“One Soldier’s Story—Omaha Beach to Berlin”

Martin Bauer is a life long Kansan.  Farm boy from near Clay Center, Kansas, K-State undergrad, KU Law School followed by Judicial Clerkship with the Honorable Richard Rogers and now 47 years with Martin Pringle Oliver Wallace & Bauer.  Handled commercial litigation that evolved into trying contested adoptions to adoption practice.  President of the American Academy of Adoption Attorneys.  Helped found Wichita Montessori, Chaired the Kansas Arts Commission.  Past President of Downtown Rotary Club, Past District Governor.  Married to Ann, 3 children, 5 grandchildren.  Loves tennis, pickleball and international hiking. 

Last Thursday we commemorated the 80^th anniversary of the largest mechanized invasion in history.  Come hear and see photographs about one soldier’s experiences to add to the many amazing, frightening and sometimes sad stories of what the young soldiers experienced.  This is part of the effort by the World War II Museum to capture and retell individual soldier’s experiences so that future generations never forget the price of freedom”