REMEMBRANCE PLAQUES AND FLAGS FOR SCHOOLS

2004 Accomplishments

Grill Elementary School: Donated 3x5 POW/MIA Flag and Dedication Ceremony. Memorial to the Ohioians killed in Iraq and Afghanistan. Over 100 12x18 U.S. Flags have been donated to maintain this memorial.

Norton High School: Donated 4x6 U.S. Flag and 3x5 POW/MIA Flag to their football field and 2 3x5 POW/MIA Flags to the High school.

Norton Primary School: Donated 3x5 POW/MIA Flag.

Norton Middle School: Donated 3x5 POW/MIA Flag.

Norton Soccer Club: Donated 15 All POWs/MIAs T-shirts to the Bad Dogs U-13 Girls Soccer Team.

Military Donation:  Donated $30.00 so that a Army Reservist could get her children's pictures for soccer, before she left for Iraq.

Cornerstone Elementary School: Attended a Flag retirement Ceremony. Donated a Flag Display Case. Memorial to the Ohioians killed in Afghanistan and Iraq. Over 100 12x18 U.S. Flags have been donated to maintain this memorial.

Where I work: Donated a 3x5 U.S. Flag to the employee’s who have supported this program.

Kenmore High School: Donated 3x5 POW/MIA Flag and a POW/MIA Remembrance Plaque to ALL POWs / MIAs in the name of Steve E. Kiba.

Remembrance Plaques: Donated a POW/MIA Remembrance Plaque to Norton High School to ALL POWs / MIAs in the name of Steve E. Kiba. He is the reason why I started this program. He was a P.O.W. from the Korean War. He was held captive for 935 days. Donated a POW/MIA Remembrance Plaque to Carolyn Maupin to show our support for her son Matt, who is a P.O.W. in Iraq.

World War II Museum and Learning Center: We helped raise over $150.00 for their Museum and donated $35.00 to the museum.

Cuyahoga Fair: Donated 2x3 POW/MIA Flag to the Fair Board. Distributed 500 4x6 inch U.S. Flags to children.

Boston Heights: Donated a 2x3 POW/MIA Flag.

Buckeye High School: Donated a POW/MIA Remembrance Plaque in the name of Ralph Gunkelman, Ex-Pow from World War II to honor ALL POWs /MIAs. A 3x5 POW/MIA flag. The dedication ceremony will be Veterans Day 2004.

Boston Township:  Donated 4 x 6 U.S. Flag and 3x5 POW/MIA Flag to the Boston Park.

Massillon Christian School : Donated $25.00 for a walkathon to raise money for their School.

Ohio Western Reserve National Cemetery; Donated a 3 x 5 POW/MIA Flag, to replace worn POW/MIA Flag at there POW/MIA Ceremony held on 18 Sept. 2004.

WQMX Tree of Lights On Dec. 9, 2004 we attended the Tree of Lights to help support UDS. We donated 20 12 x 18 in. American Flags to children that stopped by and donated money to the tree of lights. We also donated 10 POW/MIA lapel pins to the staff of WQMX and UDS.

Heritage Elementary School  We donated a 4 x 6 American Flag and a 3 x 5 POW/MIA Flag to principal Barb Gunkelman.

United Disability Services of Akron, Ohio:

As of 12.31.04 Total Donations $300.00

VFW National Home For Children of Eaton Rapids, Michigan:

As of 12.31.04 Total Donations $300.00

REMEMBRANCE PLAQUES AND FLAGS FOR SCHOOLS

Total POWs / MIAs From ALL Wars and Conflicts

01. War of Revolution

POWs - 18,152     MIAs - 1,426

02. War of 1812

POWs - 20,000 MIAs - 695

03. Mexican War

POWs - 20,000 MIAs - 695

04. Indian Wars

POWs - Many MIAs - Many

05. Civil War Union

POWs - 194,743 MIAs - Many

06. Civil War Confederate

POWs - 214,865 MIAs - Many

07. Spanish-American War

POWs - 8 MIAs - 72

08. World War I

POWs - 7,470 MIAs - 116,708

09. World War II

POWs - 124,079 MIAs - 78,000

10. Cold War

POWs - Classified  MIAs - 343

11. Korean War

POWs - 7,140  MIAs - 8,177

12. Vietnam War 

POWs - 2,583 MIAs - 1,800

13. USS Pueblo

POWs -82     MIAs - 0

14. Grenada

POWs - 0 MIAs - 4

15. Lybia

POWs - 0  MIAs - 1

16. Panama

POWs - 0 MIAs - 2

17. USS Stark

POWs - 0 MIAs - 1

18. Persian Gulf War 

POWs - 46  MIAs - 12

19. Somalia

POWs -6 MIAs - 2

20. Boznia/Yugoslavia 

POWs - 3 MIAs - 0

21. Afghanistan

POWs - 1 MIAs - 1

22. Iraq

POWs - 8  MIAs -1*

23. The Military Personnel that came home, but are Prisoners in their own minds.

There are over thousands of them living in V.A. Hospitals.                        

* Missing/Captured

POWs / MIAs From Ohio

01. Operation Iraqi Freedom….POW/MIA -1

Keith “Matt” Maupin: Batavia, Ohio: 04.09.04

“A POW/MIA Remembrance Plaque was donated to the family, by this program.”

01. World War II          MIAs - 1,114

02. Cold War                 MIAs -        5

03. Korean War             MIAs -    456

04. Vietnam War           MIAs -      86

05. Persian Gulf War     MIAs -        2

P.O.W = Prisoner of War

M.I.A.= Missing in Action

My daughter wrote this for school and I wanted to share it with you. Please share it with all Veterans and Americans. I am so proud of her. Thank you.

Rob Seelbach

Veterans Day 2004

Dear Veterans,

As you may or may not know there is a local man who, last year placed over 500 U.S. Flags in his front yard to help us remember those who lost their lives fighting for our country right now. You are probably wondering how this relates to veterans. Well that man is my step-father and that is his way of thanking all those brave men and women and this is my way.

I myself just learned what a veteran is. You are amazing people for what you have done for our country. I never realized that there were so many different kinds of veterans. I guess, I just always thought that all veterans went back to their happy lives after they served our country. That is not true though, some soldiers have been seriously injured, blinded, medically disabled, some even paralyzed. The worst case is that some veterans didn’t even have homes to return to and to this day, some veterans are still homeless. I just want some people to think about that sometime, they are in their nice warm homes living with the freedoms that weren’t always there and the veterans that earned them those rights aren’t even sheltered. I bet if they talked to that veteran, he’d be happy because he chooses that life’ he chose to fight for us.

You deserve so much more than we could ever give you. You were put through unimaginable things, just so that we could be happy today. That makes me proud to be an American, having someone care so much about their whole country that they are willing to lose their life for it. Some of you were kept prisoner in other countries and tortured but, in the end you still stood true to our country. If that doesn’t deserve recognition than I don’t know what does.

If it weren’t for you and all your efforts, I would not be able to see our flag everyday. When I see the flag it gives me a sense of pride, one that I am sure the both of us share. I am so grateful to you. I am not sure how you were so strong and dealt with all the horrible things out there. I know I wouldn’t be able to handle the site of bloodshed, but it was something you probably dealt with daily. I admire you greatly and hope you understand how grateful I am that we have such wonderful people in our country that stand up for what we believe in and never give up. You are truly amazing and now I understand why you are given the title, America’s most honorable citizen that is because you are.

Thank you again for all you have done. You will never be forgotten.

Ashley Simmons

Norton High School

Norton, Ohio

 Robert Seelbach

162 Glenn St..

Barberton, Oh.

44203

Email:  ALLWARS22@hotmail.com

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