While studying World War II, students in Mr. Logan's 11th Grade U.S. History classes were privileged to interact with two guest speakers.  Lt. Robert Doolan, a 100-year-old WWII veteran spoke to Mr. Logan's students about his experience as a P.O.W. in the Second World War.  A crew member of a B-17, Lt. Doolan was forced to crash land in Holland after a bombing raid over Germany.  Though he managed to hide from the Nazis for 21 days, he was ultimately captured by the Gestapo and taken to Stalag Luft III, a German prisoner-of-war camp about 100 miles southeast of Berlin.  He aided in the "Great Escape" of 1944 and was held prisoner for 16 months before his release in 1945 to return home to Cincinnati.  Lt. Doolan was escorted to RCHS by Mr. Ray Hughes, a USAF veteran and Boone County resident who travels the country producing video recordings of American veterans to be archived within the Library of Congress.  

Dr. James North, a History professor from Cincinnati Christian University, visited Mr. Logan's classroom with over 30 model airplanes to deliver a presentation on WWII aircraft.  Dr. North, whose father was a WWII veteran, began building WWII-era model airplanes when he was in junior high and has subsequently become an expert on the crucial role aircraft played in leading Allied forces to victory over the Axis Powers.