American Valor Quarterly Issue 9 - Summer 2012 | Page 3

FROM THE EDITOR Spring/Summer 2012 James C. Roberts President Tim Holbert Editor & Executive Director Wes Smith Program Director Seth Nichols Director of Development Peter Trahan Website Manager Chris Graham Thanks To You... By Tim Holbert For many supporters of the American Veterans Center and the World War II Veterans Committee, this will be the first time you have received an issue of A MERICAN VALOR QUARTERLY. First, let me say that I hope you enjoy the magazine, the only magazine in the country dedicated to preserving our veterans legacy by solely printing first-hand accounts from veterans, by veterans. More than 1,000 active duty military personnel, along with Researcher Jordan Encarma & Kyle Harding Interns & Associate Editors Michael Paradiso Publisher American Valor Quarterly A quarterly publication of the American Veterans Center 1100 N. Glebe Rd. Suite 910 Arlington, VA 22201 Telephone: [phone] Fax: [phone] American Valor Quarterly is mailed to donors to the American Veterans Center and World War II Veterans Committee who make a contribution of $50 or more per-year. Contributions help fund the Center and Committees’ various speaker conferences, student programs, the National Memorial Day Parade, documentary and oral history projects, and this publication. To make a contribution or subscribe, call 571-480-4156 or e-mail [email protected]. www.AmericanVeteransCenter.org www.wwiivets.com www.NationalMemorialDayParade.com This magazine, of course, is made many thousands more in veterans and tribute groups, possible through your generous marched down Constitution Avenue in the 2012 National Memorial Day Parade. support, and the support of thousands of fellow Americans who wish to ensure that our military men and women of every Academy, the Air Force Academy, the Coast generation are not forgotten. Beyond merely Guard Academy, the Merchant Marine AVQ, the American Veterans Center and Academy, and many more ROTC and World War II Veterans Committee is working JROTC programs. Here, America’s future year-round to continue this mission. So, while lea