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Wilkes County Veterans History Project: Coffee Call Service Birthday Parties - 2024

Army Birthday Party

Cutting the Army birthday cake

George Morgan (oldest Army veteran)

Kathleen (George's daughter - youngest Army veteran)

Army Spread

Honor Guard

L to R: Edmund Greene, Tim Bennett, Walter Ray, George Morgan, Ann Craighead

Honor Guard

L to R: Edmund Greene, Walter Ray, George Morgan, Ann Craighead

Air Force Birthday Party

Air Force Veterans Henry Church (oldest) and

Mandy Johnson (youngest) cut the cake.

Cutting the Air Force Birthday Cake

Henry Church (oldest veteran) and Mandy Johnson (youngest veteran)

Air Force Birthday Cake

The joke is that the Air Force military stays in hotels when deployed. 

Another Air Force cake - decorated with blue macaroons

(made by Mandy Johnson, Air Force veteran)

Space Force and National Guard Birthday Celebration

Space Force and National Guard Birthday cake

Reggie, National Guardsman cuts the cake

Veterans enjoying good company and good food at monthly coffee call breakfast.

L to R: Bobbie Benge, Al Barrett, Vickie Nichols, Kerry Nichols, and Walter Ray

Marines Birthday Party

Dominick Adamo looks on as

Edmund Greene (oldest Marine veteran) and

Tom Mitchell (youngest Marine veteran) cut the cake.

All in good fun, the joke is that Marines eat crayons . . .

 . . . a jab at their supposed lack of intelligence. 

Why do you think they are called "jar-heads"?

Navy Birthday Party

Lee Starr (youngest Navy veteran) and

Raymond Hayes (oldest Navy veteran) cut the cake.

Coast Guard Birthday Party

Without a Coast Guard veteran to cut the cake . . . 

Mandy Johnson, Air Force Veteran & Coffee Call Cook,

brandished the cake-cutting sword.

Dominick Adamo looks on in the background. 

Coast Guard Birthday Cake