Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary Post #2571 - White River Junction, VT

02/19/2018

12/11/2017

Auxiliary meeting tonight, 7pm

12/07/2017

This day, 76 years ago, the attack at Pearl Harbor commenced at 7:48 a.m. Hawaiian Time. The base was attacked by 353 Japanese fighter planes, bombers, and torpedo planes in two waves, launched from six aircraft carriers. All eight U.S. Navy battleships were damaged, with four being sunk. All but one (Arizona) were later raised, and six of the eight battleships were returned to service and went on to fight in the war. The Japanese also sank or damaged three cruisers, three destroyers, an anti-aircraft training ship, and one minelayer. 188 U.S. aircraft were destroyed; 2,403 Americans were killed and 1,178 others were wounded. Important base installations such as the power station, shipyard, maintenance, and fuel and torpedo storage facilities, as well as the submarine piers and headquarters building (also home of the intelligence section) were not attacked. Japanese losses were light: 29 aircraft and five midget submarines lost, and 65 servicemen killed or wounded. One Japanese sailor was captured.

Thank you, Veterans!

11/18/2017

Thank you to everyone that came to last night’s Turkey Raffle!!! As always, we had another successful event, because of you!!

We held an emergency meeting beforehand and all the profits were donated to some of the families displaced by the devastating fire in Hartford Village.

Again, THANK YOU!!!

11/13/2017

Don’t forget that there’s an auxiliary meeting tonight @ 7pm!