ABOUT VALOR TOURS
Robert (Bob) Reynolds, WWII pilot, founded Valor Tours, Ltd. more than 30 years ago to be a resource for veterans, their families, military service organizations, unit associations, reunion groups, historical societies and government institutions with an interest in the Pacific and Europe wartime theaters.
Valor Tours, Ltd. was a consultant to the Pentagon's WWII 50th Anniversary Committee. Today, tour participants are largely veterans' sons, daughters, grandchildren and the general public, especially WWII history buffs, seeking a meaningful focus for their vacation travels.
 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 1975. Valor Tours, Ltd. enjoys an enviable reputation through the Pacific and Europe for their knowledge and experience in planning tours for WWII Veterans organizations as well as for assisting them with historic markers and memorials numbering in excess of fifty-six to date including the American Memorial on Guadalcanal, American POW Memorial at Cabantuan, and American POW Memorial at Subic Bay.
Sixty-three years ago, in 1944, many tide turning battles raged in both the Pacific and European WWII theaters. In 2004 Valor Tours commemorated many of these landmark events with 60th Anniversary tours: a D-Day Normandy cruise and tours to the sites of the invasions of Kwajalein and Roi Namur, Saipan, Tarawa and Peleliu. In 2005, we commemorated the liberation of concentration camps in Germany, the invasion of Okinawa, and the dropping of the atomic bombs on Japan, which brought the war in the Pacific to an end.
We launched the year 2006 with the memorable unveiling of theHell Ships Memorial tour to Subic Bay, Philippines, which included Corregidor, Bataan, Subic Bay, Clark Field and Cabanatuan. Our extension to Taiwan included the dedication of the American POW Cemetery. In the Spring, our first WWI Tour to France received outstanding acclaim, thanks to the leadership of Michael Hanlon of the Great War Society. As a Grande Finale for 2006, we launched the 65th Anniversary of WWII with a commemorative tour to Pearl Harbor. We are very proud to announce 50% of our tour members were repeat customers!
Along came 2007, and we were honored to be invited by AWON (American War Orphans Network) to arrange their participation in the Memorial Day ceremonies at the American Battle Monument near Manila, Philippines. In the summer, Bob Reynolds (who had retired from Valor Tours in 2004) volunteered to escort our D-Day Normandy/Battle of the Bulge, Eagle's Nest Tour. To commemorate the 65th Anniversary of the Guadalcanal invasion, the Marines landed again on August 7th.
2008 has been a busy year ... starting off with the highly anticipated WWI Western Pacific Battlefield cruise from Auckland to Osaka, which sailed with a full load. A similar cruise will be offered again in 2010. Our annual tours to the Philippines, WWI France, Normandy and Guadalcanal were at capacity with several new passengers joining the Valor Tours family of travelers. We end 2008 with a group of 2nd Marine Division Veterans, their families and friends/history buffs heading off to Tarawa to commemorate the 65th Anniversary of the invasion on November 20, 1943.
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65th YEAR ANNIVERSARY TOURS
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