2 down 8 to go!

Last Saturday, I presented a slide-show presentation about Staff Sergeant Donald E. Davis, Tail-Gunner on the Hetzler Crew, in his hometown of Anna, IL. We had a really wonderful weekend and a fantastic trip. This is the 2nd crew member that I have spoken about in their hometown. We have decided to take our vacations for the next few years to all of the hometowns of the Hetzler Crew, so we have 2 down and 8 to go!
My talk was presented at the VFW's Carroll P. Foster Post No. 3455 in Anna and it was sponsored by the Union County Historical and Genealogy Society. There were about 60 people in attendance including Donald's younger brother William Davis (pictured with me) and several of Donald's nieces and nephews. A bus also dropped off a group of men from the local Veteran's home. It was a dream come true, to meet people who knew Donald and to be able to honor his memory in his hometown. A local newspaper reporter was in attendance and I made the local TV news that evening!

We took this opportunity to make this trip a little vacation and we stayed at Giant City State Park, which is only a few miles from Anna and had a great time there...more on that in the next entry. Now, all of our talk is where to go next, we have family contacts with two more crew members, one in Wyoming and the other in Buffalo, so our choice is Yellowstone or Niagara Falls! Not a bad choice, Teddy will love either one!