President’s Message by Mary Pennebaker Truitt I am always so excited after returning from seeing the museum and this time was no exception. The nose art addition to the museum is fabulous with a grand total of 63 pieces. I enjoy visiting with the volunteers and seeing the guests tour our museum. Jim and I [...]
President’s Message by Mary Pennebaker Truitt The 390th Bomb Group Veterans Association held a wonderful reunion in Washington D.C. There were many surprises but most memorable was to have the Liberty Belle fly over the WWII Memorial and the next day have the B-17 available for touring at the National Air and Space Museum’s Steven [...]
President’s Message by Mary Pennebaker Truitt It is once again the dog days of summer at the museum with the temperatures in Arizona averaging 108 degrees during the day. Even though the attendance at the Museum during these extremely hot days drops off, projects continue to unfold at the museum. Eleven of the nose art [...]
President’s Message by Mary Pennebaker Truitt Another year has flown by and once again the reunion committee has just completed the Museum Reunion packet. The packet will be mailed the middle of January. The reunion’s hotel this year is the Embassy Suites located adjacent to the airport. We have negotiated an $85 rate which includes [...]
President’s Message by Mary Pennebaker Truitt The 390th Veteran’s Association held their annual reunion in Tucson in September with the overall focus on POW’s. On Thursday, September 9th, the POW Committee consisting of Hank Plume, Bill Pace and Dick Sawyer made the presentation of the POW exhibit to the Museum. The POWs attending the reunion [...]
President’s Message by Mary Pennebaker Truitt I received the 390th Veteran’s Association Reunion packet last week and it can’t be possible that the reunion is less than two months away. The reunion will be held Sept 7th – 12th in Tucson. We always look forward to having the veterans, spouses, guests and descendants visit their [...]
President’s Message by Mary Pennebaker Truitt During the recent Board of Director’s meeting, I was duly elected as President of the Museum Foundation. I accept the position with honor and look forward to working with Tom Drugan and the Board of Directors. The 3rd Annual Membership Reunion of the 390th Memorial Museum Foundation was held [...]
President’s Message by Frank Drain The year 2004 should be a great one for the 390th Foundation. Tucson will be the site of our third annual Foundation gathering as well as the 390th Veterans Association reunion. The Foundation event will be held in mid-April, to take advantage of the great springtime weather in Tucson. Tom [...]
President’s Message by Frank Drain Next year there will be two special opportunities for those interested in visiting the 390th Memorial Museum. The third annual Foundation event will be held in April, open to all interested Foundation members and their families. The 390th Veterans Association will be holding their annual reunion in the fall (for [...]
President’s Message by Frank Drain This past June in Tucson the Foundation held its 2003 annual gathering, building on last year’s successful event. Everyone seemed to enjoy the various tours and activities as well as the chance to tour the museum. Thanks to all those who made this a success again this year. I would [...]
Don Brooks and His Flying Fortress by Frank Drain At our March volunteer dinner, board member Don Brooks gave a presentation regarding his ongoing efforts to acquire a flyable B-17. Quite an undertaking! After the presentation Don announced that he had just concluded a deal for a B-17 currently being restored to flying condition. Don [...]
President’s Message by Frank Drain 2002 was a very successful year for the Foundation in many respects. Contributions by many of you, combined with Dorothy Moller’s matching program, enabled our Endowment Fund to grow by a substantial amount during the year. Our first annual Museum gathering in June was probably even more successful than we [...]
President’s Message by Frank Drain The 2002 Veteran’s Association reunion in Harrisburg presented our first opportunity to hold a Foundation general meeting, where anyone interested in the Foundation (Veterans, descendants, spouses) was invited to attend. Our thanks to Ken Rowland and the Veteran’s Association for providing time on their reunion agenda for this meeting. Especially [...]
President’s Message Summer, 2002 Our first annual Foundation gathering was held at the Museum on June 22, and was a great success! Thanks to everyone who helped make this event possible, both board members, museum staff, and volunteers. Special thanks go to Jim and Mary Truitt, their hard work and sponsorship made this event a [...]
President’s Message by Frank Drain Spring, 2002 The annual meeting of the 390th Memorial Museum Foundation Board of Directors was held on March 2, 2002 at the museum in Tucson. Congratulations to our latest board member, Mary Truitt. Mary is the daughter of 390th Veteran Bill Pennebaker, and is an executive for an oil company [...]