This is one of the coolest sites I have seen for the benefit of our Vietnam Veteran's. It is awesome!
Vietnam Wall
First click on a state. When it opens, scroll down to the city and the names will appear. Then click on their names. It should show you a picture of the person, or at least their bio and medals. This really is an amazing web site. Someone spent a lot of time and effort to create it. I hope that everyone who receives this appreciates whatthose who served in Vietnam sacrificed for our country. The link below is a virtual wall of all those lost during the Vietnam war with the names, bio's and other information on our lost heroes. Those who remember that time frame, or perhaps lost friends or family can look them up on this site. Pass the link on to others, as many knew wonderful people whose names are listed.
Here is something that is provided, free of charge, by Xerox. Click on the link below and a page will open up. There are a lot of greeting cards there. Fill one out, as desired, and Xerox will send it to your military person, free of charge. This is an awesome thing. Happy Holidays!
Pat Benincasa. Artist. This is my sister, Pat. Her artwork, in many mediums, is famous in, and out of, the art community world wide. Her current genre of work is of a religious nature, whether it is an oil painting or a steel and glass 3D church window. Pat is now working on a "Joan of Arc" medal for our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. They are for their dog tags. Kind of a "flak jacket for the soul", if you will. She has already sent over 1000 of them, and requests keep on pouring in. Availability and pricing are available at her web site. Click on this link to view her work, it is awesome. http://www.patbenincasa-art.com/index.htm.
American Eagle Bowling Ball
Here is the bowling ball that came along with the "Bowling Center in a Kit". The purpose of the ball was to raffle it off so that more money could be collected to send another kit to another GI in Iraq. The one listed below was being mailed out on 12/23/05. The ball is a Limited Edition Brunswick Viz-a-Ball. A 2nd kit went to Iraq in mid 2007. It is not really intended for bowling, like with all Viz-a-balls, as the picture is just painted on and will scratch. However, there are not many of these out there and it is truly a collectors item. This one was raffled off, here at Airway, and the winner was Herman Prevo. His wife, Shirley, purchased the tickets for him -- and Shirley must have an angel over her shoulder because she is always winning something.
What "genius" designs a bowling ball for the military in a war zone, then marks the box "Fragile"?
These are pictures of the items sent to Sgt. Martinez in Iraq. The carpeted lane has a foul line, arrows, and spots for the pins to be set on. The pins are full size, but hollow. They are made out of plastic, and have a screw off top piece that allows for the pins to be filled with sand to get them close to their regular weight. The bowling ball has the same properties -- plastic and hollow, with the ability to be filled with sand. At last word, sand was in plentiful supply in Iraq!
The carpet lane with the pins at the end.
These are full size pins. They are hollow and lightweight, but are designed to be filled with sand (an abundant resource).
