"The Old Guard at Arlington National Cemetery"
In-person speaker: Capt. John Kottlowski, US Army (Ret.)
WWII Roundtable Hybrid Dinner Meeting, In-Person and via Zoom
Monday, May 24, 2021
(Read the biography in the May 2021 Newsletter, page 2.)
"Honoring Our Fallen Warriors Overseas"
The Story of American Cemeteries on Foreign Soil and
the Work of the American Battle Monuments Commission
by Ron May, WWII Roundtable member, author & historian
WWII Roundtable Meeting via Zoom, Monday, February 22, 2021, 7:00 PM
WWII Roundtable Hybrid Dinner Meeting (In-Person and via Zoom)
Monday, August 23, 2021, 7:00 PM
Revised program:
Americans of Japanese Ancestry & WWII Order 9066:
A Shameful History of Incarceration
Speaker, Marlene Mendonsa
We regret our featured speakers are unable to attend, but we anticipate an excellent and informative program.
Please remember to RSVP!
September WWII Roundtable Hybrid Dinner Meeting
In-Person and via Zoom
Monday, September 27, 2021, 7:00 PM
Ray Featherstone, Sr.'s Submarine Chaser 38 in WWI & Honoring the "Boys on the Boat"
With in-person speaker, Kathryn Lerch, Founder & Director Park Tudor School's Legacy Initiative Program
Gerald Mansbach’s
World War II Memories
Arlington National Cemetery, October 2018
Steve Furste, In-person speaker.
WWII Roundtable Hybrid Dinner Meeting (In-Person and via Zoom)
Monday, April 26, 2021
"Steve Furste relates his father’s unique WWII service and life in England and much more..." See April 2021 Newsletter, pages 2 & 13.
WWII Roundtable Hybrid Dinner Meeting (In-Person and via Zoom)
Monday, July 26, 2021, 7:00 PM
"Faustian Bargain: The Soviet-German Partnership
& The Origins of the Second World War"
by Ian Ona Johnson, PhD, In-person speaker
from the University of Notre Dame
The attack on Pearl Harbor, Sunday, December 7, 1941
Where History and Heroes Meet
Hybrid Program, In-person and via Zoom, October 26, 2020
AFGHANISTAN
Guest Speakers:
Kyle Carone
and
Ryan Zimpleman
Two Army veterans who served multiple tours in Afghanistan, Iraq, & other hot spots in the years from 2002 through 2019.
Honoring Women in theMilitary Month
“From a Jack to a King – Farm Girl to World Stage”
Remember our Veterans this Memorial Day!
Presented Via Zoom, Monday, September 28, 2020
Video program, Monday, January 25, 2021
"Gerald Mansbach served as a sergeant and tank commander in the U.S. Army. Mansbach’s Fourth Armored Division was part of Gen. George S. Patton’s Third Army. Mansbach's military honors include a Purple Heart, Silver Star, and Bronze Star. In 2013 he was awarded the prestigious French Legion of Honor, originally created by Napoleon Bonaparte." (January 2021 Newsletter, pgs. 1, 6.)
German Occupation of Guernsey in WW2
Five Years 1940-1045
Photographs of Wartime Artifacts and Installations
Katherine Lerch & Marlene Mendonsa's 2019 Trip
Presented via Zoom, Monday, August 24, 2020
October WWII Roundtable Hybrid Dinner Meeting (In-Person & Zoom)
Monday, October 25, 2021
Watch the Pearl Harbor Wreath Laying at the U.S. Navy Memorial
Every year, the U.S. Navy Memorial holds a ceremony remembering Veteran's on the anniversary of Pearl Harbor. Top Navy leadership will speak at this event and a full ceremony will be held to honor service men and women who have given the ultimate sacrifice.
U.S. Navy Memorial Plaza.
701 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington DC, 20004
Featuring the U.S. Navy Band & Ceremonial Guard
Register to watch the ceremony online www.NavyMemorial.org
Via Zoom only, December 28, 2020
"When you RSVP, please let Karl Kleinbub know if you wish to be included on the list to “tell a special story”. This is to be no longer than 3-5 minutes. You will relate your story via Zoom. It may be a favorite holiday event you remember or what you (or a relative) experienced while in the service, or something from Christmas or Hanukkah." (December 2020 Newsletter, page 1)
December 7th National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day Wreath Laying Ceremony
"4th Bombing Mission of the Me-109 Plant,
Wiener Neustadt, Austria"
by Steve Baranyk, In-person speaker and WWII Roundtable member
Steve Baranyk tells his father-in-law's WWII war story.
(Photo of The Tennent Crew. From article in June 2021 Newsletter, page 2)
WWII Roundtable Hybrid Dinner Meeting (In-Person and via Zoom)
Monday, June 28, 2021
Capt. John Kottlowski, US Army (Ret.)
Photo source: US Department of Defense,
Photo by: Army Sgt. Khylee Woodford VIRIN: 201210-A-FS682-782C.JPG
Photo name and link: "Hanukkah Song" 201210-A-FS682-782C.JPG (6720×4480) (defense.gov)
Members Sharing Interesting Stories
November WWII Roundtable Hybrid Dinner Meeting (In-Person and via Zoom)
Monday, November 22, 2021, 7:00 PM
Featured program:
Guest speaker, Robert Baker, WWII veteran
20th Air Force, 58th Bomb Wing of 568th Bomb Group
China - Burma - India
(Interviewed by his son, Kent Baker)
A Young Yank in the RAF
in WWII
INDIANAPOLIS WORLD WAR II ROUNDTABLE - ERNIE PYLE CHAPTER
"Fall of American Outposts: Guam & Wake Islands"
by Dr. John Shively, author/historian and WWII Roundtable member, In-person speaker
WWII Roundtable Dinner Meeting, March 22, 2021
This lecture is the third in a lecture series, 'The Pacific Theater 1941 - 1945.' The emphasis is on the fall of Wake. (See top of this page, "The Pacific Theater 1941 - 1945")
December WWII Roundtable Hybrid Dinner Meeting (In-Person and via Zoom)
Monday, December 6, 2021, 7:00 PM
Featured Program: Inviting Members & Guests to Share Their Story
"Remembering Pearl Harbor" or "A Christmas or a Hanukkah Memory"
(RSVP is required to share your story!)
Guest speaker:
LtGen. Carol Mutter, USMC (Ret)
presented in-person
Monday, November 23, 2020