Now comes the sadness after the storm has passed. The dull ache of sorrow exacerbated by a world determined to pass judgment before knowing the full facts. A world lacking empathy that wants to bayonet the corpses and memories of our departed friends.
Sixty years ago today, a black bear apparently attempted to circumnavigate the security perimeter at Duluth Air Force Base in the dark of night. This facility was home to over 130 nuclear missiles, already on heightened state of readiness due to the unfolding Cuban Missile Crisis.
Twice in as many months Fred Hagen has led humanitarian aid missions in Ukraine, delivering life-saving supplies and high tech equipment to hospitals in the conflict zone. Here is a brief video recap of the American Volunteer Group — Ukraine mission.
Now on his second mission to Lviv Ukraine, Fred has made several deliveries of life sustaining medical equipment and supplies to a hospital maternity ward beset by shortages.
On a happier note, the Maternity Hospital in Lviv delivered an entire “platoon” of newborns between my first and second deliveries of medical supplies, including this pair of twins.
A Bucks County businessman has returned to the United States after donating thousands of dollars worth of medical supplies, including a pediatric incubator, to children’s hospitals on the frontlines in Ukraine.
Despite warnings to avoid flying the US flag in the conflict zone, American Volunteer Group-Ukraine team leader Fred Hagen was sending his own message to Vladimir Putin with Ukraine and American flags festooned on his Jeep as he drove through Kyiv and across the Maiden Square.
The toll of death and destruction of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine is crushing innocent people on both sides of this conflict.
I left Warsaw at 3:30 am to make a solo “test” run to Lviv, Ukraine today. My diesel Jeep Rubicon was loaded with medical supplies for the Maternity Hospital in Lviv.
A Bucks County businessman is donating thousands of dollars in medical equipment to children’s hospitals on the frontlines of the war in Ukraine.
Noted American War Historian & Commercial Builder Goes to Ukraine To Deliver Electronic Medical Equipment He Purchased for a Pediatric Ward in Lviv Hospital.
American Volunteer Group, a 501(c)(3) Nonprofit Organization, is dedicated to performing humanitarian missions sourcing, shipping and delivering medical electronics equipment and general clinical supplies to hospitals in Ukraine, as well as providing logistical support to other major NGOs in the refugee centers and conflict zones.
This is an aid mission conceived by and executed by people with a proven record for taking on and accomplishing epic tasks under the most challenging circumstances.
This showdown between democracy and autocracy is devastating. The fabric of life across the nation is in tatters with 4 million refugees fleeing to the west and physical destruction that will require a 21st century Marshall Plan to rebuild and restore.
The name AVG-Ukraine is inspired by the spirit of the original American Volunteer Group, popularly known as the “Flying Tigers” that left the comforts of America to assist China prior to America’s entry into WW2.
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Alfred D. Hagen is an acclaimed war historian, salvage/recovery expert and a premiere private commercial contractor specializing in hospitals, museums, and major commercial/residential projects in the USA. His documentaries on the search and recovery of lost WWII military airplanes in the jungles of Papua New Guinea in the South Pacific are broadcast nationally on The HISTORY Channel and the Public Broadcasting System (PBS).
On numerous trips to Ukraine in recent years he has established business ties and friendships with Ukrainians and acquired property with the initial plan to create a large scale collaborative farming venture in the breadbasket of Europe.
