U.S. Veteran Founded Website VetFriends.com Helps Veterans Reconnect – While Paying Tribute to Fallen U.S. Military Personnel this Memorial Day
Charleston, SC: (PRWEB) May 23, 2015 -- Special bonds are formed between U.S. military personnel who have and are serving side by side in the U.S. Armed Forces. These bonds often withstand the test of time precisely because of the unique and often difficult circumstances under which they were formed in the military. With this idea in mind, in 2000 a U.S. military veteran created https://www.VetFriends.com - an online community that has grown to over 1,800,000 U.S. veterans, military, family and friend members. The mission of the site: to reconnect and support veterans and military personnel.
In 2000, the idea of an online veteran registry came to its veteran founder, former Corporal Sutcliffe, during a conversation with his father-in-law who is a Korean War veteran. When asked whether he would attend a hypothetical reunion with his old Army unit, his father-in-law responded, "I'd be on the next plane to Korea to see those guys." Reflecting on the depth of this reply, Sutcliffe realized that the special bonds of military brother and sisterhood often withstand the test of time. Now, these bonds can be re-established through modern technology.
VetFriends.com offers services such as: search over 1,800,000 members to make contact with old military service friends and relatives; search over 10,000 military units; information on how to obtain your own or a relative's military records and medals that may have been lost; veteran job boards; message boards; upload past and present photos; military jokes; search and post reunions, military pride merchandise and more. Military veterans nationwide are invited to create a free profile at: https://www.vetfriends.com/new_member/index.cfm.
Memorial Day 2015 ‘Honor, Reflection & Remembrance’ Campaign at VetFriends.com:
Efforts include a Memorial Day nationwide parade/event directory, which can be viewed at https://www.vetfriends.com/memorialparades/. Visitors are invited to submit and register community parades and events in the directory to help promote the support and memory of veterans and the fallen service men and women. All listings will be posted on VetFriends.com for over 500,000 visitors per month to view.
To honor the fallen U.S. service men and women who have lost their lives serving their country, VetFriends.com has developed an online casualty memorial at https://www.vetfriends.com/memorial. Visitors can search by state, military branch and war to view and submit bios and photos in memory of fallen U.S. military personnel.
The VetFriends.com Casualty Memorial is sourced by the federal National Archives, and allows visitors to search by first and last name, state, military branch and war to view memorial pages of service men and women spanning back to the Korean War. Each listing shows the date of birth, hometown, military branch of service, rank and unit along with the date of his or her death.
This year, with the approach of Memorial Day, feelings of thankfulness and respect will fill the hearts of the American people, as the community comes together to remember, honor and show their gratitude to U.S. veterans and active military of the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard.
Founded in 2000 by a U.S. veteran, thousands of people have been reconnected through VetFriends.com, spanning from World War II through to Vietnam, Operation Desert Storm and the present. VetFriends.com has a current member count of over 1,800,000 people with an average of 500,000 visitors per month to the site. Please visit https://www.vetfriends.com for more information or call 1-800-975-1618.
Maynard Anderson, VetFriends.com, http://www.vetfriends.com, +1 1-800-975-1618, [email protected]
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