Veterans Tours
PILSEN LIBERATION FESTIVAL TOUR April 29 (Arr Frankfurt) - May 9 (Dept Prague). Attend the annual Pilsen Liberation Festival. See the huge Merkers salt mines where the Third Reich's treasures were hidden, Nuremberg with its Nazi Rallies area and War Crimes Trials Palace of Justice, Flossenbuerg concentration camp and see the beautiful, historic Czech capital of Prague. OPTIONAL EXTENSION TO MUNICH May 9 (Arr Prague) - May 12 (Dept Munich) Visit Salzburg and Hitler's mountain HQ around Berchtesgaden, Obersalzberg and the Eagles Nest. Tour Dachau Concentration Camp and Munich.
106th INFD - BATTLE OF THE BULGE TOUR May 13 (Arr Brussels) - 20 (Dept Frankfurt). Follow the path of the regiments of the 106th Division, including the POW's long march into captivity. The tour includes St. Vith and the northern shoulder of the Bulge.
VBOB BATTLE OF THE BULGE 'MEMORIAL DAY' TOUR May 24 (Arr Brussels) - June 2 (Dept Paris). Take part in Memorial Day in Europe, followed by an in-depth Battle of the Bulge tour. Visit the American Battle of the Bulge Cemeteries on Memorial Day. OPTIONAL EXTENSION TO D-DAY NORMANDY June 2 (Arr Paris) - 8 (Dept Paris). Celebrate the anniversary of D-Day and tour Normandy in depth.
HONORING GENERAL GEORGE C MARSHALL ON THE MARSHALL PLAN'S 65th ANNIVERSARY Sept 15 (Arr Paris) - Sept 23 (Dept Paris).This tour covers Marshall's achievements in Europe- from the WW1 battlefields from Cantigny to the Meuse-Argonne to organizing the final defeat of Germany in WW2 and post-war European peace and security with highlights of Normandy, the Battle of the Bulge and the Marshall Plan.
45th INFD - BULGE COUNTERPUNCH IN ALSACE Sept dates tba (Arr Nice, Dept Paris) Follows the route of the 45th ID's battle from the south of France to the battles in Alsace to block Hitler's Bulge counterpunch.
82nd AIRBORNE DIVISION TOUR Oct 6 (Arr Paris) - 18 (Dept Amsterdam) .A special 82nd Airborne WW2 heritage tour for 82nd AB Golden Brigade Vietnam veterans which covers 82nd AB's most famous WW2 combat operations, D-Day Normandy, Operation Market Garden and the Battle of the Bulge.
FOR MORE INFORMATION contact Doris Davis, President of VBOB Golden Gate Chapter. Email doris@battleofthebulge.org Tel (650) 654 - 0101 (PST).