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MEETING OF THE WORLD WAR II – KOREAN WAR ROUNDTABLE

November 18, 2004 THURSDAY, 6:45 P.M.    Because of Thanksgiving we are meeting on the 3^rd Thursday instead of our usual 4^th Thursday.

Fairlawn Kiwanis Community Center

3486 S. Smith Rd (off Market St.) Fairlawn, OH 44333

across from City Hall and the Fire Station

TOPIC :  The Bombing of Dresden. The speaker is Helen Luck who was a refugee in Dresden at the time of the allied attack. You want to hear her exciting and fascinating story of survival and her escape from the Russians to the northern part of Germany.

A new book on “Dresden “ by British historian Frederick Taylor will be reviewed by Dean Smith.

OCTOBER  MEETING SUMMARY

Lici Calderon recounted her experiences as a teen-aged girl evading the German authorities in Czechoslovakia during WWII. She and her family escaped from a concentration camp with the aid of their long-time gentile neighbors. Attendance at the meeting was 87.

SPEAKERS FOR 2005: If you have any suggestions please call Dean Smith.

WE APOLOGIZE: You did not get the October meeting announcement in the mail because of a missed communication with our printer.

CONCERNS OF OUR MEMBERS

A check for $160 will be sent in the name of the Roundtable to the

The Court of the Missing Lost and Buried at Sea in the Pacific War .

The Army has tested 75 light armor kits for the Humvees and has ordered 400 more from Battelle.

DUES ARE DUE for the next year (Sept ’04 to Aug’05). So far 140 members have renewed their membership while 80 have not.

ROUNDTABLE OFFICERS

President            1^st Vice President     2^nd Vice President           Secretary            Treasurer

Ed Bollinger          Dave Post                   John Scherba        Dean Smith       Daniel Demko

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC – BRING A GUEST  -- DUES ONLY $10.00 PER YEAR

FUTURE  SPEAKER

December   NO MEETING

January 27, 2005  The Battle of Leyte , Joe Huber

DUES $ 10.00 to August 2005

Please complete the following and return the form with your payment to Dan Demko,

Treasurer, 1627 S. Cleveland Massillon Rd., Copley, OH 44321. Checks should be

payable to the World War II – Korean War Roundtable.

NAME:_________________________________________________________________

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If you are a new applicant , please complete the following:

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