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, November 25, 2024​​ 

2024 MONTHLY 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

Except DECEMBER (No meeting)

US Congressman Jim Baird,

​Indiana

MISSION STATEMENT
The Indianapolis Ernie Pyle Chapter of the WWII Roundtable was formed in 1987.

Every month we have Veterans, guests and members share their real-life stories.

We bring in speakers who are experts and authors of military history, including local leaders of the military community.

Our diverse members are Veterans, Veteran families, friends or military enthusiasts, war aficionados and history buffs.

We learn about history and meet real American heroes.

*** Travel Announcement ***

Current Newsletter:

Commemoration of the ​83rd Anniversary of Pearl Harbor Attack

Indiana Soldier Accounted for from Korean War

Army Master Sgt. Wallace Simmons Jr.

Join us! 

 Learn about WWII history from the heroes that lived it. 

​Meet authors, heroes, historians, history buffs & Veterans. ​​​

Everyone is welcome - all ages! 

ROBERT E. "BOB" PEDIGO
October 20, 1923 - October 22, 2024​​

​​​Share and view events for Veterans, friends & families all around Central Indiana.

Click here

Source: Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA)

website

2025 ANNUAL DUES
Veteran Family $20
Non-Veteran Family $25
WWII Veterans FREE​​​​​​​​ Membership​

​Accepting checks now for 2025 annual dues.

Make payable to: WWII Roundtable Inc.

Mail to: Andy Fulks, Treasurer, WWII Roundtable Inc.

917 E Walnut St, Lebanon, IN 46052

​​​​IMPORTANT

Please pay your 2025 dues now, in 2024!

Pay at the November 25 meeting.

Make check, payable to: WWII Roundtable Inc.

Mail to:  Andy Fulks, Treasurer, WWII Roundtable Inc.

917 E Walnut, Lebanon, IN 46052

If dues are not paid by the end of 2024, your name will be dropped from our membership list and you will no longer receive the monthly email dinner meeting announcements with links to our newsletter and website. However, non-members can continue to access our newsletter and all of our information on our website. But if you decide to pay your 2025 dues after the 2024 deadline, you will need to resubmit all your contact information.

Paul "PonyTail" Cauley was selected for induction into the Indiana Military Veterans Hall of Fame Class of 2024.

To be honored in person at the Induction Ceremony.
November 12, 2024
Primo Banquet & Conference Center
​2615 E. National Ave, Indianapolis, IN 46227
5:00 p.m. Cocktail & Social Hour, 6:00 p.m. Buffet Dinner, 7:00 p.m. Ceremony

This ceremony recognizes worthy Hoosier veterans.

(Read PonyTail's special message on ABOUT US page.)

Link to official letter of congratulations for more information.

Pearl Harbor Remembrance 2024 event flyer

(Click on Bob's photo to link to more pictures.)

(Click on logo to link to the event information flyer)

Never Forget 9/11

Our new Commemorative Challenge Coins are given FREE to all WWII Veterans.

They are also available with a $10 donation.

Brown County Bald Eagles 

​​​​​​In Memory

Congratulations, PonyTail Paul !

Indiana Military Veterans Hall of Fame

​​​Featured November Program

My Vietnam War Experience

Featured Speaker:  Jim Baird, Vietnam War veteran and US Congressman

Join Kathryn Lerch on this special tour that follows the steps of Alma DeLuce (click on link to slides), as documented in Kathryn's Legacy Initiative project’s book "Your European Correspondent Alma DeLuce." Interested travelers tour some of the destinations the De Luce couple visited in 1939-1941. This trip is designed for a smaller group of 15-20 travelers. There will be an information meeting on November 14, 2024 @ 7:30 PM at 711 East 58th Street, Indianapolis, IN 46220. Please RSVP to Kathryn Lerch, 317-250-8661. cell, if you plan to attend. Click the link to a preliminary flyer of the trip itinerary.

​Northside Events & Social Club (formerly "Knights of Columbus")

2100 E 71st Street, Indianapolis, Indiana​​

​Doors open - 5 PM. Dinner/(RSVP) - 6 PM. Program - 7 PM.

Following the steps of Alma DeLuce
A 15-day tour trip in Europe, June 9-23, 2025, with author, editor, historian Kathryn Lerch as tour guide. 


Where History and Heroes  Meet

INDIANAPOLIS WORLD WAR II ROUNDTABLE - ERNIE PYLE CHAPTER

​​We are mourning the loss of our dear friend Bob Pedigo. He was one of our treasures - a WWII veteran and a faithful member of the Indianapolis Ernie Pyle Chapter WWII Roundtable.

Click the link for visitation and funeral information.
https://www.flannerbuchanan.com/obituaries/robert-bob-pedigo

"US Congressman Baird is a decorated Vietnam War veteran, as his distinguished service to our country was recognized with a Bronze Star with V device and two Purple Hearts. He and his unit were inducted in the United States Transportation Corps Hall of Fame. One of the Gun Trucks from the unit, “The Eve of Destruction” is on display in the Transportation Museum in Ft. Eustis, Virginia."

Quoted from Congressman's "Biography" page on his website, https://baird.house.gov/about/ 

Guest speaker: former US Air Force pilot Joe Bianco

Date & Time: Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024

11AM - Meet & Greet, 12 Noon - buffet luncheon
New Location: Brown County Historical Society 
90 East Gould Street, Nashville, IN 47448  

RSVP: (Before December 5) bcbaldeagles@gmail.com, or

phone (812) 988-2377

"Press Release | Nov. 8, 2024


The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Army Master Sgt. Wallace Simmons Jr., 36, of Indianapolis, Indiana, killed during the Korean War, was accounted for June 20, 2024..."

Click this link for the story.

​Northside Events & Social Club 
(formerly K of C)
2100 E 71st Street 
Indianapolis, IN 46220​

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