John Hill
Associate Laboratory Director
Weapons Engineering
MOWW News:
The December meeting of the Military Order of the World Wars (MOWW) is Sunday, Dec. 7. This month’s speaker is Associate Laboratory Director – Weapons Engineering (ALDW) John Hill.
Hill will open his presentation, touching on his being drafted during the Vietnam War and his stateside assignment in the US Army’s 82nd Airborne Division. However, most of his talk will be dedicated to his father, O. A. Hill, who was one of the first Mickey Men (Radar Navigator) in the European Theatre. His father flew 15 Lone Wolf missions in B-17s, over the Alps into Eastern Europe, on his way to completing a 50 Mission Combat tour. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross on two separate occasions.
This month’s meeting is in room 203A at the Los Alamos Research Park. The meeting will begin at 2 p.m. with a social period. A brief meeting begins at 2:30 p.m., followed at about 3:15 p.m. by the speaker’s presentation.
The meeting will be a hybrid session, both in person and on Zoom. Zoom will start at about 2 p.m., with details sent in the reminder email two days before the meeting.
Direct questions to Gregg Giesler at 505.662.5574 or email g.giesler@computer.org.
The Military Order of the World Wars meetings are open to all for dinner and program with RSVP, or the program only at no cost. The cost for dinner is $25. Please call Robert Hull at 505.328.1502 by Friday for reservations. A reservation is a commitment to pay. The dinner menu is TBD with appropriate sides.
About MOWW:
An Act of Congress chartered the Military Order of the World Wars in 1919 as a national patriotic organization. The principal objectives of the MOWW are continuing service to the Nation, and patriotic educational opportunity for the nation’s youth and citizens. Current youth programs are focused upon annual Youth Leadership Conferences for high school students presented in New Mexico by its related Sunbelt Patriotic Youth Leadership Conferences, Inc. Current, former and retired federally commissioned officers of all branches of the United States Uniformed Services are eligible for membership in the MOWW and are especially invited to attend its meetings. For additional information about MOWW membership, call Commander Gregg Giesler at 505.662.5574.