Leo “Bud” Kempfer and Robert Butler on R & R in Rockhampton, Australia.
Collection of Jacqueline Kempfer
By Jacqueline Kempfer
A new exhibit, “WORLD WAR II, Memories and Memorabilia” is now on display through July 29th in the Betty Lundeen Room of the Orcas Island Senior Center. This museum-quality exhibit features uniforms, letters, books, paintings and other related items generously shared with the public by our island veterans and their families.
Contributors to this exhibit were Jacqueline Kempfer, Suzanne Lamb, Robbie Gelnaw, Carol Clark, Frank Loudin, Lynn Richards, Margo Wahlberg, Trudy C.Erwin, Elizabeth Waterman, Lois Baney, Rusty Post, Katie Jensen, Madeline Haffey, Chuck Greening, Mark McKinley, Maggie Kaplan, William E. Humes, Emily Reid, Christina Orchid, Susan Slapin and Betty Marcum.
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