World War II – Korean War Roundtable

Fairlawn Kiwanis Community Center - 3486 S. Smith Rd (off Market St.)

Fairlawn, OH 44333 - (across from City Hall and the Fire Station)

: October 22, 2009, THURSDAY, 6:45 P.M. (The 4th Thursday)

SPEAKER: October 22, 2009 (4^th Thursday): Don Esmond & Bill Wynne, 5th Air Force Reconnaissance Squadron; New Guinea & Philipines plus war dog Smoky.

Copies of Bill Wynne’s memoir about Smoky will be available for $10.

September Meeting Summary: Jerry Kennard was a B-24 navigator shot down and wounded by AA flak over Catania, Sicily. He was in military hospital for several months in Sicily and at Leghorn, Italy. He escaped from a train taking him to Germany and was helped by Italians tired of the war. He was recaptured and sent to a POW camp in Barth, Germany. The POWs were not mistreated. They spent their time in athletics, making things and taking courses prepared by other POWs. He was repatriated and returned to the US in September 1944. This was a prisoner exchange program between the allies and the Germans for wounded POWs

E-MAIL ADDRESSES: If you have an E-Mail address and wish to receive the meeting notices via E-Mail please contact Dean Smith (330 835 9895) or Ed Bollinger (330 836 6272 or.ehbollinger@netzero.net). If you change your E-mail address contact Ed.

DUES: Dues for July ’09 to August 2010 are $15 Please send them to Dan Demko at 1627 S. Cleveland Massillon Rd.. Copley, OH 44321

SPEAKERS FOR 2009: Mrs Jerri Donohue is our official “speakers” recruiter. Call Jerri at 440 546 1207 to volunteer yourself or to recommend others.

FUTURE SPEAKERS.

November 19 (3^rd Thursday); Robert L. Sabetay 3^rd Army, 90^th Infantry Division;

N. France, Ardennes, Rhineland and Central Europe

December: NO meeting

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____________

Do you wish to be called by the telephone committee? YES ___ or NO ___