Commanders Corner

September 2025

Commander’s Corner

Greetings Fellow Legionnaires,

All are invited to our Post meeting which is on September 8th where we are hosting the District 13 Meeting.  Please come early to help the Sargeant-at-Arms to set up for the District Meeting.  There will still be the social hour prior with meals served prior to the meeting, so please plan on attending. There are also the usual District wide events like Monday chess at Post 858, Vet to Vet Café at Post 419 on Thursdays. Post 419 is also hosting an First Sunday Breakfast on the 7^th. There is a Veterans Resource Fair on the 12^th at the Fremont Elks Lodge and a Santa Clara VSO Breaking the Stigma on the 19^th at 353 Julian St. Check the District 13 Calendar for information. Post 642 is hosting the De Anza Veterans Lunch on the 24^th at their Student Veterans Center.

Remember that we generally meet at the Odd Fellows Lodge #70 on Homestead Road on the first Monday of the Month at 1800 for socializing and a light meal and refreshments then check out the meeting at 1900.

We really want to get more people attending the Post meetings and events and be more social, so let us know your ideas by coming to our meetings. Do give us a heads-up, so that we can requisition extra rations versus our regular contingent. The next person on the meals roster will have to get the cooler with drinks, etc.  If additional drinks are required, it will be reimbursed above the normal meal amount.

On August 14th, I played for a 63rd Readiness Division MSG Roche’s Memorial after he passed away unexpectedly about a week or so before.  I have been asked to play at the 63rd RD Change of Command Ceremony on the 27th of September at 10 AM as well. You can check their website if you would like to attend or watch via streaming on the link.  I had to change my ID due to my current Retired ID expiring in part due to going on TriCare for Life (Medicare) and was able to go to Moffett ID/CAC/DEERS Office at 685 Vernon Ave, Mountain View, CA 94043. They have walkins before 10 AM, but you can call +17193175926 to make an appointment and adjust DEERS information, etc.

Please remember that if you have Post or Veterans events that you would like on the calendar to get them to Arturo or the District. Please include pertinent information like event information, contacts, address, where to meet, etc. https://www.americanlegionpost642.com/site/eventscalendar.php?y=2023&m=3

If you know of deceased members during the past few months either bring their name and share with our District Chaplain, (currently vacant) so contact the Adjutant at wheimsoth@aol.com with information or if you would like to volunteer for the District 13 Chaplain position. As you know, we lost our Post Founder, Wally Johnson on August 21st and there is information about him on our Post 642 Home Page.

I would like to include a YouTube that is military or VA related topic for the National Day and Month for “The Good of the Post.”

To Comradeship!

Vincent Guinnane, MSME, P.E.

CW4, 881A1, USAR (Retired)

vguinnane@comcast.net

Cell: +1 (408) 219-0191

Major Jock Sinclair in "Tunes of Glory":

"Whisky for the gentlemen that like it. And for the gentlemen that don't like it - Whisky."