March 31 Max DeWeese Speaks to USNA and USAF Alumni
Posted: 4/1/2017
Kansas City’s Max DeWeese, a 96 year old Marine Corps veteran of Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Saipan, and Tinian is from the “greatest generation.” He shoots his age in golf. He started off while talking to Naval Academy and Air Force Academy alumni on March 31 by asking what the number 35,103 meant to them? There were puzzled looks. He said it was the number of days he has been alive.
Max DeWeese, Marine Corps WWII Veteran addresses the Kansas City Air Force Academy Assoc. of Graduates and the KC USNA Alumni Chapter.
Mr. DeWeese’s message of “freedom isn’t free” pointed to the sacrifices that veterans made in the Pacific in WWII, landing on islands with Japanese defenders entrenched in caves and fortifications. The Japanese were willing to fight to the death and would not surrender in most cases. It took well executed military planning and strategy and cooperation between the Navy, Marine Corps, and Army (& Army Air Corps) to win the war in the Pacific.
He further told us he spends time in local high schools talking about WWII history through an organization called Voice of a Generation, headed by Charles Cottitta in nearby Liberty, MO.
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