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President’s message, February 2023
“You can never have too many friends” my mom used to say. Well, she was right. Those of us who attended our Boston convention with the 93rd BG found that out. We learned a lot about each other for sure. We created relationships and friendships and appreciated how each organization worked and found out that…
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Kids’ Corner #4
The Heritage League hopes your holidays were happy. Please download this drawing, color it in, and share it with family and friends. We hope this helps with your understanding of our ancestor’s service with the Second Air Division during World War II. Our Heritage League mission is to educate our next generations about the actions…
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We are all “flying high.” I don’t mean that literally, but emotionally, yes. As I am writing this message to you, some of us in the Heritage League have just returned from our 2021 Convention in Savannah. We joined the 8th AF Historical Society in late October of this year. It was so wonderful to…
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Kids’ crossword: bomber positions
OK kids! Here’s our second challenge. Match up the members of the bomber crew with where they sat on the plane and what their jobs were by completing this crossword puzzle. If you’re not sure, ask your ancestors! Download the crossword puzzle below to get the complete set of puzzle clues.
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Watch our 10-2020 annual meeting on Youtube!
Here’s a chance for you to catch up on our news, visit with some vets, and tour an air field in England, without ever leaving your home! We have created a YouTube video for our annual meeting that was held on Zoom in October 2020. The video has three segments. Here’s the breakdown with time…
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Happy New Year to all of our members and friends of the Heritage League. I am hopeful for a better 2021. Like everything in 2020, the Heritage League had to be creative on how we would have our annual meeting. Instead of traveling to Memphis in October, we held our very first virtual Zoom meeting…
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Our 2020 Heritage League Annual Reunion is Virtual
We hope this finds you well and coping with this very challenging pandemic. Since 1987, The Heritage League has held a convention each year at an interesting physical place. All members are always invited to participate. Along with socializing and educational programs, we hold our required Annual Member Meeting, where the Executive Committee gives its…
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Evolution and Technology…. How times have changed with communications from when our Veterans were in East Anglia in the 1940’s and currently how we are communicating in the present. It’s been an amazing transition and evolution. There were many ways that the military communicated in WWII. Here are a few ways: Radio- B24 used a…
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Our first Kids’ Corner submissions
We are looking for kids to get more involved in the legacy and history of the 2nd Air Division so we asked kids to color a B24 plane and identify their Veteran’s bomb group on the wing. here’s the first set of drawings. Thank you to all the wonderful kids who took the time to…
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Introducing the Kids’ Corner
Welcome to the Kids’ Corner! The mission of The Heritage League is educating following generations about the sacrifices of our ancestors of the Bomb and Fighter Groups of the Second Air Division in World War II. Kids Corner is a new idea for Heritage League. Our goal is to involve and educate the next generation. We…
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