Harvard-Westlake Veterans Group

In observance of Veterans Day, Captain Colin Weidman '08 (and Green Beret) and Lieutenant Earle Le Masters '04 shared their experience of military service on both campuses at Harvard-Westlake yesterday.

Muster Call!!!

We're getting great traction for a Harvard-Westlake Veterans Affinity Group. Please join us for a Zoom call at 1700hrs (PDT) on 7 April 2021.

Click the link below to register.

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: HW Veteran Alumni Network: Calling All HW-Affiliated Vets. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting. Calling All HW-Affiliated Vets!!! If you served or are serving in the military, please join us for a community building and brainstorming session of HW alumni, employees, and parents to launch this new affinity group.

Excellent video prepared and posted by Ed Hu.

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Why we wear poppies on Veterans Day.

In the spring of 1915, shortly after losing a friend in Ypres, Canadian doctor Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae was inspired by the sight of poppies growing in battle-scarred fields to write the now famous poem In Flanders Fields.

His poem moved American teacher Moina Michael who began making and selling silk poppies to friends to raise money for the ex-service community.

Before long, poppies made their way to the UK and became the symbol of the Royal British Legion when it was formed in 1921.

The following year, a poppy factory was set up in the UK by Major George Howson, giving jobs to disabled former servicemen.

The bright red poppy is regarded as a resilient flower which managed to flourish despite fields being destroyed by war.
Some people say you should wear the poppy on your left side, so it is worn over the heart. The left is also where military medals are worn.

Hello fellow veterans. Thank you for your service. It was an honor to have served with you in our great military!

Hello Harvard-Westlake veterans. have a good weekend, and....thank you.

From HW Life:

HW Life Magazine - We need your help!
We are looking for information about alumni who fought in World War II for a story in HW Life including these World War II soldiers who gave their lives for our country:
Paul Tobelman ’21
William Murphy ’24
Harlow Alabaster ’25
Preston Briggs ’25
Jack Ford ’27
Robert Varty ’28
Tomlinson Pinckney ’31
John Scott ’35
Edwin Stanton ’35
Raymond Ford ’39
Frederick Brennan ’42
James Clune ’42
Gerald Fitzgerald ’42
Harold Pulliam ’42
John Palmer ’43
If you have any information (photos, stories, letters, contact information for relatives, etc.) to share, please email Elizabeth Hurchalla at [email protected]. Thank you!

28 years ago this week.