Gerald White gives students a first-hand history lesson about his experiences in World War II during the Valentines for Vets program at Richland Northeast High School in Columbia, SC. The Valentines for Vets Program provides students with an opportunity to discuss history with veterans who served in the Armed Forces in all conflicts and time periods from World War II up to the present day. Other veterans participating included South Carolina Chapter members Vernon Brantley and David Hubbard and associate members Ed Lundeen and Nelson McLeod. As David Hubbard said “The students enjoyed it, the veterans enjoyed it, and we convinced them that we had a little to do with winning World War II.”

—Submitted by Nelson McLeod, President, South Carolina Chapter