The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3278 and the Ladies Auxiliary will observe the end of The War in Europe, VE Day, at 6:00 PM on  May 11th at the VFW Post located at 2300 Stephen F. Austin.

The Post will award The Victory in Europe Commemorative Medal to one of our Post members, James W. Gilley.  Mr. Gilley was assigned to The United Staes Army Occupation Forces in Germany.

The United States involvement officially lasted 3 years and 5 months.  Over 183,000 Services members were killed in Europe, Africa and the Atlantic.  Over 672,000 were wounded worldwide with 78,000 still listed as MIA worldwide.

The public is invited to attend this observance.