When Ed Emanuel was handpicked for the first African American special operations LRRP team in Vietnam, he knew his six-man team couldn’t have asked for a tougher proving ground than Cu Chi in the summer of 1968. Home to the largest Viet cong tunnel complex in Vietnam, Cu Chi was the deadly heart of the […]
Susan is a National Gold Star Mother and resides in the Tampa Bay Florida area. An Army Veteran and the daughter of a Marine. She is also the Mother of a Fallen Marine Hero, Gunnery Sergeant Aaron M Kenefick, USMC, KIA 8 September 2009, Kunar Province Afghanistan. Aaron will forever be tied to the two […]
Stephanie Maxwell is the award-winning anchor of Channel 9 Eyewitness News Daybreak, Eyewitness News This Morning and Eyewitness News Midday in Charlotte. She joined the news team in January 2015. She has most recently worked in Jackson, Mississippi. She’s also worked in Greenville, South Carolina; Greenville/New Bern, North Carolina; Greenville, Mississippi; and Augusta, Georgia. While […]
Greetings esteemed committee members, sponsors, and supporters, I am deeply honored for the opportunity to serve as your AVB Chairman during this 2017 year. I am mindful of the AVB’s goal of CONNECTING our PAST and PRESENT military veterans to our upcoming generational and FUTURE leaders of America. With your help we will make this […]
Founder, philanthropist, and humanitarian Ozzy Ramos is a native New Yorker and of Puerto Rican descent. His philanthropic heart to make a difference comes from his life experience and quest for making a difference in every good endeavor. Ozzy served his country faithfully for over 20 years with the United States Marine Corps as a […]
Mr. Leslie M. Young, a native of Washington, is the Program Director and will direct the sequence of events for AVB-VA 2017 in Fredericksburg, VA. He enlisted in the United States Army in 1976. He has been in active and reserve components for 36 years. He attended basic training at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. His […]
The American Veterans Ball – New York takes pleasure in announcing that Mr. David Patterson will compliment our line up with his singing performance of our National Anthem and “Proud to be an American” song on November 12th, 2016 at the Greentree Country Club in New Rochelle, NY. David has performed in concert with such […]
Born in New Rochelle, NY on March 26, 1915, William Francis Moye (who has always been known as “Bill” or “Billy”), attended New Rochelle schools, only leaving New Rochelle High School after his father’s death. He immediately went to work to help support his mother, who was just about in the middle of raising her […]
Mr. Cachola began his service in 1990, enlisting in the Marine Corps where he would continue to serve for the next twelve years. During this time, Samuel evolved from a line Administrative Clerk to a Gunnery Sergeant of Marines where he served as a certified and credentialed Counterintelligence Agent, Polygraph Examiner, and a Technical Operations Officer. […]