Lee Leonard, a former World War II bomber pilot, will be the guest speaker at the Wednesday, July 2 meeting of the Glen Arbor Woman's Club.
Leonard, an Empire resident since 1991, will talk about about his training and missions over Europe. He joined the Army Air Force in 1942, and after training on B-25s for 11/2 years in the United States he was assigned to the 321st Bomb Group in Corsica and flew 68 missions over Italy, southern France, Austria and Yugoslavia. He was awarded many medals, including the Silver Star, the Distinguished Flying Cross, a Purple Heart and Presidential Unit Citation.
After the war, he was a pilot for Indiana University. One of the university employees he got to know through flying is former Indiana basketball coach Bobby Knight.
The meeting begins at 12:30 p.m. at the chapel of Old Settlers Picnic Grounds.
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