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We are currently in communication with the USS Liberty Veterans Association to host a presentation in June. Last week, a poll was conducted to determine interest from the coalition. More details to follow.
Last week, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced that U.S. Army Cpl. Joshua Corruth, 20, of Pompano Beach, Florida, killed during the Korean War, was accounted for March 13, 2025.
Corruth was buried in Lake Worth, Florida, on April 23, 2026
For the full story : https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/ID-Announcements/Article/4463697/soldier-accounted-for-from-korean-war-corruth-j/
Tallahassee DAR and SAR Chapter Contacts
I would like to involve the DAR and SAR chapters in Tallahassee during our July 2026 monthly meeting. Would the President’s and/or an appropriate officer please send us an email regarding this collaboration. It’s for the America250 celebration.
outpost1 at commanderscoalition.org
11th Annual FLHSMV Veterans Recognition Day
Friday, June 12, 2026
You’re Invited
Join us as we honor the service and sacrifice of our nation’s veterans at the 11th Annual FLHSMV Veterans Recognition Day. Veteran‑focused organizations are welcome to participate, exhibit, and speak with FLHSMV and Florida Highway Patrol members about their programs, benefits, and opportunities. FLHSMV is proud to be one of the most veteran‑friendly departments in the most veteran‑friendly state in the nation. This event highlights the strong partnership we share with organizations like yours.
Exhibitor Information
• Display tables provided
• Set up your materials beginning at 10:00 AM
• Showcase your services and connect with attendees
• To participate as an exibitor, email: craigbenner@flhsmv.gov
Event Location
KIRKMAN BUILDING
2900 Apalachee Parkway
Tallahassee, FL 32312
Schedule
• 10:00 AM – Exhibitor Set‑Up
• 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM – Veteran Organizations
Conference Room B201
• 12:00 PM – Presentation of Colors & Opening
• 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM – Presentations
Conference Rooms B202 & B203
Presentation areas and tables will be in the same rooms as last year.
Escorts are available in the front lobby.
Sauls-Bridges Post 13 has released their May 2026 monthly newsletter. It hasn’t been uploaded to their website yet, but when it’s uploaded it can be found at the link below.
News | Sauls Bridges FL Legion Post 13
Please join us next week for the monthly Meeting led by Branch 34 of the Fleet Reserve Association.
Greetings, Team
It’s time for an advocacy email from you! These next couple of weeks the Governor will be receiving, reviewing and deciding whether to approve many of the bills that were passed in this year’s legislative session that “ended” last month. His office needs to hear your emphatic support for General Patt Maney’s House Bill 199 which will strengthen Veterans’ Treatment Courts all over the state by increasing the number of Veterans entering the Criminal Court program to rebuild their lives and record, recover from addiction or other behavioral/ trauma personal problems and succeed in moving forward for their families and their future. Even a brief phone message to his office will accomplish the same purpose of showing our support (850/717-9337). The link to the Executive Office of the Governor is: https://www.flgov.com/eog/leadership/people/ron-desantis/contact
In Leon County, the next Graduation for Veterans completing the VTCt program will be May 18. Monday, May 4, 3 pm is your Next opportunity to observe a session of the Leon County Veterans Treatment Court (Leon County Courthouse, Courtroom 2E), and maybe you will consider becoming an invaluable Veteran Mentor for the Vets working their way through the program and recovery. Several Vets are awaiting a Mentor.
This Thursday’s walk-in legal clinic involved our Team of 17 Volunteers (including 6 attys) working with 17 Veterans and family members (4/23/26) at American Legion Sauls Bridges Post 13. Plus we assisted others by phone and email. Earlier, on Wednesday, the Food Delivery team (Khalid Shafi, Charles Robinson, Gregory Howard, Eddie McMillian, Sam Adams, Chris Bodiford, Johnnathan DeLille and Leonard Bell) drove the truck and trailer load to Veterans at Vet Village, among other sites (see picture).
Kudo’s to the extra effort volunteering for another walk-in clinic last Saturday, April 18, organized by the 2d Judicial Circuit Pro Bono Law Committee at Nims Middle School. The Veterans’ room for consults (5 people) included John Linney, Wayne Sprague, Khalid Shafi, Susie Caplowe and me.
One special need: The number of issues with the VA is outstripping our local resources to keep up with the complications, new claims, and VA delays; so, any other attorneys wanting to join our “VA Law team,” we need you, and have training and national legal resources available to bring you into the fray. Were you a JAG? Have you helped with Social Security or other federal agencies that you already have a headstart on picking up VA law?
What else?
Thank you,
Dan Hendrickson, for the Tallahassee Veterans Legal Collaborative www.Tallahasseeveteranslegal.com
PO Box 11091, Tallahassee, Fl 32302, 850/ 570-1967
