The speaker for West Bay Rotary’s weekly meeting on Thursday morning was Lou Sapienza, CEO of North South Polar, Inc. and a founding member of the Fallen American Veterans Foundation, Inc. , whose guiding principle is to “Honor the Promise” of “Leave No Man Behind.” Lou works closely with branches of the US military, Homeland Security and the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA).
He shared his work as a member of the Greenland Expedition Society WWII P-38 Recovery Team during the early 1990s. He also participated in three expeditions that developed the technologies and equipment that recovered a WWII P-38 Lighting fighter plane from 24 stories beneath the ice sheet surface. He served as the mission’s principal photographer, and his work was used extensively in the History Channel’s “The Hunt for the Lost Squadron.”
Lou has completed six expeditions to Greenland, three of them for the U.S. Coast Guard and Department of Defense. The expeditions led him closer to the discovery of a J2F-4 Grumman Duck amphibious biplane containing three heroic American servicemen who had been missing since November 29th, 1942.
Lou travels the world as a professional photographer. His work has appeared in National Geographic, Forbes, Paris Match, and Gulliver (Italy) magazines, as well as numerous other international publications and corporate annual reports.
Sapienza is an elected member of the world-renowned, New York-based Explorer’s Club.
FMI: https://www.lousapienza.com/bio or https://www.fallenamerican.org/.
About West Bay Rotary
West Bay Rotary is celebrating its 37th year of manifesting its mission of “service above self” here in the Midcoast. The club undertakes dozens of community projects as well as fundraising (and “fun-raising”) events, including its annual “Duck Derby,” Chili Challenge, Toboggan Nationals parking, and more. The door for prospective members is always open. The club meets on Thursday mornings from 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m., currently both in-person and via Zoom. Members of the public are always welcome to attend. For more information, go to: WestBayRotaryOfMaine.org.
Lou Sapienza, CEO of North South Polar, Inc. and a founding member of the Fallen American Veterans Foundation, Inc., whose guiding principle is to “Honor the Promise” of “Leave No Man Behind.”
