Thursday, December 21, 2000

Manor Care Nursing Home, Sunday, December 10, 2000 01:30 PM - 02:30 PM

Where:
Manor Care Nursing Home
375 NW 51st St.
Boca Raton, FL

What:
Veterans Day / Pearl Harbor Day presentation with Deerfield Beach MCJROTC to WWII veterans at Manor Care Nursing Home with presentation of award certificates confirming "YOU DID MAKE A DIFFERENCE."

On Sunday, December 10th, 2000 at 1:30 p.m. Tamarac Detachment #755 of the Marine Corps League presented a Veterans Day program for veterans who currently reside at the Manor Care Nursing Home, 375 NW 51st Street in Boca Raton.

Due to their frail physical condition, these veterans were unable to attend the Veterans Day program in Veterans Memorial Park, Boca Raton, on November 11th. Therefore, the Tamarac Detachment brought Veterans Day to them. The program was planned to take place as close as possible to December 7th, a date that is meaningful to the World War II veterans. The program consisted of presentation of Colors by the Deerfield Beach High School Marine Corps Junior ROTC Color Guard, presentation of a Certificate of Appreciation to each veteran, and distribution of an American Flag to each resident of the Home.

Abe E. Wilen, an Air Force veteran of World War II, was the guest speaker. Mr. Wilen flew 20 combat missions as a navigator on a B-24 Liberator in the 8th Air Force. Actor Jimmy Stewart was his Operations Officer. He spent one year as a Prisoner of War in Germany after his plane was shot down.

Mr. Wilen is a member of the 'Former-POWs Speakers Bureau' at the West Palm Beach Veterans Hospital. He is also the Coordinator of the program that brings the World War II bombers into Boca every year. He is a lifetime member of American Ex-Pows, American Legion, Disabled American Veterans, Jewish War Veterans, and Veterans of Foreign Wars.

All residents of the Nursing Home and their families were invited to attend. Refreshments were served.
Memorial Service for Lost Squadron. Tuesday, December 05, 2000 01:30 PM - 02:30 PM

Where:
Flight Control Tower at Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood Airport.

What:
Detachment Color Guard leads the Parade of Color Guards in Memorial service for The Lost Squadron at Navy Park at the foot of the Tower at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood Airport.