We will be in Dallas at Mommanockers Celebration of life 6-8 April. We will also be attending the Branson mini reunion and next years Seawolf main reunion. Anyone that would like to have your original ROH packet back (hard/paper copy) and will be attending any of these events, please let me know immediately so that I can pull your files and bring them with me. I can also download your file to a flash drive or Cd if you bring one. I have scanned in over 22,000 pages of ROH packets by name of nominee and will have them available on my computer during those days. Please let me know in advance so that I can confirm that I actually have your files. Some file are missing and have probably been sent back to the nominee or destroyed although we are still missing a few files. If you can't attend and wish to have the hard copies mailed to you, please make a donation to the Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard Enlisted Combat Aircrew Roll of Honr, Inc. the amount of the donation should be at least enough to cover shipping. More would be very helpful as we are trying to get on our feet to build duplicate ROH displays possibly somewhere in the Midwest, west coast and maybe even Pensacola Fl and also to support the existing display on the Yorktown. We will be submitting our application to the IRS this week for 501(c)3non profit status. Once we receive a determination letter from them, if accepted, we can provide tax deductible info on your donations. Here is a link to some info on making donations and what you can or cannot claim on your tax as a charitable donation. The best bet though is to visit the IRS website and get the info straight from them:
https://turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tools/tax-tips/Tax-Deductions-and-Credits/Charitable-Contributions-You-Think-You-Can-Claim-but-Can-t/INF22344.html