The heart and soul of AWON can be seen in our national and regional events.
Washington, D.C. Meeting (12/91) -- Click Here
Sam Tannenbaum meets Tony Vacarro
on an important anniversary. (January 18, '04) --
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Stars are placed on the "Freedom Wall" at the WWII Memorial. (February 3,
'04) -- Click Here
North Carolina sibs meet in
Greensboro, N.C.(February 29, '04) --
Click Here
The Stahls visit the Hoffmans and the Temtes in San Antonio. (March 23,
'04) -- Click Here
Ann Mix and Lee Mathis get a first
look at the new WWII Memorial. (May 5, '04) --
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Roger Connor visits the USS Nimitz -- at Coronado. (May 16, '04) --
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Harry Strahlendorf honors his father at Mays Landing, N.J. (May 26-28, '04)
-- Click Here
Tom Ratliff honors his Father
and Mother in D.C.. (May 28, '04) -- Click
Here
Nancy Sue Johnson places Memorial
Day Wreath in Missoula, MT. (May 31, '04) --
Click Here
Ann Mix stops to see Nancy Sue
Johnson on her way west. (July 6, '04) --
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Mary Hearn and Shirley Mckinney meet in North Little Rock, AR. (July 8, '04)
-- Click Here
Mix and Kindig meet, then Patricia speaks in Madison. (July 8, '04) --
Click Here
Roger takes Sharon Edwards for a 2nd visit to the Nimitz. (July 20, '04) --
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Roger welcomes the USS Ronald Reagan to Coronado. (July 23, '04) --
Click Here
Temte and Hoffman host Conrad Netting in San Antonio. (August 6, '04) --
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Mott, Ambrose, & 1st Marine
Div. survivors tackle The Pacific. (Aug. 12-15, '04) --
Click Here
The AWON Board meets in Denver.
(August 21-23, '04) -- Click Here
Patricia Gaffney-Kindig spreads the AWON word. (September 1, '04) --
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Patricia Gaffney-Kindig lobbies the Denver Mayor. (September 6, '04) --
Click Here
Margraten hosts a new event -- the All Names Soundscape. (September 17, '04)
-- Click Here
"Sante Fe Annies" meet in El Paso, TX. (October 9, '04) --
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AWONers meet in Carlisle and Gettysburg, PA. (October 15-16, '04) --
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Northwest AWONers meet for lunch in Fife, WA. (October 30, '04) --
Click Here
The Tally Committee meets at the Kindigs in Denver, CO. (November 3, '04)
-- Click Here
Victoria Adams and two sisters visit St. Avold, France (November 24 - 30,
'04) -- Click Here
The LeGrands get Left Coast company in Oro Valley, AZ. (December 3, '04) --
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Dedication of the WWII Memorial in Springfield, IL. (December 4, '04) --
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Tina and Bruce Aden go to a White House Christmas party. (December 15, '04)
-- Click Here
Roger and Sharon visit the Linvilles in Danville, IL. (December 30, '04) --
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60th Anniversary exhibit of
the Battle of the Bulge, Bastogne (December '04) --
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Five sibs (4 old & 1 new)
meet at Mechanicsburg, PA. (January 7, '05) --
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Five sibs (3 old & 2 new)
meet at Camarillo Airport, CA. (February 4, '05) --
Click Here
New York City (& envorons) sibs meet at Café Topsy to welcome Pat
Rathje (March 12, '05) -- Click
Here
Roger McKee Connor and Sharon
Crowley Edwards wed on Coronado! (March 17, '05) --
Click Here
Rik Peirson and D.C. Conference Video Producer David Duke meet for lunch (April
4, '05) -- Click Here
Nine sibs meet for a Memorial for the fallen in the center of York, PA (April
23, '05) -- Click Here
Several sibs welcome Sam and Rachel Tannenbaum to NYC (May 6, '05) --
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Nine sibs, including a new member, meet in Tumwater, WA (May 7, '05) --
Click Here
Tannenbaum, Vacarro, Houtrides and Patton meet on Long Island City (May 9,
'05) -- Click Here
George Zatko hosted Shirley McKinney in Biloxi, Mississippi (May 18, '05)
-- Click Here
Tina Aden and her family plus Shirley Mckinney remember PFC George T. Davis
(May 28, '05) -- Click Here
Joyce McCollum and her family visit her Father's grave on Memorial Day Weekend
(May 29, '05) --
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A Slovenian Memorial is dedicated to the B-24 Crew of 2LT Donald S. Morrison
(June 18, '05) -- Click Here
Two AWON cowgirls meet the same pony, somewhere in Texas (Posted June 18,
'05) -- Click Here
Vic Muller visits the Memorial to his Brother Joseph in Biersdorf, Germany
(June 20, '05) -- Click Here
Vic Muller visits the Memorial for PVT Alfred Etcheverry in Goesdorf, Luxembourg
(June 21, '05) -- Click Here
Several sibs meet at the Navy Pier in Chicago to commemorate end of WWII (July
23, '05) -- Click Here
Shirley McKinney and her husband
attend the 84th ID Railsplitters Reunion (July 25, '05) --
Click Here
The AWON Board holds its annual meeting in Kansas City, Missouri (Aug.
26-27, '05) -- Click Here
Ron Burrus enlists in the USAF Reserve in memory of his Grandfather (August
30, '05) -- Click Here
Four AWONers attend a session held by the DPMO in San Diego (September 24,
'05) -- Click Here
Barb Henry, Missouri Coordinator, hosts a gathering for area sibs (September
30, '05) -- Click Here
Mackay Crampton, a CA Coordinator, hosts a gathering for area sibs (October
7, '05) -- Click Here
Patty Temte organized a luncheon for several South Texas sibs (October 8,
'05) -- Click Here
Seven AWONers gather in NYC to celebrate their Fathers' lives (October 10,
'05) -- Click Here
Shirley Jackson McKinney hosts a luncheon in Little Rock, AR (November 9,
'05) -- Click Here
Three AWONers represent us at Veterans Day remembrances in D.C. (November
10, '05) -- Click Here
The Connors celebrate the new B-24 Exhibit at the San Diego Vet's Museum (Nov.
11, '05) -- Click Here
Several AWONers meet to present an AWON plaque at Arlington (Nov. 11, '05)
-- Click Here
Several AWONers participate in Nations Parade Week in New York City (Nov.
11, '05) -- Click Here
Thirteen AWONers of the new
SoCal Region meet in San Diego (Feb 18, '06) --
Click Here
10th Mountain Veterans of WWII visit 10th Mountain wounded at Walter Reed
(Mar. 4, '06) -- Click Here
AWONers Albani, Mau, and Smith meet for lunch in Kailua, Hawaii (Mar.
11, '06) -- Click Here
Shirley Mckinney hosts a Reunion of the Railsplitters in Little Rock (April
19-23, '06) -- Click Here
AWON President Patricia Gaffney-Kindig lobbies Capital Hill (May '06) --
Click Here
The AWON National Conference in San Antonio Megapictures (May 26-29
'06) -- Click Here
Bonnie Hellums takes a birthday ride on a B-17 like her Dad's (June 11, '06)
-- Click Here
Third luncheon of the California Central Coast Regional Group (July 11, '06)
-- Click Here
Second luncheon of the Sounthern California Regional Group (July 15, '06)
-- Click Here
Patricia Gaffney-Kindig flies
in an A-6 Trainer at Platt Valley Airpark, CO (Aug. 20, '06) --
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The Connors join Sharon's Dad's
307th Bomb Group Reunion in WA (Aug. 24-26, '06) --
Click Here
Several AWONers attend the 35th
Division Reunion in Topeka, KS (Sept. 13-17, '06) --
Click Here
Sharon Crowley Connor visits
Yap Island, near where her Father was lost (Sept. 20, '06) --
Click Here
Roger Connor
renews friendships and visits his Father's Grave in Luxembourg (Sept. 20,
'06) -- Click Here
Pat Cervenak Albani meets James
Bradley, Author of "Flags of Our Fathers" (Oct. 7, '06) --
Click Here
The Connors travel to Monarch
Beach to welcome Bill Ciodo to CA (Oct. 27, '06) --
Click Here
Several sibs march & meet for the Veterans Day Parade in New York City
(Nov. 11, '06) -- Click Here
The Connors welcome the Temtes and Le Grands in San Diego (Feb. 3, '07) -- Click Here
Sixteen AWON sibs attend a gathering in York, PA (April 21, '07) -- Click Here
The Connors host the Volkans in San Diego (May 16, '07) -- Click Here
Upcoming group trip to the Philippines for Memorial Day (May 25 – June 5, '07) -- Click Here
The Connors visit the USS Midway for Memorial Day service (May 26, '07) -- Click Here
Patricia Gaffney-Kindig speaks at MIA gathering (May 28, '07) -- Click Here
The Hoffmans, Temtes, and Connors visit Bonnie & Carel (June 15, '07) -- Click Here
Four sibs meet for lunch in Hot Springs, Arkansas (July 23, '07) -- Click Here
Several sibs welcome two potential new members in San Diego (Aug. 9, '07) -- Click Here
Lois Klein hosts two sibs for lunch in Montecito (August 31, '07) -- Click Here
Four AWON sibs attend the First Marine Division Reunion in Philadelphia (Aug. 31, '07) -- Click Here
24 orphans gather and share stories in Clinton Township, Michigan (Nov. 10, '07) -- Click Here
Several AWONers march in the NYC Veterans Day Parade (Nov. 11, '07) -- Click Here
Rhode Island dedicates its World War II Memorial (Nov. 11, '07) -- Click Here
Several AWONers met at the Southern California Luncheon in San Marcos (Feb. 16, '08) -- Click Here
Lecrone, Rhinehart, Buterbaugh, & Layne meet in Delaware (Feb. 29 to Mar. 3, '08) -- Click Here
Floyd Johnson drives 1,941 miles to Ohio to see the Motts (April 23, '08) -- Click Here