Dear Editor
I would like to take this opportunity to give a brief description of the POW/MIA program of La Societe. The program of the 40 & 8 is a "POW/MIA Survivors Scholarship Fund."
This scholarship is named in memory of Lance Corporal John Dewey Killen III USMC. Lance Corporal Killen was declared Missing In Action while serving with The Third Reconnaissance Battalion in South Vietnam. The scholarship is available to the spouse, children, grandchildren, widow or widower of known and verified POWs or MIAs who served in the U.S. military after Dec. 7, 1941.
Those eligible to apply for scholarship funds shall be limited to the veteran, spouse, sons, daughters, grandsons and granddaughters. Further consideration for scholarship funding by the committee will be based upon, but not limited to the following eligibility requirements:
•Verifiable documentation of relationship to the veteran through which the application is being made
•Certified transcripts of the previous academic achievements
•Financial need
•Written acceptance of enrollment by an accredited college or university
•The continuance of scholarship funding shall be determined by a committee review of the recipients' semester grades which under no condition can be less than a "C" average
•All scholarship funds will be paid directly to the college or university
A perpetual trust has been established to fund said scholarship, utilizing only the interest earned from the trust and any cash reserves not required for operational expenses and/or the reimbursement of National General Funds.
Funds for this project are generated by pin sales and tax deductible donations.
If you would like an application for this scholarship please contact me. Grand du Kansas Directeur of POW/MIA, Allan R. Sullivan, 917 W. Sunrise Drive, Wichita, KS 67217. If you would like to make a donation to the scholarship fund make your check to Grand du Kansas and put POW/MIA on the memo line. If you would like a receipt please enclose a stamped self addressed envelope.
Yours in service,
Allan R. (Sully) Sullivan,
El Dorado
