Military tour Sept. 25-Oct. 3

Published 12:15 pm Thursday, February 11, 2010

Lest We Forget is sponsoring a “Military Museum Tour” Sept. 25 through Oct. 3 to six military museums: WW II Victory Museum, Auburn, Ind.; National Air Force Museum, Dayton, Ohio; Infantry Museum, Ft. Benning Ga.; Naval Air Museum, Pensacola, Fla.; USS Alabama Memorial Park, Mobile, Ala.; and the WW II and D-Day Museum, New Orleans, La. These museums are considered to be among the finest military museums in the world.

This motorcoach tour is being organized by Caryl Olson of Advantage Travel and will be led by retired U.S. Army Col. Don Alsbro, president of Lest We Forget. For the past three years Lest We Forget has presented classes on the World War II, Korean and Vietnam wars at Lake Michigan College.

The trip includes deluxe motorcoach transportation, eight nights of hotel accommodations, taxes, tips, most breakfasts and museum admissions. The cost for this nine-day trip is $1,129 (double-occupancy). For more information, call Caryl Olson at 982-0901 or Don Alsbro at 925-7176.

To learn more about this trip, there will be an informational meeting at Lake Michigan College, Benton Harbor in the Blue Lecture Hall March 9 at 7 p.m.