Chapter 531, NE GA had the installation of officers for the coming year at its regular meeting time 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 10th at the Hilltop Grille, 2310, West Broad Street, Athens, GA 30606. The happy members pose outside in celebration. U.S. Navy Captain (retired) John Hancock gave brief highlights of his visit to New York where he was honored along with other US sailors and Australian sailors of WWII at the 75th Anniversary of the Battle of the Coral Sea. Prime Minister of Australia, Malcom Turnbull was in attendance, USA Vice President, Mike Pence, and President Donald Trump were there. Patriot, Phil Basinger, received a special treat with a special cake for his birthday.
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Homestead Hospice – Athens Recognition Dinner
MOPH Chapter 531 NE GA honored Patriot John Cranmer (R) with the Chapter’s Patriot of the Year Award for 2016-2017. Chapter Commander, Brian West (L) presents the award to John during the monthly meeting on April 12th, at the Hilltop Grille, Athens, GA. John serves as Senior Vice Commander, as well as, Chaplain for the Chapter. John also is the Chaplain for the MOPH Department of Georgia. John is an extremely dedicated Patriot, spending over 600 hours for the year doing community service and visitations to veterans and their families. John is indeed a “MVP” (Most Valuable Purple Hearter)
MOPH Chapter 531 John Cranmer Service Award
MOPH Chapter 531 NE GA honored Patriot John Cranmer (R) with the Chapter’s Patriot of the Year Award for 2016-2017. Chapter Commander, Brian West (L) presents the award to John during the monthly meeting on April 12th, at the Hilltop Grille, Athens, GA. John serves as Senior Vice Commander, as well as, Chaplain for the Chapter. John also is the Chaplain for the MOPH Department of Georgia. John is an extremely dedicated Patriot, spending over 600 hours for the year doing community service and visitations to veterans and their families. John is indeed a “MVP” (Most Valuable Purple Hearter)
MOPH Chapter 531 Visit to Homestead Hospice in Athens GA
MOPH Chapter 531 NE GA has three Patriots that do regular veteran volunteer visitations for Homestead Hospice – Athens, Jim Wood, John Cranmer, and Brian West. On March 27, 2017 John Cranmer and Brian West joined up with Homestead Hospice – Athens, Volunteer Coordinator, Heather De Los Santos for a “pinning” of two new hospice veterans at the Oaks of Braselton in Hoschton, GA. One of the men was a 99 year old WWII US Army Veteran. The other was a 90 year old USMC Korean War Veteran. Each of the men were presented with a “Homestead Hospice American Flag Pin”, a “Quilt of Valor”, and a challenge coin. The WWII vet’s challenge coin was a “WWII Victory Coin”. The…
MOPH Chapter 531 Visit to the USS Yorktown
Nine Patriots and three guests of MOPH Chapter 531, NE GA visited the Patriots’ Point facility in Mount Pleasant, SC, on March 22nd as honored guests. News Coverage http://www.live5news.com/clip/13194016/purple-heart-veterans-share-combat-stories-at-patriots-point/ https://www.postandcourier.com/news/for-purple-heart-recipients-a-visit-to-patriots-point-stirs/article_ce93156a-0f08-11e7-a403-2737bb6ccc25.html https://www.postandcourier.com/news/for-purple-heart-recipients-a-visit-to-patriots-point-stirs/article_ce93156a-0f08-11e7-a403-2737bb6ccc25.html Photo Gallery
UGA Vs. LLC Gameday Pictures
Check out the photos below from the 2016 UGA vs. LLC game.
MOPH 531 Presents Junior ROTC award to Georgia High School Recipients
MOPH Chapter 531, Northeast Georgia, Commander, Brian West presents MOPH JROTC Leadership award to Sgt.1st Class, Samuel Davidson of the Banks County High School, JROTC, on Awards Day held on 05-16-2016 at Banks County High School. In addition to Samuel Davidson being an exceptional cadet and student, Samuel is an outstanding athlete. Just days before these ceremonies Samuel finished in 9th Place in the Georgia State two mile run competition. The Banks County High School JROTC program is commanded by CW4, Army Retired, Chief James PorterType your paragraph here.
MOPH 531 Presents Junior ROTC award to Georgia High School Recipients
MOPH 531 presents Cadet Robert Ledford (L) Cadet Alexa Berry (R) with Junior ROTC awards.
Military Order of the Purple Heart awards Northeast Georgia, MOPH scholarship
It is with pleasure that Chapter 531, Military Order of the Purple Heart announces the inaugural recipient of the Northeast Georgia, MOPH scholarship. Maria Munoz has been awarded $500 for the Spring semester. Maria is a Junior at the University of Georgia, majoring in Anthropology. She plans to attend graduate school in Cultural Anthropology upon the completion of her undergraduate degree. Maria grew up in a military family. Her father was in the Army and later in the Coast Guard. Maria was an E-4 in the Air Force, with an MOS in operations intelligence. She was stationed in Korea with the 607th Air Operations Center, then in Germany with the 52nd Operations Support Squadron. While in Germany she went to…