2020 Virtual World War II Week Schedule

Information Launch Day: September 8, 2020

Contact: Dan Vermilya, 717-253-5971

2020 marks the 75th anniversary of the Allied victory in Environment War II. With this anniversary in brain, and the well being and safety assistance encompassing Covid-19, the Eisenhower Nationwide Historic Website is generating our yearly Entire world War II weekend a Virtual celebration. This new virtual event will span from September 12-20 and element a sequence of no cost plans that explore a range of aspects of Planet War II, concentrating on the means the war and its legacy are nevertheless felt for us currently. These courses will incorporate interviews with distinguished historians, profiles on WWII troopers buried in the Gettysburg Countrywide Cemetery, and dwelling heritage vignettes speaking about a variety of experiences in the course of the Second Earth War.

All applications are pre-recorded, and will be streamed on the Eisenhower Countrywide Historic Web site Facebook Website page. There is no on web-site, in person component of this celebration.

Saturday, September 12  

• 9 AM—”These Honored Lifeless: WWII Burials in the Gettysburg National Cemetery”-Be a part of us as we start a new series speaking about some of the about 500 WWII troopers buried in the Gettysburg Nationwide Cemetery.
• 2 PM—Tech/4 William C. Olson’s tale displays us how just one fallen serviceman was brought property following his death during the Fight of the Bulge—and how his relatives remembered him.

• 7 PM—An airman from Pittsburgh, PA, 2nd Lt. James Pogue was killed on the working day just before the German surrender in North Africa. His tale reminds us of the value of victory in the North African Marketing campaign. 

Sunday, September 13

• 9 AM—The Kundla and Materewicz brothers are buried aspect by facet below in the Gettysburg National Cemetery. Join us as we comply with their stories all through WWII.  
• 2 PM—A Gettysburg College graduate and native of Altoona, PA, 2nd Lt. Ralph Stehley’s connection to Gettysburg reminds us that his story was one of service to his neighborhood, his household, and his nation.
• 7 PM—PFC Paul Heller was killed on Guadalcanal in Oct 1942. At just fifteen many years outdated, he might be the youngest American killed in action in WWII.

Monday September 14  

• 10 AM—”WWII Accolades in the Eisenhower Home”-Join Park Curator Michael Florer and Park Guideline Alyce Evans for an up-close seem at WWII linked merchandise inside the historic Eisenhower dwelling.

Tuesday September 15

• 10 AM—Join us as we comply with the story of John Zuk, the son of Austrian immigrants, who was killed preventing in Sicily in July 1943.
• 3 PM—The son of Italian immigrants, airman Joseph Logero’s war took location in the skies higher than Europe, coming to an conclude at the Battle of the Bulge.

Wednesday September 16

• 10 AM—Join us to uncover the tales of a few casualties from the assault on Pearl Harbor who are buried in this article in Gettysburg.
• 3 PM—A sailor on the USS Terror, Joseph Coradetti was killed through a kamikaze attack near Okinawa on May well 1, 1945.
• 8 PM—”A Discussion with Ian Toll”-Award successful historian Ian Toll joins us to examine the War in the Pacific. Mr. Toll is the author of Pacific Crucible, The Conquering Tide, and Twilight of the Gods.

Thursday September 17  

• 8 AM—”Camp Sharpe: A Distinctive Kind of Warfare”-Park Ranger Dennis Flake requires us to Camp Sharpe, a psychological warfare schooling centre below in Gettysburg through WWII.
• 12 PM—”Gettysburg’s German POW Camp: Helping the War Effort”-Park Ranger Dennis Flake discusses a German POW camp on the Gettysburg battlefield in the course of WWII.
• 4 PM—Gettysburg native Earl Swope Jr. was killed in motion in the course of the Struggle of the Bulge—one of above 100 troopers from Adams County, PA, to die in the course of WWII.
• 8 PM—Join us as we share the Facebook livestream of the opening of the Eisenhower Memorial on the Countrywide Shopping mall in Washington, DC.

Friday September 18  

• 8 AM—”Canadians on D-Day”-Check out the purpose of Canadian soldiers on D-Day with dwelling historian Andrew Frantz.
• 12 PM—Tune in as we go to HQ Organization, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, and check out the gentlemen and equipment of 1 of the most famous units of the war in Europe.
• 4 PM—”Us citizens on D-Day”-Be part of us as we find out about the devices and motivations of American soldiers on D-Working day with residing historian Jon Tracey.
• 8 PM—PFC Clairus L. Riggs—a Cambria County native—is a single of 12 troopers who were being killed on D-Working day who are buried in the Gettysburg Countrywide Cemetery.

Saturday September 19  

• 8 AM—Start off your Saturday morning with Thomas Frezza from the U.S. Navy Background and Heritage Command and “Cooking with Background,” making a U.S. Navy breakfast from 1945. 
• 12 PM—”Connections to the Previous: Remembering Planet War II”-Sign up for the staff members of Eisenhower National Historic Site, Gettysburg Nationwide Military services Park, and distinctive visitor Susan Eisenhower as we keep in mind our family members who served in Entire world War II.
• 4 PM—Join the Furious Fourth Living History team as they go into the foxholes of Normandy and discover daily daily life for GIs in 1944.
• 8PM—”A Conversation with Rick Atkinson”-Pulitzer Prize winning historian Rick Atkinson sits down for a discussion about his exploration and writing, the management of Standard Dwight Eisenhower, and the enduring indicating of Environment War II. Atkinson is the author of the best-offering Liberation Trilogy on Planet War II. 

Sunday September 20  

• 8 AM—Ike and the Monuments Guys-Park Tutorial Alyce Evans discusses Eisenhower, the “Monuments Adult men,” and the effort and hard work to conserve vintage operates of art in the course of Planet War II.
• 12 PM—Join us as we investigate the tale of the 92nd Infantry Division—the only African American division to see overcome in Europe throughout WWII.
• 4 PM—Efficiency, Production and Morale: A Heritage of the Springfield Armory all through WWII—Tune in as we chat with our mates from the Springfield Armory National Historic Web page in Massachusetts. 
• 8 PM—”A Family members of Service”-Robert and Dorothy McCormick both served in the U.S. Navy for the duration of WWII, and Dorothy’s father, Basic John Stewart Bragdon, has his personal specific relationship to Eisenhower as perfectly. Be a part of Ranger Dan Vermilya to study much more of their story.