Ask a Curator: D-Day - In Their Own Words

For years, a department of dedicated oral historians at the Museum has been conducting interviews with WWII veterans.

April 06, 2020, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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+ Add to calendar 2020-04-06 11:00:00 AM 2020-04-06 12:00:00 PM America/Mexico_City 945 Magazine St, New Orleans, LA 70130 Ask a Curator: D-Day - In Their Own Words For years, a department of dedicated oral historians at the Museum has been conducting interviews with WWII veterans.

For years, a department of dedicated oral historians at the Museum has been conducting interviews with WWII veterans. Curator Josh Schick will discuss how he and his counterparts use these oral histories in their daily work. What special elements does the recording of these stories tell? How does the Museum use them in conjunction with the written record to tell the history of the invasion of Normandy?