Amvets Department of CT Welcomes You
Welcome from the Commander
A this time we would like to remember --
Lucien P. "Red" LaRose, who passed away on May 27,
2009 at the age 86. This years convention book is dedicated to Lucien.
Red was a member of the 1st Canadian Paratroop Btl. during WWII. He was
captured on D-Day in 1944 in Germany and subsequently was a POW until the end
of the war. He was a member of the Wallingford Knights of Columbus, Past
District Deputy, Past Faithful Navigator and Past Grand Knight and he was a
member of the 2nd Co. Governors Foot Guard, the Wallingford Elks and Commander
of the Hamden-North Haven AM-Vets. Post 9 for 15 years.
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| Sincerely, | ||
| Carl Griffin | ||
| Commander | ||
| AMVETS Dept of Connecticut |
The CT AMVETS State Convention will be held 19 & 20 June at the Mystic Hilton http://www.hiltonmystic.com/. The convention schedule is located at Conventions to the right.