The members and officers of the Alert Fire Co. No. 1 would like to say thank you to all of our veterans who have served our country, so that we may enjoy our freedoms and security of the greatest nation on earth. God bless all of you and God Bless America.
Last year we saluted our fire company members who served in our Armed Forces during the Korean War.
Today, on this 47th. Anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War we would like to honor the members of our company, who served our great nation during the Vietnam War.
Armistice Day is commemorated every year on November 11 to mark the armistice signed between the Allies of World War I and Germany, for the cessation of hostilities on the Western Front of WWI. This event took effect at eleven o’clock in the morning—the “eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month” of 1918. The armistice initially expired after a period of 36 days. A formal peace agreement was only reached when the Treaty of Versailles was signed the following year. In 1954, Armistice Day was renamed Veterans Day to honor all veterans of all wars and conflicts.
This year we would like to honor the 28 members of the Alert Fire Co. No. 1, who served our great nation during the Vietnam War. Below, is the list of those Alert Heroes:
Russell G. Baen
Edwin A. Berry
David Capuito
William D. Coffman
Charles Dawson
Edward J. Dazio
Steven A. DiLuigi
Peter A. Duca, Jr.
Michael J. Dunn
Gilbert M. Evoli
Larry F. Farnum
Donald A. Forbes
Gary Holman
Carl D. Lambert
Charles Lang
Kevin J. Larkin
Thomas J. MacDougal III
Louis Mascherino
Ralph J. McComsey
Robert Mento
Gary S. Plank
Stanley “Tony” Przychodzien
Carmen A. Semenza
Gary Stern
Steven Talucci
Richard Thompson
Thomas Wilkinson
Charles Woodward
