1 ww 2 history club 27 – mar - 2013 pacific air war new guinea p38
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3 Trips Fantasy of Flight Approx a dozen club members travelled to FoF on Friday, 08-Mar-2013 All feedback was excellentTRANSCRIPT
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WW 2 History Club
27 – Mar - 2013
Pacific Air War
New Guinea
P38
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Agenda Pledge New Members Admin Stuff Honor Flight Pacific Air War, New Guinea, P38 Craig Macintosh Q&A Raffle, Closing
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Trips Fantasy of Flight
Approx a dozen club members travelled to FoF on Friday, 08-Mar-2013
All feedback was excellent
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Trips UDT/Seal Museum at Fort Pierce
TBD date 3.5 hours to Ft Pierce; 3.5 hrs back Leave ~ 7:30AM Arrive 11AM Depart ~ 2:30 PM Back ~ 6PM Est’d cost: $8 + food + bus: $25 to $35
Interest?
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Trips Pensacola & New Orleans
NAS/Pensacola, Naval Aviation Museum WWII Museum (New Orleans) 6 days, 5 nights 1 day at Pensacola 2.5 days in New Orleans Est’d cost: $750 - $1050 w/o food
Interest?
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Web Site / Email
Please use Search first
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Future Meetings4th Wednesday of the month
Colony Cottage
Apr 25th: Spruance May 22nd: Intelligence & Espionage Jun 26th: DDay and Normandy
Breakout
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Future Movies3rd Wednesday of the month
Seabreeze6PM to ???
Apr 18th: Midway May 15th: The Man Who Never Was Jun 19th: Saving Private Ryan
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WWII Book Club2nd Tuesday of the month
Colony 2PM to 4PM
Apr 9th: Spruance Articles“The Quiet Warrior”
May 14th: Intel & Espionagetbd book
Jun 11th: DDay/Breakout articles
tbd book
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Sign Up
Become an “official” member of the WW2 History Club
Sign Up at the table in the front of the room
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WW2 Vets flown to Wash DC No charge for any vet Cost ~ $500 per vet 900 vets per day are dying Very little time to accomplish mission
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Villages Honor Flight is local affiliate Lots of Volunteer opportunities
Villages Honor Flight Clubwww.villageshonorflight.org
1st flight of 2013 was yesterday Next flight is Saturday, 27-Apr-2013
Send Off Home Coming
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VHF flew 77 vets in 2012 WW2HC donated $4200 in 2012 (8 vets) VHF will fly 175+ vets in 2013 What will WW2HC donate in 2013?