WHO LEADS VALOR TOURS GROUPS
 Robert (Bob) Reynolds, founder of Valor Tours, Ltd. in 1975 and Bomber Pilot in the RAF, Europe WWII.
 Bill Altaffer, is a travel writer, photographer and participant on many Valor Tours trips. Bill is a member of The Adventurers Club of L.A. and the "World's Most Traveled Man" for 2005-10.
[Read more about Bill.]
 Henry Bodden is the author of "In the Footsteps of Valor" honoring "the greatest generation", - a photographic diary of his travels to the battlesites of Europe and the Pacific on his own and with Valor Tours, with historic facts and an array of before and after images.
Valor Tours Ltd. is happy to announce that Henry Bodden will be the tour leader for the D-Day and Battle of the Bulge tours this June.
Henry Bodden just released this book about his journeys. In the Footsteps of Valor by Henry Bodden is a brand new 220-page hardback with a personal pictorial diary consisting of trips to Holland, Israel, Jordan, Europe, the Philippines, Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Guam and Iwo Jima. Using WWII photos from the National Archives and other sources as "then" photos, author Henry Bodden would then find these sites and photograph them as "now" photos for comparison. This book is available by calling Henry Bodden at 918-376-9417 or emailing him at [email protected] or go to his website:
www.inthefootstepsofvalor.com.
Cost of the book is $34.95 including shipping and handling.
 Dennis Covert, U.S. Navy Vietnam Veteran, served two years aboard the heavy cruiser USS SAINT PAUL, Dennis has appeared on both the History Channel and A&E channel as a naval historian. He has traveled extensively throughout the Pacific to Guadalcanal, Gizo, Tarawa, Butaritari, Iwo Jima, Pohnpei and Guam, as well as European and Russian battlefields as a civilian, and to Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, Thailand and the Philippines while in the Navy.
 George Cressman is a docent at the Camp Blanding Museum in Starke, Florida where he also works on artifact documentation. He has designed and escorted many tours to the European Theater of WWII and gives regular presentations on WWII history here in the U.S.
 Frank de Planta is a retired infantry Lieutenant Colonel from the British Army, specialises in the southern Italian battlefields of Salerno, Cassino and Anzio.
 Col. John H. Dewing, Aus Ret., served one tour of duty with the 864th Engineer Battalion at Nha Trang (Vietnam) and one tour with the Americal Division at Chu Lai. He participated in Lam Son 719, the US supported RVN invasion of Laos and spent several months along the DMZ. Awarded the Silver Star, Bronze Star, Purple Heart, Air Medal and Combat Inf. Badge. John has participated in and escorted our "Return to Vietnam" tour two years in a row.
 Prof. Anderson Giles has deep family ties to WWII in the Pacific. His father, a 4th Division Marine, and his
uncle, a 67th Seabee, served in major campaigns. Andy has done close to 30 years of documentary and
research work in the Pacific. He has lead many battlefield tours, lectured on Pacific Theater cruises, presented at a number of notable commemorative seminars, written and directed 2 major documentary films, and has appeared in a number of other films. He has contributed to a number of books and archeological research publications and has been chosen to do WWII painting commissions.
 Steve Hamilton (pictured here in Libya) lives in England and has been exploring the battlefields of North Africa by himself and escorting groups for decades, having completed over 100 tours to the desert. He is an expert on the WWII campaign on Sicily as well as North Africa. His Grandfather served with the 50th Royal Tank Regiment for which he is the unofficial historian (23rd Armoured Brigade), writing their history in 1996.
 Michael Hanlon, commentator on the History Channel and website editor for the Great War Society.
 John Innes, a major force in the preservation and study of Guadalcanal history, working to identify wreck sites, on MIA cases and creator of Battle of Guadalcanal website, as well as being one of the most knowledgeable people in the world on the subject of Guadalcanal WWII history and land battles today. He is also author of the guide books to the Battlefields of Guadalcanal and the Solomons.
 Martin King, has escorted some our European tour groups and individuals, has worked for NATO, the US military, The History Channel and various veterans' organizations.
Click here to view Martin's video.
Watch Martin on Voices of the Bulge.
 Steve Kwiecinski, whose father was captured by the Japanese on Corregidor and has escorted many private and group tours to the Philippines for Valor Tours.
 Bruce M. Petty, lived on Saipan and is author of four books on the Pacific campaign.
 John Shively has traveled extensively to the battle sites of the Pacific, including Okinawa and Ie Shima, on his own and with Valor Tours. In fact many of the poignant photographs we used in our brochures and website were taken by John. A historian, he wrote the book "The Last Lieutenant" about his uncle's experience at Iwo Jima. His second book, "Profiles in Survival, The Experience of American POW's in the Philippines During WWII" is due out in Spring 2012.
 Glen Williford of the Coastal Defense Study Group, author of "Racing the Sunrise: Reinforcing America's Pacific Outposts, 1941-1942."
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Supporting our Veterans and our troops in the field today
Vicky Reynolds-Middagh took over as President of Valor Tours, Ltd. when Bob Reynolds retired in 2004. Up until then, she served as Operations Manager from the time Valor Tours, Ltd. was incorporated in 1977.
