Because of Covid, the CPOW (Civilian ex-Prisoners of War) (formerly BACEPOW) reunion was cancelled last year. So we are making up for it in 2023 with a meeting at our familiar hotel in Sacramento, California. The hotel is newly renovated for guest rooms and the atrium lobby, and features a managers cocktail social period in the late afternoon plus a cooked-­to-order breakfast.

Thursday

2:00 to 5:00 Registration, Cindie Leonard, Atrium

Friday

Friday morning, Self-Registration, Atrium
9:00 Opening & Welcome, Sally Meadows, Steamboat/Central Pacific Room
9:10 Presentation of the Colors, California National Guard
9:20 Los Baños Liberation, Sondra Shields
10:05 Bilibid Liberation, Francine Bostrom
10:50 Break
11:05 Video of Internees, Melanie Chapman
12:35 Lunch Break
2:00 Twice a POW, Angus Lorenzen
3:25 Break
3:40 A Matter of Faith: Religion and Hope at Santo Tomas, Mary Beth Klee
5:00 End of Session

Saturday
Steamboat/Central Pacific Room

9:00 Black Snow: Curtis LeMay, the Firebombing of Tokyo, and the Road to the Atomic Bomb, James Scott
10:30 Break
10:45 Hunger in Internment, Panel Discussion: Karen Lewis, Curtis Brooks, Mary Beth Klee, Angus Lorenzen
12:00 Group Photo Opportunity, Hotel Atrium
12:15 Lunch Break
1:30 Descendants Meeting, Daniel Doolan, Tower Bridge A Room
3:30 End of Session

Sunday
Various Rooms

9:00 Book Discussions and Sales, Atrium
9:00 CPOW Board of Directors, Sally Meadows, Tower Bridge B
10:30 Authors Work in Progress, Mary Beth Klee, Tower Bridge B
12:00 Banquet, Steamboat/Central Pacific
1:00 Reunion Summation and Closing Remarks, Sally Meadows
1:15 Keynote Speaker, Jim Zobel
2:30 Adjourn, Sally Meadows

Hotel Reservations:
To reserve a room at Sacramento Embassy Suites using our discount code:

• Visit www.sacramento.embassysuites.com and make a reservation using the group/convention code: POW
• Call (916) 326-5000 and let the Front Desk Agent know you would like to make a reservation under the CPOW Civilian Prisoners of War discount rate.

Meeting Registration: CPOW 2023 Reunion Registration Form

Like to join CPOW? Link to the CPOW 2023 Membership Form

Checks should be made out to Civilian ex-POWs should be sent to CPOW Treasurer: