Vet TRIIP

09/19/2025

BigGiveSA 2025 Vet TRIIP
https://www.thebiggivesa.org/organizations/vettriip
With your support, as of 9:20 PM, 9/18/2025, Vet TRIIP Raised $18,850 which is 42% of our cash budget which supports $600,000 in services delivered. We have improved the lives of over 200 veterans each year. We thank all our dedicated volunteers and gracious donors.
Donations can be made anytime at www.vettriip.org

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07/05/2025

20250704 July 4th Honors the Service which made US Free

A World War II veteran who stormed Omaha Beach on D-Day has special message for Americans on the Fourth of July.

06/26/2025

20250620 WWII France bestows Legion of Honor on 103-year-old veteran from San Antonio Pedro Vera
https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/france-legion-of-honor-pedro-vera-san-antonio-20376583.php?fbclid=IwY2xjawLKTGxleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFnZFpMWFlwNzdEUERJRXVoAR45BZ4drL_lUK70e2qSpPloKG6WrxcXAFJjzH-XjgbOPIpSaSZhGMVBV_5XWA_aem_8z227Wzg65BwNhC9yYFgZA

Pedro Vera drove an Army ambulance, ferrying the wounded to field hospitals, on D-Day and at the Battle of the Bulge. Somehow, he was never injured.

05/25/2025

We join our country in honoring those who sacrificed for our freedom.

05/21/2025

After serving thousands of veterans, service members and their families living with intense symptoms of pain and stress, Ernie Akers needs our support during his recovery from emergency neck and back surgery. Thank you, Bob Deschner and Dottie Goodsun

Ernie Akers recently had two car accidents and several bad falls that resulted in… Luanne Valkner needs your support for Support Ernie Akers' Road to Recovery

04/09/2025

20250409 Honoring Elmer Solidum

Dear Friends,

Dottie and I just returned from a Mass for Elmer Solidum at St Pius Catholic Church. It seemed his whole wonderful family was there.

His burial with full military honors is this Friday, April 11th 2:45 PM, at Ft Sam Houston National Cemetery, 1520 Harry Wurzbach Rd, San Antonio, TX 78209.

Reception to follow at The Grand Event Center, 6709 NW Loop 410, San Antonio, TX.

Please consider leaving a story about Elmer on the Vet TRIIP page.

Love and Light,

Bob Deschner and Dottie Goodsun

03/25/2025

Vet TRIIP

Our dear friend and colleague, Elmer Solidum, passed this weekend. We honored Elmer during our Vet TRIIP IIP Session today. Here is a link to Elmer's telling his story about the attack on Pearl Harbor.

20240219 WWII Vet TRIIP Veteran Elmer Solidum Tells His Experience of the Attack on Pearl Harbor
After serving in Korea and Vietnam, Elmer has volunteered many hours at Vet TRIIP serving his fellow veterans.
https://fb.watch/qjOSuadAvN/
Elmer recalls the invasion of Pearl Harbor
StoryKeeping · Pearl Harbor, HI ·
The Solidum family really knocked it out of the park voting for Elmer in the favorite storyteller contest a couple weeks ago. Here's a sample from Elmer's session where he recalls witnessing Japan's invasion of Pearl Harbor from the roof of his elementary school.