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Texas Capital Chapter 1919 Order of Purple Heart requested the Lone Star MVPA Provide a vehicle for display at their annual meeting. On the request of the commander, John Burkhardt , of the local Chapter of the Purple Heart, Madison Hughes and his Wife Daune Hughes supported the request to represent the Lone Star MVPA at this event. The event was held Saturday April 24, 2009 At the private residence of one of the members in the Driftwood area. Set-up for the event began at O8:15 which included one M37 Dodge and several tables of display material. The display included Radios, weapons and military field gear from WW-2, Korea and Vietnam. Many of the individuals and wives commented, that it was neat to see some of the equipment their love ones carried during their service. One WW2 individual demonstrated how not to get the M1 thumb. With this came many interesting M1 stories! I estimated around 125 people were in attendance. The catered catfish lunch was served and club business was conducted. During the meeting several awards were given for event organizers that the club conducts during the year! An election for commander was performed with the re-election of Commander John Burkhardt. Four of my high school friends were purple heart recipients and Three were present at the event. Mr. John Eley a Purple recipient and a member of the LSMVPA was present and wore a WW1uniform. Many WW-2, Korea era and Vietnam Vets visited my display and great conversations were had. I was also given several gas masks for my collection from one of the Purple Heart members. She also gave me several un-opened MRE’s for my collection! I was very proud to support this event! The display was shut down around 1500 hrs and re-loaded on the M-37. The M37 was up-loaded on the trailer and returned to the Cedar Creek motor pool with no incidents. To assist in reducing download time, Thumbnail pictures are below - simply click on the picture to see an enlarged version. To return to this page, use your Browsers BACK button. Pictures Pending
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