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URL:https://www.alch372.com/events/cherry-hill-pba-veterans-dinner-honorin
 g-col-al-bancroft/
SUMMARY:7th Annual Cherry Hill PBA Veterans Appreciation Dinner - Special G
 uest Lt Col Al Bancroft
DESCRIPTION:On November 26\, 2022\, the Cherry Hill PBA will once again be 
 hosting a VETERANS APPRECIATION DINNER at the American Legion Post 372. In
  addition to providing an evening with great food\, music and camaraderie\
 , they will be honoring our beloved Post 372 member\, Lt Col Al Bancroft\,
  for his service to our country and his recent retirement from the Camden 
 County Veterans Affairs Office. (Jan 2022). All military/veterans are invi
 ted and may bring a guest. RSVPs are required as there is limited seating.
  RSVP to squinn9807@aol.com or 856-495-7270 by Nov 15th.\nLt Colonel Alfre
 d Bancroft Bio\nUSMC - Served from 1958 - 1991 (33 years of service to our
  country)\nCamden County Office of Veterans Affairs (20+ years)\nAlfred Ba
 ncroft was born in New Jersey in 1939 and adopted from the Camden Home for
  Children at age 10. At this time\, he met a Marine who inspired him to be
 come one himself. Bancroft and his twin brother Art joined the Marines in 
 1958\, attending recruit training at Parris Island\, South Carolina. He th
 en went to Camp LeJeune’s Infantry Training Regiment in North Carolina\,
  before becoming a heavy equipment specialist.\n\nBancroft completed three
  tours in Vietnam and was among the first Marines who landed in 1965. Whil
 e in Vietnam\, he served in Da Nang\, Chu Lai and Hoi An. Bancroft always 
 served near the beach\, where he worked unloading weaponry from ships and 
 volunteering for patrols. In 1967\, he helped establish an orphanage for V
 ietnamese children and credits the Camp Fire Girls from Portland\, Oregon\
 , with providing supplies.\n\nUpon returning stateside\, he was a staff se
 rgeant instructor at a Marine Corps engineering school. In 1973\, he went 
 to South Bend\, Indiana\, for inspector instructor duty\, and then moved t
 o Quantico\, Virginia\, where he promoted to limited duty officer lieutena
 nt. Bancroft continued on to California\, where he became a first lieutena
 nt with the 11th Marine Regiment. He became a captain in 1977\, before lea
 ving California to return to the East Coast. Bancroft became a major while
  working at Camp LeJeune in North Carolina. Before retiring as a lieutenan
 t colonel in 1991\, he received a Legion of Merit for his work putting 30\
 ,000 Reserve Marines on a base during Operation Desert Storm.\n\nAfter ret
 iring from the Marines\, Bancroft returned to Camden\, New Jersey. He cont
 inued to serve the military community\, working as an officer with the Cam
 den County Office of Veterans Affairs up until his retirement Jan 1 2022.\
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