Disabled American Veterans Chapter 81

01/14/2021

I have created a new page. Hunt County DAV Chapter 81. Facebook does not want to work with me on this one so I am attempting a new page. Please begin using this one. Any questions, you have my email so don't hesitate to ask me. John

11/03/2018

09/17/2018

Vietnam Veterans Liver Fluke Cancer Study On July 26, 2018, Representative Lee Zeldin (NY), introduced H.R. 6637, the Vietnam Veterans Liver Fluke Cancer Study Act. This bill would direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in consultation with the Director of the Centers of Disease Control and Preve...

07/02/2018

Get on your Commanders Action Network, write your representatives and senators. This NEEDS to be passed.
John

H.R. 4843, to include Military Installations in Thailand to Herbicide Exposure In January 2018, Representative Bruce Westerman (AR) introduced H.R. 4843, a bill that would concede herbicide exposure to all veterans who served at any military installation in Thailand during the Vietnam Era for purpos...

03/09/2017

Once again THIS PAGE IS NO LONGER USED NOR MONITORED. The NEW page is now titled HUNT COUNTY DAV CHAPTER 81. Please use that page in the future for all correspondence and postings. Thank you. John Turner, Commander.

02/22/2017

Please go to Hunt County DAV Chapter 81. This page is now NO longer monitored or used thanks to Facebook! I appreciated your indulgence.

01/21/2017

We and the Riggs went to the DAV Mid-Winter Conference in Corpus Christi this past weekend. I am glad we were there together. Some interesting ideas were discussed, possibly some pertaining to our chapter. We will discuss and see what, if anything, can be worked out to better serve our veterans and their families.

12/27/2016

This is a good read and needs to be followed:
https://www.votervoice.net/BroadcastLinks/oBe4AIAbFaHtmYvj2sCNoA

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12/04/2016

Last week a bunch of the Chapter 81 members packed about 300 bags of articles to be handed out at the Christmas Party for the veterans at Bonham VA hospital this coming Friday. It was a good day, we had some fun, camaraderie, got the building decorated a bit and got our Christmas tree up and decorated. Building looks good inside and out. Christmas social coming p very soon, yummy!

12/03/2016

This coming Wednesday is the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl harbor. I think we should all take at least a moment to stop and pause and remember what happened on that day and to give thanks to the men and women who passed on before us and those who served to get us to where we are today.

11/03/2016

A very sad day on Sunday.
We lost a great American on October 31, 2016. James Curtis Flanagan was 91 years old and a survivor of Guadalcanal in WWII.

James Curtis Flanagan was born July 01, 1925 in Etowah, McMinn county, TN. To William and Margaret Flanagan. By 1930 they were living in Greenville, TX. James hitchhiked to Dallas with $2.00 and his father’s permission and joined the US Marines on August 11, 1942.

James was ordered to the Solomon Islands and on to Guadalcanal where he was wounded.

Jim was a platoon sergeant, so valuable to his commander, he was sent to San Francisco to rehab. From there to N. Carolina where he was honorably discharged in 1945. Jim got only a "bond" paper discharge, and has never received a proper Discharge Certificate. His dad fought in WW-I in France.

Jim’s wife Edith died in 1999 and is buried in Greenville, TX. They had a son and a daughter, both still living.