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svenskaflicka1 12-30-2013 05:16 PM
Quilt of Valor--for my brother in law!
 
Today, my brother in law was honored in Johnson City, New York, for his service in WWII and the Korean war. He was a POW for 33 months in Korea, and afterward continued to work in the Army as a recruiter. he is 88 years old, now, still active in his community, and from the photos i've seen is delighted with this honor! He was nominated by his son, Marty, who was present for the award. My thanks to those who are actively involved in making and presenting theses quilts to those who gave so much, and asked so little. I'm honored to even be thought of as a quilter in the presence of people like this!

MaryMo 12-30-2013 05:31 PM
wonderful quilt .... and so glad he got the recognition that he so deserved then and now. Thank you for sharing and honoring the quilt and the veteran.

pjaco 12-30-2013 05:35 PM
Love the story, thank you for sharing!

Nammie to 7 12-30-2013 06:28 PM
Beautiful quilt for a very deserving individual. Thanks for sharing!

IrishNY 12-30-2013 06:52 PM
I have a second home in NY not far from Johnson City and had read the article about your BIL just before seeing your post. So cool that he is related to a QB member. What a wonderful story.

Jan in VA 12-30-2013 06:52 PM
Loved, LOVED, loved this story! And the quilt is marvelous; he looks so thrilled. :)

Jan in VA

EllieGirl 12-31-2013 03:28 AM
This is such a wonderful story! So many of our WWII vets are not honored for what they did.

psychonurse 12-31-2013 05:22 AM
Beautiful, so glad he is recognized.

coopah 12-31-2013 05:56 AM
Wonderful story. Missed the picture, but glad to hear of recognition long overdue! :thumbup:

mjhaess 12-31-2013 07:54 AM
Wonderful story..wonderful man....Thanks for sharing...

AnnaPf 12-31-2013 12:21 PM
Quilts of Valor
 
Originally Posted by svenskaflicka1 (Post 6482786)
Today, my brother in law was honored in Johnson City, New York, for his service in WWII and the Korean war. He was a POW for 33 months in Korea, and afterward continued to work in the Army as a recruiter. he is 88 years old, now, still active in his community, and from the photos i've seen is delighted with this honor! He was nominated by his son, Marty, who was present for the award. My thanks to those who are actively involved in making and presenting theses quilts to those who gave so much, and asked so little. I'm honored to even be thought of as a quilter in the presence of people like this!
Highly recommend anyone loving to quilt get involved with Quilts of Valor. There has been a lot of recent publicity (Brian Williams, NBC & our local FOX Channel) about our organization resulting in an overwhelming amount of requests.
My group is in Gwinnett County in the Atlanta area. We are quilting to Comfort & Honor our Wounded. We recently presented over 70 quilts to WWII & Vietnam Veterans at the Traveling Vietnam Wall in Adell, Ga. We are running out of time for our older Hero's.
Go to www.QOVF.org for information about a guild in your area.

mighty 01-01-2014 07:35 AM
Wonderful story!

Rose_P 01-01-2014 01:53 PM
I had to do a little googling for "Johnson City Quilts of Valor honor" but found it right away. Congratulations to him!

PenniF 01-01-2014 09:27 PM
What a wonderful story....and tho' it comes from someone he does not know....please sincerely thank him for his service and wish him well for me.


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