Memorial Day 2021 - Pins & IMO Signs
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The CPP outreach group met at the home of Mrs. Edie Potter,
surviving spouse of Vietnam War veteran, Pat Potter. Edie is joined by her family,
church group friends and neighbors with the IMO sign following her pinning ceremony.
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This gallery presents photographs taken by Carl Bradley, Faith in a Flash Photography, contracted by the EC-47 History Site Vietnam War Commemorative Partner Program (CPP) committee to record their outreach to the San Angelo community on Memorial Day, May 31, 2021. The CPP group included JJ Graham, president of the Heritage Chapter-Freedom through Vigilance Association, Larry & Pat Miller, and Tom & Kitty Nurre, also members of the Heritage Chapter. Tom is the EC-47 History Site CPP outreach coordinator while Larry is the chapter special events coordinator. Carl Bradley and his wife, Sandra, celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary by "working" together to take these photos. Captions are provided with the thumbnail index pictures as best possible.
The American Legion Post 572 developed In Memory Of (IMO) signs in tribute to deceased military veterans of all wars. These 18 x 24-inch all-weather signs made from corrugated plastic (campaign yard signs) were placed throughout the Riverside Golf Course during the Memorial Day weekend tournament on Saturday and Sunday. The signs represented in this gallery were retrieved from the golf course and presented to individual surviving spouses or immediate family members in a prearranged convoy from home to home on Monday, Memorial Day 2021. Immediately after presenting the IMO signs, Vietnam War and All Wars surviving spouse lapel pins, Certificates, and Poppy flowers were also presented. A number of the surviving spouses had already received the lapel pin and Certificate at previous ceremonies.
This was a first in the use of the IMO signs...and a first outreach using the "motorcade" idea from home to home. Plans are afoot to conduct another outreach with signs and pins on or about the July 4th weekend. Please contact the CPP coordinator via email ([email protected]) if you are interested in participating or would like to purchase an IMO sign for your personal use in honoring both living and deceased veterans.
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Edie Potter, center, poses with Larry and Pat Miller to show off her Certificate of Honor, lapel pin and poppy flower on Memorial Day 2021 as friends and family look on.
R-L: Edie Potter poses with Margaret Courville. Margaret is the surviving spouse of Vietnam veteran Tony Courville who passed away in 2006. She was presented her DVVSS lapel pin and Certificate of Honor at a San Angelo ceremony in July 2017.
Event coordinator, Tom Nurre, walks the Potter IMO sign out o the front yard lawn for a picture-taking session.
Front Row: Celine Poynor, Tyler Gully, Taylor Gully, Bernie Molaschi, Deanna Potter, Edie Potter, Kim Gully, Allison Gully, Barbara Durkay, Kitty Nurre, Mary Lovell, Chuck Lovell, JJ Graham.
Back row: Dale Potter, Larry Miller, Bob Poynor, Pat Miller, Janine Hasty, Margaret Courville, John Villa, Allen Gully, Kyrie Villa, Brooke Amezcua and Daniel Amezcua, John Durkay and Tom Nurre.
L-R: Long-time church friends, Edie Potter and Kitty Nurre exchange heartfelt comments during the group photo session on the front lawn.
L-R: Deanna & Edie Potter pose for a picture with family and church friend, Kitty Nurre.
L-R: Dale Potter, Deanna Potter, Celine Poynor, Edie Potter and Kim Gully. Allen Gully and Kitty Nurre are facing away on the right side of this picture.
Family friend, Bernie Molaschi, is the surviving spouse of World War II US Army Air Forces veteran Henry Molaschi. Henry was a Drill Instructor who passed away in March 2021.
Brooke Amezcua takes a close-up photo of the Pat Potter In Memory Of sign during the ceremonies on Memorial Day 2021.
Brooke Amezcua.
A final visit following the Memorial Day Ceremony at the home of Edie Potter. Janine Hasty, Margaret Courville, John Durkay, Allen Gully, Chuck Lovell, Barbara Durkay, Kitty Nurre and Daniel Amezcua.
Front: Tyler Gully and Daniel Amezcua.
Standing: Taylor Gully, Allison Gully, John Villa, Kyrie Villa, Brooke Amezcua.
Memorial Day 2021: Elia Juarez places an In Memory Of sign in her yard in tribute to her brother-in-law, USMC PFC Oscar Juarez. Oscar was killed in Vietnam in 1968.
Elia Juarez stands in front of her home in San Angelo, Texas, and prepares to plant the IMO sign in tribute to her brother-in-law Oscar Juarez who was killed during the Vietnam War. Elia is the surviving spouse of USMC Vietnam veteran Abel Juarez.
Elia Juarez places the IMO sign for Oscar Juarez in the front yard lawn at her home on Memorial Day 2021. Elia was presented her deceased Vietnam veteran surviving spouse lapel pin and Certificate of Honor at a community ceremony in 2018.
