Airmens Memorial Foundation of the United States

The Airmen’s Memorial Foundation of the United States (AMFUS) is a California Non-Profit Public Benefit Corporation, tax-exempt under Federal and California law, established to furnish assistance to the peoples of West New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea, in recognition of and gratitude for their efforts in rescuing allied forces from the occupying Japanese during World War II. 

The Foundation’s principal purpose is to provide financial support for the expansion and maintenance of the Airmen’s Memorial School in West New Britain Province (WNBP) founded in 1964 by Fred Hargesheimer (http://www.fredhargesheimer.com/; http://www.fredsstorythemovie.com/index.html ), one of the downed allied pilots rescued by the people of WNBP, as well as to assist in the general health, education, and well being of the people in the area, including the care of a second school also established by Fred, at Noau, built in the early 1990s.