Peggy Hennelly-Maniates - A Hero of Two Nations Learn the story of a young paratrooper who is the only known American soldier to have served in combat with both the United States Army and the Soviet Red Army in World War II. He took part in Mission Albany, the airborne landings of the 101st Airborne […]

Garret Shetrawski – The Life and Legacy of Captain Andrew Haldane Also known as Ack Ack, using skills he learned as captain of the football and baseball teams in Bowdoin College, led his men bravely though the battlefield of the Pacific. His story is portrayed in the 2010 HBO Miniseries The Pacific.

Due to unforeseen circumstances, Ed Gordon will no longer be able to speak at the presentation on the Tokyo War Crimes Trial. However, we are pleased to share that Fred Johnson has graciously agreed to step in and present on the topic, with Ed's assistance. Tuesday's (7/16) event remains as scheduled. Fred Johnson was already […]

David Dworak – The War of Supply The era of modern warfare introduced in World War II presented the Allied Powers with one of the more complicated logistical challenges of the century: how to develop an extensive support network that could supply and maintain a vast military force comprised of multiple services and many different […]

Fred Johnson—The Fighting Seabees Over 12,500 African Americans served in Seabee units in the Atlantic and Pacific theaters during World War II, a group largely forgotten today. During the war these men not only built advanced bases and offloaded cargo, but helped break institutional conceptions of race, paving the road toward complete integration of the […]