Feb
19
President’s Day Gift
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Recently returned from Operation Enduring Freedom, Jeff Vaughn, a Flight Engineer with the Air National Guard, presented Kerry McCoy, President of Arkansas’ Flagandbanner.com, with a gift in honor of her business this President’s Day. Before Jeff Vaughn went overseas, Mrs. McCoy gave him an American flag in honor of his service. MSGT Vaughn and his crew went over seas from July to September of 2006. With them, they carried this American flag on a C-130 aircraft during 25 combat missions in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan. These missions included combat drop offs, combat air drops, aero medical evacuations, DV support, prisoner transfers, and humanitarian airlift.
Upon return from overseas, MSGT Vaughn designed a certificate for Arkansas’ Flagandbanner.com. His crew of six men and women signed the certificate and placed it with the flag in his hand-made display case for Arkansas’ Flagandbanner.com. When asked why he went through all the trouble to make this gift for Kerry McCoy’s business he said, “I just wanted to show our appreciation of what your company does by promoting patriotism and support for our men and women at war. It’s not a service that we do; it’s a way of life.”
You can come and see Jeff Vaughn’s honorable gift at our historical building in downtown Little Rock at 800 west 9th Street. We are so honored to receive this gift, and thank him so much for all that he has done for our country. We also thank all the men and women who are currently overseas. It is guys like him that make us proud of what we do.