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The Friends of the National World War II Memorial will sponsor the 12th Annual Haydn Williams World War II Memorial Legacy Lecture on Wednesday, November 13, 2024 at 9:00 AM at the National Defense University’s Lincoln Hall Auditorium and online via NDU's online portal.
Dr. McManus will discuss his book "To the End of the Earth: The U.S. Army and the Downfall of Japan".
Hosted annually at the National Defense University as part of the "President's Lecture Series”, the Haydn Williams World War II Memorial Legacy Lecture is an annual public lecture series that features preeminent historians and scholars speaking on the lasting significance and impact of World War II on America and the world.
Previous Legacy Lecturers have included Rick Atkinson; Sir Max Hastings; Dr. Craig Symonds; Dr. David Kennedy; Tom Brokaw; Victor Davis Hanson; William Hitchcock; Dr. Andrew Roberts; Alex Kershaw; and Ian W. Toll.
Registration is required.
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The Haydn Williams World War II Memorial Legacy Lecture is made possible through the generous endowment of the late Ambassador F. Haydn Williams, a WWII veteran, former chairman of the American Battle Monuments Commission’s WWII Memorial Site and Design Committee, and chairman emeritus of Friends of the National World War II Memorial.
