America in WWII - (Page 71) NEXT TIME AROUND A WWII EVENTS CALIFORNIA • Oct. 6, Chino: Naval Air Power event, featuring the F4U Corsair. 10 A.M. to 2 P.M. The Air Museum. 909-597-3722. www.planesoffame.org DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA • Sept. 29: Library of Congress 2007 National Book Festival. Appearances by Ken Burns (maker of the PBS series The War), Geoffrey Ward (author of The War’s companion book), presidential historian Michael Beschloss, David M. Kennedy (author of Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War 1929-1945), and others. 10 A.M. to 5 P.M. on the National Mall between 7th and 14th streets. 888-714-4696. www.loc.gov/bookfest LOUISIANA • Sept. 4, New Orleans: Exhibit of US Coast Guard artifacts from WWII. Through Oct. 28. The National World War II Museum. 504-527-6012, ext. 229. www.ddaymuseum.org Sept. 5, New Orleans: “Jazz During World War II” by Dr. Charles Chamberlain of the Louisiana State Museum. Includes feature film clips and recorded audio performances. Noon to 1 P.M. The National World War II Museum. 504-527-6012, ext. 229. www.ddaymuseum.org Sept. 19, New Orleans: “New Orleans; Higgins (Boat) Factories Then and Now,” lecture by Alan Raphael, museum marketing director. Noon to 1 P.M. The National World War II Museum. 504-527-6012, ext. 229. www.ddaymuseum.org October 17, New Orleans: “Okinawa,” lecture by Martin K.A. Morgan, director of research. Noon to 1 P.M. The National World War II Museum. 504-527-6012, ext. 229. www.ddaymuseum.org Oct. 30, New Orleans: Exhibit of US Marine Corps artifacts from WWII. Through Dec. 30. The National World War II Museum. 504-527-6012, ext. 229. www.ddaymuseum.org MISSOURI • Sept. 8, Kansas City: Presentation of bronze replicas of the Congressional Gold Medals to Kansas City-area Tuskegee Airmen or their widows or children. 1 P.M. Reception follows. Sponsored by the Heart of America Chapter of Tuskegee Airmen Inc. Truman Presidential Museum & Library. 800-833-1225. www.trumanlibrary.org NEW YORK • Sept. 29, Hyde Park: Roosevelt Farm Day. Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum. 845-229-6241. www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu Oct. 11, Hyde Park: Eleanor Roosevelt birthday ceremony. 3 P.M. Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum. 845-229-6241. www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu OREGON • Sept. 15, McMinnville: Air Force Day. Ceremonies at 11 A.M. with speakers throughout the day. Also, International Plastic Modelers Society Show. 9 A.M. to 3:15 P.M. Evergreen Aviation Museum. 503-434-4006. www.sprucegoose.org Oct. 13, McMinnville: Navy Day. Ceremonies at 11 A.M. Navy speakers throughout the day. Evergreen Aviation Museum. 503-434-4006. www.sprucegoose.org PENNSYLVANIA • Sept. 8-9 and Oct. 13-14, Reading: History flight weekends. 10 A.M. Mid-Atlantic Aviation Museum. 610-372-7333. www.maam.org TEXAS • Sept. 15-16, Fredericksburg: Annual symposium, “Turning Points —The Battles of Midway and Guadalcanal.” 9 A.M. to 5 P.M. Fredericksburg High School. Sponsored by the National Museum of the Pacific War. 830-997-4379. www.nimitz-museum.org Sept. 22-23, Fredericksburg: Pacific combat living history program. 10:30 A.M. and 1 and 3:30 P.M. each day. National Museum of the Pacific War. 830-997-4379. www.nimitz-museum.org The Bridge on the River Kwai became a classic by exploring the human dramas that underlie war. What some call the best WWII movie ever made premiered 50 years ago —and raised the bar for future film treatments of the war. INTO AFRICA With a jumbled landing and fierce resistance, Americans hit North African beaches in November 1942—the first step on the road to Berlin. WAR MOTHER No American mother had more at stake KWAI turns 50 in World War II than the widow McCabe of Lilly, Pennsylvania, who had 11 sons in uniform. THE LIFESAVER: PENICILLIN Thanks to a simple mold, America’s WWII GIs had an advantage no soldiers had ever had before: a chance to survive infections. ANATOMY OF A BOMB MISSION Join American fliers on a bomb mission over Germany, from start to finish, in this revealing photo essay. TO TOP IT OFF, find out what a navy man did when he got stuck on Tarawa in a marine assault, and travel to the site of the real bridge on the River Kwai— Kachanaburi, Thailand. Look for our December issue on October 23! AMERICA IN WWII 71 OCTOBER 2007
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