WORLD WAR II – KOREAN WAR ROUNDTABLE MEETING

January 25, 2007, THURSDAY, 6:45 P.M. (The4thThursday)

FairlawnKiwanisCommunity Center

3486 S. Smith Rd (off Market St.) Fairlawn, OH44333

across from City Hall and the Fire Station

JANUARY MEETING: ErnestPort, B26 radio operator/gunner in Europe during

World Was II.

NOVEMBER MEETING SUMMARY: LT. James Armstrong of the 91st Infantry Division

portrayed vividly the vicious fighting in breaching the German “Gustav Line” in Italy in

World War II. Attendance was 81..

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 200.

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

particapted 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 Speaker:

February 22, 2007 : S. Joseph Kraus, PhD, 4th Infantry (Ivy Division) “A Foot Soldier’s

Life”

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

WEBSITE: Dave Hall has set up our Web Site at ‘

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, OH44321. 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