April 4, 2024- Bud Gahs
March 2024- Walter LaSota
February 2024- Andrew Biggio
January 2024- Bill Balabanow
December 2023- Two WWII Vets Speak: Benjamin Berry & Jacob Russer
November 2023- Yvonne Caputo
October 2023- Wilbur “Jack” Myers
September 2023- Dorothy Trate
August 2023- Charles Brooking
July 2023
June 2023: Dr. John McManus
May 2023: WWII Veteran Robert Thompson
April 2023- NO MEETING
March 2023: Dr. Sarah Myers
February 2023: Dr. Michael Birkner
January 2023: Dr. Colin Colbourn
December 2022: Larry Alexander
November 2022: Jack McSherry
October 2022: David Shortt
September 2022: Harold Angle
August 2022: Dr. Jared Frederick
July 2022- BURDEN OF MEMORY DOCUMENTARY SCREENING (The story of Lt.Col. William Bonelli)
June 2022: Dr. John C. McManus
December 2021: Richard Boyd
November 2021: Susan Eisenhower
October 2021: Neal Bascomb
September 2021: Hershel “Woody” Williams
Clarence E. “Bud” Anderson- August 2021 (Rescheduled from June 3)
Dr. George Colburn- July 2021
Alex Kershaw- May 2021
Dr. Stephen Fritz- April 2021
David Dean Barrett- March 2021
Dr. Craig Symonds- February 2021
Dr. John C. McManus- January 2021
Jared Frederick- December 2020
Thomas Hoke- April 2020 (POSTPONED- Reschedule TBD)
George Colburn- March, 2020
Ken Weiler- February 2020
John C. McManus- January 2020
Clarence Smoyer - December 5, 2019
Kenneth Happel- November 2019
Todd DePastino- October 2019
George Jackson- September 2019
Clarence Smoyer - December 5, 2019
Charles Brooking- August 2019
Joe Drake- June 2019
Steven Sidebotham- May 2019
Harold Billow- April 2019 and July 2015 Speaker
“Malmedy Massacre”
See press release for Billow dated July 2015
See press release for Billow dated July 2015
Mae Krier- March 2019 Speaker
Bob Hench and Bruce Apgar- February 2019 Speakers
Beverley Driver- January 2019 Speaker
Henry “Hank” Heim- December 2018 Speaker
Alan Shapiro- November 2018 Speaker
Karl Mann- November 2018 Speaker: Postponed due to illness, future date TBD.
Alan Shapiro- October 2018 Speaker: Rescheduled for November Mtg Due to illness
Yoneichi “Bill” Uyeda- September 2018 Speaker
Clem Leone- August 2018 Speaker
Hermann Pfisterer- July 2018 Speaker
If you were a young boy growing up in 1930s America, there’s a good chance you were a member of the Boy Scouts of America. If you were a youngster living in Germany during the same time period, you would have been encouraged, and later required, to join the Hitler Youth organization. When Hermann Pfisterer became a member at age 9, it wasn’t for political or ideological reasons: “I joined to get leather shoes,” he told audiences at a WWII show. The uniform, including the new shoes, gave Pfisterer a sense of belonging as he learned how to march and shoot a gun.
Pfisterer lived with his family in Essen. Its location in the Ruhr Valley, the heart of German industrial production, made it a frequent target of Allied bombers. 1942 was the last year of Pfisterer’s formal education: his school was destroyed during a bombing raid. He was later evacuated to a farm in southern Germany but returned to Essen at the insistence of his mother. Allied bombing raids forced Hermann and his family into bunkers.
Hermann Pfisterer will share his experiences of living in Nazi Germany and postwar Europe at the monthly meeting of the Central PA WWII Roundtable, Thursday, July5th at 7:00.
Pfisterer came to the United States in 1952. “I wanted to be on the winning side for a change,” he quipped. After working four years for a business that relocated him to Puerto Rico, Hermann was drafted into the U.S. Army. He served as a clerk and interpreter in Germany. Today he proudly wears his U.S. uniform. “I think this is the best country in the world. I’m glad to be here.”
The Central Pennsylvania WWII Roundtable is a non-profit organization that provides a forum for WWII veterans, authors, historians, and citizens to share their knowledge and experiences related to the war. Meetings, held the first Thursday of every month, begin at 7:00 PM at Grace United Methodist Church, 433 E. Main Street, Hummelstown, PA, 17036. Anyone with an interest in WWII is invited to attend the meetings. There are no membership or admission fees.
For more information, please contact Charlie Lloyd at charlie.centralpaww2rt@gmail.com or 717-503-2862, or visit the organization’s website at www.centralpaww2roundtable.org
Bob Brocklehurst- June 2018 Speaker
Quentin Stambaugh- May 2018 Speaker
Ben Jenkins- April 2018 Speaker
Richard “Dick” Donald- March 2018 Speaker
William Bonelli- February 2018 Speaker
Charles Libby- January 2018 Speaker
Richard “Dick” Schimmel & William Bonelli- December 2017 Speakers
Brian Woodcock & Richard Boyd- November 2017 Speakers
Bill Fili- October 2017 Speaker
Mickey Yonkovig- September 2017 Speaker
Brian Woodcock- August 2017 Speaker
David Tuck- July 2017 Speaker
Guy Whidden- June 2017 Speaker
Art Lentz- May 2017 Speaker
Kenneth Fidler- April 2017 Speaker
Don Greenbaum and Ernie Gross- March 2017 Speakers
Milt Dienes- February 2017 Speaker
Samuel “Chuck” Kline- January 2017 Speaker
Guy Whidden- December 2016 Speaker
Herb Ridyard- November 2016 Speaker
Ivan Backer- October 2016 Speaker
Peter Fantacone- September 2016 Speaker
Salvadore Castro- August 2016 Speaker
David Wisnia- July 2016 Speaker
Dr Robert Ehlers- June 2016 Speaker
Bob Rineer- May 2016 Speaker
Rev Dr Manfred Bahmann- April 2016 Speaker
Calvin Summers- March 2016 Speaker
Mahlon Fink- February 2016 Speaker
Bob Wilcox - January 2016 Speaker
Hank Kudzik - December 2015 Speaker
Art Staymates - November 2015 Speaker
Bert Winzer - October 2015 Speaker
Hilda Mantelmacher - September 2015 Speaker
Harold Billow - July 2015 Speaker
Matt Gutman - June 2015 Speaker
Thomas Clarke - May 2015 Speaker
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