{"id":50878,"date":"2017-11-01T23:33:35","date_gmt":"2017-11-02T03:33:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=50878"},"modified":"2017-11-02T00:05:26","modified_gmt":"2017-11-02T04:05:26","slug":"honorary-first-defenders-award-local-reservistsguard-military-ball-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=50878","title":{"rendered":"Honorary First Defenders Award Local Reservists\/Guard at Military Ball"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Honorary First Defenders and 213th<\/sup> RSG Joint is holding their 74th<\/sup> Annual Military Ball on November 4, 2017 at the Econolodge and Conference Center, 1157 Bulldog Drive, Rt. 22 & 309, Allentown, PA.\u00a0 The Ball commences with cocktails at 5:30 PM followed by a dinner and awards ceremony.\u00a0 The night concludes with a Military Grand March and dancing.\u00a0 This event brings all branches of the service together in one gala event.\u00a0 It is a tribute to our military troops and precludes our annual Veteran\u2019s Day on November 11th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

Each year the Honorary First Defender\u2019s presents the Commander\u2019s Award plaque to one serviceman\/woman from each of the local reserve units.\u00a0 This award is in recognition for outstanding service in their respective Reserve Component.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s recipients are:<\/h2>\n

SPC Trevon R. Cheese U.S. Army Reserve – BIO<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

CPL James R. Snyder, U.S. Marine Corps – BIO<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

PS2 Andrew J. Oross, \u00a0U. S. Navy – BIO<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

SPC Kandarp K. Pathak, PA Army National Guard – BIO<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

We thank each of these recipients and all servicemen\/women for their dedication and sacrifice to ensure our freedom, and the well being of all the people of the United States of America.<\/p>\n

The current Commander of the Honorary First Defenders is Col. Phillip M. DeHennis, USA (ret)<\/p>\n

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The Honorary First Defenders strives to perpetuate the memory of the First Defenders who defended our Capitol in 1861 and supports our local military reserve units. \u00a0http:\/\/www.honoraryfirstdefenders.com\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Information provided by:
\nViola C. Hertzog, Assistant Director
\nLehigh County Veterans Affairs<\/p>\n

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