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Greetings: Hello from the Sallies Alumni Veterans Committee. 

The committee includes Frank Vavala, John Riley, Rod Baumert, Bill Knightly, Sam Kalb, Steve Bart, Mickey Devlin,  Jack Holloway, and me Jim Burke. 

One of our committee members, Jason McDowell, resigned from the committee this quarter. We thank Jason for his service, as he joined the committee early on and helped us get to where we are today.

Spring is finally here. We all welcome warmer weather and longer sunlit days. Easter will be here soon.

Committee Sit Rep: Back in the day, when we were running patrols in the Korean DMZ or

manning a guard post in the zone or the company CP along the southern fence, we were required

to call in sit reps on a regular basis. If nothing was going on we would call in “Sit Rep

Negative”. This is what I am calling in for this sit rep. I do not have much to report this quarter.

We now have 283 registered active alumni vets and our numbers continue to grow slowly but

steadily. If you know an alumni vet who you think has not registered, please ask them to register

on the alumni page of the school website or email Joe Rapposelli (jraposelli@salesianum.org).

We do know that the first recipient of scholarship money from the Veterans Fund in the

endowment has been chosen and will be attending Sallies next fall. Details about this young

man and his family will be provided later. School leadership is preparing a document to explain

how this young man was chosen and what policy will be used to determine eligibility for our

scholarship going forward.

Sometime this spring, the school will host a giving day. It’s a good opportunity to make a

donation to our scholarship fund in the endowment. Please keep an eye out for this day.

Our committee is working to edit the new outdoor memorial and we will have more to say about

this at a later date.

Please celebrate Memorial Day this year. Many of us will gather at the Delaware Memorial

Bridge for this solemn occasion.

Please also plan to attend our June reception. We normally try to hold this event on June 14th

(Flag Day and the Army’s birthday). We will reach out to you when a date and time are firmed

up.

Sound Off: If you have any ideas to help acknowledge or honor our living and deceased alumni

vets, please contact me (jburke1946@aol.com)

Thank you all for your service and for you Vietnam Vets – a Hearty Welcome Home!

Jim Burke ‘64