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Memorial VFW Post 5546
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Post ( in memorial ) severing veterans and being a proud part of a friendly
community for over 60 years.
Constituted : January 27, 1946 Commander : Mark Zubrzycki Trainer, Pennsylvania U.S. |
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This Memorial VFW Post 5546 is dedicated to the memory of three honorable men. Pfc. Donald W. Bowley, Killed in action April 20, 1944. He was serving with the USAAC 228th Medical Dispensary Aviation. He died on April 20,1944 near sunset when his ship, the SS Paul Hamilton, was struck by a torpedo from a German Junkers JU-88 Schnellbomber plane. She went down in the Mediterranean Sea, thirty miles off the coast of Cape of Bengut, Algiers. The SS Paul Hamilton, a liberty ship, was carrying munitions as well as fresh troops from the states to North African Theater of Operations. There were no survivors. A total of 580 men went down with the ship. His name is listed on the tablet of the missing at the North African American Cemetery in Carthage, Tunisia.
Pfc. Donald W. Bowley,
was only twenty years
old when he died " KIA ".
Sgt. Michael Fatzinick, Killed in action on April 1,1945 while defending the west bank of the Rhine near Cologne. He was serving with the 341st / 86th Infantry Regiments, Company B of the 86th Infantry Division, also known as the Blackhawk Division. His death occurred as his unit was beginning the battle for the Ruhr Pocket.
Sgt. Michael Fatzinick,
was twenty three when he died " KIA ".
Pvt. Raymond N. Karpin, Killed in action on September 23,1944. It was during the heavily fought Lorraine Campaign in Northern France that he was killed. He was serving the 134th Infantry Regiment, 35th Infantry Division, General Patton 3rd Army.
Pvt. Raymond N. Karpin,
was thirty years old when he died " KIA " and left behind a wife and
a son and two daughters.
Cross Of Malta
History shows that the Cross of Malta, the emblem of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, is 1,000 years old. Nearly ten centuries ago the Maltese Cross was made the symbol of fighting men who were united by a solemn pledge of comradeship to fight for freedom and to aid the sick and the needy. Those ancient obligations are still symbolized by the Cross of Malta today, for the more than two million former servicemen who are the Veterans of Foreign Wars. The Cross of Malta is the symbol of their battles in time of war and of their campaign to defend the God given rights of human beings in time of peace. The Cross of Malta symbolizes the compassion, or sympathy, of those men and women for the needy. It is the sign of services which our contemporary veterans render to help make living a little better for everyone. (Click Here) Article 1 of VFW Constitution The purpose of this corporation shall be 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 maintain true allegiance to the Government of the United States of America and fidelity to its constitution and laws, 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.
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Lance Cpl. Matthew Snyder, of Finksburg, Maryland, died from a non
combat-related vehicle accident in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to
Combat Service Support Group-1, 1st Marine Logistics Group, I Marine
Expeditionary Force, Twentynine Palms, California. Died on March 3, 2006.
Matthew was 20 years old.
