October 2023- Wilbur “Jack” Myers

September 2023- Dorothy Trate

August 2023- Charles Brooking

July 2023

June 2023: Dr. John McManus

May 2023: WWII Veteran Robert Thompson

April 2023- NO MEETING
March 2023: Dr. Sarah Myers

February 2023: Dr. Michael Birkner

January 2023: Dr. Colin Colbourn

December 2022: Larry Alexander

November 2022: Jack McSherry

October 2022: David Shortt

September 2022: Harold Angle

August 2022: Dr. Jared Frederick

July 2022- BURDEN OF MEMORY DOCUMENTARY SCREENING (The story of Lt.Col. William Bonelli)

June 2022: Dr. John C. McManus


December 2021: Richard Boyd

November 2021: Susan Eisenhower

October 2021: Neal Bascomb

September 2021: Hershel “Woody” Williams

Clarence E. “Bud” Anderson- August 2021 (Rescheduled from June 3)

Dr. George Colburn- July 2021

Alex Kershaw- May 2021

Dr. Stephen Fritz- April 2021

David Dean Barrett- March 2021

Dr. Craig Symonds- February 2021

Dr. John C. McManus- January 2021

Jared Frederick- December 2020

Thomas Hoke- April 2020 (POSTPONED- Reschedule TBD)

George Colburn- March, 2020


Ken Weiler- February 2020

John C. McManus- January 2020

Clarence Smoyer - December 5, 2019


Kenneth Happel- November 2019

Todd DePastino- October 2019

George Jackson- September 2019


Clarence Smoyer - December 5, 2019
Charles Brooking- August 2019



Joe Drake- June 2019

Steven Sidebotham- May 2019

Harold Billow- April 2019 and July 2015 Speaker
“Malmedy Massacre”
See press release for Billow dated July 2015
See press release for Billow dated July 2015
Mae Krier- March 2019 Speaker

Bob Hench and Bruce Apgar- February 2019 Speakers

Beverley Driver- January 2019 Speaker

Henry “Hank” Heim- December 2018 Speaker

Alan Shapiro- November 2018 Speaker

Karl Mann- November 2018 Speaker: Postponed due to illness, future date TBD.

Alan Shapiro- October 2018 Speaker: Rescheduled for November Mtg Due to illness

Yoneichi “Bill” Uyeda- September 2018 Speaker

Clem Leone- August 2018 Speaker

Hermann Pfisterer- July 2018 Speaker

If you were a young boy growing up in 1930s America, there’s a good chance you were a member of the Boy Scouts of America. If you were a youngster living in Germany during the same time period, you would have been encouraged, and later required, to join the Hitler Youth organization. When Hermann Pfisterer became a member at age 9, it wasn’t for political or ideological reasons: “I joined to get leather shoes,” he told audiences at a WWII show. The uniform, including the new shoes, gave Pfisterer a sense of belonging as he learned how to march and shoot a gun.
Pfisterer lived with his family in Essen. Its location in the Ruhr Valley, the heart of German industrial production, made it a frequent target of Allied bombers. 1942 was the last year of Pfisterer’s formal education: his school was destroyed during a bombing raid. He was later evacuated to a farm in southern Germany but returned to Essen at the insistence of his mother. Allied bombing raids forced Hermann and his family into bunkers.
Hermann Pfisterer will share his experiences of living in Nazi Germany and postwar Europe at the monthly meeting of the Central PA WWII Roundtable, Thursday, July5th at 7:00.
Pfisterer came to the United States in 1952. “I wanted to be on the winning side for a change,” he quipped. After working four years for a business that relocated him to Puerto Rico, Hermann was drafted into the U.S. Army. He served as a clerk and interpreter in Germany. Today he proudly wears his U.S. uniform. “I think this is the best country in the world. I’m glad to be here.”
The Central Pennsylvania WWII Roundtable is a non-profit organization that provides a forum for WWII veterans, authors, historians, and citizens to share their knowledge and experiences related to the war. Meetings, held the first Thursday of every month, begin at 7:00 PM at Grace United Methodist Church, 433 E. Main Street, Hummelstown, PA, 17036. Anyone with an interest in WWII is invited to attend the meetings. There are no membership or admission fees.
For more information, please contact Charlie Lloyd at charlie.centralpaww2rt@gmail.com or 717-503-2862, or visit the organization’s website at www.centralpaww2roundtable.org
Bob Brocklehurst- June 2018 Speaker

Quentin Stambaugh- May 2018 Speaker

Ben Jenkins- April 2018 Speaker

Richard “Dick” Donald- March 2018 Speaker

William Bonelli- February 2018 Speaker

Charles Libby- January 2018 Speaker

Richard “Dick” Schimmel & William Bonelli- December 2017 Speakers

Brian Woodcock & Richard Boyd- November 2017 Speakers

Bill Fili- October 2017 Speaker

Mickey Yonkovig- September 2017 Speaker

Brian Woodcock- August 2017 Speaker

David Tuck- July 2017 Speaker

Guy Whidden- June 2017 Speaker

Art Lentz- May 2017 Speaker


Kenneth Fidler- April 2017 Speaker

Don Greenbaum and Ernie Gross- March 2017 Speakers

Milt Dienes- February 2017 Speaker

Samuel “Chuck” Kline- January 2017 Speaker

Guy Whidden- December 2016 Speaker

Herb Ridyard- November 2016 Speaker

Ivan Backer- October 2016 Speaker

Peter Fantacone- September 2016 Speaker

Salvadore Castro- August 2016 Speaker

David Wisnia- July 2016 Speaker

Dr Robert Ehlers- June 2016 Speaker

Bob Rineer- May 2016 Speaker

Rev Dr Manfred Bahmann- April 2016 Speaker

Calvin Summers- March 2016 Speaker

Mahlon Fink- February 2016 Speaker

Bob Wilcox - January 2016 Speaker

Hank Kudzik - December 2015 Speaker

Art Staymates - November 2015 Speaker

Bert Winzer - October 2015 Speaker

Hilda Mantelmacher - September 2015 Speaker

Harold Billow - July 2015 Speaker

Matt Gutman - June 2015 Speaker

Thomas Clarke - May 2015 Speaker

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