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If you have any of these
awards, then you may join the VFW.
Combat Action Badge |
Combat
Infantry Badge |
Combat Medical Badge |
SSBN
Deterrent Patrol Badge |
AF Expeditionary |
American Campaign |
American Defense |
Army of Cuban Occupation |
Army of Cuban Pacification |
Army of Occupation of Germany |
Army of Occupation |
Army of Puerto Rican Occupation |
Asiatic - Pacific Campaign |
China Campaign |
China Service |
Combat Action |
Dominican Campaign |
European - African - Middle Eastern Campaign |
Haitian Campaign |
Korea Defense |
Korean Service |
Kosovo Campaign |
Marine Expeditionary |
Mexican Service |
Nicaraguan Campaign |
Philippine Campaign |
Spanish Campaign |
Coast Guard Combat Action Medal |
Vietnam Service |
World War I Victory |
Yangtze Service |
Afghanistan Campaign |
AF Combat Action |
Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary |
Inherent Resolve Campaign |
Iraq Campaign |
Navy Expeditionary |
Second Nicaraguan Campaign |
Southwest Asia Service |
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The Polk
County VFW Post 9116
meets on the 3rd Tuesday of each month.
The meeting are
held at the
House of Flags Museum
33 Gibson St,
Columbus, NC.
Meeting starts promptly at 1900 hours
on
the third floor. Enter via the main entrance.
Post Phone Number is
864-230-9806
Our Email address is:
ncvfwpost9116@gmail.com
VFW Post GPS Location:
N 35.15.07
W 82.14.23 |
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2021~2022 Post Officers |
Post Commander
D. Michael Collins |
Senior Vice Commander
Elliot D. Butler |
Junior Vice Commander
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Quartermaster
George Leimann |
Adjutant
John D. Fleming |
Surgeon
Grover Whitmire |
Judge Advocate
William S. Weichl |
Chaplain
William S. Weichl |
VA Service Officer
Gina Cashion |
| Trustees |
| John W. Thurow |
Robert Holycross |
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The Officers of Post 9116 |
Joint Meeting of the Post 9116 |
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A brief history
of this post.
POLK COUNTY
MEMORIAL
POST
#9116,
in Columbus, North Carolina, USA
Veterans must have
served overseas during wartime. If you
earned one of the ribbons on the sidebar then you are qualified
to become a member of the VFW. All new awards
(ribbons) were added on 03-01-2019.
The VFW is a nonprofit unit. We
are
supported by donations,
fund-raising efforts
and membership dues. We serve the community that includes
all of Polk County and Landrum SC areas.
We assist
disabled Veterans and Vets in distress. In addition we support the VFW National Home, participate in
Honor Guard functions (which our members Scott Camp &
Fred Foster
started),
observe Veterans Day activities, maintain the VFW
monument
at
Polk Memorial Gardens, place flags on Veterans graves on
Memorial Day
and conduct Memorial Day Services at Polk Memorial
Gardens
Cemetery. We also visit and support veterans in
local Rest Homes, the VA
Hospital, the Black
Mountain Center and the Asheville-Buncombe Community Christian Ministry Veteran Homeless Shelter.
We have a Buddy
Poppy
distribution / fund drive
on Memorial Day. We also conduct a Prisoner of
War / Missing In Action Program.
Our Post
participates in a variety of programs in our community
that support Americanism and Patriotism. We support the
911
Programs, Voice of Democracy & Patriotic Pen Essays
for high school students,
Teacher of the Year, Boy Scout Programs, Memorial Day, Flag Day
and Veterans Day Programs. We conduct a Flag Disposal
Ceremony on June the 14th.
Our Post offers programs and aid to Veterans and their Families. This is
an integral
part of the VFW's volunteer efforts thus providing and
promoting patriotism and helping
Veterans who are in need, which are two important ways the Post serves our Community.
Members of this
Post
were instrumental in establishing the House of Flags Museum, we continue to provide support
and hold our monthly meetings at the House of Flags Museum
on the 3rd Tuesday of the month at 7:00 pm.
Follow VFW Post 9116
on Facebook at this address:
https://www.facebook.com/VeteransofForeign
WarsPost9116andAuxiliary
Veterans Park War Memorials
here:
https://www.facebook.com/VeteransParkWarMemorials
Polk County Memorial Honor Guard
here:
https://www.facebook.com/NCPost250/
Attention of
Veterans
The Commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars request assistance in the
following project currently taking place at the Veterans Park in
Columbus NC. Please review and should any operation be missing from
either of the two following documents:
The Gulf
Wars -
before 9/11/2001
or
Global War on Terrorism
- after 9/11/2001
Then please email to the
commander the information in the same
format as presented as shown in these documents for
inclusion into these list. These list will then be used for the
placks on the new war memorials that will be created and installed in /
at the Veterans Park located in Columbus NC.
Please E-Mail any missing
additions or corrections to the commander of the VFW at this E-Mail
address:
VFW Commander
Thank you for your help.
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The VFW Post 9116 of Polk county is in the process of of
creating a memorial in the Veterans Park that will honor all
who served in each of America's Wars and Conflicts. Plaques
have been installed for World War I and II, Korean and
Vietnam. The next memorial will be for the Gulf War. Fundraising
continures for the remaining placks.
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The VFW
Auxiliary
Auxiliary Officer for
2021~2022
The VFW Auxiliary also meets
at the 'House of Flags Museum' in Columbus, NC at 7:00 pm on
the third Tuesday of each month.
Membership is open to
all relatives - both male and female of Veterans that served overseas during wartime.
This is also a nonprofit
organization, supported by donations, fund-raising efforts
and membership dues.
We
serve Veterans by placing flags on Veterans graves on
Memorial Day and having Memorial Day Services at Polk
Memorial Gardens Cemetery, visiting and supporting them in
local Rest Homes, VA Hospital, Black Mountain Center and the
Asheville - Buncombe Community Christian Ministry Veteran
Homeless Shelter for men and VA affiliated Homeless Shelter
for women.
Several
camps are supported as well - Camp Purple - Camp Bob - Camp Kanuga for children of deployed Veterans. We assist
with the Buddy Poppy distributions, hold Prisoner's of War /
Missing In Action Programs, 9-11 Programs; Voice of
Democracy & Patriotic Pen Essays, Teacher of the Year, Boy
Scout Programs. We participate in Veterans Day
Programs with the Post and raise money for cancer.
We offers programs and aid to
Veterans and their families. It is an integral part of the
VFW's volunteer efforts. Promoting patriotism and helping
Veterans in need are two of the many ways the Auxiliary
serves their Post and Polk Community.
We assisted and helped start the
House of Flags with this Post.
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V.F.W. OBJECTIVES
Are
fraternal, patriotic, historical and educational
To preserve and strengthen comradeship among its members
To assist worthy comrades
To perpetuate the memory and history of our dead,
and to assist their widows and orphans
To foster true patriotism
To maintain and extend the institutions of American freedom
And to preserve and defend the United States from all her enemies,
whomsoever
To maintain true allegiance to the government of the United States of
America,
and fidelity to its constitution and laws.
"We Honor
The Dead By Serving The Living"
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