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Michael McShane’s Life Jacket
A remarkable artifact survives to tell the story of the first moments of the Battle of the Atlantic.
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PFC Willy F. James, Jr's Medal of Honor
Willy F. James, Jr. was one of seven African Americans to receive the Medal of Honor for service in World War II, an award delayed decades by bias and discrimination.
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WWII Post-Traumatic Stress
Not all wounds are visible at first glance. A look at the psychological strain of combat and its long lasting effects on our nation's warriors.
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Interviewing Friends or Loved Ones at Home
Curator of Oral History Joey Balfour offers some suggestions for interviewing friends or loved ones at home.
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The 1944 Bretton Woods Conference
The Bretton Woods conference in summer 1944 saw the global rise of the American Economic Empire—the empire of the dollar.
Past Events
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Baptist Community Ministries Faith in Wartime Lecture Series: Dr. G. Kurt Piehler, A Religious History of the American GI in World War II
05/10/2023 | 5:00 PM - 7:00 PMJoin us for a conversation with author G. Kurt Piehler, PhD, and Michael Bell, PhD, Executive Director of the Jenny Craig Institute for the Study of War and Democracy, on Piehler’s book A Religious History of the American GI in World War II.
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Lunchbox Lecture: Southern California at the Dawn of World War II
04/05/2023 | 12:00 PM - 1:00 PMJoin Curator Cory Graff as he dives into the strange history of SoCal as America went to war.
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Lunchbox Lecture: The Struggle for Equality: The Lone Female Medal of Honor Recipient
03/01/2023 | 12:00 PM - 1:00 PMSpeaker: Laura S. Jowdy, Director of Archives, Collections & Museum, Congressional Medal of Honor Society
