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from top left: Department Executive Director
Johnnie Collins, Jr., (left) and Vincent Patton,
Ed.D., Coast Guard Master Cheif (ret.), attend the 15th Annual
Congressional Black Caucus Veterans Braintrust awards, where
Patton was an honoree; Collins (left) with Alonzo
A. Swann, Jr., winner of the U.S. Navy Cross (USS Intrepid,
WWII) and Ed Brown, Ph.D., an employe of the VA Vets Center
in Dallas, Tex., at the Congressional Black Caucus event;
Collins (left) and Isiah Williams, owner and publisher
of the Northeast Florida Advocate and the Jacksonville Advocate,
at the Congressional Black Caucus banquet where Williams
was honored.
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Far
left: Department Commander William Allen speaks
at the U.S. Department of Energy's Veterans Day Ceremony
last November.
Near left: Allen (left), with
James Morrison, DC Post 109 vice commander; the Honorable Spencer
Abraham, Secretary of Energy; Teresa Speaks, director of civil
rights and diversity; and Alvan Majors, DC Post 109 commander,
at the U.S. Department of Energy's Veterans Day event. |
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left: Collins and Rowland Christian, director
of the Washington, D.C., regional office of the Department
of Veterans Affairs, at the farewell dinner for Christian,
held at the Market Inn restaurant in Washington, D.C. Christian's
new position is as director of the VA regional office in
New Orleans, La.
Bottom left: Collins (left) and
D.C. Department Commander Allen (right), present Christian
with a plaque of appreciation for his ongoing support at the
farewell dinner held in his honor.
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Above: Tommy
Morse, VAVS representative for AMVETS Department of D.C. (right) and
Paula Gorman, chief of Voluntary Services at the D.C. VA
Medical Center, attend the Hospitalized Veterans Day Ceremony
in February. |
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