We here at the United War Veterans Council (UWVC) NYC are proud of our record of ensuring our motto is adhered to: ”The conduct of appropriate ceremonies honoring the men and women in the Armed Forces who have served their country, in peace time and war”.     SERVICE & SACRIFICE This last month has proven very productive with a series of  Service & Sacrifice events held throughout our great city in our coordination with the Stories of Service organization, the United War Veterans Council of NYC, and hosted by the City University of New York (CUNY). Presented was  Service & Sacrifice, very special film festivals in honor of Memorial Day, featuring short videos about local veterans, produced by NYC college and high school students. Each evening was hosted in partnership with a different CUNY campus (

...........................................................................................................      **  SURRENDER  WAS  NEVER  AN  OPTION  **     Today, just like webmaster, disabled vet Jack Cunningham can not surrender to a bunch of corrupt lawyers and corrupt government officials, who have been protecting them for eight years, Jack could not surrender, when he served (24/7) in the Duc Duc Refugee village; with eight other U.S. Marines.     Read some of Jack's experiences at:    http://www.capveterans.com         USMC CAP Web Site Home Page History, photos, personal memoirs, and CAP rosters of the Marine and Navy Corpsman in the I-Corps area of South Vietnam. www.capmarine.com       USS ARIZONA Marine Remembrance At Pearl Harbor   From:    Colonel John R. Bates USMC (ret)     jrbatesusmc@aol.com   UPDATE:   A couple of years ago, I was the Operations Officer for the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center, on the waterfront between the USS ARIZONA and the USS BOWFIN. The Commandant of the Marine Corps was the featured speaker at the dedication of the USS ARIZONA Marine Remembrance, 10 November 2006. The National Park Service, which administers the USS ARIZONA Memorial is renovating all of Halawa Landing, the site of the Marine Remembrance. The Regional Director of the Natl Park Service Western Region, Jon Jarvis, stated on the local TV news that the Marine Remembrance would be removed. I challenged him on that statement and convinced him that would not happen without a fight. I passed the word to Jack Cunningham (Americans Working Together), who in turn asked his readership to email Jarvis that the entire USMC would make every effort to have him relieved of his duties if he moved that monument. I was copied on many of the emails to him from Marines, their friends and their families that it nearly fried my computer. And...it worked. In order to save his job, Jarvis backed down. The Remembrance now belongs to the USMC and has its' rightful place in direct view of the USS ARIZONA.     (Now, disabled veteran Jack Cunningham needs your support.  Please press here for details.)   -----------------------         Do You Think The Federal Government Needs To Step In?      Press here for details.     From: "Dennis Sherman" PLEASE PRESS PICTURES FOR LARGER COPIES PLEASE PRESS PICTURES FOR LARGER COPIES