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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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Operation Revival: Rescue from Stalag Luft I
Between May 13 and May 15, 1945 the 8th Air Force conducted Operation Revival. The target was Stalag Luft I and the objective was to evacuate nearly 8500 Allied POWs via stripped-down B-17s, along with some C-46s and C47s.
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Walter Broll, The Little Pearl Harbor
Walter Broll was present during the German bombing attack on Bari Harbor in Italy on 2 December 1943.
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Pharmacist’s Mate Second Class George E. Wahlen's Medal of Honor
In the bloodiest battle in Marine Corps history, 27 Marines and sailors were awarded the Medal of Honor for action on Iwo Jima. No other campaign surpassed that number.
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The Last Dance - Prom in Wartime
Although the precipitating events could not have been more different, both high school students in World War II and high school students today have seen their school lives disrupted and irrevocably changed seemingly overnight.
Past Events
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Meet the Author: Luck of the Draw, "My Story of the Air War in Europe"
03/29/2023 | 5:00 PM - 7:00 PMA conversation with Elizabeth Murphy and Chloe Melas, daughter and granddaughter of late veteran and author Frank Murphy
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"Billie & Ella"
03/29/2023 | 11:45 AM - 1:45 PMBanter, jokes, jazz, and blues abound when music legends Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald get together.
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Dinner with a Curator: "Cartoons for Combat: The Art of World War II"
03/28/2023 | 6:30 PM - 8:30 PMJoin Curator Cory Graff as he presents Cartoons for Combat: The Art of World War II.
