Jones-Walker VFW Post 4862 and VFW Auxiliary

11/25/2025

From Pam Crone:

Jones-Walker Post 4862 Veterans of Foreign Wars and Auxiliary Post Meeting Tuesday November 25th, 2025. 6PM. Commander has a bake potato bar with chili, chicken, barbq, butter, cheese and sour cream. for tomorrow night. We need desserts. Tomorrow night is our Auxiliary inspection. Need officers there.

11/25/2025

11/25/2025

Defeating the Holiday Blues: For many veterans, the holiday season intensifies feelings of stress, depression, anxiety and loneliness. Creating a community and building connections are ways to combat the holiday blues and provide a sense of purpose. For those unable to meet in person with family and friends, you can schedule video calls, online game nights, or virtual dinners, workouts and watch parties. You can also volunteer with local VFW Posts and veteran support organizations in your area. Read more.

Apply for and manage the VA benefits and services you’ve earned as a Veteran, Servicemember, or family member—like health care, disability, education, and more.

11/25/2025

Today in Military History
November 25;

1997 US telephone tech Richard Bliss, arrested for spying in Russia
1986 Iran-Contra affair erupts, Pres Reagan reveals secret arm deal
1983 Syria & Saudi Arabia announce cease-fire in PLO civil war in Tripoli
1980 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1979 American Airlines DC-10 crashes on takeoff from Chicago, kills 275
1977 Miss Teenage America Pageant
1974 Irish Republican Army is outlawed in Britain following deaths of 21
1963 JFK laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery
1960 1st atomic reactor for research & development, Richland Wa
1957 Pres Eisenhower suffers a mild stroke, impairing his speech
1953 Earthquake/tsnunami strike Honshu Japan
1949 "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" appears on music charts
1948 Ft Funston's 16-inch coastal guns removed
1943 U-600 sinks in Atlantic Ocean
1941 German Jews in Netherlands declared stateless (lose of nationality)
1933 1st Soviet liquid fuel rocket attains altitude of 261' (80m)
1922 Archaeologist Howard Carter enters King Tut's tomb
1920 1st Thanksgiving Parade (Phila)
1899 Battle at Graspan, Cape colony: general Methuen beats Farmers
1894 Greenback (Independent) Party organizes in Indianapolis
1867 US Congress commission looks into "impeachment" of Pres Andrew Johnson
1864 Confederate plot to burn NYC, fails
1864 Confederate retreat at Sandersville, Georgia
1863 Battle of Missionary Ridge, Tennessee
1817 1st sword swallower in US performs (NYC)
1792 Farmer's Almanac 1st published
1715 1st English patent granted to an American, for processing corn
1500 Governor De Bobadilla of Santo Domingo captures Columbus

11/25/2025

Dates To Remember
November 25 …. Post Meeting 6pm
November 26 .... GDO 3pm
November 27 Thanksgiving Day. Open 4pm-?
November 28 .... Karaoke Canteen
November 29 ….X Treme Bar Bingo 6pm
December 01 ....Chops For Chimes 7pm
December 03 .... GDO 3pm
December 04 …. UC Christmas Parade
December 05 .... Somalia Campaign Begins (1992)
December 05 .... Karaoke
December 06 .... X Treme BINGO 6pm
December 07 .... Pearl Harbor Attacked
December 07 .... Veterans Home Visit. 2pm
December 08 .... War Declared Against Japan (1941)
December 10 .... GDO 3pm
December 11 .... Germany and Italy Declare War against USA (1941)
December 11 .... Christmas Dinner.6pm
December 12 .... Karaoke
December 13 .... X Treme BINGO 6pm
December 14 .... Hanukkah Starts
December 15 .... Iraq War Begins (2011)
December 17 .... GDO 3pm
December 18 .... Breakfast With Santa 6pm
December 19 .... Karaoke
December 20 .... Panama Campaign Begins (1989)
December 20 .... US Space Force Est (2019)
December 20 .... X Treme BINGO 6pm
December 21 .... Winter Begins
December 24 .... GDO 3pm
December 26 .... Christmas Day. Canteen Open with Limited Hours.
December 27 .... X Treme BINGO 6pm
December 31 .... New Years Eve
December 31 ....WW II Ends (1945)
December 31 ....Kosovo Campaign Ends )2013)
December 31 .... New Years Eve
December 31 .... New Years Eve Party 9-1 with Overwatch
X Treme Bar Bingo Saturdays 6pm.

11/25/2025

Good Morning Patriots
“I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

11/25/2025

CONGRATULATIONS! 🎉 U.S. Marine Sgt. Maj. John Lee Canley the 1st living Black Marine to receive nation’s highest military honor, the Medal of Honor. Canley was in fact born in Caledonia, Arkansas, in 1937. At 15, he joined the Marine Corps using documentation belonging to his older brother.

He was 30 when he was deployed to Vietnam in January 1968 as a company gunnery sergeant, leading many men around a decade younger than him. The Tet Offensive, a nationwide series of simultaneous attacks by the North Vietnamese, had just begun. According to Canley’s Medal of Honor citation, from Jan. 31 to Feb. 6, 1968, he fought off multiple attacks as his unit rapidly moved along a highway toward Hue City to relieve friendly forces that were surrounded.

Canley was described as quiet and not one to brag or tout his many military decorations.“The number one thing with him is, he cared about his troops,” said Canley’s stepson, David Fenech. Passed away in Oregon at age 84, let’s make it known how great this marine was! 👏

(U.S. Marine Sgt. Maj. John Lee Canley / AFP)

11/24/2025

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