Subject: Trailside Center Lecture on SEPTEMBER 10, THURSDAY EVENING--COL. JACK BROOKS: THE GROUND WAR IN N. AFRICA AND EUROPE

TRAILSIDE CENTER

PROGRAM CALENDAR

9901 HOLMES ROAD, KCMO 64131 816-942-3581

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

THURSDAY EVENING

7 P.M.

WW II SERIES

FEATURING

COLONEL JACK BROOKS:

THE GROUND WAR IN

N. AFRICA AND EUROPE

Colonel Jack Brooks will tell of Allied efforts to subdue our enemies in the Ground Battle for North Africa and Europe on September 10 at 7 pm at the Trailside Center as part of the WW II Living History Series sponsored by the New Santa Fe Historical Society.

Colonel Brooks, local Historian and career Military Officer, was a young Infantry officer with the lst Infantry Division in invasions of North Africa, Sicily, and Normandy on D-Day.

Colonel Brooks recently spent 3 days at Fort Riley with his old outfit, the Big Red One, and will give a brief update on how he views today’s soldiers and the state of the US Army.

Don’t miss this great presentation. Come early.

TRAILSIDE CENTER

9901 HOLMES ROAD

KCMO 64131

THERE IS NO CHARGE FOR PROGRAMS

AT THE TRAILSIDE CENTER.

EXTRA PARKING IS AVAILABLE ON THE

NORTHWEST CORNER OF 99TH & HOLMES.

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