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Friends of the National World War II Memorial presents a Monthly Conference Series to learn more about the spirit of unity and shared purpose that defined the character of our country during World War II. This series of monthly half-day virtual conferences features discussions with WWII veterans, war orphans, published authors, and other experts. New York Times best-selling author and Friends' Resident Historian Alex Kershaw moderates the discussions after each presentation.
Register today, for free, to join this unique digital experience.
September - April
Third Saturday Monthly
10 a.m. to 1 p.m. ET
Journalist and historian Suzanne Cope, author of Power Hungry: Women of the Black Panther Party and Freedom Summer and Their Fight to Feed a Movement and a faculty member at New York University, presents research from her work Women of War, which examines the overlooked roles women played in the Italian Resistance during World War II. Drawing on primary sources and recent scholarship, Cope explores how women operated as underground organizers, couriers, combatants, and saboteurs while Italy faced both Nazi occupation and fascist loyalists.
Military historian Stephen L. Moore, a sixth-generation Texan and author of more than twenty books on World War II and Texas history, presents research on VF-15, the U.S. Navy fighter squadron that achieved the highest number of enemy aircraft kills in the Pacific Theater. Drawing on firsthand accounts from the pilots, Moore traces the squadron’s evolution from an inexperienced group struggling through fatal training accidents in their new F6F-3 Hellcats to an exceptionally effective combat unit under the leadership of David McCampbell, the Navy’s leading ace and Medal of Honor recipient.
Veteran journalist and Boston University Executive Editor Doug Most discusses his forthcoming book Launching Liberty, which recounts the largely overlooked human story behind America’s World War II Liberty ships. Drawing on perspectives from the White House to the shipyards, his talk traces how the United States, anticipating a global conflict, mobilized an unprecedented emergency shipbuilding effort to produce thousands of rugged cargo freighters that carried essential supplies to U.S. and Allied forces.
The Friends of the National World War II Memorial’s education programs are generously supported by the Jack C. Taylor / Enterprise Rent-A-Car WWII Memorial Education Endowment.
