From David Yoho <[email protected]>
Subject Help Honor Our Heroes at the National Memorial Day Parade
Date May 1, 2024 6:37 PM
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Fellow American,
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The day the war ended, I became a World War II veteran =E2=80=93 and I was =
just 16 years old.
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I had faked my birth certificate to enlist in the U.S. Maritime Service in =
1944, and I served on a tanker ship that transported refined oil to the Pac=
ific. Four days after Victory over Japan Day in 1945, I turned 17.
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Fellow American, as one of America=E2=80=99s youngest World War II veterans=
, I consider it my sacred duty to inspire the next generation to safeguard =
the legacy and honor the memories of the men and women who served with me.
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This year marks the 80th anniversary of the major battles of 1944. Will you=
chip in $35, $50, $75, $100, or more, today to join me to support the Amer=
ican Veterans Center's National Memorial Day Parade in this important year?=
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I=E2=80=99ve given thousands of speeches all across the country about Ameri=
ca=E2=80=99s veterans.
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But who I=E2=80=99m really talking for is the more than 400,000 fallen Amer=
icans, the majority of whom were left in foreign soil or in a watery grave =
during World War II.
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So whether I=E2=80=99m standing on-stage speaking to hundreds or in a perso=
nal conversation with a curious young person, I say the same thing: go look=
up the stories. The real stories, not just what you got from your history =
book.
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Go back to Pont du Hoc and the invasion of Normandy =E2=80=93 those were yo=
ung men climbing straight up a cliff. Go back to the servicemembers who won=
the war at the Battle of the Bulge, at the cost of more than 19,000 lives =
lost.
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Learn about the war contributions that the government took nearly 50 years =
to acknowledge: the thousands of women who flew bombers from the assembly l=
ines to U.S. military bases, including the 39 who died serving our country,=
or the real dangers that those in the Maritime Service who were faced with=
the mortality rate of 1 out of 26, which was the highest rate in WWII (and=
then came home to be excluded from the GI Bill until the late 1980s!).
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Fellow American, no other organization does as much to honor America=E2=80=
=99s veterans =E2=80=93 and tell our stories in our own words =E2=80=93 as =
the American Veterans Center.
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That=E2=80=99s why I=E2=80=99m proud to support them, proud to take part in=
their excellent programs for veterans, and proud to ask you to join me and=
my friends at the American Veterans Center for our special mission this ye=
ar.
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to help support the American Veterans Center's National Memorial Day Parade=
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Fellow American, after you read my note today, I hope you=E2=80=99ll consid=
er making a generous gift to support the work of the American Veterans Cent=
er.
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And I strongly urge you to learn for yourself the stories of the men and wo=
men of the World War II generation =E2=80=93 and then share those stories w=
ith a young person in your life.
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It=E2=80=99s easier to access this information than ever before, thanks in =
part to my friends at the American Veterans Center, and it=E2=80=99s easier=
to share our stories than ever before too.
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You can join me in my life=E2=80=99s work to honor and remember America=E2=
=80=99s veterans, from World War II to now, and you can start with me today=
.
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Please, Fellow American, in this special 80th anniversary year, make your m=
ost generous gift of $35, $50, $75, $100, or more, to help support the spec=
ial mission of the American Veterans Center.=20

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Thank you for your consideration. God bless you, and God bless America.
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Sincerely,
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David Yoho
World War II Veteran
For the American Veterans Center


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get=3D"_blank" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;text-decoration:none;display:=
inline-block;color:#ffffff;background-color:#ea0505;border-radius:4px;width=
:auto;border-top:1px solid #FF0000;font-weight:700;border-right:1px solid #=
FF0000;border-bottom:1px solid #FF0000;border-left:1px solid #FF0000;paddin=
g-top:5px;padding-bottom:5px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,san=
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p-all;" bgcolor=3D"#ea0505" color=3D"#ffffff"><span style=3D"box-sizing:bor=
der-box;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;font-size:16px;display:inline-=
block;letter-spacing:normal;"><span style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;word-bre=
ak:break-word;line-height:32px;">Support the National Memorial Day Parade</=
span></span></a><!--[if mso]></center></v:textbox></v:roundrect><![endif]--=
></div><!--[if mso]></td></tr></table><![endif]--></td></tr></tbody></table=
><table class=3D"text_block block-5" width=3D"100%" border=3D"0" cellpaddin=
g=3D"10" cellspacing=3D"0" role=3D"presentation" style=3D"border-collapse:c=
ollapse;box-sizing:border-box;mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;word-br=
eak:break-word;table-layout:inherit;"><tbody style=3D"box-sizing:border-box=
;"><tr style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;"><td class=3D"pad" style=3D"border-c=
ollapse:collapse;box-sizing:border-box;"><div style=3D"box-sizing:border-bo=
x;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;"><div class=3D"" style=3D"box-sizing:border=
-box;font-size:14px;font-family:Arial,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif=
;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px;color:#000;line-height:1.2;" color=3D"#000"><p =
style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;font-size:16px;=
mso-line-height-alt:19.2px;">I=E2=80=99ve given thousands of speeches all a=
cross the country about America=E2=80=99s veterans.</p><p style=3D"box-sizi=
ng:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-a=
lt:16.8px;">&nbsp;</p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit=
;margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:19.2px;"><span style=3D"box-si=
zing:border-box;font-size:16px;">But who I=E2=80=99m really talking <em sty=
le=3D"box-sizing:border-box;">for</em> is the more than 400,000 fallen Amer=
icans, the majority of whom were left in foreign soil or in a watery grave =
during World War II.</span></p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;line-heigh=
t:inherit;margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px;">&nbsp;</p><p=
style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;font-size:16px=
;mso-line-height-alt:19.2px;"><span style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;font-siz=
e:16px;"><strong style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;">So whether I=E2=80=99m st=
anding on-stage speaking to hundreds or in a personal conversation with a c=
urious young person, I say the same thing: go look up the stories. The real=
stories, not just what you got from your history book.</strong></span></p>=
<p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;font-size:16=
px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px;">&nbsp;</p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box=
;line-height:inherit;margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:19.2px;"><=
span style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;font-size:16px;">Go back to Pont du Hoc=
and the invasion of Normandy =E2=80=93 those were young men climbing strai=
ght up a cliff. Go back to the servicemembers who won the war at the Battle=
of the Bulge, at the cost of more than 19,000 lives lost.</span></p><p sty=
le=3D"box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;font-size:16px;mso=
-line-height-alt:16.8px;">&nbsp;</p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;line-=
height:inherit;margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:19.2px;"> Learn =
about the war contributions that the government took nearly 50 years to ack=
nowledge: the thousands of women who flew bombers from the assembly lines t=
o U.S. military bases, including the 39 who died serving our country, or th=
e real dangers that those in the Maritime Service who were faced with the m=
ortality rate of 1 out of 26, which was the highest rate in WWII (and then =
came home to be excluded from the GI Bill until the late 1980s!).</p><p sty=
le=3D"box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;font-size:16px;mso=
-line-height-alt:16.8px;">&nbsp;</p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;line-=
height:inherit;margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:19.2px;"><span s=
tyle=3D"box-sizing:border-box;font-size:16px;"><strong style=3D"box-sizing:=
border-box;">Fellow American, no other organization does as much to honor A=
merica=E2=80=99s veterans =E2=80=93 <em style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;">an=
d tell our stories in our own words</em> =E2=80=93 as the American Veterans=
Center.</strong></span></p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;line-height:i=
nherit;margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px;">&nbsp;</p><p st=
yle=3D"box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;font-size:16px;ms=
o-line-height-alt:19.2px;"> <span style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;font-size:=
16px;">That=E2=80=99s why I=E2=80=99m proud to support them, proud to take =
part in their excellent programs for veterans, and proud to ask you to join=
me and my friends at the American Veterans Center for our special mission =
this year.</span></p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;=
margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px;">&nbsp;</p><p style=3D"=
box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-=
height-alt:19.2px;"> <span style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;font-size:16px;">=
<strong style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;"><a href=3D"[link removed]
sper.com/c/7/eyJhaSI6OTkyNjA2OTcsImUiOiJiaWdqYWNrLmJ1bHdhcmtAZ21haWwuY29tIi=
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style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;font-size:16px;"><strong style=3D"box-sizing=
:border-box;">Please make your most generous gift of $35, $50, $75, $100, o=
r more, today to help support the American Veterans Center's National Memor=
ial Day Parade in this important anniversary year.</strong></span></a></str=
ong></span></p></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table class=3D"button=
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splay:inline-block;color:#ffffff;background-color:#ea0505;border-radius:4px=
;width:auto;border-top:1px solid #FF0000;font-weight:700;border-right:1px s=
olid #FF0000;border-bottom:1px solid #FF0000;border-left:1px solid #FF0000;=
padding-top:5px;padding-bottom:5px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica Neue,Helveti=
ca,sans-serif;font-size:16px;text-align:center;mso-border-alt:none;word-bre=
ak:keep-all;" bgcolor=3D"#ea0505" color=3D"#ffffff"><span style=3D"box-sizi=
ng:border-box;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;font-size:16px;display:i=
nline-block;letter-spacing:normal;"><span style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;wo=
rd-break:break-word;line-height:32px;">Support the National Memorial Day Pa=
rade</span></span></a><!--[if mso]></center></v:textbox></v:roundrect><![en=
dif]--></div><!--[if mso]></td></tr></table><![endif]--></td></tr></tbody><=
/table><table class=3D"text_block block-7" width=3D"100%" border=3D"0" cell=
padding=3D"10" cellspacing=3D"0" role=3D"presentation" style=3D"border-coll=
apse:collapse;box-sizing:border-box;mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;w=
ord-break:break-word;table-layout:inherit;"><tbody style=3D"box-sizing:bord=
er-box;"><tr style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;"><td class=3D"pad" style=3D"bo=
rder-collapse:collapse;box-sizing:border-box;"><div style=3D"box-sizing:bor=
der-box;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;"><div class=3D"" style=3D"box-sizing:=
border-box;font-size:12px;font-family:Arial,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans=
-serif;mso-line-height-alt:14.399999999999999px;color:#000;line-height:1.2;=
" color=3D"#000"><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;marg=
in:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:19.2px;"><span style=3D"box-sizing:=
border-box;font-size:16px;">Fellow American, after you read my note today, =
I hope you=E2=80=99ll consider making a generous gift to support the work o=
f the American Veterans Center.</span></p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box=
;line-height:inherit;margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:14.3999999=
99999999px;">&nbsp;</p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inheri=
t;margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:19.2px;"> <span style=3D"box-=
sizing:border-box;font-size:16px;"><strong style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;"=
>And I strongly urge you to learn for yourself the stories of the men and w=
omen of the World War II generation =E2=80=93 and then share those stories =
with a young person in your life.</strong></span></p><p style=3D"box-sizing=
:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt=
:14.399999999999999px;">&nbsp;</p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;line-he=
ight:inherit;margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:19.2px;"> <span st=
yle=3D"box-sizing:border-box;font-size:16px;">It=E2=80=99s easier to access=
this information than ever before, thanks in part to my friends at the Ame=
rican Veterans Center, and it=E2=80=99s easier to share our stories than ev=
er before too.</span></p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inhe=
rit;margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:14.399999999999999px;">&nbs=
p;</p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;font-s=
ize:16px;mso-line-height-alt:19.2px;"> <span style=3D"box-sizing:border-box=
;font-size:16px;">You can join me in my life=E2=80=99s work to honor and re=
member America=E2=80=99s veterans, from World War II to now, and you can st=
art with me today.</span></p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;line-height:=
inherit;margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:14.399999999999999px;">=
&nbsp;</p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;fo=
nt-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:19.2px;"> <span style=3D"box-sizing:border=
-box;font-size:16px;"><strong style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;"><a href=3D"h=
ttp://trk.secureandprosper.com/c/7/eyJhaSI6OTkyNjA2OTcsImUiOiJiaWdqYWNrLmJ1=
bHdhcmtAZ21haWwuY29tIiwicmkiOiI5NTU2ODcwNzkiLCJycSI6IjAyLWIyNDEyMi1jN2VmMWQ=
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PVNQTzQ4OTY5In0/9dvOq8L1Plc9ouy5ucs1UQ" target=3D"_blank" style=3D"box-sizi=
ng:border-box;text-decoration:underline;color:#0755f6;" rel=3D"noopener" co=
lor=3D"#0755f6"><span style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;font-size:16px;"><stro=
ng style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;">Please, Fellow American, in this specia=
l 80th anniversary year, make your most generous gift of $35, $50, $75, $10=
0, or more, to help support the special mission of the American Veterans Ce=
nter.</strong></span></a></strong></span></p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-=
box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:14.3999=
99999999999px;">&nbsp;</p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inh=
erit;margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:19.2px;"><span style=3D"bo=
x-sizing:border-box;font-size:16px;">Thank you for your consideration. God =
bless you, and God bless America.</span></p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-b=
ox;line-height:inherit;margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:14.39999=
9999999999px;">&nbsp;</p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inhe=
rit;margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:19.2px;"><span style=3D"box=
-sizing:border-box;font-size:16px;">Sincerely,</span></p><p style=3D"box-si=
zing:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height=
-alt:14.399999999999999px;">&nbsp;</p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;lin=
e-height:inherit;margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:19.2px;"><span=
style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;font-size:16px;">David Yoho</span></p><p st=
yle=3D"box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;font-size:16px;ms=
o-line-height-alt:19.2px;"><span style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;font-size:1=
6px;">World War II Veteran</span></p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;line=
-height:inherit;margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:19.2px;"><span =
style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;font-size:16px;"><em style=3D"box-sizing:bor=
der-box;">For the American Veterans Center</em></span></p></div></div></td>=
</tr></tbody></table><table class=3D"image_block block-8" width=3D"100%" bo=
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"><tr style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;"><td class=3D"pad" style=3D"border-co=
llapse:collapse;box-sizing:border-box;padding-left:10px;width:100%;padding-=
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llpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0"><tr><td><![endif]--><div class=3D"alignme=
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"><tr><td><![endif]--><div style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;max-width:120px;"=
><a href=3D"[link removed]
iaWdqYWNrLmJ1bHdhcmtAZ21haWwuY29tIiwicmkiOiI5NTU2ODcwNzkiLCJycSI6IjAyLWIyND=
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e=3D"box-sizing:border-box;outline:none;" tabindex=3D"-1"><img src=3D"https=
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tion:none;-ms-interpolation-mode:bicubic;box-sizing:border-box;display:bloc=
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y></table><table class=3D"text_block block-9" width=3D"100%" border=3D"0" c=
ellpadding=3D"10" cellspacing=3D"0" role=3D"presentation" style=3D"border-c=
ollapse:collapse;box-sizing:border-box;mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:=
0;word-break:break-word;table-layout:inherit;"><tbody style=3D"box-sizing:b=
order-box;"><tr style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;"><td class=3D"pad" style=3D=
"border-collapse:collapse;box-sizing:border-box;"><div style=3D"box-sizing:=
border-box;font-family:sans-serif;"><div class=3D"" style=3D"box-sizing:bor=
der-box;font-size:14px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-seri=
f;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px;color:#000;line-height:1.2;" color=3D"#000"><p=
style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;font-size:12px=
;text-align:center;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px;">&nbsp;</p><p style=3D"box-s=
izing:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;font-size:12px;text-align:cen=
ter;mso-line-height-alt:14.399999999999999px;" align=3D"center"> <span styl=
e=3D"box-sizing:border-box;font-size:12px;">The mission of the American Vet=
erans Center and the World War II Veterans Committee is to preserve and pro=
mote the legacy and experiences of America's veterans and active duty servi=
ce personnel from World War II through today.</span></p><p style=3D"box-siz=
ing:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;font-size:12px;text-align:cente=
r;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px;" align=3D"center">&nbsp;</p><p style=3D"box-s=
izing:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;font-size:12px;text-align:cen=
ter;mso-line-height-alt:14.399999999999999px;" align=3D"center"> <span styl=
e=3D"box-sizing:border-box;font-size:12px;">A non-profit educational organi=
zation, the AVC and WWIIVC are funded solely through generous contributions=
from people like you. All contributions are tax-deductible.</span></p><p s=
tyle=3D"box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;font-size:12px;t=
ext-align:center;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px;">&nbsp;</p><p style=3D"box-siz=
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Fellow American,

The day the war ended, I became a World War II veteran – and I was just 16 years old.

I had faked my birth certificate to enlist in the U.S. Maritime Service in 1944, and I served on a tanker ship that transported refined oil to the Pacific. Four days after Victory over Japan Day in 1945, I turned 17.

Fellow American, as one of America’s youngest World War II veterans, I consider it my sacred duty to inspire the next generation to safeguard the legacy and honor the memories of the men and women who served with me.

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I’ve given thousands of speeches all across the country about America’s veterans.

But who I’m really talking for is the more than 400,000 fallen Americans, the majority of whom were left in foreign soil or in a watery grave during World War II.

So whether I’m standing on-stage speaking to hundreds or in a personal conversation with a curious young person, I say the same thing: go look up the stories. The real stories, not just what you got from your history book.

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Fellow American, no other organization does as much to honor America’s veterans – and tell our stories in our own words – as the American Veterans Center.

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Fellow American, after you read my note today, I hope you’ll consider making a generous gift to support the work of the American Veterans Center.

And I strongly urge you to learn for yourself the stories of the men and women of the World War II generation – and then share those stories with a young person in your life.

It’s easier to access this information than ever before, thanks in part to my friends at the American Veterans Center, and it’s easier to share our stories than ever before too.

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Sincerely,

David Yoho
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For the American Veterans Center


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A non-profit educational organization, the AVC and WWIIVC are funded solely through generous contributions from people like you. All contributions are tax-deductible.


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