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FOUR SEASONS BREEZE | APRIL 2023 37 Four Seasons Veterans Park What is a veteran? Title 38 of the Code of Federal Regulations defines a veteran as "a person who served in the active military, naval, or air service and who was discharged or released under conditions other than dishonorable." Any individual who completed a service for any branch of armed forces classifies as a veteran as long as they were not dishonorably discharged. Active duty service members differ from reservists and the National Guard. These groups must have served on active duty for a period of 180 days or more to be considered a veteran. Recent wars involving the United States declared by Presidential Proclamation or Congress: Korean War: 1950–1953 Vietnam War: 1955–1964[a],1965–1973[b], 1974–1975 Laotian Civil War: 1959–1975 Permesta Rebellion: 1958-1961 Lebanon crisis: 1958 Bay of Pigs Invasion: 1961 Dominican Civil War: 1965–1966 Korean DMZ Conflict: 1966–1969 Cambodian Civil War: 1967–1975 Multinational intervention in Lebanon: 1982–1984 United States invasion of Grenada: 1983 Bombing of Libya: 1986 Tanker War: 1987–1988 United States invasion of Panama: 1989–1990 Gulf War: 1990–1991 Iraqi No-Fly Zone Enforcement Operations: 1991–2003 First U.S. Intervention in the Somali Civil War: 1992–1995 Bosnian War and Croatian War: 1992–1995 Intervention in Haiti: 1994–1995 Kosovo War: 1998–1999 War in Afghanistan: 2001–2021 American intervention in Yemen: 2002– present Iraq War: 2003–2011 American intervention in the War in North- West Pakistan: 2004–2018 Second U.S. Intervention in the Somali Civil War: 2007–present Operation Ocean Shield: 2009–2016 International intervention in Libya: 2011 Operation Observant Compass in Uganda: 2011–2017 American-led intervention in Iraq: 2014– 2021 American-led intervention in Syria: 2014– present American intervention in Libya: 2015–2019 American military intervention in Niger: 2018–present ~ Len Tavernetti, ltavernetti@hotmail.com On May 20, we will host a home garden tour so that you can visit and experience all sizes and types of successful gardens by your Four Seasons neighbors. Tickets are only $5 and each home will have an ambassador on hand to share highlights of each garden. Thank you to Mona Swinehart for chairing this sub-committee and thank you to our members who volunteered to help organize this event: Bonnie Makela, Diane Gray, Karen Evans, Margi Spies, Nancy Justice, Pam Morales, Patti Pitts, and Patti Stone. For questions or suggestions for future topics, please email pwayne1@outlook.com. ~ Pat Wayne Community Garden Club Flags for April at The Veterans Park are bird eggs and nests and butterflies collected by young boys before going off to defend American values.