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Naming State veterans’ nursing nome

April 4, 2008

Florida Department of Veterans' Affairs
In a news release available here, the Florida Department of Veterans’ Affairs is soliciting your nominations for the name of the newest State Veterans’ Nursing Home to be built in St. Johns County.

The Florida Department of Veterans’ Affairs plans to break ground this June and anticipates the home to open for occupancy in December 2009.

The new home will be a 120-bed, state-of-the-art facility where residents receive skilled-nursing care. Its location will be at 4650 state Route 16, St. Augustine, FL 32092.

The department Executive Director will select a nominee and present it to the Florida Cabinet for approval. All nominations should be submitted in writing by April 15, 2008, and should be mailed to:

Florida Department of Veterans’ Affairs
Attn: Public Relations
4040 Esplanade Way, Suite 152
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0950

A nominee must be:
• A deceased Medal of Honor recipient
• Accredited to the state of Florida (Preference will be given to nominees from Northeast Florida.)
• Honorably discharged from the U.S. Armed Forces

The Department of Defense accredits Medal of Honor recipients and traditionally selects the city and state where the service member entered the service. Visit the Congressional Medal of Honor Society’s Web site.

Contact: Courtney Heidelberg in the Office of Communications at (850) 487-1533 or visit www.floridavets.org for more information.

Written by Freddy · Filed Under Government 

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3 Responses to “Naming State veterans’ nursing nome”

  1. Freddy on June 18th, 2008 1:16 pm

    In an announcement received by Historic City News we were informed that the Florida Department of Veterans’ Affairs will break ground at the future site of the Clyde E. Lassen State Veterans’ Nursing Home in St. Johns County on Saturday, June 28, 2008.

    According to Courtney Heidelberg with the Office of Communications, the new home will provide skilled-nursing care for veterans in Northeast Florida.

    FDVA Executive Director Rear Adm. LeRoy Collins Jr., U.S. Navy Reserve (Ret.) will be joined by Congressman John L. Mica of Florida’s Seventh Congressional District and other state and local dignitaries for the ceremony.

    A reception sponsored by Northrop Grumman will follow the ceremony.

    Details for the ceremony are as follows:
    Date: June 28, 2008
    Time: 10:00 a.m.
    Location: 4650 State Route 16, St. Augustine, FL 32092
    (Across the street from Palms Plus)

    In the event of inclement weather, the ceremony will be held at the St. Johns County Convention Center at the World Golf Village.

    Reception Location: St. Johns County Convention Center at the World Golf Village

    Parking: Public parking will be available at Mill Creek Elementary School. The St. Johns County Council on Aging will provide bus transportation to and from the ceremony site. Disabled parking will be available at the ceremony site.

  2. Cato on June 19th, 2008 11:24 am

    There are 21 Medal of Honor recipients accredited to Florida (12 are now living in Florida), including from 7 from NE Florida - 6 from Jacksonville and 1 from St. Augustine:
    —
    Indian Wars:
    Varnum, Charles Albert, Pensacola, FL
    –
    Philippine War:
    Condon, Clarence Milville, St. Augustine, FL
    –
    World War I:
    Ormsbee, Jr., Francis Edward, Florida
    –
    World War II:
    Femoyer, Robert Edward, Jacksonville, FL;
    McCampbell, David, West Palm Beach, FL;
    McGuire, Jr., Thomas Buchanan, Sebring, FL
    McTureous, Jr., Robert Miller, Altoona, FL
    Mills, James Henry, Fort Meade, FL
    Nininger, Jr., Alexander Ramsey, Fort Lauderdale, FL
    –
    Korean War:
    Bennett, Emory L., Cocoa, FL
    Lopez, Baldomero, Tampa, FL
    –
    Vietnam War:
    Bowen, Jr., Hammett Lee, Jacksonville, FL
    Carter, Bruce Wayne, Jacksonville, FL
    Cutinha, Nicholas Joseph, Coral Gables, FL
    Ingram, Robert R., Clearwater, FL
    Jenkins, Jr., Robert Henry, Jacksonville, FL
    Lassen, Clyde Everett, Jacksonville, FL
    Sims, Clifford Chester, Jacksonville, FL
    Smedley, Larry Eugene, Orlando, FL
    –
    Iraq War
    Smith, Paul Ray, Tampa, FL
    –
    Peace Time Awards
    Corry, Jr., William Merrill, Quincy, FL

  3. Cato on June 20th, 2008 9:48 am

    The only Medal of Honor awardee with St. Augustine accreditation in Florida is because he enlisted in the Army and served in St. Augustine.

    Clarence Milville (also written Milville) Condon was born August 12, 1875 in South Brooksville, Maine; but later relocated to Florida and enlisted as a Private in the Army in St. Augustine on December. 8, 1894, serving in Battery G, 3rd Artillery Regiment; he re-enlisted on December 7, 1897 as a Corporal, and made Sergeant on December 17, 1897.

    On November 5, 1899, Sergeant Condon was near Calulut, Luzon, Philippine Islands where he led his four-man detachment, charging “40 intrenched insurgents, inflicting heavy loss on them,” and routing the survivors back into the jungle.

    On June 15, 1900, after detachment from the U.S. Army and assignment to the Phillipine Cavalry, Condon was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant by the Filipino commander; subsequently rejoining the U.S Army in the Artillery Corps as a 2nd Lieutenant.

    Upon return to the U.S., he was stationed at Fort Dodge, Iowa, where wife Fannie birthed his two sons.

    Condon died at Walter Reed Medical Center on July 20, 1916 (also listed as November 5, but I think that is the burial date) and was buried as a Lieutenant Colonel in Arlington National Cemetery.

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