Warrant Officers Heritage Foundation
Preserving Army Warrant Officer
History
A Publicly Supported
501 (c) (3) Non-Profit Corporation
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Make a Donation
to the Foundation by Credit Card or Check
All
donations at this time go towards building a Memorial to our Fallen Warrant
Officer Comrades.
Purpose and Goals
The Warrant Officers Heritage Foundation is organized, administered, and operated exclusively to receive, administer and expend funds
as a public charity for among such other objectives and illustrative purposes only, and not by way of limitation, the following purposes within the meaning of Section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code as it may be amended from time to time:
Educate
our fellow military and the general public about the rich the history of the U. S. Army Warrant Officer Corps;
Assume responsibility and accountability for the Warrant Officer Museum Fund from the U. S. Army Warrant Officers Association (USAWOA)
(See the Origin and Status of Warrant Officer Museum Fund);
Assist in the development, creation and maintenance of items and material presenting the history and heritage of the Warrant Officer Corps.
We will endeavor to arrange placement of selected items and materials in the National Museum of the United States Army being planned for Fort Belvoir, VA;
We will endeavor to design,
fund, and maintain a Memorial to Our Fallen Warrant Officer Comrades
at the planned the National Museum of the United States Army;
Develop fund raising methodology to support the programs of the foundation;
Distribute funds raised in a manner that supports the goals of education of the general public on the history of the Warrant Officer Corps;
and
Produce and publish a Warrant Officer
History Book covering the period July 1918 to September 2006, the royalties
of which will support our other projects -
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News
Chapters
Qualify for "WO HERITAGE SUPPORTER" Streamers
Five additional USAWOA Chapters have qualified for WO Heritage Supporter
streamers for their Chapter Flag. Presenters have been arranged and streamers
have been mailed for presentation to the Morning Calm, Above the Best, Lord
Fairfax, Star of the North, and Florida Sunshine Chapters. Is your Chapter
going to meet the 35th USAWOA Annual Meeting of the Members challenge and make
a $250 donation by the 36th AMM in October? All donation at this time go
towards the construction of a Memorial to Our Fallen Warrant Officer Comrades.
More "WO HERITAGE SUPPORTER"
Streamers Presented
Pictured above
CW5 Jim Anderson,
CCWO 88th RCS, presents the
"WO HERITAGE SUPPORTER" flag
streamer
to members of the
Fort McCoy Chapter for their USAWOA Meet the Challenge donation.
Pictured
(L-R):
CW5 (Ret) Fred
Cazzola (Chapter Vice-President), CW4 Dave Conrad (RTS-Maint, Fort
McCoy),
CW4 (Ret) Sam
Wifford, CW5 Anderson, CW4 (Ret) John Timm (Chapter
Secretary-Treasurer),
and CW4 (Ret)
Paul Kastner (Chapter President).
Pictured
left (L-R) CW2 (Ret) John Curtis, President of the USAWOA Fort
Lowell-Apache Chapter, Tucson, AZ and CW3 (Ret) Joe Gill, Deputy
Western Region Director show off the Chapter's "WO Heritage Supporter"
Flag Streamer at the Chapter's May meeting.
Pictured right (L-R): CW5
Charles "Chip" Dowd
who funded
the USAWOA
Northwest Chapter donation,
USAWOA National President CW4 (Ret) Roy Valiant who made
presented the streamer, and Chapter President CW3 Christopher Immormino.
6/17/2008
Foundation publishes
a short Army Warrant Officer history
This
Warrant Officers Heritage Foundation article commemorates the upcoming 90th
Birthday of the Army Warrant Officer in July 2008. The article contains
historical highlights and facts from July 1918 to the present. View,
print, or download the
article. Our
online updated detailed Warrant Officer history contains
pictures, links to historical documents, and statistics about Army Warrant
Officers and much more. Go there now.
We welcome
additional historical material and pictures so please share the with us .
USAWOA Southeast Regional Meeting
nets Donations
During
their Regional Meeting on April 19th two Chapters stepped forward with their
$250 donation to the Warrant Officers Heritage Found. These donations are to
meet the National Challenge issued by USAWOA at the 35th Annual Meeting of the
Members.
Pictured left (l-r) Above the Best Chapter
President CW5 Ron Kaita presents a check to Region Director CW3 (Ret) Gene
Perrino. Pictured right (l-r) Florida Sunshine Chapter President CW5 (Ret)
Arbie 'Mac'
McInnis presents a check to Region Director
CW3 (Ret) Gene Perrino.
Flag Streamer
presented to
the U. S. Army Warrant Officers Association
Warrant
Officers Heritage Foundation Historian Emeritus CW4 (Ret) Don Hess
presented a "WO Heritage Supporter" flag streamer which was accepted by
CW4 (Ret) Roy Valiant, USAWOA National President on behalf of
the Association on April 18, 2008. The streamer was awarded to USAWOA
by the Foundation in recognition of the transfer of
ownership of
the Museum Fund and the support
rendered to the Foundation over the last five years.
Pictured (l to r), Roy Valiant accepts the
"WO Heritage Supporter Flag Streamer from Don Hess during the USAWOA EXCOM
Meeting on April 18th.
(Picture by CW2 Natalia Veillard)
First Set of "WO Heritage
Supporter" Flag Streamers Presented
Pictured left to right, are CW4
(Ret) Bill Buss, First State Chapter; CW4 Dan Singh,
Aberdeen-Edgewood Silver Chapter; CW5 Vickie Vachon, Crater Chapter,
accepting their "WO Heritage Foundation Supporter" Flag Streamers from CW4
(Ret) Roy Valiant, USAWOA National President . Roy presented the
streamers on behalf of the Foundation to
the individuals representing
their Chapter during the Regional Meeting at Aberdeen Proving Grounds,
Maryland on April 12th.
Recognition of Donations
The Warrant Officers Heritage
Foundation is pleased to announce that beginning in January 2008 to
recognize the Members and Chapters who answer the challenges issued at
USAWOA Annual Meetings over the last few years.
All
donations at this time all go to fund a Memorial to Fallen Army Warrant
Officers over the history of the U. S. Army. Our goal is to construct the
memorial in the Memorial Garden at the National Museum of the U.S. Army at
Fort Belvoir, VA.
Individuals who donate $100 or more over a 12-month period will receive a
specially produced 2" round coin with original brass Eagle Rising in the
center. The current WO rank insignia appears on the body of the Eagle. The
circle on the front of the coin is inscribed "Warrant Officers Heritage
Foundation" and the reverse is inscribed "Preserving Our Warrant Officer
History." (See our logo at the top of this page)
Chapters who donate $250 or more over a 12-month period will receive a brown
flag streamer with the inscription "WO Heritage Supporter" embroidered in
gold.
Eligibility for recognition under the above program is retroactive to the
establishment of the Foundation.
All donations, without regard to
size, will be acknowledged in writing for tax deduction purposes.
See
Donor List
updated as of 7/9/08.
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