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2003 B-29 Memorial Dedication Remembered

(Photo by Stan Reimer)

While gathering and organizing content for a new website for the All Veterans Memorial Complex in Pratt Kansas, I will be adding photos and selected videos taken in 2003 during the Dedication ceremonies.
Some photos have already been posted (2003 Dedication Albums 1,2 and 3) and appropriate captions will added as time allows. More will be added within the next month. If any Pratt folks participted and want to give us some Captions (for the numbered photos) please email them to me (No. and Caption).

Some interesting video interviews were also found that will be added to the website (assuming the quality and sound is ok) after written approval is received from the individuals or their families. We intend on sending a request and approval form (from a mailing list that we are building) to accomplish this task in the next couple of months.
Interviews include featured speakers (like Hap Halloran), PAAF Trainees (like Robert Morgan) and local veterans too. See this example of a local veteran interview .

Thanks to the Pratt citizens (past and present) for their past help in providing their time and talents in this effort.

Operation Christmas Child

MILLIONS OF SHOE BOX GIFTS BEING PACKED RIGHT NOW FOR THE WORLD’S LARGEST CHRISTMAS PROJECT.
Note:
Monday, November 17-Monday November 24 are the dates for receiving Operation Christmas Child boxes at the First United Methodist Church. Operation Christmas Child (OCC) is a non-profit ministry associated with Franklin Graham’s Samaritan’s Purse that serves the needs of millions in third world countries.

Collection Week for Operation Christmas Child is Nov. 17-24

PRATT, KS, November 2008— The excitement and spirit of giving that comes with the holiday season is seemingly not being hampered by recent economic hardships. Pratt residents are generously selecting gift items for needy children around the world to pack in shoe boxes for Operation Christmas Child, a project of Samaritan’s Purse. There is still time to get involved.

Nov. 17-24 is National Collection Week for Operation Christmas Child, when more than 2,400 locations spanning all 50 states and staffed by thousands of volunteers will be open to collect millions of shoe box gifts for needy and hurting children. To find a drop-off site in Pratt, use the Operation Christmas Child zip code locater found at www.samaritanspurse.org or call 1-800-353-5949.

Operation Christmas Child hopes to collect over 8 million personalized gift-filled shoe boxes as a way to bring joy to suffering children. After gifts are collected, they will be packed, shipped, and hand-delivered to children in some 100 countries affected by natural disaster, war, terrorism, disease, famine and poverty.

“We are already hearing about individuals and families who are planning to bring anywhere from one to 1,000 shoe box gifts to drop-off sites all over the country,” says Sheryl White. “People aren’t letting the economy stop them from getting into the joy of Christmas and giving to children who live in the most desperate situations.”

HOW TO PACK A SHOE BOX GIFT:

v Find an empty shoe box. (You may wrap it—lid separately—but wrapping is not required.)

v Decide whether your gift will be for a boy or girl and choose an age category: 2-4, 5-9, or 10-14
v Fill your shoe box with a variety of gifts: school supplies, toys, hygiene items, clothes, hard candy, and a personal note to the child and family photo
v Enclose $7 or more to help cover shipping and other project costs


v Complete instructions are available on the Samaritan’s Purse Web site www.samaritanspurse.org.


Since 1993, Operation Christmas Child has hand-delivered more than 61 million shoe box gifts to needy children in more than 120 countries. Operation Christmas Child is a project of Samaritan’s Purse, an international Christian relief and evangelism organization headed by Franklin Graham. After National Collection Week, shoe box gifts may be mailed year-round to Samaritan’s Purse headquarters, 801 Bamboo Road, Boone, N.C. 28607.

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29th Bomb Group Fare-Well Reunion Medal

World War II veteran Joe Chovelak holds a medal he received commemorating the U.S. Air Force 29th Bomb Group's 13th reunion this fall in Washington, D.C. Chovelak donated his war memorabilia to the U.S. Air Force Museum in Dayton, Ohio. (Jonathan Miano/Naperville Sun Staff Photographer)

See more of this story at the Pratt Army Air Field History Center.

Interview Of Local WW II Veteran

Click image below to see part 1, then click related links to see part2, part3, part4 and part5.

Amazing Exhibit At Kansas Museum

"A visit to Paul Boyer's Museum of Animated Carvings is a fantastic way to spend an afternoon. He has created many incredible animatronic pieces that entertain and astound visitors."... says the producer of this video clip (click below to view):


You can read more about this amazing place in a story published on the Kansas Sampler Foundation Blog titled "It's Amazing!".