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Anna Krawczuk Elected national Commander of Ukrainian American Veterans In September 2004, delegates representing Ukrainian American Veterans Posts nationwide convened at the Holiday Inn in Dedham, Massachu setts, to renew friendships with fellow veterans, dis cuss old business, approve the agenda for the com ing year, and elect the new UAV National Executive Board. Anna Krawczuk, who served two consecu tive terms as president of the Ukrainian National Women's League of America (1993-1999), was elected National Commander of the Ukrainian American Veterans. The first woman to hold this prestigious position, Commander Krawczuk will serve a two-year term. She is the thirty-fourth Na tional Commander of the UAV, which was founded in Philadelphia on Memorial Day of 1948. At a transition meeting held immediately after the elections of the new National Executive Board, outgoing National Commander, Mathew Koziak presented the new National Commander with the UAV gavel, a symbolic transfer of author ity that has become one of the UAV's many tradi tions. At the convention banquet, former National Commander Eugene Sagasz (1966-1968) and UAV Post 30 Commander Bernard W. Krawczuk, who served as aide-de-camp, officiated at the Installation of Officers Ceremony. In her acceptance speech, the new National Commander asked that the members of the armed services who have died in the war against terrorism be honored with moment of silence. Thanking the UAV membership for entrusting her with leadership of the organization, she also recognized the veterans who had served in WWII, Korea, and Vietnam. An active member of the UAV since 1989, the new National Commander previously served as the UAV's Vice Commander. As such, she repre sented the organization at the Dedication Ceremo nies of the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. She has also been a pivotal force behind the UAV Registration Project, which was established with the goal of compiling and preserving the histo ries of Americans of Ukrainian descent who have served with honor and distinction in the Armed Forces of the United States of America. Volume I of the Registration Project Report, published in 2004 and dedicated to World War II Ukrainian-American veterans, was presented at the convention. UAV National Commander Krawczuk, who served in the U.S. Women's Army Corp from 1955 to 1958, was stationed in Germany and attained the rank of SP3 (equivalent to corporal). She and her husband Bernard are among the founding members of UAV Post 30 of New Jersey. The UNWLA extends warm and hearty congratulations to UAV National Commander Anna Krawczuk. We know that she will serve the UAV with honor and distinction. Editor's note: During a conversation I recently had with the new National Commander of the UAV, she shared an inter esting story that deserves mention here. Among those attending the UA V convention banquet was Father Yaroslaw Na- lysnyk, one of the UNWLA's scholarship recipients. Rev. Nalysnyk had been awarded a scholarship during Mrs. Krawczuk’s tenure as chair of the UNWLA's Scholarship Committee. One of the first seminarians from Ukraine studying in Croatia at the time (1989), he now serves as pastor to a parish in Boston. Mrs. Nalysnyk is a member of the UNWLA. “НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ”, ЛИСТОПАД 2004 15 National Commander Anna Krawczuk with Captain Foster E. Wright, US Navy Retired, who was special guest speaker at the 57th UA V Convention.
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