Record of Past Meeting Speakers and Subject Matter

              Speakers Name                                                                Subject

O.W. “Bob” Bankston, ETlc, USN                       Pearl Harbor Survivor, USS California, bombs &  burns

Richard C.  Baynes, Col. USAAC (Ret.)              B-24 Liberator,  Bombing of Europe

Howard C. Bender, YNC, USN                                Pearl Harbor Survivor, USS Maryland.

LTC Marc Breslow, USA (Ret.)                             JROTC Director  Orange HS. "The War in Iraq,"

Will N.. Cargile, Lt. USAF,                                    B-24 Pilot,  WWII.  South Pacific, A-Bomb Drop

Merl “Bus” Cornelius, Sgt. USA.                        General Patton Tank Corps in No. Africa and Normandy

Violet Cowden, WASP, WWII                               History of WASP and the women flying the WWII war planes 

Ed Decker,  Rm1c, USCG                                       Five  Invasions in the Mediterranean & Normandy

John F. Durant, M/Sgt. USAAC                            "The Berlin Airlift"

George Elsey, Cdr, USNR                                      “The War Room” with FDR ,Churchill and Truman

LCol. Gil Ferguson, USMC (Ret.)                        Tarawa, Hell Revisited

John O. Ferris, CPT, USAAC                               B-24 Navigator,   Mediterranean & Europe campaigns

Herbert Guiness, Capt. USAF.                               Ditching a B-24 bomber after a bombing raid

Sp4c Ronnie Guyer, USA                                       Combat, Vietnam’s major battles

Sid Hallburn, Sgt. USA                                           Hand to hand fighting

WO Jack R. Hammett, USN (Ret.)                        Pearl Harbor – a Navy Corpsman & casualties

Dan Huston, Lt.(jg). USN                                        Battleship Scout Pilot, South Pacific, 10 battle stars

Major Mal Kapson, USAF (Ret.)                            Bomber Pilot South Pacific – A Bombs & logistics

Dr. Charles Kissell, PhD                                       Our American Flag, Its origin and development

David Lester, S/Sgt. USA                                       Battle of the Bulge & the Concentration Camps

Norman Loats, SK2c, USN                                     Ship Torpedoed at Sea & Survival at Sea

Syd Lucas, PFC, USA                                             Okinawa, the last great battle of WWII 

MG. William “Bill” J. Mall Jr., USAF (Ret.)    The “Cold War” and the Strategic Air Command

Col. Brooks Morris, USAF (Ret.)                         A Fighter Pilot in Korea and Vietnam “Fighter tacticts”

LCol. Don Oldis, USAF (Ret.)                                The Cold War Secret, “A-Bomb Fighter Pilots”

Louis Possemato, Sgt. USA                                     (Point man) Combat infantryman, (BAR) France, Germany

LCol. Joe Rutthenberg,  USMC (Ret.)                  Flying Marine H-1.  The Presidential Helicopters

Cpl. Harold “Hal” Scharfe, Canada                      The Infamous Dieppe Raid and 3 years as a POW

1^st Lt. John Skara, USAAC                                    P-51 Mustang Fighter Pilot, WWII, F

LCol. Ted Tanner, USAF (Ret.)                             Fighter/Bomber Pilot, WWII, South Pacific

LCol. Harry Terrell, USAF (Ret.)                         Bomber Pilot WWII and Cold War in SAC

Capt. Robert Thomas, USN (Ret.)                         Battleship Gunnery Officer at Pearl Harbor

Lt. Col. Andrew "Andy" Weniger                 “From December 7^th at Hickam AFB to Bombing Ploesti

Col. Leon Williamson, USMC (Ret)                     FighterPilot, Pearl Harbor, Midway and Guadalcanal