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 2009 Program Hosts and Special VIP Guests



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Ben Vereen, Celebrity Host
Star of Stage & Screen
 
 


Roy Foster – CNN Hero 2009

Faith, Hope, Love, Charity, Inc.
Stand Down House for
Homeless Veterans


Carmelita Hughes - Special Guest Host
Film and Television Actress (The West Wing, CSI Miami, General Hospital)


Toni May
– Special Guest Host
Award Winning Producer & Host
South Florida Today TV Show


Ernie Smith, GI Radio


Angela Manfredi Star Comedienne

LA Comedy Awards - Nominated
 “Breakthrough Comedian of 2009”

 

Damon Weaver – Special Guest Host

11 year old Star Reporter
known for his interviews with
President Obama, Oprah, Dwayne Wade,
Joe Biden, Wolf Blitzer and more...

 


Rhonda Vincent
– Special Guest interview with
Pre-recorded Concert, Queen of Bluegrass


Tom Graver, GI Radio


Eddie Brill - Star Comedian & World Entertainer; Warm-up Comedian & Talent Coordinator of the Late Show with David Letterman, & humor consultant for Reader's Digest


Diane N. Weiss
– Host, Medical Research Talk
A Research Psychologist,
she established “The Isaac and Rose Nassau Medical School Chair for Molecular Orthopedic Medicine, & the recent recipient of an orthopedic laboratory named after her efforts, at the Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University.  She is a Governor of Rhode Island Hospital, and a Trustee of its Foundation Board.

 

 
Raymond Cralle
– a leading Physical Therapist, specializing in Neuro-Rehabiliationand HBOT, Hyper Baric Oxygen Treatment Specialist

 

 

David Bellavia – former Army Staff Sergeant who served in the 1st Infantry Div. (Task Force 2-2).  He has been recommended for the Medal of Honor, nominated for the Distinguished Service Cross, and received the Silver Star, the Bronze Star, and the Conspicuous Service  Cross. Author of “House to House, an Epic Memoir of War”.


Col Jack H. Jacobs
(Ret.) U.S. Army and Medal of Honor recipient for his heroic actions during the Vietnam War, 2 Silver Stars, 3 Bronze Stars, 2 Purple Hearts.  He is a Military analyst for MSNBC


Jim Nabors - Special Celebrity Guest
a/k/a/USMC Private Gomer Pyle
Internationally acclaimed
Recording Artist, Film, Stage &
Television Star

Col. Roman Hayda – Asst. Professor & Co-Director of Orthopedic Trauma at Rhode Island Hospital in Providence, and Dr. Christopher Born, MD, FAAOS, FACS – Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University, & Director of Ortho. Trauma at Rhode
Island Hospital in Providence.
 

This is just to name a few of the SOS All Star lineup…tune in for Surprise Celebrity Guests, Entertainers, Military VIPs,
War Heroes, Ivy League Medical Professionals sharing their latest research, and much more…