GOVERNOR NIXON PRESENTS KOREAN SERVICE MEDAL
VETERANS DAY, 11-11-09, MISSOURI GOVERNOR NIXON CAME TO CHILLICOTHE TO PRESENT MISSOURI MEDALS TO KOREAN WAR VETERANS. (tallpaul shelton displaying his medal)
A CROWD OF 900 WAS EXPECTED FOR THE 11 A.M. PROGRAM SO THE EVENT WENT TO THE DICKINSON PERFORMING ARTS BUILDING ADJACENT TO OUR HIGH SCHOOL. WITH PROPER INTRODUCTIONS BY BRIGADIER GENERAL STEVE DANNER, ADJUTANT GENERAL OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI AND HEAD OF THE 11,500 MEMBER NATIONAL AND AIR GUARD UNITS, GOVERNOR NIXON GAVE HIS ADDRESS ON WHAT THE SERVICE OF THE KOREAN VETERANS HAD MEANT TO THE PUBLIC OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI AND THAT HE WOULD PRESENT EACH VETERAN WITH A RIBBON AND PENDANT. AS I PASSED BY THE GOVERNOR, HE PINNED THE MEDAL ON MY LAPEL AND I ADVANCE TO THE GENERAL DANNER WHO GAVE ME A KOREAN POCKET PIECE SOUVENIR AND A FOLDER WITH THE SUPPORTING PAPER WORK. IT WAS A VERY WELL ORGANIZED EVENT AND I PERSONALLY WANT TO AND HAVE THANKED DON UNDERWOOD WHO DID MUCH OF THE ORGANIZING WORK ALONG WITH MEMBERS OF THE AMERICAN LEGION AND VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS. IT WAS OVER 55 YEARS AGO THAT I LEFT KOREA SO NICE TO BE REMEMBERED BY THE STATE OF MISSOURI FOR THAT SERVICE. ALL VETERANS WERE TREATED TO A SERIES OF FREE MEALS ABOUT TOWN, WHICH WERE VERY MUCH APPRECIATED. SOME OF THE BENEFACTORS WERE: HY-VEE GROCERY; APPLEBEES; EPISCOPAL CHURCH; COUNTRY KITCHEN; AND GOLDEN CORRAL.
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