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VFW Commander in Chief Eubank and the Executive Director of the VFW
Washington Office Bob Wallaceare arriving in Vicenza on the 26th September
2010. These distinguished visitors will visit the facilities in Caserma
Ederle and the troops. In honor of the visitors, VFW Post 8862 will give a
Dinner at the Ristorante Giada on 28th September 2010. All Members and their
families and friends are invited to meet our leadership and enjoy a
fantastic time with your Post Members. There will be surprises for all.
The menu for the event is listed below with all the details. The listed
website will give you instructions of how to get to their parking lot.
Giada Restaurant Website Click on <Where are We> for the map location.
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Apologies for the short notification time, but the circumstances did not
leave us much room to maneuver.
Looking forward to seeing you all there. For those that cannot make it due
to duty or location, concentrate on this website and wait for the blow by
blow description of the festivities.
For reservations call DSN 634-7913   Civ: 0039-0444-717913 during daylight
hours.
Leave a message on the e-mail at bertoldi.luste@tin.it.
Thank you for your understanding.
Peter H. Luste
QM, VFW Post 8862
Vicenza, Italy
“Still Serving South of the Alps”
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