Posted on Nov 15, 2015
Did you receive a Freedom Team Salute/Certificate of Appreciation?
14.3K
57
40
6
6
0
Posted in these groups: 
Awards
Appreciation
Awards Appreciation
Posted >1 y ago
Responses: 17
2
2
0
I got one. It says that my name was submitted by the American Legion. There is no date on it but Casey was Chief of Staff at the time. (Actually I got two of them).
(2)
(0)
2
2
0
Yes. I also became an Ambassador for a short time before the program was cancelled.
(2)
(0)
CMSgt Richard B.
Unfortunatley not as much as I hoped to, since the program was cancelled shortly after becoming one. I did manage to recognize a few Army/USAR/ARNG vets during my tenure.
(2)
(0)
2
2
0
Yes. Actually, while the program existed I had the privilege to serve as the Lead Ambassador for Florida and as a member of the Freedom Team Salute National Advisory Committee.
The program was, as often happens, discontinued after a chance of Army Chief of Staff.
The program was, as often happens, discontinued after a chance of Army Chief of Staff.
(2)
(0)
(3)
(0)
MAJ Alvin B.
The highlight of my time as an FTS Ambassador was presenting the pins and certificates to former American WW II POWs who were treated as and used as slave labor by the Germans and then told to be silent about it when they were liberated.
http://woundedtimes.blogspot.com/2009/06/maj-gen-vincent-boles-honors-wwii-slave.html
http://woundedtimes.blogspot.com/2009/06/maj-gen-vincent-boles-honors-wwii-slave.html
Maj. Gen. Vincent Boles honors WWII Slave Soldiers in Orlando | Combat PTSD News | Wounded Times
Wounded Times is a news source for veterans that is dedicated to defeating Combat Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
(2)
(0)
SPC Margaret Higgins
WOW, MAJ Alvin B.. What an honorable thing to have done. GOD bless you; and thank you.
(2)
(0)
MAJ Alvin B.
Thank you. As the WWII generation is passing, I have learned that many of them were told that they could never speak about what happened to them. In fact they have said (as in this case) they were told it is classified, or it is secret. In my opinion, it seems since we won our boys had to look good coming home. These men kept quiet (as I believe many vets did), carrying the pain, and going unrecognized and untreated for nearly 70 years. God bless them all for their unwavering honor and courage.
(2)
(0)
Read This Next
Continue with Facebook 
Continue with Google