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Eng. Bn.Troops in Iraq Video with music
SONG BEING PLAYED IS WRITTEN & SUNG BY JERRY
CALOW
Song thanks U.S. soldiers
By Anjali J. Sekhar / The Detroit
News
Ricardo Thomas / The Detroit
News
Jerry "Calow" Czykalowskyj wrote
the song "Beholding Beyond Words" to say thank you to troops fighting in
Iraq.
Jerry "Calow" Czykalowskyj wrote
this song to raise funds to support the U.S. troops fighting in Iraq.
He hopes the song will help
draw attention to a Freedom Bicycle Ride, taking place
March 1 from Albany, N.Y.,
to Pasadena, Calif. Here are the lyrics to the song: "Beholding Beyond
Words"
Beholding Beyond Words To Our
Servicemen And Women
Stationed Around The World
In Far Away Places
There's Not Much We Can Say
To Thank Them Enough
For What They Go Thru Each
Day In The Rough
But: Give Them Our Thanks
Give Them Our Love
Give Them Our Regards
For a Safe Return
We Praise and Raise Our Hands
To You
That Earned the Honor That
We Now Bestow
We Salute You For A Job Bravely
Done
And Applaud Your Courage In
The Face Of The Unknown
Defending Freedom
Defending Liberty
Defending Peace
At Home And Abroad
For The Past, Present, And
Future Generations
Duty Will Always Be An Honorable
Citation
To Stand The Ground That Freedom
Upholds
To Endure Engagements Where
Ever They Unfold
Defending Freedom
Defending Liberty
Defending Peace
At Home And Abroad
For Those MIA'S, POW'S,
Fallen Soldiers, Who Gave All
They Could
We Will Search For As Long
As It Takes
You Are Not Forgotten And Will
Always Be
In Our Hearts
In Our Prayers
In Our Minds
For All Time
These Immortalized Soldiers
Whose Bravery Abounds
They Are Sisters, Brothers
Heroes Profound
They Enlisted For The Duty
At Hand
To Serve The Cause Of Country
And Land
They Serve With Honor
They Serve With Valor
They Serve With A Pride
That Will Change Them Forever
To Our Forces Standing Tall
And Proud They Be
Our Country's Behind Them In
A Solemn Sea
So Let The Flags Of Freedom
Fly
Unfurled In Their Majesty High
In The Sun
In The Rain
In The Winds
Across This Land
These Are The Things Our Country's
Made Of
These Are The Things We Cherish
And Love
So Let The Flags Of Freedom
Fly
Unfurled In Their Majesty High
In The Sun
In The Rain
In The Wind
Across This Land
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Jeff "Doc"
Dentice
C/O Region
4 UAW Military Family Site
S108 W19843
Red Oak Ct.
Muskego,
Wisconsin 53150
Doc's New
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262-679-2872
Goodnight Saddam
A Tribute to Operation Red Dawn
On December 13, 2003
The world slept, as evil fell to its knees.
In the darkness of night, deep in a hole
The lights from Red Dawn lit up his world.
Don't expect sympathy, with a defeated look.
You never felt pity for the lives you took.
A nation of people, oppressed, and ruled by fear,
Can breathe a sigh of relief. Redemption is here.
No hole is deep enough to get in their way.
No night is too dark to cause dismay.
They strike like the eagle upon its prey.
Say goodnight Saddam.
Red Dawn had its day.
It must have been hard for Red Dawn.
As they found you on that night,
Not to take retribution for the loss,
Of so many comrades, and innocent lives.
Now you too know why, we call them our pride.
With dedication, they never give up their fight,
To rid this world of a tyrant's spite,
They endure, persevere, and risk their own lives.
No hole is deep enough to get in their way.
No night is too dark to cause dismay.
They strike like the eagle upon its prey.
Say goodnight Saddam.
Because your road ended,
When Red Dawn had its day.
CT Dawson
12/14/03
Copyright 2003
OPERATION
UPLINK
OPERATION
INDEPENDENCE
Defend America (This is a military website)
Hugs to Kuwait Adopt A Soldier
Operation USO Care Package accepts individual
donations of $25 that go toward a package of personal
items and snacks for a soldier. Those wishing to
participate can go to the Web site or call
1-866-USO-GIVE.
Donations are also being accepted
by the Army
Emergency Relief, the Navy/Marine
Relief Society; the
Air Force Aid Society; the Coast
Guard Mutual
Assistance; the American Red
Cross Armed Forces
Emergency Services; and the
Fisher House Foundation,
which provides "comfort houses"
for family members who
have lost servicemembers.
VICTOR BUSH-WWII
JOHN BUSH-TONKIN GULF
DAVID BUSH-VETERAN-NO COMBAT
BRIDGETT MYERS-BOSNIA
Leo Hollingsworth.
HQ. 224th Transportation Co.
Camp Arisgon
APO AEO 09366
UAW JOHN BOHN'S DAUGHTER IS GETTING
MARRIED
THIS IS A PICTURE OF HER FUTURE
FATHER-INLAW
NOW SERVING IN OPERATION IRAQI
FREEDOM.
PLYMOUTH, WISCONSIN
Cpl. Brian Prening (USMC)
Died while under heavy enemy fire in the Iraqi city of Yusufiyah
Marine Corps Reserve Company F 2nd Bn. 24th Regiment (Milwaukee)
Machine operator at the Kohler plant.
His 1st child will be born in May 2005 to new wife Amy
SHEBOYGAN PRESS
The family of Marine Cpl. Brian Prening, from left, his
father Bill Prening Sr., widow Amy,
mother Debbie, twin brother Bill Jr., and sister Ann
grieve Tuesday outside
St. John Lutheran Church in Plymouth following a memorial
service.
SHEBOYGAN PRESS
Doc Dentice received a letter from Brians Mom Debbie.
All that can be said after reading it, is that Brian was one super
terrific young man.
He had everything going for him, a new wife and baby on the way, A
good job and
a bright future ahead of him. But Brian always was doing for others
no matter what.
That is how he will be remembered by all he knew at home and in the
Military.
He was by all accounts a true Hero, and lost his life by trying to
protect his fellow marines.
MEMORIAL FUND FOR HIS FAMILY
Kohler Credit Union
Attn: Brian Prening Memorial Fund
850 Woodlake Road
Kohler, WI. 53044
Sgt. Mike Grochowski
Stationed at Camp Anaconda, Iraq
Brother-Inlaw of Jeff "Doc" Dentice-UAW Local 9
Stateside Duty station is Ft. McCoy, Wisconsin
MIKE HAS RETURNED HOME TO WISCONSIN BUT HAS
COME BACK VERY ILL WITH HEAVY METAL POISONING
HE IS UNDERGOING EXTENSIVE CHEMO AND TREATMENTS
AT WALTER REED AND THE MAYO CLINIC. MIKE HAS BEEN
IN THE ARMY FOR 27 YEARS AND THEY HAVE NOW
FORCED HIM OUT OF THE MILITARY. BUT HE IS STILL WORKING
AS A GOVT. CIVILION AT THE fT. McCOY AVIATION UNIT.
THANK YOU FROM SGT GEOFFREY MILLER
On behalf of the 232d AG HHD I would
like to thank the UAW for the care packages.
We appreciate all the time and effort devoted to ensuring that soldiers
received something special over the holidays.
The support of the UAW, the community and most importantly
my family have made this deployment bearable.
I cannot begin to thank them for the support and dedication
that they have given during the last year. The fact that I did
not have to worry about anything other
than the mission here took a huge burden off my shoulders. I
am forever grateful to my parents
and my girlfriend Kelly for standing by my side during my absence.
Sometimes you forget to remind
them how much you truly love and appreciate everything they do.
It may have seemed so trivial
before but a simple "I LOVE YOU" can carry you a long way
and the love I received carried me for a year.
Thank you and we do appreciate the support.
SGT GEOFFREY MILLER
SGT Geoffrey Miller is son of proud parents David and
Sandy Miller. S
andy is member of UAW Local 95 and works for Unit
1.
Doc I have enclosed pictures
of our son Randy who has just graduated from basic
training at Fort Jackson
South Carolina.
Update-September-2006
Now Deployed to help fight
the war on terrorism and is now stationed in Kuwait
for convoy escort duty with
the B battery 121st battalion FA .
He is a gunner on a humvee
and has been in two firefights already.
He was wounded in the neck
area by a IED attack two weeks ago and hospitalized for 3 days.
They took out some shrapnel
and left some in for fear of causing additional head trauma.
After he was released from
the hospital he got a tweezers and removed the rest himself.
He will now be stationed
near the turkish border for the next month and will then go back to his
base in Kuwait.
Rory/Bea Wettstein-Sheboygan,
Wisconsin
Welcome Home Soldier
July 2007
Randy Wettstein returns
home from Iraq
Doc i have enclosed a picture
of randy standing with his LT at camp Adderberry.
His unit 1st battlion 121st
Field Artillery returned home on July 22nd after serving a one year tour
in support of operation Iraq Freedom.
His unit had 2 KIA'S and
several members from that unit were wounded
they performed convoy escort
duty and road security duties. He is now home and out of harms way.
Matt Symons, (Far Right)
1st shift Chassis Alternate Committeeman of Unit 1, GM plant in
Janesville and a memeber of the UAW Local 95 Veterans Committee was
deployed
September 3rd to Qatar with the Air National Guard serving as an Aircraft
Armament System Journeyman.
Brad Hinds, Air Force Senior Airman son of Wayne and Cathy Hinds.
His father Wayne works at Unit 1, UAW Local 95.
Bonnie Arnson's cousin Nathan Tipton, is
in Afghanistan.
She works for Unit 1, UAW Local 95
Shane M.W. Clark
who is the son of Art and Sharon Clark
He is currently active in the USAF (14 years). He is a
TSGT (e-6) Electronic Tech., F-16 Fighter (all five classes).
He has toured Desert Storm, 2 tours Korea and 3 tours in Qutar, Iraq.
He is presently serving in Qutar, Iraq.
His father is a Journeymen Electrician at Unit 1 at Local 95.
JASON TOBIN
SON OF Becky Waters-Nephew of Leanne Cantwell
Both work at UAW Local 95 Janesville,WI.
OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM
UAW Belvidere Chrysler Plant- Local 1268
Vincent Lara
Vincent Lara works at the Belvidere Assembly Plant, Local
1268, in the absentee pool on Trim-line.
He has worked at the plant since 1994.
Vince joined to serve in the military because
of the influence of his maternal grandfather, Arthur Evans,
who served in the World War II, Battle of the Bulge.
Sgt. Lara is in the 933rd M.P. National
Guard Unit out of Chicago, IL.
They have been in Iraq since April of 2003. His unit
were waiting in Kuwait for their flight out to come home on April 16 or
17.
Instead they were put on hold Easter Sunday and told
a few days later that they would be going back into Iraq for another 120
days.
Vincent and his wife Nicole will be married
5 years this July. Vince was fortunate enough
to get a leave home, just in time literally, this past
June to witness the birth of their first daughter, Olivia Pauline.
They decided her middle name would be incorporating her
dad's middle name of Paul.
We are all VERY proud of Vince and want
him home after his long absense SOON.
THANK YOU!!
PROUD PARENTS OF SGT. LARA,
Mingo and Jean Lara
Vince & his Dad Mingo
Both employees at
Belvidere Chrysler Plant- Local 1268
DON KAPLA(BACK ROW CENTER) NEPHEW OF
JOHN/MERIDETH KELLY-UAW LOCAL 2114
I'm Mary Hansen who works on
the door line at Local 95 UAW Janesville WI..
This is my latest information from my niece
Kari Andre, who was stationed in Afghanistan.
SHE HAS RETURNED STATESIDE-HER TOUR COMPLETED.
Her email address is kari.b.andre@us.army.mil
1. SPC KARI B. ANDRE
CHRISTOPHER EBERHARDT
181 Transportation Bn. US Army
Serving in Iraq
Cousin of Sue Thompson
UAW local 95 Wisconsin
UAW Local 95 WWII EX-POW
Father of Dick Kath from UAW Local 95
Al was also a UAW Local 95 employee
ALBERT KATH
This is my son, Jason Callahan who is aboard the USS Higgins (DDG 76)
somewhere in the Persian Gulf.
The ship in the background is the USS Port Royal.
Julie Callahan
UAW Local 2488
Hi Doc,
One last UAW Military Family update before you leave! Jason was promoted
May 24 and
is now QM3 (SW) Callahan. He also earned his Surface Warfare pin since
the last pic I sent.
He left less than two weeks ago and is headed back to the Persian Gulf.
This is a pic of his promotion ceremony:
JOHN NEHLS
Nephew of Dick Kath of UAW Local 95..JANESVILLE WISCONSIN
Well i am with the 2/3 field artillery we r out Ofgiessen Germany were
deployed to Baghdad Iraq for
operation iraqi freedom i am a 52D which is a, power generation and
equipment repairer, i also work on
trucks and other pieces of equipment anything to keep me busy our mission
is to provide security for the
iraqi people so they may establish a government for them selves i pull
guard at one of our gates and at
our .50 cal tower i also go out on convoys to help with security i
am responsible for several generators
in our compund includind 2 very large one a 400,000 watt and a 1,000,000
watt generator which power our
compound when the city power goes out.there is not much to my job i
work on generators as small as 4,200
watt to the large 1,000,000 watt along with trucks like humvees 5 tons
2 1/2 tons to wreckers i am
currently learning to work on an m88 track recovery vehicle i will
hopefully be back home around april of
2004 i will reenlist in feb and be going to fort leonard wood missouri
where i will do 3 more years and
then where i go from there i dont know yetbut i am married and have
3 kids my wife name is susan and my
kids from oldest to youngets r dylan 9 andrew 4 and alaina 3 i have
been married for alomst 4 years she is
from missouri we met when i was in fort riley we met on the internet
got married a year later on feb 3 and
have been together since. i joined the army in 1997 where i went to
basic in fort sill oklahoma, i then
went to a.i.t. in aberdeen proving ground maryland and in 1998 i went
to korea for my first duty station i
then went to fort riley kansas where i spent 3 yearsand then i went
to giessen germany where i am
currently stationed except for being in iraq for a year.
Art Dulin
Art Dulin, the son of Jeff Dulin UAW Local95 presents his father with
a presentation sword exactly
like the one he carries as the Vice-Wing Commander of the US Air Force
Academy.
U.S. Air Force (USAFA) Senior Cadet Art Dulin has been recently promoted
to
Cadet Colonel and assigned the psition of Vice-Wing Commander, the
No.2 cadet ranked position in the Acaemy of about 4,000 cadets.
Dulin will graduate from USAFA on June 2nd with a degree in Civil Engineering
and as a 2nd Lt. in the active Air Force. After graduation and a brief
trip home to Janesville,
Dulin will undergo primary Jet Aircraft training prior to deciding
weather to request
further training in the single seat Fighter or crew served Cargo military
Pilot training
programs. Currently he is undergoing basic fixed wing prop flight training.
In February, C/Col. Dulin will head a contingent of 5 other USAFA cadets
to attend the annual Armed Forces
Leadership Conference at Texas
A & M University. This conference will discuss such matters
as future of military leadership and aspects of the
geopolitical effects resulting from
the conflict in Iraq. Selected representatives from all the various
military academy's, ROTC programs and other
leadership training sources will attend.
JAN KADERLY
Brother of Kelly Kaderly of UAW Local 95 Unit
1
BECKY
DAUGHTER OF LINDA/PETE PARKER UAW LOCAL 95
I like to tell everyone one a little bit about our daughter Rebecca.
Becky joined the navy during a time of war, something her father and
I, were not really happy with at the time.
As every parent knows, worrying about your children does not stop when
they turn eighteen!
Becky graduated from Great Lakes, then went to Pensacola, Florida for
her A school training.
After that she was asigned, a job on the USS Ronald Reagan.
As part of the first crew, Becky became a plank owner on the Reagan.
Which means her name, will stay engraved on the wall of the ship until
it's retired.
Rebecca recently transferred to Brunswick, Maine to be an Aviation
Structural Airman Mechanic.
She'll be flying with a squadron called the Flying Tigers. In December
they'll be flying to Japan for six months.
We know how lucky we are that, Becky has been in the states for so
long.
Her Dad and I will miss her, along with her sister Emily, brother Gus,
and her baby daughter Samantha.
So to everyone out there, we hope your family members in the
military come home soon.
Because, I'm sure they are part of the love and laughter in your homes,
like Becky is in ours.
Linda & Pete Parker and family
"Operation Stars & Stripes"
Needs Your Help to Support Our Troops
Last year on March 4th, 2003
"Operation Stars & Stripes" began sending out their
1st packages to the brave men
and women serving in Iraq, Kuwait, Afghanistan &
the Persian Gulf. We have now
added the military serving in The Horn of Africa.
Our program was started by General
Motors/SPO, Bolingbrook, UAW Local # 2114,
UAW Local #2114 Veterans committee
and the Region 4 UAW Women's Round
Table with the support of Region
4 UAW Veterans.
To date we have sent 1000
boxes to all branches of the service. The boxes include toiletries,
socks, snack food, can foods,
gum, candy, cookies, batteries, aspirin, and travel games, etc.
At this time we would like to
extend our heartfelt appreciation and thanks to our
patriotic community. The Lyons
Lions Club, Riverside Presbyterian Church, Electro-Motive ,
the Sepelis Family, Judy Knittle,
Trudi Franson, Queen of the Universe School in Chicago,
New Hope Church in Alsip, Cordial
Inn, Resurrection Hospital, Riverside Foods,
Italian–American Executives
of Transportation, Italian-American Charitable Organization
of Chicago, Lear Corps, Wis.
And the 1st Marine Division, Chicago Chapter, are just a few
who have gone above and beyond
the call of duty. Many thanks go to our private donators
and those who generously put
items in our donation boxes without leaving their names.
These are just a few of the
groups and organizations who have joined in our cause to show
support to the troops this past
year. I wish that I could mention all of you, but I thank
you from the bottom of my heart.
As you know, this is the largest
redeployment of troops since WW2.
In the past two weeks we have
received an additional 200 names of soldiers who
need our support. The boxes
we send not only give them the items that they need,
but is a real morale booster,
especially for the men and women who receive little or no mail
at all. As one soldier wrote,
"Even though we are out of sight, we are not out of mind."
We have touched many lives,
and you should all be proud that you are apart of it.
This is what America is all
about.
We are asking schools, Brownie
Troops, Boy Scouts and anyone who would care
to write a letter to a soldier
to contact us. We will enclose them in our boxes that go
out to our soldiers. We ask
that if you put the notes or letters in an envelope
that you DO NOT SEAL THEM for
security reasons.
Postage to send the boxes is
very expensive, and we are running low on items.
With 200 more boxes to send
and more names coming in all the time, we would appreciate
your continued support. If every
one helps a little, it adds up to a lot.
There are donation boxes located
at General Motors/SPO in Bolingbrook, Riverside
Foods, Lyons Village Hall and
the Riverside Presbyterian Church. If you care to make a
cash donation, checks can be
made out to "Operation Stars & Stripes". We have an
account at Charter One Bank
at 4231 Joliet Ave in Lyons.
If you have any questions regarding
our program, please feel free to contact
Meredith Kelly at 708-447-6017.
(Region
4 UAW Vets)
Website
Donation's Appreciated
Jeff Dentice
S108 W19843
Red Oak Ct.
Muskego,
WI. 53150
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