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HYBRID
EVENT: Zoom & Iwan Ries Lounge
Tuesday, November 23, 2021
5:30-7:00 pm CDT |
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One of the
best-kept secrets for many decades, the
Halyard Mission remains to this day
the largest rescue mission of airmen from
behind enemy lines in U.S. military
history. The mission conducted by the
Office of Strategic Services in 1944
remained classified for over fifty years
due to global geopolitical struggles. The
Halyard Mission Foundation has been
working for years to shine light on this
important story of sacrifice and courage,
which is finally accessible to the public.
From August to December 1944, with the
assistance of the Yugoslav Army in the
Homeland, approximately 500 airmen
were transported via improvised runways in
Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina to U.S.
airbases in Italy. This discussion will
describe the mission and the and the role
Serbs played in its success.
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Lt.
Col. John Cappello
retired from the United
States Air Force (USAF) in
2015 after over 24
years. He served as
the USAF Attaché to Serbia
and Israel. He
is a Command Pilot having
accumulated over 3,000
flying hours. He founded
the Halyard Mission
Foundation in 2015 after
leaving government service
as a way to commemorate,
educate, and increase
awareness of the Halyard
Mission, the rescue of
over 500 US airmen during
WWII, and the role the
Serbs played in the
success of the mission.
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This
will be a hybrid Zoom and in-person
event in which participants will
be able to join us in person at the
Lounge at Iwan Ries (19 S. Wabash, 2d
floor), or through Zoom from anywhere
else in the world. The Cigar Society
has hosted 15 years of in-person
events, and during the pandemic we
hosted nearly 50 online events through
Zoom video conferencing. This is our
first attempt at a hybrid event and
there are still some kinks to be
worked out, but we want to allow our
vaccinated members to be able to
attend in person if they please, and
also to accommodate those are simply
staying home and those who are among
our far-flung remote members.
Respond to me by email at curtis.tuckey@logicophilosophicus
if you are interested in attending.
Tell me which mode you prefer
(in-person or Zoom). I will
respond to you with registration
information. Please respond as
quickly as possible with your interest
so I can complete our logistical plan.
(For example, which room and which
audio/video equipment we use at Iwan
Ries will depend on how many in-person
participants we expect.)
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About
the
Cigar Society of Chicago
ONE OF THE OLDEST
AND greatest traditions of the
city clubs of Chicago is the
discussion of intellectual,
social, legal, artistic,
historical, scientific, musical,
theatrical, and philosophical
issues in the company of educated,
bright, and appropriately
provocative individuals, all under
the beneficent influence of
substantial amounts of tobacco and
spirits. The Cigar
Society of Chicago
embraces this tradition and
extends it with its Informal
Smokers, University
Series lectures, and Cigar
Society Dinners, in which
cigars, and from time to time
pipes and cigarettes, appear as an
important component of our version
of the classical symposium.
To be included in the Cigar
Society's mailing list, write to
the secretary at
curtis.tuckey@logicophilosophicus.org
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