CONGRESSMAN MASSA FROM NEW YORK, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS WONDERFUL NOTE AND FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY !!! PLEASE FIGHT FOR OUR VETERANS ! THEY DESERVE THE BEST HEALTHCARE !!

I AM TOTALLY THRILLED TO KNOW THAT OUR COALITION FORCES ALSO LOVE THE "PIN-UPS FOR VETS" CALENDAR !!!

THIS HAS TO BE A FIRST FOR THE CALENDAR PROJECT ! A GEMSBOK FROM SOUTH AFRICA, A NAVY VETERAN, A WONDERFUL SUPPORTER, AND THE "PIN-UPS FOR VETS" CALENDAR----ISN'T THAT AN INTERESTING GROUPING !!!!

I WAS BACK IN THE TV STUDIO PROMOTING THE "PIN-UPS FOR VETS" PROJECT AGAIN, THANKS TO CABLE TV HOST, GLENN ROSS !!

WE TOOK LEMONS AND MADE LEMONADE !! OUR VETERANS ARE ONCE AGAIN GOING TO RECEIVE WORLD WAR II -STYLE EDUCATION BENEFITS !! THE NEW GI BILL HAS FINALLY BECOME LAW !!!

. . . AND FROM THE NEW YORK VETERANS HOSPITAL COMES THIS GREAT LETTER !! A HUGE THANKS FROM GINA ELISE !!

I AM SO VERY HONORED TO HAVE VETERAN ANDREW MCCORMICK --A FORMER FIRST CALVARY DIVISION , VIETNAM, IN MY ALBUM PAGES HERE. THANKS FOR THE SNAPPY SALUTE, ANDREW !!

JULY 7, 1948 WAS A GREAT DAY FOR LADIES IN THE HISTORY OF OUR NAVY !!!

THANK YOU SO MUCH, DOUG ASFALY, MY NUMBER ONE FAN IN MINNESOTA----FOR THIS WONDERFUL PHOTO !!!

I HAVE BEEN SO VERY TOUCHED BY SO MANY OF MY SUPPORTERS WHO HAVE SHOWN SUCH KINDNESS TO OUR HOSPITALIZED VETERANS AND DEPLOYED TROOPS THAT I WANTED TO HONOR YOU ALL WITH THIS POEM I FOUND WRITTEN BY AN 18 YEAR OLD !!

THIS IS WHY I LOVE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA !!! HERE IS A PHOTO TAKEN BY A NEWSPAPER PHOTOGRAPHER OF REDLANDS. THIS IS THE CITY THAT PROVIDED THE BACKGROUND FOR MOST OF THE 2008 "PIN-UPS FOR VETS" CALENDAR PHOTOS !

THIS LETTER FROM ONE OF MY NEW SUPPORTERS IS ONE OF THE REASONS I DO WHAT I DO. THE SUPPORT FOR THE PROJECT AND THE APPRECIATION FROM ALL MY SUPPORTERS IS VERY SPECIAL TO ME !!

HERE I AM ARRIVING IN STYLE AT THE DINNER I HOSTED FOR OUR BRAVE WOUNDED WARRIORS IN SAN DIEGO ! MY HANDSOME ESCORT, BOB ZIMMERMAN, TOOK CARE OF ALL THE DINNER DETAILS !!

I WAS SURROUNDED BY THE GREATEST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD HERE OUTSIDE THE RESTAURANT BEFORE DINNER WAS SERVED TO OUR WOUNDED WARRIORS !!

WHILE WE ALL WAITED OUTSIDE FOR THE OTHERS TO ARRIVE, THE COOKS AT THE "HASH HOUSE A GO GO" WERE CREATING THE MOST WONDERFUL FOOD FOR OUR WOUNDED WARRIORS !!

A BIG HUG AND A BIG THANK YOU TO BOB ZIMMERMAN WHO HEADS UP "WE THANK OUR TROOPS" !! BOB TOOK CARE OF ALL THE PLANNING FOR THE DINNER I HOSTED FOR OUR WOUNDED WARRIORS !

HERE I AM WITH COMMANDER NICK NERIO FROM AMERICAN LEGION POST 360 IN LAKE ARROWHEAD, CALIFORNIA ! COMMANDER NERIO HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL HELP TO ME AS I RAISED FUNDS FOR POST 360 TO HELP SUPPORT OUR HOSPITALIZED VETERANS AND WOUNDED WARRIORS !!

I AM HONORED TO BE STANDING BETWEEN A VIETNAM VET AND A WORLD WAR II VET REPRESENTING AMERICAN LEGION POST 360 !!

THE WOUNDED WARRIORS ARE OUR REAL AMERICAN HEROES ! PLEASE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE "PIN-UPS FOR VETS" PROJECT THAT RAISES FUNDS FOR THESE BRAVE HEROES !

CHERRI BARNSWELL, SENIOR DIRECTOR OF THE ARMED SERVICES YMCA AT THE NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER, AND GINA ELISE, CREATOR OF THE "PIN-UPS FOR VETS" CALENDAR PROJECT, ARE TWO VERY HAPPY LADIES WHO ARE PROUD TO SERVE OUR BRAVE HEROES !

THE ARMY IS LUCKY TO HAVE TWO AWESOME SOLDIERS LIKE ELIZABETH AND DERRICK. A BIG ARMY SALUTE TO TWO HEROES WHO SERVED OUR COUNTRY IN IRAQ !!

NOW THIS IS THE KIND OF DESSERT THAT OUR BRAVE HEROES DESERVE ! WE'RE TALKIN' SOME GOOD EATIN' HERE AT THE "HASH HOUSE A GO GO " FOR OUR WOUNDED WARRIORS !!!

WHAT'S EVEN SWEETER THAN THE DESSERTS SERVED UP AT OUR DINNER TO HONOR THE WOUNDED WARRIORS ??? IT'S THAT $15,000 DONATION CHECK FROM THE PROCEEDS OF THE "PIN-UPS FOR VETS" CALENDAR PROJECT !!

OK YOU MARINES....SHOW ME YOUR FAVORITE "PIN-UPS FOR VETS" PHOTO ! THANKS TO THE CALENDAR PROJECT SUPPORTERS FOR DONATING CALENDARS TO OUR WOUNDED WARRIORS ! THOSE SMILES SAY A LOT !!!

IT'S THE HOSTESS WITH THE MOST-EST !! HERE I AM SERVING UP DESSERTS FOR OUR BRAVE HEROES AT OUR WOUNDED WARRIOR DINNER !!!

IOWA CAN BE PRETTY PROUD OF THIS BRAVE MARINE !!!

IT'S "MISSION ACCOMPLISHED" FOR THIS PROUD AMERICAN LEGION COMMANDER AND THIS FUND-RAISING PIN-UP GIRL !!!

OK, ALL YOU AMERICAN LEGION VETERANS OUT THERE !! IF COMMANDER NERIO AND I CAN RAISE THE FUNDS FOR OUR RECOVERING TROOPS AND VETERANS....SO CAN YOU !!!

OK, WOUNDED WARRIORS....YOUR ORDERS ARE: READY......SET......EAT !!!!

E-L-I-Z-A-B-E-T-H- !!!! YOU GO GIRL !! YOU ARE "AN ARMY OF ONE"....WELL, AT LEAST HERE AT THE WOUNDED WARRIOR DINNER !! SO GLAD TO HAVE A FEMALE SOLDIER JOIN US AT DINNER !!!