Celebrating 55 Years of Service to Frisco and surrounding communities!
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Celebrating 55 Years of Service to Frisco and surrounding communities!
Join us for Refreshments and a Commemorative Ceremony
March 29, 2023 - 5:30PM
As an official United States of America Vietnam War Commemorative Partner, Frisco Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 8273 is proud to host an event to show ALL Vietnam Veterans in our community they are celebrated, appreciated and honored for their service.
Ultimately, it is the “Welcome Home” they never received after returning home over 45 years ago. Please join us for refreshments and a commemorative ceremony these veterans rightfully earned.
This ceremony will include a keynote address from Lieutenant General Richard E. Carey, USMC (Ret). General Carey rose from an enlisted man to three star general. During the Korean War, he participated in the Inchon Landing, the drive to Seoul, and the Chosin Reservoir Campaign. General Carey earned his fighter pilot wings in 1953. In Vietnam, he flew 204 combat sorties between 1967 and 1968. The General led the evacuation of Saigon bringing 100,000 refugees to the United States in 1975. He retired from the Marine Corps in 1983 and it is the Frisco VFW's pleasure and honor to bring him to Frisco, TX.
Join us!
MARCH 29, 2023 at 5:30PM
EMBASSY SUITES BY HILTON FRISCO HOTEL CONVENTION CENTER
(Frisco Room 1 & 2)
7600 John Q Hammons Dr.
Frisco, TX 75034
WHILE THE EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC THANKS TO OUR GENEROUS SPONSORS, RSVP IS REQUIRED!
Special Book Signing
The Flying Grunt
The first biography about General Carey, The Flying Grunt, will be sold prior and following the program.
Written by Frisco author Alan E. Mesches, the books tracks the General’s 38-year military career from enlisted man to three-star general. Mesches used more than 100 hours of face-to-face interviews with General Carey, along with Marine Corps documents, interviews with fellow Marines, family, friends, oral histories, and media reports to write the book.
Signed copies of the book, published by Casemate Publishers, will be available.
Special Appearances by
Huey 197
Autographs Available
THANK YOU TO OUR TITLE SPONSOR!
THANK YOU TO OUR HUEY HELICOPTER SPONSOR & PARTNERS!
Official Vietnam War Commemorative Partnership
Honoring Service | Valor | Sacrifice
Honoring Service | Valor | Sacrifice
Honoring Service | Valor | Sacrifice
National Vietnam War Veterans Day
On March 28, 2017, President Donald J. Trump signed into law The Vietnam War Veterans Recognition Act of 2017, designating every March 29 as National Vietnam War Veterans Day.
Commemorative Partner Program
Honoring Service | Valor | Sacrifice
Honoring Service | Valor | Sacrifice
The Commemorative Partner Program is designed for federal, state and local communities, veterans' organizations and other nongovernmental organizations to assist a grateful nation in thanking and honoring our Vietnam Veterans and their families.
A Lasting Memento of Thanks!
Honoring Service | Valor | Sacrifice
A Lasting Memento of Thanks!
Living U.S. veterans who served on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces at any time during the period of November 1, 1955 to May 15, 1975, regardless of location, are eligible to receive one lapel pin.
In order to receive a lapel pin, RSVP to our event on March 29, 2023.