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SHELL POINT COMMUNITY WELCOMES BACK 
GUEST LECTURER & MULTI-AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR 
ROBERT N. MACOMBER 

Wednesday / March 19, 2025 
Tickets $15 per person 
Call The Tribby Box Office 239-415-5667 
or purchase online www.tribbyartscenter.com/boxoffice 

Topic: “INTO HARM’S WAY ~ FDR’s 1941 Spy Mission Against Japan 
Just Days Before Pearl Harbor” 
This is the first of my three programs in my “Unsung Heroes of WWII” lecture series. 
Hear the amazing story of the U.S. Navy’s ill-fated presidential spy mission, in a sailing schooner, no less,
in early December 1941. Grasp the excitement of her incredible 82-day escape 
through 5,000-miles of Japanese dominated islands and seas. 

** in the Connie Brown Hall [The Tribby Arts Center] ** 
17281 On Par Blvd. / Ft. Myers, FL 33908 
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OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

SHELL POINT COMMUNITY WELCOMES BACK 
GUEST LECTURER & MULTI-AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR 
ROBERT N. MACOMBER 

Thursday / April 3, 2025 
Tickets $15 per person 
Call The Tribby Box Office 239-415-5667 
or purchase online www.tribbyartscenter.com/boxoffice 

Topic: “DAVID vs GOLIATH ~ Cuba’s Astonishing 1943 Naval Victory Over Hitler’s Navy” 
This is the 2nd of my three talks on “Unsung Heroes of WWII. Ask yourself: Cuba against Hitler? 
Learn the fascinating story of how a small wooden Cuban Navy patrol boat, 
with a crew newly trained by the U.S. Navy in Miami, actually located, fought, 
and destroyed the Nazi U-boat which had been ravaging the Cuban coast in WWII. 

** in the Grand Cypress Room [The Woodlands] ** 
14441 Woodsong Lane / Ft. Myers, FL 33908 ** 
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OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Freedom Plaza’s Graduate School for Seniors 
~ Sun City Center, Florida ~ 
Saturday, 04/26/25 
Time: 10am – 11:30am  
** TOPIC: “The Great Escape” ** 
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Contact Ms. Cooper Tharrington or Suzy Burt
tel # 813-642-1215 / email: TharringtonCooper@freedomplazaFL.com
Call for more info & to RSVP!

SHELL POINT COMMUNITY WELCOMES BACK 
GUEST LECTURER & MULTI-AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR 
ROBERT N. MACOMBER 

Wednesday / May 14, 2025 
Tickets $15 per person 
Call The Tribby Box Office 239-415-5667 
or purchase online www.tribbyartscenter.com/boxoffice 

Topic: “THE U.S. NAVY’s FINAL WWII NAVAL BATTLE ~ Fought 
on the Yangtze River in China in 1945 After Japan Surrendered!” 
In this 3rd “Unsung Heroes of WWII” presentation, you’ll get some answers to questions like: 
Did you know that thousands of American sailors fought the Japanese in the middle of China, 
and that the final naval battle of WWII was fought under sail in China after Japan officially surrendered? 
Here’s your chance to find out! This is the strange but true story of a little-known theater of combat, 
the unsung heroes who manned it and fought the final battle of WWII – after the war was over. 

** in the Connie Brown Hall [The Tribby Arts Center] ** 
17281 On Par Blvd. / Ft. Myers, FL 33908 
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OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

The Friends of Bonita Springs Public Library Luncheon 
Thursday, 1/22/2026 
Topic: “TBD” 
** MORE DETAILS COMING SOON ** 
[Book Signings to Follow PowerPoint Presentation] 
https://friendsofbonitalibrary.org/what-we-do