THE OPERATION SILVER STAR DINNER WAS A GREAT SUCCESS.. ALTHOUGH THE NUMBERS WERE SMALL THE IMPACT WAS GREAT AND BEAUTIFUL.. WE RECONNECTED WITH AMAZING FRIENDS AND MADE NEW ONES. WE WERE BLESSED TO HAVE SOME OF OUR FINEST HEROES FROM THE VIETNAM ERA AS WELL AS THE IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN THEATER, ALL WOUNDED AND ALL PURPLE HEART RECIPIENTS. TWO OF OUR HEROES SPOKE ON ON THEIR EXPERIENCES AND FOCUSED ON PTSD AS AN ISSUE THAT SURELY NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT FORWARD AS A PRIORITY TO BE UNDERSTOOD AND ADDRESSED. THE SPEECHES WERE FELT BY EVERYONE IN THE ROOM AND RECEIVED WITH APPLAUSE AND A STANDING OVATION.OUR RECONNECTION WITH OUR FRIENDS MERI AND SKYLAR FARIA WAS AMAZING AND WILL LEAD TO MUCH BETTER DAYS FOR OPERATION SILVER STAR AND HAS SPURRED A DEEPER PASSION FOR OUR MISSION BY ALL INVOLVED.
ON BEHALF OF OPERATION SILVER STAR, DELIA AND I, OUR OSS BOARD, EFRAIN AND SUSIE AGUIRRE, ELIZABETH ALAGAO AND JENNIE YOUNG, WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL WHO ATTENDED THE DINNER AND ALL WHO WERE WITH US IN SPIRIT AND PASSION FOR OUR MISSION... A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO STAN GONZALES FOR HELPING US CREATE THIS EVENT.. GOD BLESS YOU ALL, GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS AND GOD BLESS AMERICA.
(ABOVE) HMC AARON SEBERT, U.S. NAVY, IRAQ 2005,
S/SGT JAMES H. GULARTE (RET), VIETNAM 1968 - 1970,
AND HM3 PETER GOULD, U.S. NAVY, AFGHANISTAN 2010,
ALL PURPLE HEART RECIPIENTS
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