General Membership Luncheon/Meeting

Our next membership meeting will be on Friday, June 14, 2024, at 11:30 at Clovernook Country Club.  Come celebrate the Army’s 249th birthday and participate in a rousing and true story of the Cold War told by people who were on the front lines of the Reforger NATO exercise that almost triggered a nuclear war.  LTC (Ret) Paul Fellinger and Col (Ret) Neil Ray were participants in the Able Archer 83 exercise; Patti and Katie Fellinger will tell their interesting first-hand experiences that occurred during that exercise. The story of the NATO training exercise started with Autumn Forge 83, in September 1983, and culminated with Able Archer 83 in November. The US and its allies had no intention of launching a preemptive nuclear attack, but the Soviet intelligence assessment thought differently. History correspondent Francine Uenuma wrote, “Fearful that the Able Archer 83 exercise was a cover for a NATO nuclear strike, the U.S.S.R. readied its own weapons for launch.” Many books and articles have been written about these events. One very interesting book is The Spy and the Traitor by Ben Macintyre, which tells the true story of superspy Oleg Gordievsky, his work for the British and MI6, and how he helped defuse the incident and get the two sides to step away from the brink.

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Lunch Reservation: Friday, 14 June, 2024 – Clovernook Country Club – 2035 W. Galbraith Rd., Cincinnati, OH

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Buffet lunch with two entrees:  ____________ @ $25.00 $________

Make checks payable to GREATER CINCINNATI CHAPTER/MOAA and mail to LTC Paul Fellinger, 5493 Delhi Rd., Cincinnati, OH 45238-5139, Phone 513-451-9881, or email pwf5493@aol.com. Please make reservations NLT June 5. No cancellations after that date.