[South Florida DX Association] GCARS club meeting date

[Peter Rimmel - Marine Chemist]

Gold Coast Amateur Radio Association
MONTHLY     MEETING    ANNOUNCEMENT
March  24 2009
Imperial Point Medical Center
6401 N. Federal Hwy
Fort Lauderdale Florida
 
ARRL VE Test Session at 6:00 PM in Auditorium C
Club Meeting 7:30 PM in Auditorium A
 
It is with great pleasure that I invite you to our March 24th 2009 Gold Coast Amateur Radio Association's meeting.  This month's speaker, will be Mr. Leo Gray.  I am certain that you will not want to miss this meeting no matter what club you belong to.  I met Leo at a pilot organization where we are both members.  I only wish we had more time with him...
 
Tuskegee Airman   
Leo R. Gray 


Lieutenant Colonel Leo. R. Gray made significant contributions to the welfare of this country throughout his military and civilian careers. As a youth in the Boy Scouts of America, Gray met all qualifications for a Life Scout, and achieved the rank of Junior Assistant Scoutmaster in his Troop. 
After graduation from Boston English High School in 1942, Gray enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corp as a private. After completing the College Training Detachment Program at Tuskegee Institute, he entered aviation cadet training to become a pilot. He graduated from the Tuskegee Army Air Field Flying School as a 2nd Lieutenant Single Engine Pilot in Class 44-G (SE). 
After completing combat fighter pilot training at Walterboro Army Air Field, Gray was stationed in Italy as a fighter pilot with the 100th Fighter Squadron, 332nd Fighter Group. He flew 15 combat missions over Europe in P-51 Mustangs. He had a total of 750 hours flying time. He was separated from active duty in 1946 and remained in the USAF Reserve until he retired in 1984. During his 41 years of military service, Lt. Col. Gray was awarded the Air Medal with one oak leaf cluster, a Presidential Unit Citation, and the Mediterranean Theatre of Operation ribbon with three battle stars. In addition, he earned the American Theatre and World War II Victory button.

 
 
It is with great pleasure that I invite you to our March 24th 2009 Gold Coast Amateur Radio Association's meeting.  As you can probably imagine, this month's speaker, will be Mr. Leo Gray.  He will among other things,  speak about their radio communications both air to ground and air to air.  I am certain that you will not want to miss this meeting no matter what club you belong to.  I met Leo at a pilot organization where we are both members.  I only wish we had more time with him...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuskegee_Airmen

This link will steer you to many more links and articles on the Internet..
 
 
We look forward to seeing you for an interesting  evening.  Come join us.
 
You are also welcome to join us for dinner in the cafeteria  around 5:15 PM …



 
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