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ANOTHER TRIP TO THE UVBHs IN PROMISE AND PARADE, SOUTH DAKOTA Michael
T. Breighner National
Master Sgt-at-Arms
We real= ly got a lot of work done on at the house in Parade. We actually raised the house = two feet and we did this with only seven people under the direction of Peter Forbes. His engineering skills certainly came into play as we all wondered how this raising would actually work out. Please look at the pictures of = what we did as this was quite an undertaking. We cut the building lengthwise a= nd then jacked it up two feet. We did this by raising it four inches at a ti= me until it was at the right height and then securing it. Then we had to fil= l in the two-foot gap around the building. We also installed six windows and it really changed the whole appearance of the building. I can’t tell y= ou how much of a job this was. Just ask any contractor if they have ever hea= rd of someone doing this. Then show them the pictures. Peter got the job done once again. While out there one=
of my
friends and fellow Veteran Owen R. Ducheneaux
passed away from cancer. Owen served in the Marines and was a great frien=
d to
this organization. I had the great honor of guarding his casket and being
part of the firing team. We are heading back out to South Dakota in April and M= ay of 2008 and still needs lots of workers. Here is your chance to help your fe= llow Veterans and to help out your organization. We are looking for all kinds = of workers who want to do good for our Veterans. I can say that I am there f= or our Vets - can you? Once
again check out the pictures of what our organization is doing and I hope=
to
see some more Vets come out to help us. This is a part of our organization
program and it ties in with the food drives and money raised by our
membership. |
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This
is another report on our trip to the United Veteran Beacon Houses in Para=
de
and Promise, South Dakota in February, 2008. We got quite a lot done with
only seven people and three weeks to do it in. We got the boiler working =
in
Promise and got the downstairs bathrooms framed in. We can now start work=
on
the tearing out of the back wall to make the room larger so we can start =
on
framing in the rooms for our homeless Veterans. We also have to get ready=
to
pour cement for the sunroom at the back of the building. ![](3D"SD_Report_files/image006.gif")
It
was very interesting to be part of a Native American funeral and an honor=
to
be there.