October Membership Meeting

     11:30am, 13 October 2021

Registration is required for attendance

Beef tip tenderloin over noodles
Garden Salad w/lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, cheese and croutons (balsamic and ranch)

    “Fights Like a Girl”

          Pete Mecca

In Fights Like a Girl, veteran Pete Mecca compiles the personal stories of female warriors of all branches, ranks, and wars through a series of compelling interviews and stories from across time. 

Pete is a graduate of Memphis State University with a BA Degree in Political Science and Public Administration. His minors include Native American History and American Military History.

He served with Air Force Intelligence for 4 years, plotted missions and flew on B-52 bombers out of McCoy AFB in Orlando, then volunteered for a 2½ year stint in Vietnam.

His award-winning narrative “A Veteran’s Story” is featured in several Georgia newspapers. He has served as a consultant for PBA-30 Atlanta and several other venues, including George Walton Academy, General Ray Davis Middle School, and Emory University at Oxford.

His first book in a series of 10-12 books, VETERANS: STORIES FROM AMERICA’S BEST, hit the market in early April and is doing well.

Pete has been featured in Georgia Magazine, appeared on Channel 69 and AM-1160, was Keynote speaker for Wreathes across America, 12^thArmored Division Annual Banquet, and many other organizations. Pete is Lieutenant Colonel Aide-de-Camp to Governor Nathan Deal and earlier this year was presented with a letter of appreciation from the Georgia Department of Veterans Service. He is also Commander of the prestigious Atlanta World War II Round Table plus serves as their Program Director. Pete also serves as secretary for the respected Atlanta Vietnam Veterans Business Association.

His other memberships include: Golden Age Warriors, American Legion, the Georgia Vietnam Veterans Alliance; VFW, and served on the board of directors for Honor Flight Conyers for several years, including many trips to Washington, DC with WWII veterans as a guardian or mission assistant.

Pete coordinates 3 monthly veteran brunches, conducts lectures, panel discussions and symposiums, and has thus far interviewed over 400 veterans from all branches, all ranks, and all wars. His new website: veteransarticle.com contains dozens of his stories and has experienced over 7,000 hits in just a few months.

Pete has been our guest speaker several times and always is a crowd pleaser. Please plan on attending this luncheon to learn more about Pete's latest first-person recollections of modern veterans, Pete details a rich history of female fighters of the past, from pirates to samurai, generalissimos, ancient mariners, and sailors donning in male uniforms. Fights Like a Girl is an ode to women of all races, creeds, and colors who have taken up the sword to protect their countries, their honor, and their children.  This might be a good time to invite your spouse to join us. 

We will have the 50/50 raffle drawing at the conclusion of the meeting. Tickets are $1 each or 6 for $5. Half to the winning ticket holder, half to the association treasury.

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Military Tribute Banner Program 

Military Tribute Banner Ordering Instructions

SPONSORSHIP RATE:

$150.00 per regular sponsorship

$135.00 discounted rate expires August 31, 2021. Orders submitted Sept 1, 2021 and thereafter will require regular payment of $150.00. 

Click here to download or view the instructions:

Please click here to view or download the PowerPoint presentation concerning the updated / revised program.  You can trigger viewing from the downloaded copy provided if necessary.
POA Military Banners Presentation 04.16.20 Rev2.pptx 

Click here to view Tribute Banner Promotional Video:
MTB Promotional Video

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The link below is a Virtual Wall of all those lost during the Vietnam war with the names, bio's and other information of our lost heroes.

http://www.virtualwall.org/iStates.htm

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             Piedmont Urgent Care by WellStreet

Atlanta, Ga. (Sept. 24, 2019) – Piedmont Urgent Care by WellStreet, one of Georgia’s largest urgent care networks, is now a contracted network provider with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health plans. Veterans enrolled in the VA health care system can visit a participating civilian urgent care provider and receive non-emergency care without pre-authorization.

Click here / below for additional details:  Piedmont_Urgent_Care_WellStreet.doc

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                    VA Office Has Moved

Many vets may not be aware that the Vets office has moved from the old courthouse in Canton to a new location:

220 Brown Industrial Pkwy
Suite 150
Canton, GA  30115 

That is the street that leads to the library at Exit 19. Turn west off I-575 onto GA Hwy 20 toward downtown Canton and Brown Industrial Pkwy is the first traffic light after the interchange.  220 is the same building as the Drivers License building.  Suite 150 is on the front of the building.

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