Dennis Provencher, (left) of VFW Post #9723 talks on air April 13 about the VFW Buddy Poppy distribution at Kadena Air Base and Camp Foster April 14 and 15. VFW Post #11435 Judge Advocate Tech. Sgt. Landa Williams and VFW Pacific Areas, District 1 Commander Stan Stewart also talked with AFN DJ Air Force Senior Airman Samy Fineman about various aspects of the VFW in Okinawa during the morning show.

Okinawa VFW comrades spread word about Buddy Poppy distribution on AFN Radio WAVE 89.1 FM

Okinawa City, Japan -- (April 13, 2007) Three members of VFW posts in Okinawa talked about VFW Buddy Poppy distribution on island April 14 and 15 on AFN Radio on April 13.

Morning show host and disc jockey Senior Airman Samy Fineman talked with VFW Pacific Areas, District 1, Commander Stan Stewart; VFW Post #11435 Judge Advocate Tech. Sgt. Landa Williams, and VFW Post #9723 Quartermaster Dennis Provencher during the 20-minute interview that aired island wide on 89.1 FM.

Among the topics covered were the weekend's VFW Buddy Poppy distribution fund raiser, how eligible listeners can join the VFW and what the VFW does in Okinawa.

News about the Okinawa VFW's Buddy Poppy distribution also appeared in the April 6, 2007 edition of Stars and Stripes and on page 8 of the April 9-15, 2007 edition of This Week in Okinawa.