INTRODUCTION

WE INVITE YOU TO “TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE” WITH US AS WE REMEMBER SOME OF THE OUTSTANDING EVENTS IN THE 23-YEAR HISTORY OF OUR BUSINESS. HISTORIC TOURS IS MORE THAN JUST OUR BUSINESS – IT IS OUR LIVES AND WE ARE PROUD TO SAY THAT OUR TOURS HAVE TOUCHED MANY OTHER PERSONS LIVES. THEY HAVE ALLOWED VETERANS TO CLOSE A CHAPTER ON THE LIVES AND YET HAVE ALSO PERMITTED THEM TO BE YOUNG ONCE MORE AND TO ENJOY THE WARM WELCOMES AFFORDED BY THE PEOPLE OF EUROPE AND AUSTRALIA. MANY HAD THOUGHT THAT THE EFFORTS AND SACRIFICES OF THEIR YOUTH WERE FORGOTTEN. THE RECEPTIONS AND VARIOUS EVENTS WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ARRANGE TO HONOR THEM CHANGED THEIR MINDS. PERHAPS THE MOST MOVING TIMES WERE WHEN WE HAD THE HONOR OF ASSISTING FAMILY MEMBERS IN VISITING A LOVED ONE’S GRAVE FOR THE FIRST TIME AND RE-TRACING A VETERANS WWII ROUTE.

IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE THAT WE ARE RAPIDLY APPROACHING THE AGE OF SOME OF THE YOUNGER WWII VETERANS WHO TOURED WITH US IN 1984! THE 24 years WE HAVE PUT INTO OUR BUSINESS HAVE BEEN REWARDING AND YET VERY DIFFICULT AS IT IS WITH ANY SMALL BUSINESS, YET WE COULDN’T IMAGINE LIFE ANY OTHER WAY.

CRISTY AND RAY PFEIFFER

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