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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?