The D.O.V.E. Fund Vietnam Speaker Bureau

The D.O.V.E. Fund has a number of Vietnam Veterans who speak regularly at schools, churches, libraries and many civic and social functions. Their unique perspective on the Vietnam they experienced as a solider and their return to the people and battlefields decades later is a valuable lesson on friendship, brotherhood and healing. Please contact us and we'll arrange for one or more of our veterans to speak to your organization.

'A Legacy of Hope' by John Craven

John Craven is a Michigan resident and a Vietnam Veteran. He is an active member of the D.O.V.E. Fund (Development of Vietnam Endeavors), a non-profit organization dedicated to helping the poorest areas and people of Vietnam. John has recorded his memoirs in a book titled 'A Legacy of Hope - One Veteran's Journey: Turning My Disadvantage to an Advantage for Others'. A coipy of this book will be sent to every person who makes a donation of his/her own choice to the D.O.V.E. Fund. All donations will go toward the cost of building a Jr. High School in Vietnam to honor John's three fallen comrades, George C. Davenport, Jr., Wayne Robert Elkins, Sr. and William F. McLaughlin and their families.

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'The Ghost Closet' by Tom Treece

Tom Treece was born and raised in Monroe, Michigan, and currently lives with his wife, Renee, in Luna Pier, MIchigan, where he serves as the city's administrator and he and his wife co-own Renee's Hair, Nail & Tanning Salon. Tom is author of 'But What Do I Know?' a weekly column in the Monroe Evening News which will soon be compiled and published into a volume of books of the same name. He attended Lincoln Memorial University in Harrogate, Tennessee, and the Monroe County Community College before being drafted into the United States Army where he served from 1968-1969 with the Americal Division's 11th Light Infantry Brigade in Duc Pho, Republic of South Vietnam. The former singer/songwriter/guitarist and MCA Recording artist sings regularly in the Monroe Missionary Baptist Church where he is an active, life member. A multi-station radio career took him from disc jockey to general manager over a period of 20 years. A founding member and former president of the River Raisin Centre for the Arts, Tom has a rich history of community service with organizations such as the St. Micheal's "We Care" Telethon where he has served the past 13 years as a TV Master of Ceremonies, as well as 14 years of service to the Miss MOnroe COunty Scholarship Pageant. In May 2005, he was awarded the Monroe County Board of Commissioner's Minuteman Award for Community Service. He is a life member of the Veterans of Guarded Ministries that features Tom as a singer, songwriter, author and public speaker. Tom and his wife Renee have two sons, John and Nathan (Kane) and two grandsons, Drake and Gaige. Tom is a founding member of The D.O.V.E. Fund where he serves as secretary and sits on the Executive Board and Communications Committee.

For more information or sales please visit Tom's website at www.tomtreece.com.