Auxiliary LADIES LADIES AUXILIARY VFW MAGAZINE • JANUAR Y 2011 VOL. 71, NO. 5


EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Cara Skodack Day EDITOR


Michelle Strausbaugh


LADIES AUXILIARY VFW MAGAZINE is published six times per year – January, March, May, July, September and November – by the Ladies Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, 406 West 34th St., 10th Fl., Kansas City, MO 64111.


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16 12 table of 12 Celebrating Liberty


16 Veterans’ Voices Proves Writing Is Good Medicine


22 General Orders No. 3 26 WASPs Soar Once More


30 The Eagles Elite Continues Color Guard Tradition


COVER National President Cortina Barnes, Washington, D.C., celebrated the start to the 2010-2011 year in red and gold style and presented the first donations of the year. See Pages 4-10.


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2 Letter from Your National President 4 A Capital Idea:


United by Love for Our Veterans and Country at Homecoming


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