                    
IN
MEMORIAM TO OUR SPECIAL GUESTS WHO HAVE ANSWERED THE LAST BUGLE CALL IN THE PAST
YEAR
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HERSHEL "WOODY" WILLIAMS
USMC, 1st Bn, 21st Marines, 3rd Marine Div.
Awarded the Medal of Honor -
Iwo Jima
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GUY WHIDDEN
USA, HQ Co., 502nd PIR, 101st Airborne Div.
Parachuted Into Normandy and Holland
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THOMAS HOKE
USA, 312th Medical Bn. Co C 347th Inf Regt, 87th Inf Div
Battle of the
Bulge Campaign
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MAUR LEVAN
USA, 625th
Ordnance Base Automotive Maintenance, 10th Army
Deployed in 1945 to Okinawa for the
Invasion of Japan
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GEORGE LAMBERT JR.
SSgt, US
Army, Co D, 339th Engineer Construction Bn.
Luzon, New Guinea
and Southern Philippines Campaign veteran
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RICHARD BOYD
Flt. Lt. DFC,
R.A.F. No. 195 Squadron, No. 3 Group, Bomber Command
Lancaster
Pilot, 33 Missions over Germany and France
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JOHN LEFEROVICH
USA,
120th General Hospital New Guinea and Philippines
Campaigns
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CLARENCE SMOYER
USA,
32nd Armor
Regiment, 3rd Armored Div.
Normandy, Northern France, Battle of the Bulge, and Rhineland Campaigns
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FRANK LANTERMAN
Pharmacist Mate 1st Class,
USN, LST-492
Offshore of Omaha Beach on
D-Day, he witnessed the explosion of the LST next to his.
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JIM GALLAGHER
Aviation Ordnanceman 2nd Class, USN,
Saipan, Mariana Islands
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What follows is a partial roster of our scheduled Special Guests for the
upcoming WWII Weekend.
As the show draws near and others are confirmed
we'll add them, so please check back to see what other guests are coming.
WWII Weekend guest speaker's schedules will
be posted at each speaker's venue at the show.
At other times, many of
these veterans will be available to meet and sign autographs at tables in the
main hangar.
In some cases an autograph fee may be charged by the Special
Guest.
Guests are scheduled to appear on the days noted in
their details below.

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Ray Firmani
1Lt, USAAF, 835th Squadron,
486th Bomb Group, 8th Air
Force
B-17 Pilot/Lead
Crew
25 Missions
over Europe
Distinguished
Flying Cross
European Theater
of Operations
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Matt Gutman
CPO, USN,
Landing Ship Tank, USS LST-553
Coxswain on
LST that supported Peleliu,
Leyte, Mindoro, Lingayen Gulf, Subic Bay, and Okinawa
Landings
Asiatic-Pacific Theater
of Operations Appearing Friday & Saturday |
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Frank
McCullough
Tech Sgt. USAAF, 391st
Bomb Sqdn., 34th Bombardment Group, 8th AF
B-17 Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
30 Missions over
Europe
Distinguished
Flying Cross
European Theater
of Operations
Appearing Friday |
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Robert
Thompson
SSgt. USA, Co. A, 23rd Infantry
Regt., 2nd Inf. Div.
Combat Infantryman
Normandy, Brittany and Ardennes
Campaigns
POW at stalags in Hammelburg, Nuremberg
and Moosburg
European Theater
of Operations
Appearing Saturday & Sunday |
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Dick Schimmel
SSgt, USA, Radio Operator, Signal Company, Aircraft Warning,
Hawaii
Pearl Harbor
Survivor
Asiatic-Pacific Theater
of Operations Appearing all three days
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John M.
Fleming
SSgt,
USA, 271st Regt., 69th Div., 2nd Army
Combat Infantryman, Mechanic
Awarded Two Bronze
Stars
Battle
of the Bulge, Siegfried Line and Leipzig
European Theater of Operations
Appearing Friday and Sunday
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Victor Friscia
Gunner's Mate 1st Class,
USN,
USS LST-341
Asiatic-Pacific Theater of Operations Appearing Saturday
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LST-341
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Robert Pearce
Aerographer's Mate 1st Class,
USN,
Fleet Air Wing 10
Weather Observer on a PBY
"Catalina".
He flew through the eye of typhoons and participated in 50 missions in the
South China Sea searching for crewmembers of downed aircraft.
Asiatic-Pacific Theater of Operations
Appearing Saturday and Sunday |
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Thomas Fitzpatrick
Tech Sergeant,
USAAF, 96th Bomb Sqdn, 2nd Bomb Group, 15th Air Force
B-17 Radio Operator based at
Amendola, Italy
European Theater of Operations
Appearing Saturday
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George Focht, Jr.
Sergeant,
USA, 49th Bomb Sqdn, 2nd Bomb Group, 15th Air Force
B-17 and B-24 Mechanic in Foggia,
Italy
European Theater of Operations
Appearing Friday
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Victor
Marulli
Boatswain's Mate
2nd Class,
USN,
Underwater Demolition Team #3
(UDT-3)
Bell Diver/Combat Swimmer/Frogman
(forerunner of US Navy Seals)
Guam,
Philippines, Japan
European and Asiatic-Pacific
Theaters of Operations Appearing all three days
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Seabees in UDT
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Charles Brooking
USN, Gunner's Mate
2nd Class, MTB RON 16 and MTB RON 42
Twin .50 Cal. Gunner on
PT-223, PT-619, PT-621 and PT-617
Asiatic-Pacific Theater
of Operations
Appearing All Three Days
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PT-223
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PT-617
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Arthur Grabiner
Yeoman 2nd Class, USN,
USS Laurens, (APA -153)
Launched Amphibious Assaults,
Combated Kamikaze Attacks, Invasions of Lingayen Gulf and Okinawa
Asiatic-Pacific Theater
of Operations
Appearing Saturday & Sunday
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USS Laurens (APA-153) |
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Chuck
Kline BM3,
USN,
USS Wasatch (AGC-9)
Crewmember on General MacArthur's
Command Ship
Asiatic-Pacific Theater
of Operations
Appearing Saturday
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USS Wasatch |
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Norris Jernigan
Cpl, USAAF, 393rd Bomb
Sqdn. (VH) 509th Composite Group
Responsible for preparation of information
required for bombing missions.
Asiatic-Pacific Theater
of Operations Appearing all three days
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William Myers
Cpl, USA, 114th Combat
Engineer Bn., 32nd Infantry Div.
and the 1777 Engineering Construction Bn. in the Philippines
Served
with the Occupational Forces in Japan, post-war.
Asiatic-Pacific Theater
of Operations Appearing Friday
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Ben Berry
CpL (Tech 5), USA,
78th Quartermaster Bn., 78th Infantry
Div., 3rd Army
Landed at Normandy on D-Day +22
Battle of the Bulge veteran
European Theater of Operations
Appearing Sunday
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Edward Czechowski
Coxswain, USN,
USS Saufley (DD465)
20mm Gunner on a Fletcher Class Destroyer with
16 Battle Battle Stars
Awarded the Silver Star for
shooting down a Kamakazi before it could hit his ship.
Pacific Theater of Operations
Appearing Friday and Saturday
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USS Saufley DD465 at her launching on July 19, 1942 in
Kearney, NJ
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"Bud" Gahs
PFC,
USA, 222nd Anti-Tank Co. , 42nd Division, 7th
Army
Truck Driver
Ardennes and Rhineland Campaigns
European Theater of Operations
Appearing Friday &
Saturday
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Jake Ruser
PFC,
USA, 12th Infantry , 4th Infantry Division, 7th
Army
Combat Medic - Landed at
Normandy on D-Day
Battle of the Bulge veteran
European Theater of Operations
Appearing Sunday
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Richard Deverter
PFC,
USA,
4th Battalion, 49th Armored Infantry Regt., 8th Armored Division, 3rd Army
Half-Track Driver
Fought in France, Holland and
Czechoslovakia & helped liberate two concentration camps
European Theater of Operations
Appearing Friday and Saturday
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Half-Track |
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Lou Cinfici
DT1,
USMM & USN Merchant
Marine delivered supplies and ammunition at Iwo Jima, Midway and
Guadalcanal
Witnessed the Japanese surrender aboard the
USS Missouri
Asiatic-Pacific Theater
of Operations Appearing all three days
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Japanese surrender aboardu USS Missouri
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Dorothy Trate
"Rosie the Riveter" Punch
Press Operator
Manufactured parts for aircraft and other weapons
Home Front
Appearing Friday
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Hermann Pfisterer
born in
Germany in 1934, at age 9 he became a member of the
“Deutsches Jungvolk,” (DJ) a Hitler Youth Group mandatory for boys
aged 10 to 14.
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Appearing all three days |
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ADDITIONS TO THIS PAGE
YOUR
ATTENTION PLEASE:
WWII
Weekend Special Guests and WWII Aircraft are scheduled to attend in the best of
faith by all parties. Unfortunately last minute health concerns, weather
factors, and other unexpected issues may prevent a gueats attendance.
Scheduled times and venues are subject to change because of these possibilities.
We apologize if this should occur, however we offer no refunds or reductions.
In some cases an autograph fee may be
charged by the Special Guest.
WWII
VETERANS - "UNCLE MAAM" WANTS YOU!

If you are interested in
being a special guest at the Mid-Atlantic Air Museum’s World War Weekend next
year, please contact the museum in writing via email
not later than October 1st for
consideration at the following June event so that we may create a contact
file. The event is always held the first
FULL
weekend in June each year.
Special guests are
considered for autographs, book or print signings, and as speakers regarding
their military or war-effort experiences. Thank-you.


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