Counterparts/Tùòng Hu~u Dông Nam Á
Counterparts/Tùòng Hu~u Dông Nam Á is a non-profit organization composed of
former Southeast Asian advisors and counterparts. The organization's
established purposes are:
- to promote fellowship and fraternity among
eligible members;
- to commemorate the service and sacrifice of comrades;
- to foster cross-cultural understanding and perpetuate traditions
or customs for greater esteem;
- to inform members of continuing socio-political changes in
Southeast Asia:
- to compile and preserve archival materials
demonstrating historical accuracy about the allied
advisory experience during the Second Indochina War;
- to disseminate historical information about the advisorial
experience and accomplishments by educationg the general public;
- to stimulate an appreciation for the advisorial experience and
accomplishments by educating the general public;
- to grant necessary aid and assistance to Southeast Asian emigres
and refugees displaced by the War;
- to lend encouragement and service to the orphans and relatives of
former advisors;
- to inform members of current legislation and veteran's affairs
concerning the specific orientation of this organization;
- to appropriately assist, whenever feasible, any other war
veterans or veterans' organizations without regard to
their eligibility or relationship with this organization.
Full membership is available to any who served honorably as a civilian or
military advisor in Southeast Asia (i.e. Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Thailand,
Vietnam) during the Second Indochina War (1954 - 1975). Host and guest
country counterparts are accepted on an equal membership basis. Associate
memberships are available.
Membership information is available from: Ben
Myers, P.O. Box 6019, Lake Worth Florida 33466-6019 or dcjv64a@prodigy.com
Counterparts publishes SITREP, a quarterly newsletter, and operates a
locator service attempting to reunite advisors with comrades or
counterparts. The Members-in-Memoriam project is an attempt to compile a
database of advisors and counterparts who made the Ultimate Sacrifice.
Names and information for the Members-in-Memoriam project may be submitted
to: Mike McMunn at mike2@mail.microserve.net
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