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NEXT 2ADA CONVENTION: Official Publication of the: CHICAGO! Right back where we started from. SEE BACK PAGE. Volume 47 Number 4 Winter 2008 An Ode to the 2nd Air Division Memorial Library By E. BUD KOORNDYK (389th & 93rd) • Photos from www.tournorfolk.co.uk and www.military-airshows.co.uk hat does it mean that we as a proud generation of men and The songwriter Woody Guthrie beautifully expressed this feeling, W women, who through God’s providence, have been enabled and I quote: to pass on to the generations that follow a living memorial such “Nobody living can ever stop me, as the 2nd Air Division Memorial Library in Norwich, England? As I go walking the freedom highway. It will be a living memorial as long as men and women from gen- Nobody living can make me turn back, erations that follow will step forward and give of their time and This land was made for you and me.” talents to help preserve the freedoms that we enjoy today, and as a continual reminder of the over 7,000 men and women who gave their lives in its defense in our generation. Pericles in 431 BC also said: “Take these men as your example, like them, remember that posterity can only be for the free, that freedom is a sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it.” It is a memorial which so aptly expresses our love for freedom. These freedoms have become the cornerstone and bedrock of our Memorial Library and with it the legacy which we will pass down to the generations that follow. Freedom does not mean that we are able to do whatever we want to do. Freedom means that we have been set free to be come all that God wants us to be and achieve all that God wants us to achieve and enjoy all that God wants us to enjoy, in whatever avenue of life we are asked to serve. May those who follow us and are called to serve from our two nations on behalf of the 2nd Air Division Memorial Library use these freedoms as a compass and north star to guide them through the uncharted waters that we see existing in the world today. May their heads and minds be lifted out of the confusion of earth long enough to hear the solutions of a higher being. DIRECTORY SECOND AIR DIVISION ASSOCIATION Honorary President .................................... JORDAN R. UTTAL Town Village North • 12271 Coit Road #3201 • Dallas, TX 75251 Telephone: 972-788-9041 OFFICERS President .............................................................. JOHN L. LEE 930 Preston Trail, Melbourne, FL 32940-7822 Telephone: 321-259-6861 • E-mail: [email protected] TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive Vice President ...................... RICHARD C. ROBERT 333 Lee Drive #206, Baton Rouge, LA 70808 President’s Message Telephone: 225-769-2128 • E-mail: [email protected] FEATURES JOHN L. LEE ................................................... 3 Vice President Membership ........................... EVELYN COHEN An Ode to the 2AD Memorial Library 06-410 Delaire Landing Road, Philadelphia, PA 19114- 4157 Executive Vice President’s Message E. BUD KOORNDYK FRONT COVER Telephone: 215-632-3992 • Fax: 215-632-8319 RICHARD C. ROBERT ....................................... 4 ....................... Treasurer ........................................... E.W. (BILL) NOTHSTEIN Report of the 2ADA Representative on the Remembrance Sunday 1359 Harwood Lane, Macedon, NY 14502 Board of Governors of the Memorial Trust JOHN LEE ..................................................... 3 Telephone: 315-986-7374 CHUCK WALKER ............................................ 5 A Tribute to Evelyn Cohen Secretary and Director of MAXINE MACKEY .......................................... 6 Administrative Services....................... RAYMOND E. STRONG Report of the Memorial Trust Chairman 642 Cedar Club Circle, Chapel Hill, NC 27517-7215 MATTHEW MARTIN ......................................... 5 A Long Time Coming Telephone: 919-967-2301 • E-mail: [email protected] The Editor’s Contribution GREG MELLEN ............................................... 6 2ADA Representative RAY PYTEL ................................................... 7 Board of Governors .................................. CHARLES WALKER Does the “Bailout” Bother You? 9824 Crest Meadow, Dallas, TX 75230-5331 News from Across the Pond The Germans Tried It in 1919-1923 Telephone: 214-987-0467 • E-mail: [email protected] MEGHAN PURVIS ........................................... 8 FRANK D. GRAHAM ........................................ 7 GROUP VICE PRESIDENTS 61st Annual 2ADA Business Meeting 2nd Air Division Memorial Library RICHARD C. ROBERT ..................................... 10 Headquarters ...................................... RAYMOND E. STRONG Book Endowment Reports 642 Cedar Club Circle, Chapel Hill, NC 27517-7215 Your Heritage League LIBBY MORGAN ...................................... 8 & 9 Telephone: 919-967-2301 • E-mail: [email protected] BRIAN MAHONEY ......................................... 29 Arco dei Fileni 44th Bomb Group .................................. RICHARD D. BUTLER Folded Wings .............................................. 11 EARL ZIMMERMAN ....................................... 12 16828 Mitchell Circle, Riverside, CA 92518 Telephone: 951-697-2908 • Fax: 951-697-5875 Letters to the Editor .................................... 34 The 2AD Exhibit at the Mighty 8th Museum E-mail: [email protected] 62nd Annual Convention ............. BACK COVER MIGHTY EIGHTH AIR FORCE MUSEUM.............. 13 93rd Bomb Group ........................................ CHARLES D. SILL 808 Fernridge Court, Modesto, CA 95351-4469 More News from the Mighty 8th Museum Telephone: 209-537-8381 • E-mail: [email protected] GROUP REPORTS WALTER MUNDY........................................... 14 389th Bomb Group .................................... FIELDER NEWTON 44th News The End of the Story and a Dream Come True 3301 Shellers Bend #914, State College, PA 16801-3068 DAVID HASTINGS.......................................... 15 Telephone: 814-235-0889 RUTH DAVIS-MORSE ..................................... 16 392nd Bomb Group............................................ OAK MACKEY 389th Green Dragon Flares Great Friend of Downed Airmen Dies 6406 East Presidio, Mesa, AZ 85215-0972 FIELDER NEWTON ........................................ 22 DOUGLAS MARTIN ........................................ 20 Telephone: 480-641-3033 • Fax: 480-641-0506 E-mail: [email protected] 392nd Bomb Group The End of an Era OAK MACKEY ............................................. 24 DAVID HASTINGS.......................................... 25 445th Bomb Group...........................CLARENCE A. LUHMANN 673 290th Avenue, Blue Earth, MN 56003-9710 445th Bomb Group 2ADA Presidents and Conventions............. 27 Telephone: 507-773-4431 CLARENCE LUHMANN .................................. 17 Norwich Honors 2nd Air Division Veterans 446th Bomb Group ........................................ CARL ALBRIGHT 446th Flixton-Bungay Update MARY G. SALTARELLI .................................... 28 3300 Utah NE, Albuquerque, NM 87110 CARL ALBRIGHT .......................................... 22 Telephone: 805-298-5988 • E-mail: [email protected] The 448th Speaks Anthology of B-24/8th AF/WWII Stories 448th Bomb Group .......................................... KING SCHULTZ KING SCHULTZ ............................................. 23 RALPH WELSH.............................................. 30 2011 Lemonberry Lane, La Costa Glen, Carlsbad, CA 92009 Telephone: 760-704-6430 News of the 453rd from Flame Leap Thunder Over Michigan ERIC DUMIGAN ............................................ 31 453rd Bomb Group........................................... LLOYD PRANG LLOYD PRANG ............................................. 21 2451 Willow St., Greenwood, IN 46142 • Tel. 317-885-0224 458th Bomb Group Norwich, England to Dedicate Memorial 458th Bomb Group.................................. E.A. “RICK” ROKICKI RICK ROKICKI .............................................. 24 BRIDGEPORT TELEGRAM, 4-30-63 ..................... 32 2605 Chapel Lake Dr. #207, Gambrills, MD 21054 Telephone: 410-721-0298 • Fax: 410-721-0283 467th Poop from Group Grateful Britishers Host to Son of Hero WALTER MUNDY .......................................... 14 OAKLAND TRIBUNE, 8-29-63............................ 32 466th Bomb Group .................................... JAMES H. LORENZ 5331 East Poinsettia Drive, Scottsdale, AZ 85254-4716 489th Notes 5,000th B-24 Arrives for Modifications Telephone: 480-951-0343 • E-mail: [email protected] MEL PONTILLO............................................. 12 TUCSON DAILY CITIZEN, 6-24-44 ...................... 33 467th Bomb Group.................................... WALTER J. MUNDY 491st Ringmaster Reports 15533 Swallowtail Road, Edmond, OK 73013 A Good Story Bears Repeating Many Times! Telephone: 405-340-1677 • Fax: 405-359-9537 JOHN PALLER ............................................... 16 GENE HARTLEY ........................................... 33 E-mail: [email protected] 489th Bomb Group .......................................... MEL PONTILLO 837 Childs Avenue, Monaca, PA 15061-1318 MEMORIAL TRUST BOARD OF GOVERNORS Telephone: 724-774-2398 • E-mail: [email protected] MATTHEW MARTIN, Chairman DAVID Q. GURNEY 491st Bomb Group........................................ JOHN A. PALLER Dairy Farmhouse, Low Common, Swardeston, The Priory, Church Street, Litcham, King’s Lynn, 2 Walnut Drive, Flemington, NJ 08822 Norwich NR14 8LG, Norfolk, England Norfolk PE32 2NS, England Tel: 908-782-3791 • E-mail: [email protected]