UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY MEMORIAL GARDENS
**A COLLECTION OF RECENT AND OLD PICTURES FOLLOW THESE**
Air Force Academy Honor Guard
417th members, families and guests
417th Memorial Service
Posting The Colors
Posting The Colors
T/SGT Steve Kindermann, USAF Band of the Rockies
plays "To The Colors" as The Colors are Posted
Color Guard; Lt Col Hammes, Representing USAF Academy; Randy Saunders,USAF Academy Public Affairs Office
Col Hammes welcomes the 417th to the Plaque Dedication Service
417th Members and guests
417th Members and guests
Lt Col Robert Kunselman, Reunion Host, welcoming 417th Bomb Group
and introducing Pastor Wheat to give the invocation
Invocation and remarks by Pastor A. Joseph Wheat
Village 7 Presbyterian Church, Colorado Springs
Lt Col Kip Klopp Presenting History of The 417th Bomb Group
Col Klopp shortens his talk!!
Listening to Col Klopp
More Listeners
And More
And More
And More
3 More
Col Klopp Speaking: The cover is still on the 417th Plaque
Col Klopp Completes 417th Bomb Group History Address
Tony Duran and Myles Alderman uncover the 417th Plaque
The 417th Bomb Group Plaque(top row)
Col Klopp Presents Plaque to Col Hammes, USAF Academy
Col Hammes Accepts The 417th Bomb Group Plaque
For The USAF Academy and The United States Air Force
T/Sgt Steve Kindermann sounds "TAPS"
The Colors Are Retired
The Dedication Service Is Complete
Our Flag Flies High
RECENT PICTURES
PART-1, 417th. members at banquet
Part-2, 417th. members at banquet
Part-1, Attendees at 2002 417th. Bomb Group Banquet
Sheraton Hotel, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Part-2, Attendees at 2002 417th. Bomb Group Banquet
Sheraton Hotel, Colorado Springs, Colorado
1941 Stearman owned by Jay Anding. Restored and rebuilt to original specifications
Stephen Pearce, pilot (on right) with Bob Kunselman, "student pilot" again after first soloing
in a Stearman at Ocala, Florida in January 1943
Getting ready to roll: Bryan, Texas Airport
This was a real thrill after 60 years
INFORMATION ON AIR FORCE MEMORIAL
ARTIST'S SKETCH OF AIR FORCE MEMORIAL
Groundbreaking set for September 2004
WWII MEMORIAL UNDER CONSTRUCTION: WASHINGTON,DC
DEDICATION SATURDAY MAY 29, 2004
ANOTHER VIEW OF CONSTRUCTION OF WWII MEMORIAL
ARTIST'S SKETCH OF WWII MEMORIAL
A-20G Cockpit
AIR FORCE MUSEUM
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, DAYTON, OHIO
Thunderbirds and Pikes Peak: May 29,2003
PLAQUE AT AIR FORCE ACADEMY MEMORIAL GARDENS
672nd., A-20G over the Pacific Ocean
A-20G
672nd. Ground crews and gunners
417th. A-20G: Below the tree tops
Mindoro, Philippines: January 1945
Col. Milton W. Johnson ( later to be 417th. CO): B-25 DeRidder, LA.: 1943
674th. Motor Pool: Mindoro, Philippines.
BACK ROW: Joe Smith, Ed Lau, Dean Nemnich, Philip Stone, Dan Ritchie.
FRONT ROW: Kenneth Marsh, Oris Brown, Robert Moses, Claude Dawsey, Bruce Lambert, Charles Welch.
Cadet Tom Harnish, Sdudent Lt. Newton, Instructor Jerry Swantek: Primary Training February 1944
Hawthorne School of Aeronautics, Orangeburg, South Carolina
417th Bomb Group Camp, Nadzab, New Guinea 1943
Picnic time in New Guinea
Checking in at De Ridder late 1943
Capt. Gilbert Barta, Capt. William Magee, Capt. Phillip Crow, can't identify the others.
Lt. Huelsbeck and crew, Cpl. George Anderson (on left) and Cpl. Jerome Higgins leaving "The States" in January 1945 to join the 417th Bomb Group
417th Jeep and tent area: Noemfoor, Dutch East Indies
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