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Monday, January 18, 2010

VFW to sponsor exhibit of "The Crew"


MILFORD — Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 7788 will sponsor an exhibit by city artist R. Windsor Grobes featuring his special commission, “The Crew,” which will include a reunion with family members of those depicted in the painting. Exhibition hours are 3-7 p.m. Jan. 30 and 2-6 p.m. Jan. 31 at the Hilton Garden Inn, 291 Old Gate Lane. An opening reception will be held at 5 p.m. Jan. 30.
“The Crew” is a watercolor painting of six members of a B-25 Mitchell aircraft, 22nd Bomb Squadron China-Burma-India, that flew 52 missions during World War II.
The lone surviving member of “The Crew,” Paul Jackson, is scheduled to be in attendance.

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