IDVA Director Dan Grant presented Holtzclaw with the prestigious award this morning during a ceremony at American Legion Post 224, 1206 Oak Street, Carmi.<\/p>\n
\u201cGlen Holtzclaw is a true friend to Illinois Veterans and is a tireless public servant,\u201d IDVA Director Grant said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe distinguished himself through 25 years of service to the United States Army, and continues to serve Veterans in White County and statewide through the American Legion and the VFW.\u201d<\/p>\n
Holtzclaw served in the United States Army from 1943-1968, during three conflicts: World War II, and the Korean and Vietnam Wars.<\/p>\n
Holtzclaw was awarded the Purple Heart, World War II Occupation Medal, Korean Defense Medal and Vietnam Medal, among others.<\/p>\n
He is a member and past commander of American Legion Post 224 in Carmi, and is also a member of VFW Post 3851. Holtzclaw has also served as District 24 Chaplain.<\/p>\n
About the Illinois “Veteran of the Month”<\/strong><\/p>\n The \u201cVeteran of the Month\u201d award highlights the work of community activists who are also military Veterans.<\/p>\n Each month the Department recognizes a different person or group that contributes to the betterment of communities across the state of Illinois.<\/p>\n To nominate a \u201cVeteran of the Month,\u201d please visit IDVA\u2019s Web site at veterans.illinois.gov<\/a> or call IDVA at (312) 814-5538 to obtain a list of guidelines and a nomination form.<\/p>\n CARMI \u2013- The Illinois Department of Veterans\u2019 Affairs (IDVA) today named Carmi resident and U.S. Army Veteran Glen Holtzclaw as the State of Illinois\u2019 January 2010 \u201cVeteran of the Month\u201d for his unwavering dedication to the state\u2019s military heroes and for service to local community. The \u201cVeteran of the Month\u201d award is a distinction that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-241832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=241832"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241832\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/img><\/a>
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