The Department Commander and District 7
Commander spoke. Larry Adams gave Dave Oppliger the Brotherhood of the
Bull Award. Carroll Mohlman received the Keith Bryan Award.
Since the last post meeting the Honor Guard has preformed the following
services. Funerals for Paul Goedeken and Harold Christ. Color Guard for 911
Ceremony at the Butler County Motor Plex
and for
the Flag Retirement Ceremony.
On December 28, 1965 SPC5 Don Grella USA was Killed In Action in Vietnam. He
has been Missing In Action ever since. This past Summer remains that were
found were confirmed as being SPC5 Grella.
Last Saturday October 3, 2009 16 members of The American Legion Family form
Columbus attended his funeral in Laurel, NE. Eight on bikes and eight in
pickups and cars.
Those attending were Post Commander Marcel Giroux, 2nd Vice
Commander Dick Liebschwager, Owen Lloyd, Vern Martinsen, Chuck Sheer, Albin
Moore, Max Young, Gaylen Johannes, Rob Goudy Ken Zobel, Carroll Mohlman, Von
Dell Mohlman, Don Rullo, Wayne Jacobsen, Dean Pearsoll, Mike Landkamer.
We stood out in the cold and wind for three and a half hours. To me it was
well worth every minute of it.
After the funeral the Laurel Volunteer Fire Department invited the riders
and veterans to the fire hall for lunch. We ate sloppy joes and hotdogs for
no charge.
Honor
Guard at the Nebraska State Fair
Sept
4, 2009 our post was will represented and the last Nebraska State fair in
Lincoln, Nebraska. It was Veterans Day at the fair and our Hartman Post 84 Honor
Guard was asked to perform the Post Everlasting at part of the program in
the open air auditorium. Great job to the Honor Guards Members.
Wayne Jacobsen, Larry Adams,
Mike Landkamer, Dean Pearsoll, Dave Kamenske, Carroll Mohlman, John Duren,
Jerry Duren, Dave Oppliger
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Honor
Guard Awards Night Jan 24, 2009
Head Table and guests (left to Right)
Patty Landkamer - Hartman Auxiliary
Unit 84 President, Julie Totten & Steve Totten
- State Area "B" Vice Commander, Michael Landkamer -Sergeant
of the Honor Guard, Ed Cerny - Hartman Post 84
Commander and Wife Shirley, Bryon Soper - Sons of The American Legion Hartman
Squadron 84 Commander and wife Dawn
Speakers
Pat Landkamer
Steve Totten
Ed Cerny
Bryon Soper
Frank Ciboron Retires
Frank Ciboron has
served for 32 years and has 1002 cerimonies as a member of the Hartman
Post 84 Honor Guard. He can no longer serve due to health
issues, and was honored for his service with a Retirement
Certificate.
Brotherhood of the Bull
Award
With only one month as
a member of the honor guard
Dean (Tick) Pearsoll is spreading it on with style. He the newest
recipient of the Brotherhood of the Bull Award. It was presented to him by
last years winner Larry Adams. With his gift he is in great company.
Keith Bryan Award
The Keith Bryan Award, which is the
highest award that an Honor Guard member can receive, was presented to:
Wayne Jacobsen
The award reads.
The American Legion
Hartman Post 84
Honor Guard
Keith Bryan Award
Presented to
Wayne Jacobsen
Excellence With Honor
Service With Dignity
Devotion To Duty
2009
Wayne enlisted in the Army Reserve in
1954 and served until 1968 when he went into the Air National Guard. he
transferred from the Air Guard to the Army Guard in 1978 and served until
1985 when he entered the Retired Reserve. Wayne was recalled to active duty
during the Gulf War and served in 1990-1991 when he was again discharged. A
native of the Minneapolis area where he graduated from high school and then
attended the Brown Institute. He was in broadcasting in Montana, Minnesota
and
Nebraska, and switched over to newspaper journalism at North Platte until
joining Nebraska Public Power in 1980 and moving to Columbus. After
retirement in 1996 he worked for several private security firms
before starting up Columbus Private Security which he operated until 2007.
Wayne is a life member of the National Rifle Association and the Law
Enforcement Alliance of America and also a member of the Society of the
First Infantry Division. He is active in Masonic organizations and the Red
Cross Disaster Assistance Team. Married to his wife Marilyn for 36 years.
They have two children, two stepchildren and eight grandchildren.
Army Regulation 670-1 , Wear
and Appearance of Army Uniforms and Insignia , is the governing
authority for the wear of Army uniforms. Paragraph 28-18 governs the wear of
the United States Flag on Army Uniforms.
The flag may
only be worn on the utility and organizational uniforms (such as the
camouflage BDU). The flag may only be worn during joint-duty and
multinational deployments. When the service member returns to home station,
the flag must be removed. (Guide Note: A
message went out in February 2004 changing this restriction, and making
the U.S. Flag a mandatory uniform component for all soldiers, effective
October 1, 2005
Chapter 1, Title 4, United States Code
, provides for the design of the U.S. flag and specifies the
colors as red, white, and blue. Colors other than red, white, and blue
violate the U.S. Code; therefore, subdued-colored flags are not authorized
for wear. Joint commanders have to make the decision as to whether or not
the wear of a full-color flag, for morale purposes, is more important than
having all aspects of the uniform camouflaged.
When approved
for wear, the full-color U.S. flag cloth replica is sewn 1/2 inch below the
right shoulder seam of the temperate, hot-weather, enhanced hot-weather, and
desert BDU; the BDU field jacket; and the cold-weather uniform. The flag is
worn on the right shoulder, because, in the military, the "place of honor"
is to a military member's right.
The full-color
U.S. flag cloth replica is worn so that the star field faces forward, or to
the flag's own right. When worn in this manner, the flag is facing to the
observer's right, and gives the effect of the flag flying in the breeze as
the wearer moves forward.
The rule dates
back to the Army's early history, when both mounted cavalry and infantry
units would designate a standard bearer, who carried the Colors into battle.
As he charged, his forward momentum caused the flag to stream back. Since
the Stars and Stripes are mounted with the canton closest to the pole, that
section stayed to the right, while the stripes flew to the left.
CPT ROB YLLESCAS FUNERAL
Dec 8 members from the Columbus post 84
honor guard; Owen L, Vern M, Mikie L, Dave D, Carroll M, John D, Dean P,
Bob H, Pete P, and Dave K. Thanks to you all - Outstanding Job.