WORLD WAR II – KOREAN WAR ROUNDTABLE MEETING

February 22, 2007, 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

FEBRUARY MEETING: S. Joseph Krause, PhD, 4^th Infantry (Ivy Division):

“A Foot Soldier’s Life”

JANUARY MEETING SUMMARY:. Ernest Port, B26 radio operator/gunner and Jack

Welsh, B24 navigator shared their experiences in bombing Europe during WWII.

New Features : 1. Dean Smith’s “War History Quiz”

2. “Veteran Spotlight”

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.

Our 2007 theme is “Bring a Veteran”. Personally bring a veteran and his or her family with

you to our meetings

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

paid membership is now 203.

VHP (Veterans History Project) Report: In 2006 the Roundtable sent 27 interviews or

memoirs to the Library of Congress for the VHP. The figures break down as follows:

12 Army including 1 WWI veteran, 11 Air Force/Air Corps, 3 Navy and 1 Marine. Five

of the 27 were Roundtable members. We are in desperate need of more Roundtable

volunteers to interview veterans. If you can only do one or two it would help.

Please bring interviews or memoirs to our meetings. The Roundtable will pay for their

shipment to Washington, DC. Thanks a million to the Roundtable members who have

participated so far.

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

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

Future Speakers:

March 25, 2007: Paul Swanson, P51 pilot in WWII was shot down over Yugoslavia and

returned to his base in Italy 5 days later

April 26, 2007: Richard Danielson, US Marine Corps served in WWII. He returned to active

duty in Korea including the infamous Chosen Resevoir campaign.

ROUNDTABLE OFFICERS

President 1^st Vice President 2^nd 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____________

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World War II – Korean War Roundtable

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Akron, OH, 44303