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            MEETING OF THE WORLD WAR II – KOREAN WAR ROUNDTABLE

September 28, 2006, THURSDAY, 6:45 P.M.   (The 4th Thursday)

                                           Fairlawn Kiwanis Community Center

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

                                        across from City Hall and the Fire Station

 

SEPTEMBER TOPIC:  James Phares, Antisubmarine warfare in WWII; captured

                                       German submarine and the Enigma encoder.

 

AUGUST MEETING SUMMARY: Wesley Gaab, 104th Timberwolf Infantry

   Division, found himself transferred from Syracuse University to the battlefields of

   Holland and Germany where he received the Silver Star for rescuing GI’s under

   fire. His modest account mixing humorous and combat events was well received.

                                                                                 

LIBRARY of CONGRESS VETERANS HISTORY PROJECT: Status Report

      To earn “partner” status with the Library of Congress Veterans History Project the

  Roundtable must submit 25 interviews or memoirs each year. So far we have collected

  audio or written materials from the following: 7 Army Air Corps/Air Forces; 7 Army

  (includes the memoir of a deceased WW I vet); 3 Navy and 1 Marine. Only 2

  Roundtable members have been interviewed. Please volunteer!                                                     

Contact Jerri Donahue at 440 546 1207 or jerridonohue@AOL.com

 

“LIVING HISTORY FOR OUR KIDS” – Bring your children, grandchildren and

           friends to our meetings to witness the veterans who made history.

 

BOOK SALE: The Roundtable received 10 boxes of books dealing with WWII and Korea from the

            estate of Alan Smith. They are on sale (price range $ 1-10) with the proceeds going to the

            Roundtable. Currently they are being housed in the office of Dean Smith. For the present

            he will bring a different box to each of our next meetings.

 

DUES for the period September 1, 2006 to August 31, 2007 ($10) are due.

 

SPEAKERS FOR 2006: Dr. Thomas Adams is our official “speakers” recruiter. Call Tom 

                                         at 330 668 3672 to volunteer yourself or to recommend others.

  

 October 26: FIFTH ANNIVERSARY MEETING: David Ford, American Field

                         Service working with the British army in Italy.

 

ROUNDTABLE OFFICERS

 President                     1st Vice President         2nd Vice President                   Secretary                      Treasurer

C. Dave Post                Dr.Thomas Adams       Larry Heller                      Dean Smith                   Daniel Demko      330 668 2447                  330 668 3672             330 633 7737              330 762 8885                   330 666 2502

         

WEB SITE: Dave Hall has set up our Web Site at    ‘http://www.wwiirt.com

 

 

Dues for September 2006 to August 2007

 

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