Where History and Heroes Meet
INDIANAPOLIS WORLD WAR II ROUNDTABLE - ERNIE PYLE CHAPTER
Join us!
Learn about WWII history from the heroes that lived it.
Meet authors, heroes, historians, history buffs & Veterans.
Everyone is welcome - all ages!
Share and view events for Veterans, friends & families all around Central Indiana.
2024 ANNUAL DUES
Veteran Family $20
Non-Veteran Family $25
WWII Veterans FREE Membership
Accepting checks now for 2024
at our new mailing address.
Make payable to:
WWII Roundtable Inc.
917 E Walnut St
Lebanon, IN 46052
Current Newsletter:
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"The Balbo Monument in Chicago, Illinois: Mussolini's Tribute to a Flying Fascist"
Featured Speaker: Bradley Damon,
WWII Roundtable Board Member, At Large
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Our new Commemorative Challenge Coins are given FREE to all WWII Veterans.
They are also available with a $10 donation.
The USS Arizona (BB-39) burning after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941. USS Arizona sunk at en:Pearl Harbor. The ship is resting on the harbor bottom. The supporting structure of the forward tripod mast has collapsed after the forward magazine exploded.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Conter#/media/File:The_USS_Arizona_(BB-39)_burning_after_the_Japanese_attack_on_Pearl_Harbor_-_NARA_195617_-_Edit.jpg
There are numerous articles on Lou Conter and his very interesting long life - included at the Wikipedia website, find his story of survival of the attack and sinking of his ship. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Conter
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"WWII Campaign in Burma"
Featured Speaker: Tom Slemons, WWII Roundtable Member
Northside Events & Social Club (formerly "Knights of Columbus")
2100 E 71st Street, Indianapolis, Indiana
Doors open - 5 PM. Dinner - 6 PM. Program - 7 PM.
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RSVP: Please send your RSVP to Karl Kleinbub, knj1002@myninestar.net, or phone (317) 607-6948, no later than Thursday before Monday's program.
Please bring exact change ($11 cash) for your dinner, plus a few dollars for your generous dinner tip. Drawing tickets are $5 (ea) and are optional. Prizes are your pick of a variety of military history collector artifacts and books.
WWII Roundtable Dinner Program
Monday, May 20, 2024
"The Italo Balbo Column is a monument located in Chicago near Soldier Field. Balbo was a famous Italian pilot in the 1920s & '30s. In 1933 he led a flight of twenty-four Savoia-Marchetti S.55 flying boats on a round-trip flight from Rome to Chicago during the Century of Progress exposition. Mussolini donated the column, a 2,000 year-old artifact from the Italian port of Ostia, to commemorate this feat. Balbo was also Mussolini's Minister of the Air Force and Governor-General of Italian Libya..." Brad Damon
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New on YouTube:
"Japanese Strategic War Objectives" by John Shively
This is the first of a 2-part lecture series on Japanese strategic pre-war objectives. (Posted on Mar 19, 2024)
COMING:
Monday, June 24, 2024 Dinner Program
Northside Events & Social Club
(formerly K of C)
2100 E 71st Street
Indianapolis, IN 46220
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Photo: Air Transport Command C-46 Commando flying "The Hump" over the Himalayan Mountain Range from Burma to China, 1945. (Source =The Army Air Forces In World War II, Volume Seven "The Services". Wikimedia, Public Domain)
2024 DINNER PROGRAMS
(meet 4th Monday each month)
Dinner (RSVP), $11 + table tip
5:00 pm doors open - 6:00 PM dinner served
7:00 PM program starts
JANUARY 22
FEBRUARY 26
MARCH 25
APRIL 22
MAY 20 (New dinner date in May)
JUNE 24
JULY 22
AUGUST 26
SEPTEMBER 23
OCTOBER 28
NOVEMBER 25
DECEMBER (No meeting)