American Cold War Veterans, Inc. - ACWV - A Cold War Veterans’ Service Organization

PLEASE WRITE YOUR US SENATORS AND ASK THEM TO CO-SPONSOR S. 2743, THE COLD WAR MEDAL ACT OF 2009!!

SENATORS SNOWE, WEBB, LINCOLN, and LANDRIEU
ANNOUNCE BILL TO HONOR COLD WAR VETERANS

WASHINGTON D.C. – U.S. Senators Olympia J. Snowe (R-Maine), Jim Webb (D-Va.), Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.), and Mary Landrieu (D-La.) today introduced the Cold War Service Medals Act of 2009, bipartisan legislation to authorize the secretaries of the military departments to award Cold War Service Medals to American veterans. To date, no medal exists to honor the men and women who served and defended the United States during the Cold War.
(November 6, 2009)
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American Cold War Veterans thank you for supporting the Cold War Service Medal for America's forgotten veterans of the Cold War who defended the United States for 46 years.

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“Many Americans died in operations that remain, even to this day, unacknowledged, entailing heroism and loss that have yet to be revealed to a grateful nation. We should remember and honor those whose sacrifices brought about a victorious conclusion to the Cold War, to the enormous betterment of the United States and the world. ”

- Dr. Donald C. Winter, (former) Secretary of Navy, October 21, 2006 -

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President Barack Obama endorsed Cold War Medal while a US Senator:

E-mail to ACWV member Frank Almquist:

Dear Frank:
I agree that the Cold War Victory medal would be an appropriate honor. The Cold War was a period that required both skilled diplomacy and military readiness. For veterans who had to be prepared to fight a war that most people agreed would be catastrophic, there certainly should be some recognition of service and willingness to defend and go to battle for the United States.
In each of the past two years, the Cold War Victory Medal has passed the House as part of its version of the annual defense authorization bill but has been stymied by influential members of the Senate Armed Services Committee. I certainly share your hope that this impasse can be broken soon.

Sincerely,
Barack Obama
United States Senator

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AMERICA LOSES a COLD WAR HERO: Lt. Col. Richard S. Heyser, a U-2 pilot who took the first photos of ballistic missile launch sites during the 1962 Cuban missile crisis, passed away on October 6, 2008. Col. Heyser was among 11 Air Force U-2 pilots who took reconnaissance photos. Of these pilots, one was shot down another died when his plane crashed off Key West, and another pilot was killed in a crash while training for the Cuban mission.

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POLITICAL MYTH: “We won the Cold War without a shot being fired.”

FACT: While a Policy of Deterrence and Conflict Management Avoided a Nuclear Exchange, American Troops and Intelligence Personnel Went in Harm’s Way During the Cold War, Resulting in Numerous Casualties to American Personnel.

FACT: Too many politicians spout this line, because it is an easy way to dismiss the Cold War as a strictly political conflict.

Korea -- October, 1969: 4 GIs killed in ambush by North Koreans

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LTJG James B. Deane, Jr.,
USN Killed in Action, East China Sea, flying P4M reconnaissance aircraft
August 22, 1956

SGT Gregory Fronius,
killed by hostile fire,
El Salvador
March 31, 1987

MAJ Arthur D. Nicholson, Jr. Shot by Soviet Soldier in East Germany
March 24, 198

MAJ Rudolf Anderson,
USAF Shot down by Soviets
over Cuba,
Oct. 27, 1962

COL Nick Rowe,
Killed by terrorists
in Philippines,
April 21, 1989

Jack D. Lively, killed in shoot down off US Navy P2V Aircraft by Soviet Planes near Vladivostok, USSR October 4, 1951

General James A. Van Fleet,
Led American Advisory and Planning Mission in Greek Civil War, Helped Greeks Defeat Communist Insurgency; Led Eighth US Army in Korean War 1951-53.

Cmdr. Francis A. Slattery,
skipper of USS Scorpion (SSN-589) lost at sea in the Atlantic May 23, 1968, with crew of 99 men.

PFC Walter Boyd,
USMC, KIA in Operation to rescue SS Mayaguez from Khmer Rouge
May 15. 1975

COLD WAR VETS - BERLIN AIRLIFT:

July 14, 2008 - At the Truman Presidential Library, Sean Eagan presented a certificate of appreciation on behalf of the Secretary of the Army and the Army Chief of Staff to COL Gail Halvorsen, "The Candy Bomber," who flew missions in the Berlin Airlift. COL Halvorsen was nominated for the award by the AMERICAN COLD WAR VETERANS organization, of which Sean Eagan is the Chairman.

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COLD WAR DAY OF REMEMBRANCE - MAY 1, 2008
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
WASHINGTON, DC

CONGRESSIONAL BREAKFAST 2008

FEATURED SPEAKER – CONGRESSMAN JOE WILSON (SC)

ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY, WASHINGTON, DC

USS THRESHER MEMORIAL, PORTSMOUTH, NH

MEMORIAL TO USS THRESHER AND USS SCORPION

SEAL BEACH, CALIFORNIA

OUR THANKS TO ALL OUR PARTNERS IN THESE EVENTS

AND TO THE FACULTY AND CADETS FROM

THE CARSON LONG MILITARY INSTITUTE, WHICH PROVIDED COLOR GUARD AND BUGLER AT ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY

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OUR ANNUAL MEETING TOOK PLACE APRIL 30 – ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA!

Cold War US Air Force vets Scott L’Ecuyer and Chuck Norris meet in New Hampshire. They discussed the American Cold War Veterans organization and the campaign to get a Cold War Medal enacted. Chuck served at Osan Air Force Base in Korea, and Scott with the Strategic Air Command.

COLD WAR VICTORY MEDAL-RECOGNITION
COLD WAR – UNDERSTANDING THE COLD WAR
SUPPORT OUR TROOPS WHO CONTINUE TO SERVE
COLD WAR HEROES DAY OF REMEMBRANCE – MAY 1st