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Mess Night - VE Day - Victory in Europe Day

Date and Time

Saturday, May 3, 2025, 4:00 PM until 7:00 PM Pacific Time (US & Canada) (UTC-08:00)

Location

TAM O'SHANTER – THE GUARD'S ROOM
Website
2980 Los Feliz Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA  90039
USA
(323) 664-0228

Event Contact(s)

SSgt Rebekah L Adams
Event Organizer

Category

Members, Prospective Members & Guests

Registration Info

Registration is required before Sunday, April 27, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Payment In Full In Advance Only

About this event


Featured Speaker Dr. Gregory A. Daddis, Professor of History, USS Midway Chair in Modern U.S. Military History, San Diego State University.

Gregory A. Daddis is originally from the Garden State of New Jersey and holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the United States Military Academy at West Point, a Master’s degree from Villanova University, and a Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is the recipient of the 2022-2023 Fulbright Distinguished Scholar Award, Pembroke College, University of Oxford.

After graduating from West Point, Daddis served for 26 years in the US Army, retiring as a colonel. He is a veteran of both Operations Desert Storm and Iraqi Freedom and his military awards include the Bronze Star, the Legion of Merit, and the Meritorious Service Medals. His final assignment in the army was as the Chief of the American History Division in the Department of History at the United States Military Academy.



Dress: Military Mess Dress or Highland Formal Evening Wear or Business Suits/Wear (to accommodate those affected by wildfires) or Formal Cocktail Dress. Military medals and decorations per BUSC protocol.

Time of Event: 1600–1900 hrs. Those wishing pre-meeting cocktails can meet up in the Bar anytime before 1600 hrs.


VE Day is the day celebrating the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces on Tuesday, 8 May 1945. It marked the official surrender of all German military operations. 



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