Member Michael Ricci Receives Veteran Commendation

Left to Right: Army and Marine Corps Colonel Martin B. Spann, Marine Corps Master Sergeant Gerald Van Hecke, Air Force Airman 2nd Class Michael Victor Ricci Jr. and Army Specialist Jairo Restrepo

Dean of the Florida Delegation and member of the Defense Subcommittee on House Appropriations, presented the Congressional Veteran Commendation s to the following local veterans in Collier County for their distinguished service to our country: Army and Marine Corps Colonel Martin B. Spann, Marine Corps Master Sergeant Gerald Van Hecke, Army Specialist Jairo Restrepo, and Air Force Airman 2 Class Michael Victor Ricci Jr.

The Congressional Veteran Commendation is a nominations-based program designed to recognize the wartime sacrifices and peacetime community involvement of veterans residing in Florida’s 26th Congressional District. Each one of these veterans will be interviewed, and their wartime collection will be added to the Veterans History Project, sponsored by the Library of Congress.

Feature photo above shows Michael Ricci as Post Commander of VFW Post 7721 (behind the podium) and leading the procession is Right Men’s Club member Captain Jack Fulmer.