Italy: 1944
The campaigns in Italy from the first landings in September 1943 through May 1945 tested Allied soldiers to the limit.
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Italy: 1944
The campaigns in Italy from the first landings in September 1943 through May 1945 tested Allied soldiers to the limit.
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Italy: 1944
The campaigns in Italy from the first landings in September 1943 through May 1945 tested Allied soldiers to the limit.
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Forgotten Fights: Assault on Fortress Cherbourg, June 1944
The US 79th Infantry Division led the way in assaulting Cherbourg’s Fort du Roule on June 25, 1944, and two Americans would receive Medals of Honor for their heroic conduct.
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"Straw" Vote Gives FDR the Lager: The 1944 POW Vote
Even while held as POWs by the Germans in the POW camp Stalag Luft IV, American servicemen exercised their civic duty and made their voices heard, at least to each other, when they held a straw vote for the 1944 presidential election.
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Meet the Author: Anthony Tucker-Jones, "Hitler’s Winter" and "Churchill Cold War Warrior"
12/04/2024 | 5:00 PM - 7:00 PMJoin us for a conversation with Anthony Tucker-Jones about his two recent books, which explore the influence the Battle of the Bulge and the end of World War II had on the Cold War.
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Dinner with a Curator: "Incarcerated and Drafted: Japanese American Internees Who
Resisted the Draft"10/22/2024 | 6:30 PM - 8:30 PMIn the summer of 1944, 63 incarcerated Japanese American men were convicted in federal court of violating the Selective Service Act after refusing to participate in the draft.
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Meet the Author: Rona Simmons, No Average Day: The 24 Hours of October 24, 1944
10/16/2024 | 5:00 PM - 7:00 PMJoin us in conversation with Rona Simmons, author of No Average Day: The 24 Hours of October 24, 1944, which chronicles the US Armed Forces’ single deadliest day of World War II.
