Department of Michigan Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States

12/10/2024

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12/09/2024

A kid's reaction to meeting Andre the Giant (1970's)

01/26/2023

Debbie A Scheetz here you is my friend.

12/26/2022

Harriet and Sara I guess its official I just took this test.

Dogs are family 😄❤

12/31/2018

Too all the veterans and their families May the New Year finds you in good health and good fortune

05/30/2014

http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/politics/shinseki-initiating-removal-of-senior-leaders-at-phoenix-va/26241510

President Barack Obama said Friday that he decided to accept Eric Shinseki's resignation after previously supporting his Veterans Affairs secretary because of Shinseki's "belief that he would be a distraction from" making the needed fixes to the troubled VA medical system.

05/30/2014

Here is a useful link to assist the Posts. This is for the VA grave locator. As long as the veteran has a government headstone they should be able to be located here. I have used this site many times. http://gravelocator.cem.va.gov/

Phil Merrow

Search for burial locations of veterans and their family members in VA National Cemeteries, state veterans cemeteries, various other military and Department of Interior cemeteries, and for veterans buried in private cemeteries when the grave is marked with a government grave marker.

05/30/2014

Reposting from Gary Gamble:

LOOKING FOR INFORMATION. I was contacted by Free Press writer Robert Allen. He is doing a story about WWII veteran Thurmond Carethers of Detroit that was part of the D-Day invasion. Robert thinks Mr. Carethers passed away in the 80's and is looking for anyone that may have known him. Specifically, he is doing a story of the 70th Anniversary of D-Day. He is especially interested in speaking with any veteran who was in South Wales, United Kingdom as they prepared for the invasion. If anyone knows of anyone that call help with his story please contact him at: [email protected] or (313) 223-4537

05/28/2014

I would like to ask for donations of gently used kids clothing for Camp Trotter. Last year we had some less fortunate children that showed up with only the clothes on their backs (as that is all that they had). I believe that Richard Rought went to Wallmart and bought them some clothes. If you have any kids gently used clothes (including shoesand swimming suits) please bring them to convention with you. Camp should be a fun time and it isn't fun when the other kids make fun of you because you don't have anything.

Phil Merrow

05/22/2014

Ok, here is what happened. The unclaimed remains for Wayne County are sent to Perry Funeral Home in Detroit. They have a contact at the VA who runs the unclaimed through the database to determine who is a veteran or not. If they are a veteran they are sent to GLN for proper burial. Our WWII veteran is already buried at GLN. Signed Phil Merrow

05/13/2014

I am going to make a call to the Wayne County morgue and see if any of them are veterans. This is something that should never happen and if there are veterans among the unclaimed we as a FAMILY should do whatever we can to help put them to rest at Great Lakes National.

Signed Phil Merrow

http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/investigations/unclaimed-bodies-pile-up-at-wayne-county-morgue/25943182

No one has claimed these remains and the county can’t afford to bury them.

04/30/2014

The National Commander In Chief will be in the Department of Michigan. There will be a dinner for him in the 5th District at the Cpl Richard Menge VFW Post 6756 (25500 Sherwood, Warren, MI)(9 Mile and Mound) on the 11th starting at 5:00 PM. The cost is $12.00 per person. For more information please call the Menge Post at (586) 756-6756.