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November 2015
Vol. 16 No. 11
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‘We’re Here Because They Were There’
Retiree Works to Share, Preserve Vets’ Firsthand Histories By Lori Van Ingen When 75-year-old Charlie Lloyd was only 3 years old, he and his younger brother waved American flags as convoys of soldiers and tanks passed by on their way to Indiantown Gap Military Reservation, and, ultimately, Europe. “It made a strong impact on me,” Lloyd said. “We can never repay them for their service and sacrifice.” Lloyd himself later served in the Pennsylvania Air National Guard, 271st Combat Communications Squadron, from 1961 to 1967, “but we never saw combat” like the World War II veterans did. Lloyd worked in national sales management and then had his own business as an independent contractor, retiring three years ago. When the TV mini-series Band of Brothers was in the headlines in 2001, Lloyd read about the Central Pennsylvania World War II Roundtable. Curiosity drove Lloyd to his first meeting, and he was hooked. Lloyd heard that Band of Brothers’ Major Dick Winters was a member of the roundtable, but unfortunately Lloyd never got the chance to meet him due to Winters’ health issues. please see HISTORIES page 18 Charlie Lloyd with a cardboard stand-up of local veteran Major Dick Winters, part of the World War II display at his local historical society.
Inside:
Highlights from the 50plus EXPO page 6
Who Should Be Screened for Lung Cancer? page 10