MEDALS AWARDED AT COFFEE4VETS – Rep. Mike Garcia, a Navy fighter pilot veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom, pins medals on Palmdale’s Veteran Of The Year, Kevin Sanders, who served USMC Sgt. On numerous expeditionary deployments. Garcia, helped by Veterans Constituent Services Assistant Christine Ward, secured the medals and service ribbons that were authorized several decades earlier but never formally awarded. Tuesday at Coffee4Vets every Tuesday 7 a.m. where veterans are served with discount and the coffee is free. Sanders awarded Veteran of Year distinction is named for late Tom Hilzendeger who founded Vets4veterans nonprofit. Click on the images to view gallery. GREATEST GENERATION AT COFFEE4VETS – WWII veteran and top trending Amazon author Lou Moore, who wrote “Eternal Love” a memoir of his 74-years of love and marriage with his late wife Nellie, is joined at Coffee4Vets by Donna Carrion, ambassador for Bombshell Betty’s Calendar for Charity, a veteran support nonprofit and Marine veteran Matt Rogers, a veterans constituent services staff aide for Rep. Mike Garcia. Garcia, R-Santa Clarita, a Navy fighter pilot veteran of Iraq, sets veterans as a priority for service. Best communications on veterans matters every Tuesday 7 a.m. at Coffee4Vets , Crazy Otto’s on Avenue I. Host Jin Hur discounts breakfast for veterans and the coffee is “on the house.” We thank our host, Marine Dad Jin Hur. President Juan Blanco says “See you nexxxxt Tuesday! Coffee4VETS June 1, 2021 Announcements
