Mike was honored with the NVC/NVC Foundation Commander’s/President’s Award on March 30th. Mike drew the portraits of all 21 Medal of Honor winners of the 442nd Combat Infantry Team, the unit that many of the NVC members were in during WWII. Commander Jim Traner and his wife Terry attended the presentation along with several members of the Post and their wives. In addition, Department Line Officers including State Commander, Carlos Almeda, Sr. Vice Commander Krist Huseby, Jr. Vice Commander Ted Streete, and Adjutant Corky Berthiaume were present while Commander Ron Haley and President Ruth Herren represented District 1. As always, the NVC were gracious hosts. Although it was on a Friday evening and we had to do the I-5 crawl to get there, the evening was fabulous. 
Thanks to Buck Weaver, our Post and the NVC have established close ties over the last few years. It is great to have them as friends and, hopefully, we can have them attend some of our functions as well.