THE RIGHT THING TO DO

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• THE RIGHT THING TO DO

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• WHAT IS MIAP?
• Non-profit organization dedicated to veterans
• Massive nation-wide effort to locate, identify,
  inter
  unclaimed remains of forgotten veterans
  
• Executed through combined efforts of
• Citizens
• Volunteer service veteran organizations
• Funeral homes
• State funeral commissions
• State and National Veterans Administration
  agencies

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• MISSION STATEMENT
• To provide honor and respect.
• To locate, identify and inter the unclaimed
  cremated remains of American veterans through the
  joint efforts of private, state, and federal
  organizations to those who have served this
  country by securing a final resting place for
  these forgotten heroes

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MIAP FOUNDER

• Fred Salanti
• National Director
• Redding, Ca
• Disabled Veteran
• Major, US Army Infantry
• Viet Nam Veteran

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• MIAP NATIONAL OPERATIONS COORDINATOR
• LINDA
  SMITH
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  RETIRED DOD
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  US NAVY VETERAN
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MIAP NATIONAL SPOKESPERSON

• Heidi Voight
• Noted activist public speaker
• From Milford, CT
• Personal mission is to ensure no man or woman
  brave enough to serve is forgotten
• We owe them a proper memorial with honor,
  dignity, and with love

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MIAP NATIONAL CHAPLAIN

• CHUCK TYLER
• National Chaplain/Web Administrator
• Set up Chaplain Corps in 50 states
• Looking for MIAP volunteer Chaplains
• If you feel its your calling
• Meet requirements of ordained minister or
  experienced Chaplain.

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AMERICAN LEGION AND AMVETS Partnered with MIAP

• Adopted American Legion Resolution 24 in May 2007
  by the National Executive Committee and AMVETS
  Resolution 09-19 in 2008
• Formally endorsed the MIA project
• Identify, Honor, and Inter Unclaimed Cremated
  Remains of Veterans

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INSPIRATION FOR THE PROGRAM

• Remains found in storage unit
• Nov 06
• Idaho State Veterans Cemetery interred 21
  veteran cremains one spouse
• Nov 07
• 13 more veterans three spouses laid to
  rest

Rich Cesler, Idaho State Veterans Cemetery
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OREGONS FORGOTTEN HOSPITAL

• 3500 cremains found at an Oregon State Hospital

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• JEFFERSON BARRACKS SERVICE
• St. Louis, MO

January 11, 2008
Six veterans cremains interred
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JEFFERSON BARRACKS SERVICE
MIAP/ALR/PGR
PIPE AND DRUM CORPS
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The shadow box was presented to the Funeral Home
Director on behalf Of the deceased veterans.
It now hangs in a place of Honor at the funeral
home.
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CALIFORNIA MIAP MISSION
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MIAP UPDATE

• January 2009
• Over 300 volunteers Approx 120 Group
  Volunteers (AL, ALR, VFW, MCL, VVA etc)
• Number of states participating 47
• Funeral Homes Visited 648
• Veterans Identified 571
• Veterans Interred 387
• Cremains Located 6642
• New cremains located in
• AZ, CA, IL, MI, MO, NM, NC, OR, WY, NH, VT, KY,
  IA

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IDENTIFING VETERANS DEPENDENTS

• Check list of cremain files on premises
• Check files for military information
• DD 214 (discharge paper)
• Notice of Separation
• Certificate of Honorable Discharge
• Death certificate Decedent ever in US Armed
  Forces?
• Submit information for eligibility verification
• Notification of eligible decedents
• Coordinate interment service with full military
  honors

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REMAINS INFORMATION FORM NAME OF FUNERAL
HOME__________________________ ADDRESS__________
_______________________________ DIRECTORS
NAME________________________________ PHONE
NUMBER___________________________________ REMA
INS LAST NAME_____________________FIRST________
___MI__ DOB______________ DATE OF
DEATH_______________ SSN________________________
PLACE OF BIRTH______________ DATE OF
CREMATION___________ SIGNED LETTER OF CONSENT TO
SCATTER FROM NOK OR DECEASED YES __ NO__
Photocopy death certificate and any military
forms found in file. _____________________________
___________________________ COORDINATOR USE ONLY
(Eligible remains found) CEMETERY________________
___________________ ADDRESS _____________________
________________ DATE____________
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MILITARY HONORS
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MIAP OPERATIONS
Yellow Region 5 LT Green Region 5A LT Blue
Region 3 Violet Region 4 DK Green Region
2 Orange Region 1 DK Blue Region 1a White
No Region

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MIAP CONTACT INFORMATION
National Director Fred Salanti                    
         ducpho_at_miap.us   National Operations
Coordinator Linda Smith sailormom_at_miap.us
Assistant National Coordinator Joe Smith
joelinda2470_at_windstream.net Financial Frank
(Bud) Thieme Jr.             bikerpapa_at_miap.us   C
haplain/Web Administrator Chuck
Tyler                             chucktyler_at_miap.
us   Secretary Board of Directors/Legal Action
Committee Cheryl Egan              
              cdegan_at_miap.us
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MIAP CONTACT INFORMATION
Veterans Organizations Coordinator Chris
Brocksmith cgbrocksmith_at_cbrocksmith.com   Nation
al Liaison To Funeral Directors David Malphrus
malphrusintx_at_netzero.net    National
Spokesperson Heidi Voight hvoight_at_miap.us
  Funeral Director/Legal Action
Committee         Poul LeMasters, Esq.
phl_at_rosenacker.com    Grants and Corporate
Sponsors Coordinator Terri Hanson
thansen_at_miap.us
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DEFINITION OF A VETERAN
A veteran is someone who, at one point in his/her
life, wrote a blank check made payable to the
United States of America, for any amount, up to
and including his/her life. Author Unknown
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SUMMARY

• This project has just begun
• We desire to inter veterans and their dependents
  with the honor respect they deserve
• They served our great nation
• It is now our great nations turn to serve them

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• Missing in America
• Emotions surround on me this day of despair
• At the Veterans memorial, sorrow wafts in the air
• We honor five soldiers and lay them to rest
• The armed forces tribute for Americas best. 
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• Their comrades escort them to this hallowed place
• A disciplined march, in synchronized pace. 
• Seven Honor Guard set, arms shouldered to fire
• Three shots will ring out, all meant to inspire
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• Each volley thunders as it moves through my soul
• The flood in my eyes, I no longer control. 
• Softly, the bugle mourns one final song
• Taps for these men, their day is now done.
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• As I hold my flag high, to honor these men
• My heart starts to ache for what gathered us in. 
  

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QUESTIONS?

• THE RIGHT THING TO DO