D-Day Veteran Lt. Col. Sam Sachs to Speak on Thursday 16 August!

Sam Sachs will be our guest speaker this Thursday 16 August, 2018. Sachs, who recently celebrated his 103rd birthday, is a World War 2 veteran. He participated in the D-Day invasion, helped to plan the glider operations during D-Day, and took part in liberating a concentration camp. After World War 2 he served in the U.S. Army Reserve for 32 years retiring as a lieutenant colonel. Sachs is a Lakewood resident and was honored in 2017 as the "Veteran of the Year" by California Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon for the 63rd Assembly District.

Sam Sachs (L) with California Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon (R)
Photo Courtesy: City of Lakewood

Squadron 150 is honored to host Lieutenant Colonel Sachs as a part of the South Coast Group 7 Joint Meeting series. We are all excited to be able to hear from Lieutenant Colonel Sachs, and we are especially excited for our cadets to be able to hear personally from a World War 2 veteran!

If you are planning on attending this special meeting please review the information here: https://sq150.blogspot.com/p/squadron-150-location.html regarding information you need to know prior to entering Los Alamitos Joint Forces Training Base. The meeting begins at 1930 (7:30pm) and should end at approximately 2100 (9:00pm).