APPENDIX: OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM MEMORIAL FUNDS
An American flag at half-mast will fly,
For the American soldier who has died.
Another lay adorned on the coffin made of wood,
Where will lay a soldier who once proudly stood.
Tears of pride and sadness will be shed,
For the American soldier who now is dead.
Fellow soldiers will stand to honor his death,
And comfort the family that he has left
Somewhere softly taps will play,
For an American Soldier died today.
—“AN AMERICAN SOLDIER DIED TODAY”
BY KATIE MORRIS
MEMORIAL FUNDS, SCHOLARSHIPS, AND CHARITIES
Operation Family Fund: The Operation ENDURING FREEDOM and Operation IRAQI FREEDOM Family Fund is organized to provide funds, both short term and long term, to families whose loved ones were killed or permanently injured as a result of military action as part of Operations ENDURING FREEDOM and IRAQI FREEDOM.
Operation Family Fund
United States PO Box 837
Ridgecrest, CA 93556
Phone: 760-793-0541
E-mail: support@oeffamilyfund.org
Fallen Patriot Fund: Established to help families of U.S. military personnel who were killed or seriously injured during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM.
Fallen Patriot Fund
c/o Bank of America Private Bank
TX1-492-19-09
P.O. Box 832409
Dallas, TX 75283-2409
Phone: 214-748-3900
E-mail: Info@fallenpatriotfund.org
Fallen Heroes Last Wish Foundation: Provides funds to help support and educate the children of American servicemen and -women lost during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM.
Fallen Heroes Last Wish Foundation
30 West Sola Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Phone: 805-962-7843
Fax: 805-965-6343
Email: fhlwf@ghs.com
Special Operations Warrior Foundation: The Special Operations Warrior Foundation (SOWF) provides college scholarship grants based on need, along with financial aid and educational counseling to the children of Special Operations personnel who were killed in an operational mission or training accident.
Special Operations Warrior Foundation
P.O. Box 14385
Tampa, FL 33690
Phone: 877-337-7693
Fax: 813-805-0567
E-mail: warrior@specialops.org
Mercy Corps: Mercy Corps is working throughout Iraq to assist families affected by years of deteriorating conditions and conflict.
ALSO OF INTEREST
Partners International Foundation: A nonprofit humanitarian organization working in the United States and throughout the world to provide disaster relief and other support. Focuses on women and children.
Partners International Foundation
41 Cedar Hill Road
Newtown, CT 06470
www.partners-international.org
Special Operations Association Colonel George C. Morton Memorial Scholarship: The Special Operations Association grants scholarships to perpetuate the memory of those personnel who served in a Special Operations Unit during the Vietnam War, and who were Prisoners of War or Missing in Action and who are still unaccounted for in Southeast Asia. The scholarships also honor the late Colonel George C. Morton, an original commander and innovator of Special Operations in Southeast Asia.
Special Operations Association
c/o Alan N. Keller
Chairman, Scholarship Committee
4401 Park Road
Alexandria, VA 22312-1430