Guadalcanal: Turning Betoken in the Pacific Symposium

Join leading scholars for a daylong examination of the battle as waged by state, sea, and air, equally well as the lessons learned.

Feb 09 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM

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+ Add together to agenda 2019-02-09 eight:xxx:00 AM 2019-02-09 5:00:00 PM America/Mexico_City BB's Stage Door Canteen 945 Magazine St, New Orleans, LA 70130 Guadalcanal: Turning Signal in the Pacific Symposium Join leading scholars for a daylong examination of the battle equally waged past state, body of water, and air, as well as the lessons learned.

Location: BB's Phase Door Canteen
 945 Magazine St, New Orleans, LA 70130

Though the June 1942 Battle of Midway is frequently seen as the turning indicate of the war in the Pacific, the Solomon Islands campaign, including the Battle of Guadalcanal, was every bit pivotal. The Museum volition host Guadalcanal: Turning Bespeak in the Pacific, a daylong symposium in BB's Stage Door Canteen, on Sat, February nine, 2019.

Join moderator Robert Thousand. Citino, PhD, Executive Director of the Establish for the Study of War and Democracy and Samuel Zemurray Stone Senior Historian at The National WWII Museum, and 5 preeminent Pacific war scholars for this in-depth examination of the battle as waged by land, sea, and air, as well as the lessons learned.

Speakers include Richard B. Frank (Guadalcanal: The Definitive Account of the Landmark Campaign), Trent Strop (Learning War: The Development of Fighting Doctrine in the U.S. Navy, 1898–1945), James D. Hornfischer (Neptune's Inferno: The U.Due south. Navy at Guadalcanal), Stephen L. Moore, PhD (The Battle for Hell's Island: How a Small Band of Carrier Dive-Bombers Helped Save Guadalcanal), and Andrew Wiest, PhD (The Pacific War: Pearl Harbor, Singapore, Midway, Guadalcanal, Philippines Sea, Iwo Jima).

The programme volition conclude with a roundtable discussion among all featured speakers on the legacy of Guadalcanal and its importance in the ultimate victory in the Pacific theater. For an additional cost, Symposium registrants may attend a mail-Symposium reception and dinner with the speakers in The American Sector Restaurant & Bar.

For more information, call one-877-813-3329  x 511 or email conferences@nationalww2museum.org.

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