DD-214 - Important Document

As a veteran it is imperative that you keep copies of your DD-214, Report of Transfer or Discharge from Military Service. This is a critical document for obtaining VA benefits. The DD-214 is a report of one's transfer or discharge from military service. If you do not have this document we recommend you take action to obtain a copy for your records as soon as possible.

If you have a current situation which does not allow you sufficient time to obtain this document speak to your Georgia Department of Veterans Service representative in Newnan at 770-254-7260.

Obtaining Copies of your DD-214
If you are a:

• A military veteran or,
• Next of kin of a deceased, former member of the military (The next of kin can be a: surviving spouse that has not remarried, father, mother, son, daughter, sister, or brother).

Go to: www.archives.gov/veterans/evetrecs/
Phone: 866-272-6272

Another Resource is the
National Personnel Records Center
Military Personnel Records
9700 Page Avenue
St. Louis, Mo 63132-5100
Phone: 314-801-0800
Fax: 314-801-9195
E-mail: MPR.center@nara.gov
Status Check: MPRStatus@nara.gov

Operation Uplink Phone Cards

Operation Uplink is a unique program that keeps military personnel and hospitalized veterans in touch with their families and loved ones by providing them with a free phone card. Using contributions from supporters like you, Operation Uplink purchases phone cards and distributes them to servicemen and women who are separated from those they care about.

www.OperationUplink.org : Make a Difference - Make a Donation.

Veterans Memorial Plaza Bricks

Put your name on a brick at Veterans Memorial Plaza.

In order to help fund Veterans Memorial Plaza in Newnan, the committee is hoping to sell some 5,000 bricks to form the pedestrian area in the landscaped park. Anyone can buy bricks and the bricks can have anyone's name on it. Several people have planned to buy a brick for each grandchild. Bricks can also have the name of a club or business. To come close to the goal of 5,000, many bricks for non-veterans will have to be given, along with those recalling family members and friends who joined the military.

The park is located at Jackson Street and Temple Avenue. A proposal was unveiled during the annual Memorial Day gathering at the park, and fundraising is now under way.

Bricks may be given in honor or in memory of anyone. Each brick costs $50 and can have three lines of text with a maximum of 16 characters and spaces per line. Checks may be made to the city of Newnan. Orders may be sent to Newnan City Manager, 25 LaGrange St., P.O. Box 1193, Newnan, GA 30264-1193. Payment must accompany orders. We're working to get a picture of a brick to help sales. Click here to display and print the order form.


The plaza will include an area with flagpoles, and there will be plaques listing Cowetans who died in World War II, World War II, Korea, Vietnam and the current and recent conflicts in the Middle East. There is even a space for a future plaque if it should be needed. The proposal also calls for a permanent desk-style podium that can be used for the program in the park each Veteran's Day and Memorial Day as well as for other community events. The plan includes benches near the plaques.

In addition, the Coweta Veterans Club has offered to provide a plaque for the park that will show an uplifted hand and the words: "I solemnly swear to uphold and defend..."

2007-08 Officers

Commander	Dick Stender
Senior Vice Commander	Fred Goodell
Junior Vice Commander	Willis Byrd
Junior Vice Commander	Dan Collins
Junior Vice Commander	John O'Connor
Junior Vice Commander	Doug Roberson
Junior Vice Commander	Cy Siefert
Adjutant	John Lager
Finance	Dick Dennis
Sgt at Arms	Terry Mathers
Historian	Jeff Carroll
Chaplain	G.D. Hendrix