2022-2023 Officers

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On December 16th 1966 he was assigned to the 125th Signal Battalion, 25th Infantry Division at Cu Chi, Vietnam.  A year later he returned to the US and was assigned to the 11th Signal Brigade at Fort Huachuca, AZ.  Then in October of 1968 their daughter Teresa was born at Fort Huachuca and Jim left the service in December at the end of his enlistment.

He then worked for AT&T until his retirement in 1998.

Jim has been Post Commander in 2012 and 2013 and from 2018 to the present.  He was also the Post Finance Officer for six years and spent 15 years as Post Historian.

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After his service in the Air Force, Bill worked as an FAA licensed
aircraft and power plant technician with inspection authorization, and
remained in aircraft maintenance with major corporate flight
departments involved with large aircraft and helicopters.

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John enlisted in the Marine Corps while a senior in high school in Ohio. Upon graduation he was sent to boot camp at Parris Island South Carolina, individual combat training at Camp Geigar, North Carolina and specialty schools at camp Pendleton California.

His next assignment was “brig chaser”. Then he went to FMF, 1st Marine Division stationed at Hill 55 in Da Nang, Vietnam. He moved around to several other bases and Operations throughout I Corps during his tour.
John married his wife Mary Ann while stationed at Camp Lejeune North Carolina and when he left the service they moved to the Bronx. They have two children and two grandsons.

John first worked at Con Edison as a Plant Utility worker and then as a supervisor for the New York Power Authority.
He and his family have lived in Hopewell Junction for the past 44 years where John is an active member of American Legion Manny Bacon Post, a member of the Disabled American Veterans, a member of the 1st Marine Division Association and is president of the local chapter of the Vietnam Veterans of America as well as other veteran community organizations.

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Upon graduating from Bayonne High School and completing one year at Pace University, Jeff was drafted into the army in April 1969. He did his basic training at Fort Dix, New Jersey, and his MOS of Combat Engineer at Fort Lenard Wood in Missouri.

He was then assigned to the 23^rd Engineer Battalion, 3^rd Armored Division in Hanau, Germany. There he attended a 4-week training session where he completed the MOS for Atomic Demolition Specialist.

He was Honorably Discharged in April 1971 with a rank of Specialist 5. Upon his return from his tour in Germany, he married in 1973, moved to Pomona, New York in 1979, graduated from Saint Peter’s University in 1978 with a Bachelor of Science degree majoring in Business and Marketing. In 1987 they had a son.

He took an early retirement after 33 years from AT&T and Lucent Technologies. He then worked an additional 11 years in the Security and Safety Department of the North Rockland School District until his official retirement in 2017.

He was a member of Leo Ladders Post 130 of Thiells, New York for 10 years and Post Chaplain for 6 of those years.

He and his wife downsized and moved to Wappingers Falls in May of 2017. He has been a Manny Bacon Post member since 2017.

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Kevin enlisted in the U.S.Army and reported for basic training in July 1979 at Ft. Benning, Georgia. He was assigned to E company, 6th battalion, 1st infantry training brigade. Upon graduating in October 1979 from infantry school as an infantryman - anti tank gunner, he then reported to the 2nd infantry division at Camp Hovey, South Korea where he participated in 63 combat patrols on the DMZ between North and South Korea. In October 1980, Kevin left South Korea and reported to C company, 1st infantry division, at Ft. Riley, Kansas.

He left active military service and reported to C company, 10th Mountain Division of the New York State National Guard in Leeds, NY. Kevin left the National guard in 1986 and remained with the U S Army ready reserve until 1992.

Kevin is a retired New York State corrections officer.

He is an active volunteer fireman for 41 years, 38 years with the Bloomington Fire Department and 3 years with the East Fishkill Fire Department Company 4 in Wiccopee. He is also an active member of American Legion post 1758 in Hopewell Junction.

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A Pennsylvania native, Bill joined the Navy in '65. He served aboard USS Guadalcanal (LPH-7) while waiting to go to Nuclear Power School at Bainbridge, MD.

After graduating NPS and prototype training in upstate New York, Bill was assigned to USS George C. Marshall (SSBN-654), making 6 patrols on the “Blue” crew.

Bill finished his service aboard USS Fulton (AS-11), a submarine tender out of New London, CT and La Madalena, Spain. Bill left the Navy as MM1 (SS) and moved to New York in 1973, having married a year earlier.

After being discharged, he was hired by Consolidated Edison to work at Indian Point nuclear power plant. Bill became a licensed Senior Reactor Operator and eventually worked in the Training department as Simulator Coordinator. He retired from ConEd in 2000. He joined the American Legion in 2012 and transferred to the Manny Bacon Post a few years ago.

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