The 7th annual Winston M Toomey VFW Post 8530 Purple Heart Pheasant Hunt took place in mid November near Gettysburg, South Dakota.
This year 50 applicants sent in their credentials for selection. Post 8530 runs an ad in the VFW national magazine in July, to allow potential hunters the time to gather their application information, which consists simply of honorable discharge paperwork and a purple heart citation. This year the recipients were Steven Holden, U.S. Army Retired, from Schertz, Texas, Ruperto Cruz, U.S. Army Retired, from San Antonio, Texas, Tim Auxier, U.S. Army, from Dupont, Ind., Norman Roland, U.S. Army, from Revenna, Nebr. and David Call, U.S. Marines, from Wheatland, Wyoming. Also in attendance were Lynn Rolf, national director of programs for the VFW and, Sr Vice Commander Duane Sarmiento, who will be the next national VFW chief.
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