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MEETING OF THE WORLD WAR II – KOREAN WAR ROUNDTABLE

October 27, 2005 THURSDAY, 6:45 P.M.

Fairlawn Kiwanis Community Center

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

across from City Hall and the Fire Station

 

OCTOBER TOPIC: Col “Speed” Wilson, a marine pilot in both WWII and Korea.

 

SEPTEMBER  MEETING SUMMARY: Aaron Fox’s vivid account of a 17 year old, 140 lb marine corps enlistee, through the invasions of Guam and Iwo Jima was most impressive. His mixture of tragedy and humor and details of the Iwo assault provided a graphic “you were there” perspective. Our attendance was 117.

 

SPEAKERS FOR 2005 and 2006:  Dean Smith is looking for anyone who is    knowledgeable about the battle for Okinawa. Tom Adams is our official “ speakers” recruiter. Call Tom to volunteer or recommend others.

 

                                          FUTURE  SPEAKER

November 17 (the THIRD Thursday): Glenn Smith, B-24 navigator shot down over      Germany.

December: NO MEETING

January 26, 2006: Sherman Bailey, the Invasion of Southern France

 

        Remember our 2005-2006 theme  “LIVING HISTORY FOR OUR KIDS

   Bring your children and grandchildren and introduce them to WWII and the

   Korean War by veterans who were there.

  

  ROUNDTABLE OFFICERS                 

    President               1st Vice President             2nd Vice President              Secretary                  Treasurer         

    Dave Post              Tom Adams                     Larry Heller                       Dean Smith               Daniel Demko     

   330 668 2447        330 668 3672                   330 633 7737                  330 762 8885          330 666 2502

 

    TRUSTEES: David Finch           330 650 0571              term ending August ‘06

                          Dan Peabody                   330 928 0406              term ending August ‘07

                          Jerri Donohue       440 546 1207              term ending August ‘08

                          John Scherba                    330 336 2938              term ending August ‘09

 

                               DUES $ 10.00 to August 2006 payable now

 

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:_________________________________________________________________

 

ADDRESS:_____________________________________  _________________  ______

                                       Street                                                           City                     Zip

TELEPHONE NO. _____________________   E-MAIL_________________________

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

 

Service Branch_________________    WWII_____    Korea_____   Other____________

 

Do you wish to be called by the telephone committee? YES  ___   or   NO ___

 

Do you wish to help by calling members?   ____

 

World War II – Korean War Roundtable

  777 W. Market Street

   Akron, OH, 44303