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August And Our Veterans: Some Dates



August And Our Veterans: Some Dates

Lest we forget (as Lt. James “EMO” Tichacek, USN (Ret) and Wikipedia never do).

0801 - USS Enterprise defeated the 14-gun Tripolitan corsair Tripoli after a fierce but one-sided battle (1801)

0801 - Ensign Henry C. White sinks U-166 as it approaches the Mississippi River, first U-boat sunk by the U.S. Coast Guard (1942)

0802 - Iraq invades Kuwait, Operation Desert Shield became Desert Storm (01/17/91) when it became clear they would not leave (1990)

0803 - First nuclear submarine USS Nautilus passes under the North Pole (1958)

0804 - Coast Guard Day - Revenue Cutter Service, forerunner of the Coast Guard established by Alexander Hamilton (1790)

0805 - Congress adopts the nation’s first income tax to finance the Civil War (1861)

0805 - Admiral David Farragut exclaimed "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead," ran minefield & captured Confederate ships (1864)

0806 - Paul Tibbets, commander Enola Gay, drop first atomic bomb on Hiroshima (1945)

0807 - Purple Heart day - General George Washington authorizes award of the Purple Heart for soldiers wounded in combat (1782)

0807 - Congress passes Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, allowing president to use military force to prevent attacks on U.S. forces (1964)

0807 - Battle of Guadalcanal (1942)

0807 - Operation Desert Shield (1990)

0809 - B-29 bomber Bock’s Car drops second atomic bomb on Nagasaki (1945)

0810 - President Harry S. Truman calls National Guard to active duty to fight in Korean War (1950)

0811 - Last U.S. ground forces withdraw from Vietnam (1972)

0812 - Spanish American War officially ends after three months and 22 days of hostilities (1898)

0814 - Empire of Japan surrendered to Allied forces, ending World War II (1945)

0814 - United States ends "secret" bombing of Cambodia (1973)

0814 - Navajo Code Talkers Day

0815 - Japanese submarine departs with floatplane to be assembled upon arriving West Coast & used to bomb U.S. forests (1942)

0819 - USS Constitution earns nickname "Old Ironsides" during battle off Nova Scotia that saw her defeat HMS Guerriere (1812)

0822 - Free French parachute into southern Indochina, after successful coup by communist guerilla Ho Chi Minh (1945)

0823 - Up to 77,000 members U.S. Army Reserve Corps called involuntarily to active duty to fight Korean War (1950)

0825 - Paris Liberated (1944)

0825 - Washington, D.C. is burned and White House is destroyed by British forces (1814)

0825 - U.S., which never ratified Versailles Treaty ending World War I, finally signs peace treaty with Germany (1921)

0826 - First black Marine (Howard Perry) entered first recruit training camp (Montford Point, NC) for black Marines (1942)

0827 - British defeat Americans in Battle of Long Island (1776)

0829 - Battle of Bull Run, VA - Manassas, Gainesville, Bristoe Station (1862)

0829 - Congress creates US Naval Reserve (1916)

0829 - Saddam Hussein declares America can't beat Iraq (1990)

--- Regards, Walt Schmidt


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Nassau and Suffolk Counties' 2.8 million residents, include 227,000 veterans, and reside in the Counties' 917,000 households. On average there is one veteran in every four households. In the Town of Oyster Bay, for which Mr. Walter Schmidt is the Town's Veteran Services Officer -- VA accredited -- and head of its Veteran Services Division, this ratio is even more dramatic at one in three.

The U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs ("VA") NY/NJ Veterans Healthcare Network and its Northport VA Medical Center offers quality medical, surgical, psychiatric, rehabilitative and skilled nursing care to Long Island veterans. Yet, more often than not, when a veteran of any era attempts to obtain an accurate answer to even the simplest of questions, their task takes on Herculean proportions.

For Veterans seeking information, Mr. Schmidt brings to the table his three-decades of experience as a Certified Public Accounting. This, along with the experiences from his own "still a work-in-progress" journey through the VA system that resulted from his three tours in Vietnam (October 1967 to December 1969) and his contact with Agent Orange and other herbicide Dioxins. This contact, over twenty-five years later, caused him to become tetraplegic with only the partial use of his right arm and hand. While now in a wheelchair fulltime, he continues to work a five-day week (from 7:00 am to 6:00 pm!).

During his 30 years in public accounting Mr. Schmidt's name became synonymous with computers, the Internet, and technology. And while today he and a computer are still never too far apart, when asked for the current "words of the day," he will quickly tell you:

"Let no Veteran ever stand alone"

Walter makes the time to assist the Vietnam Veterans of America Nassau County Chapter 82 by editing their Newsletter and Web Site, is one of the founding members of the Veterans Health Alliance of Long Island, and is a member of both the Long Island and National Multiple Sclerosis Societies. He has his own website at (www.waltsdorsai.net) and can be reached weekdays at 516.797.7875

Fine Print:

ABOUT THIS POST: While I am a VA Accredited Service Organization Representative I'm not offering any personal advice. I don't represent you. The information I provide here is for educational and explanatory purposes only. It may or may not apply to your particular circumstances. It should not be interpreted as a substitute for qualified professional personal guidance. When it comes to your own situation, you should always consultant your own representative(s) (Attorney, CPA, OD, MD, VSO, etc.) before you make a decision. 

FAIR USE NOTICE: This email may contain copyrighted material the use of which has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. If it does, I am making such materials available in an effort to advance the understanding of veterans' issues. I believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. And, in accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, any such copyrighted material in this email is distributed without profit to those who have expressed an interest in receiving the information for educational purposes. If you wish to use this material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use', and it does include copyrighted material, you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to (http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml).

 

 

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