Refunding USS Boxer Veterans Asso.

The Boxer Veterans Association (the "Association') is an organization open to the crew, squadron personnel, attached Marine Corp personnel, and other military personnel who served on the USS Boxer ships ("Boxer Veterans"). The current membership of the Association exceeds two thousand (2,000) Boxer Veterans from around the nation who served on a USS Boxer ship. The purpose of the Association is to reunite Boxer Veterans and commemorate their service aboard USS Boxer ships, to commemorate the history and service of the USS Boxer ships, and to perpetuate the camaraderie of the Boxer Veterans through annual reunions and other activities, including funding many scholarships to college students. Commissioned in 1945 the Boxer and it’s many crew members have defended our country with action in the Korean War, 1962Cuban Missile Crisis, the 1965 Dominican Republic intervention, Vietnam War and recently has made many deployments in support of the Global War on Terrorism in the western Pacific and Indian Ocean.
The Association depends on the contributions of members to carry out its activities. In or about May 2013, a member of the Association, Travis Powers of Bakersfield, California, assumed the office of treasurer; he was provided in trust the entire liquid assets of the Association in the approximate amount of Sixty Thousand Dollars ($60,000). On or about March 19, 2014, Powers resigned from his positions as president and treasurer amid questions concerning his handling of the financial affairs of the Association. Since that time, Mr. Powers has failed to return the funds of the Association and has ignored requests that he return the Association funds. A civil judgment has entered against Mr. Powers but he has evaded service to execute on the judgment. This matter has been reported to the Kern County District Attorney and Sheriff's office.

The Boxer Veteran's Association has awarded over 100, $1000.00 scholorships.

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