2014

December 26, 2014 LSMVPA member Hubert “Hub” Ratliff passed away at home, December 18th. Hub was a US Army veteran, and during his civilian career was instrumental in developing both drone and stealth aircraft technology. Rory C, Sam R, and Barry F attended the funeral at the Veterans Cemetery in Killeen, and were honoured to

17 December, 2014 Camp Mabry, Texas The annual Christmas party was held on the 17 December at the Camp Mabry Museum with over 50 members and family in attendance. There was a short club meeting to elect new club officers. Rory C. was elected president and Trent Peterson was elected Treasurer. All other officers remained

Event: Tim Doyal’s funeral Date: December 8, 2014 Location: Killeen, Texas When – Noon December 8th, 2014 Where – Central Texas Veterans Cemetery, Killeen Former LSMVPA member Tim “Hawk” Doyal left us quietly on December 2nd, 2014. Tim was active in the club until ill health prevented participation. He was laid to rest in the

December 7, 2014 This is an annual event several of us participate in. A good, small town parade, where the whole populace turns out, regardless of the weather. And parading for them is a good thing to do on Pearl Harbor Day. This year it was positively pleasant weather-wise, somewhere around 57 degrees and dry

11 November, 2014 Austin, Texas Barry F, Rory C, Panda B, and David C did a small display for the North Austin Chick-fil-A. Cold temperatures and strong winds gave us a good chance to display our winter-weather gear! It was a worthwhile event, and quite a few people stopped by to see the display. Cheers…R

11 November, 2014 This is Purple Santa Claus of the Purple Heart Asso. Some of you may know Santa! He is class of 1966 W. B. Travis…Raymond D. Ray and I shot on the rifle team many years and did not even know we both were from Travis! At the time I was a E7

10 November, 2014 A CDN SALUTE FOR VETRERAN’S DAY – REMEMBRANCE DAY Pictures by Merv P.

8 November, 2014 Bastrop, Texas Madison, Jim H., Robert R., and an unknown 5 ton were in Bastrop for the annual Veteran’s Car Show Pictures by Madison H.

8 November, 2014 San Marcos, Texas Matthew W. and Mike D. were at the Hanger Dance in San Marcos. Pictures by Matthew W. and Mike D.

8 November, 2014 This event immediately followed the Cedar Park parade. Most of us convoyed from one directly to the next. Attended by Danny K, Mitch C, Domingo M, James H, Sam R, Rory C, Panda B, and Scott P. Pictures by John D.

Event: The Brothers of Fallen Heroes Universal City Veteran Day Parade Date: 1 November, 2014 Location: Universal City, Texas MVPA participants were myself and wife Juli in Juli’s IDF M37. We partnered with The Brothers of Fallen Heros, carrying 5 of their members and following their float that had a billboard of the names of

26 October, 2014 Lone Star MVPA had a CLEAN SWEEP at the San Antonio Mustang Car Show in the Military Class. This was the first year for this large car show to have a Military Class. Several LSMVPA members from the San Antonio area and one from Austin plus other non-members showed 9 MVs in

25 October, 2014 The Lone Star MVPA arrived in Elgin Texas around 8:00 Saturday October 26th 2013. Madison H downloaded his 1953 M38A1, willys radio Jeep at Southside Market! Madison H Checked with the owner/manager to verify we could still leave our tow trucks and trailers on the property! They were very happy to let

24-26 October, 2014 As usual the rally was a dusty, rocky, tiring ball of dusty fun that included over 100 miles of driving on post punctuated with Bradley fire overnight Friday and M109 Paladin fire Saturday night! LS MVPA members Toby C, Sam R, Wayne M, Charles H and JD H w/nephew drove their respective

19 October, 2014 The car show was attended by Sam R with his M1028, Barry F with his Servi-Car and display, David C and Rory C in the M1009 towing the M116A3 HSTRU (Hydraulic Systems Test and Repair Unit) trailer. Amongst the vehicles on display were Round Rock PD’s Lenco Bear APC, and their immaculate

18 October, 2014 The Lone Star MVPA arrived in Hearn Texas around 09:30 Saturday October 18th 2014. This is the second trip to Hearne for the Lone Star MVPA. Camp Hearne was WW2 prisoner of war camp. Local volunteers have worked very hard to re-build the Camp living quarters of the US troops who guarded

Event: Club Picnic Date: 10/5/2014 Location: Camp Mabry, TX The Club Picnic was a huge success. The weather was great the food was wonderful and plentiful, and the company was supperb!

Event: Gonzales Parade Date: 10/4/2014 Location: Gonzales, TX The Gonzales Parade was again, a great parade. The weather was perfect. We all met in the stadium and pulled out to line up at 0845 then we waited till the parade started at 1030. We had a total of 8 vehicles and 14 members in the

9 August, 2014 Howdy Y’all today was the annual international fiddle festival parade in greater downtown Shelburne Ontario CDA. A beautiful sunny /warm day with a great turn out to watch the parade 1.5 hours long. I took my jeep in to represent our local vet association of +/-20 members representing all 3 service branches

Event: CDN GOVERNMENT SPECIAL WWI REMEMBRANCE Date: 4 August, 2014 Location: Canada YESTERDAY OUR CDN GOVERNMENT HELD A SPECIAL REMEMBRANCE CEREMONY AT OUR NATIONAL WAR MEMORIAL INCLUDING A FLYOVER OF VINTAGE WWI AIRCRAFT TO HONOUR THE 61,OOO CDN. MEN WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THAT WAR. ALSO THE LAST SOLDIER TO DIE @ MONS BELGUIM