06/05/2026
The Olympic Flight Museum is pleased to announce the 2026 Olympic Air Show on June 20-21st will feature “Friends of Willie & Joe”
The only WWII U.S. Living History Group Officially Sponsored by Bill Mauldin.
"Friends of Willie & Joe" is a living history group that mostly depicts the regular "dog face" infantryman of WWII, usually as members of Bill Mauldin's 45th Division but also as various other units including the 101st and 82nd Airborne. We participate in parades, air shows and military vehicle meets in the Washington and Oregon area and such veteran related events as the reunions of local Battle of the Bulge survivors. Our group has also created impressions of US infantrymen depicting every conflict from the Spanish American War all the way to Desert Storm for official functions at local military bases. The group leader and founder was Stephen Gay who met Mr. Mauldin through his father, a WWII vet and noted newspaper editor.
The Olympic Air Show is hosted by the Olympic Flight Museum at the Olympia Regional Airport on June 20th & 21st, 2026. For more information about the show visit our website at: http://olympicairshow.com
Buy tickets at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2026-olympic-airshow-tickets-1986080399940?aff=
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