Charlie wins an award!

Here are three more pictures of Charlie in the 4th of July parade.

The first one is the Marine Corps League color guard preparing to start leading the parade, Charlie in the background.

The second is Charlie being towed by Mike Kazar's 1953 Jeep.

Third pic is a close-up of the Jeep.

A big thank you to Marilyn Hales, WW2 Marine Corps vet, who took these pictures.  See early blog posts for pictures and story about Marilyn.  She was the very first person to donate to Charlie's well being and refurb, and one of only two people to make donations twice
Speaking of which, Charlie could use a new set of tires.  We are skating on thin ice dragging her around on tires that are thin and nearly treadless. If you would like to help us keep Charlie in good condition, please be so kind as to send a tax-deductible donation to:

VietNam Veterans of America
Chapter 890
c/o  Bill Collier
402 Sandpoint Ave. No. 224
Sandpoint
ID  83864

All donations will be greatly appreciated.

Charlie won an award in the 4th of July parade:  she won the "community/civic" prize, whatever that means.  Clarification later on, as possible.  Click on the article to enlarge it.
One of our local vet supporters is actor Ben Stein. He has yet to make a donation to Charlie, though.  We will have to work on that.

We also took Charlie on her third outing on the 10th of July.  All local vets joined up at our local riverside park for our annual BBQ picnic.  Since it was nearby, Charlie got to attend.  She did not have to get permission to go because she is a veteran too.

We recently got her paperwork.  She spent 19 years in the U.S. Army before being put out to pasture in the Arizona desert. No pension, no benefits--she's tough!
She spent time in Europe and then worked for the Michigan national Guard for about a decade.
more details as we get into the paperwork.

However, inside the cabin is the name of a crew who flew her.  Capt. Wooten in the MI national Guard....anybody know him?  more details on that later, too.