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Endorsements

Years ago, living in Indiana as a young returned veteran from Vietnam, my wife and I saw an article in the New Castle courier times about a new Vietnam ring that had just been released. From that time in 1984 I continuously wore the ring as a tribute...

Joe Martin
Proud Veteran

Unfortunately, a large number of the individuals that come through our court system suffer from various mental health disorders. For people in our line of work, such situations can be completely foreign and quite frankly very difficult for us to unde...

Bernard A. Carter
Lake County Prosecutor

Jim Chancellor has been a huge asset to the formation and success of the Veterans Treatment Court. Jim has served as a mentor to six veterans since the court’s inception in 2014. He has helped veterans find assistance with housing and paying utility

The Honorable Julie N. Cantrell
Superior Court of Lake County, IN

One day at the VA, I was sharing my hard luck story to a fellow veteran, and he said, “you need to call Jim Chancellor.” Boy am I glad I did. Jim and his network of resources took me from near homelessness, without a valid driver’s license and paying

Steve Gniadek
U.S. Army Veteran

After my Husband was diagnosed with stage four tongue, throat and jaw cancer in October of 2015, he had 2 major facial surgeries, including a reconstruction surgery in June of 2016. He hasn’t been able to return to work, and I have been caring for hi

Tracy Butler
U.S. Military Veteran

I really appreciate the Vietnam Veterans Ring you presented to me on Sunday, at the Holiday Star Plaza. You know that Vietnam was such a controversial war was while it was going on, that our veterans never got any of the credit they deserved until...

Bob Hope
Entertainer, Humanitarian

(1903 -2003)

We want to extend our many thanks for coming to our school and speaking with us. This whole experience has been very enlightening for all of us and we truly feel changed because of it. We are all so blessed to know a gentleman like you! You are not o...

Casey, Colby, Aurora, Aaron & Drew
Purdue University

By your initiative to create the ring, you have made an important contribution to the resurgence of pride by the Vietnam Veteran in himself and an awareness by the American people that the Vietnam Veteran did the job his Nation's leaders asked him to...

Gen. William Childs Westmoreland
Chief of Staff, U.S. Army
Commander, U.S. Forces

(1914-2005)

I have been wearing your Vietnam Veterans' Ring...and wanted to tell you how much more the ring has come to mean to me than I had ever imagined. It has been a link between myself and other Vietnam Veterans who might never had made themselves known...

Sammy L. Davis C.M.H.
Medal of Honor Recipient
Sergeant First Class, U.S. Army

Jim is a focused Vietnam Veteran that has a passion to improve the civilian community’s awareness of the process for soldiers to reintegrate into civilian life, post military assignments. Jim relates his experience in Vietnam along with his own reint

Serving our Veterans

Endorsements

Joe Martin Proud Veteran

Bernard A. Carter Lake County Prosecutor

The Honorable Julie N. Cantrell Superior Court of Lake County, IN

Steve Gniadek U.S. Army Veteran

Tracy Butler U.S. Military Veteran

Bob Hope Entertainer, Humanitarian

Casey, Colby, Aurora, Aaron & Drew Purdue University

Gen. William Childs Westmoreland Chief of Staff, U.S. Army Commander, U.S. Forces

Sammy L. Davis C.M.H. Medal of Honor Recipient Sergeant First Class, U.S. Army

Bob Carnagey Employment Specialist Indiana National Guard

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