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A call has gone out to all Latino and Native American veterans/artists to contribute to Arizona first art exhibit dedicated to honoring Arizona’s Latino and Native American service men and women. The Arizona Department

(Phoenix) – Colleen Rundell, current president of the National Association of State Nursing Homes and administrator for the Vermont Veterans’ Home, will take over the reins at the Arizona State Veteran Home-Phoenix in September.

Arizona Department of Veterans' Services Director Joey Strickland pins the Bronze Star Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster to the chest of Lee Chee in a special ceremony in Chinle, Arizona on the Navajo Nation. Chee, a Navajo veteran, was awarded the Oak Leaf Cluster and a "V" device for Valor for his actions during a firefight near Lai Khe, Vietnam on June 17, 1967 when he was a Private First Class in the 2d Battalion, 28th Infantry.

Norman Ross, State Vice-Commander, Arizona Korean War Veterans Association and Jessie Gersten, State Commander, Arizona Korean War Veterans' Association join Arizona Department of Veterans' Services Director Joey Strickland at the Kino Veterans' Korean War Memorial during ceremonies in Tucson commemorating the 60th anniversary of the start of the Korean War. The day before, Director Strickland was a keynote speaker at a 60th anniversary commemoration in Phoenix that drew hundreds of veterans.