microfilm copies. And there were no indexes. The loss of service records impacted World War I, World War II, and Korean War era veterans… and nobody can say with certainty how many more. As a history buff, I shudder at the loss of all those records. More personally, as the son of a World War II combat veteran, I am at a loss that words simply cannot express. To be clear: the story of the 1973 fire at the NPRC is not news to me. I’ve heard about this fire many, many times over the last 45 years. There’s no shortage of duplicate records of this story. It has been repeated many times. It has been documented and preserved, in fact, in the collective memory of our nation. The sad truth is, I probably know more about the fire than I have ever learned about my own Dad’s military service. As the regular followers of this Victory & Valor Blog may remember, I wrote about my Dad’s military service last month around Father’s Day. My Dad passed away when I was only three years old, so learning about his military service was through occasional stories told by my Mom, my older siblings, and relatives. Naturally, any information contained in the stories was priceless information. But over the years, there still was very little I learned about my Dad’s time in uniform.
Sometimes, little treasure troves of mementos would emerge from a dusty shoe-box in the attic, or a box in a closet. Pictures, letters from overseas, and a few military insignia helped fill in some more details of the years my Dad spent in the military. And a couple times, a dusty old box would contain a jackpot: a military document, a discharge document, or notes written by my Dad in a small pocket-book - issued by the Red Cross to military personnel during WWII. With everything collected, I can give a fair account of his timeline and travels in the military… in very general terms. I know most of the dates, locations, and durations of his various duty stations and while training stateside and while deployed to the European Theater of Operations. I know the campaigns in which he participated: Northern France, the Rhineland, and Central Europe. And I know that he was awarded the Combat Infantry Badge (CIB), and by virtue of that award, he received the Bronze Star after the Army conducted a review of the CIB justifications, post WWII. I have no document that tells the story of the hellish combat my Dad experienced to earn the CIB and Bronze Star. It was lost in Saint Louis in 1973. This is one reason Mistletoe Enterprises and Victory & Valor are strong advocates for the Library of Congress Veterans History Project. We have posted about this several times. And we will continue to promote it. The stories of history & heroes are at the core of our values at Mistletoe Enterprises and Victory & Valor. And the Veterans History Project documents and preserves the stories of our veterans who want to tell the stories of their military service. More than 90,000 veterans have shared the stories of their time in the military through the Veterans History Project. Since it began in 2000, veterans from every conflict and era since World War I have been interviewed. They share what they want to share… sometimes what they need to share. And sometimes, it is the first time they have ever told their story. I told my story to a classroom full of history students at Stivers School for the Arts in Dayton, Ohio. The history teacher, Bridget Federspiel, has helped her students conduct more than 500 veteran interviews since 2005. There are some required formats specified by the Library of Congress that interviewers must adhere to. And the veteran is not required to share any more than what they want to tell. But the end result is often an interesting personal account of military service experiences. For more information about the Library of Congress Veterans History Project, please visit: http://www.loc.gov/vets/ If you are a veteran, I encourage you to share the stories of your military service. Reach out to local schools, universities or veterans service organizations to facilitate an interview. If you are a veteran who wants to tell your story of service and if you need help finding someone to interview you, contact Mistletoe Enterprises and Victory & Valor via the contact tab at www.mistletoetom.com/contact.html or by use of the comments to this blog below. Likewise, if you are a teacher or school administrator who wants to help veterans share their stories, please contact us! Have a good weekend! See you Monday |
AuthorTom Davis is the owner of Mistletoe Enterprises LLC. He also publishes and distributes the Victory & Valor Flyer, it tells the stories of heroes from all walks of life. Archives
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