MOWW News:

At the Major General Franklin E. Miles Chapter 229 of the Military Order of World Wars (MOWW) meeting at 7:15 p.m., Tuesday at Hot Rocks Java Café, Los Alamos Resident John Balagna will present first-hand experience about living and working in Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project. 

Balagna worked as a scientist during the Manhattan Project. He will share his experiences during Tuesday’s meeting.

The meeting begins with a social period at 6 p.m., brief business meeting and dinner at 6:25 p.m. and at 7:15 p.m. the talk begins.

The community is welcomed to attend the dinner as well as the meeting. RSVPs are needed for dinner, which costs $25. Hot Rocks is catering and will serve ham and side dishes. To RSVP, contact Chapter Senior Vice Commander Norman Wilson at 505.662.9544 or NrmWil5@cs.com or Adjutant Eleanor Pinyan at 505.672.3750 or depinyan@cybermesa.com. The deadline to RSVP is Sunday.

The public is welcomed to attend just the talk at no cost.

Hot Rocks Java Café is on the second floor of the Los Alamos Research Park.

Act of Congress chartered the MOWW in 1919 as a national patriotic organization.  The principal objectives of the MOWW are continuing service to the nation and patriotic educational opportunity for the nation’s youth and citizens. Current youth programs are focused upon annual Youth Leadership Conferences for high school students presented in New Mexico by its related Sunbelt Patriotic Youth Leadership Conferences, Inc.  Current, former and retired federally commissioned officers of all branches of the United States Uniformed Services are eligible for membership and are especially invited to attend meetings.