October 29, 2009

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Andra Liwag
NSU Office of Public Affairs
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FREE "G.I. Jive: World War II Across Three Theaters" Lecture Series in Honor of Veteran's Day

NSU genealogy expert and historian to lead sessions exploring major WWII milestones, and focused on collecting additional first-hand oral history accounts

FT. LAUDERDALE-DAVIE, Fla. – Nova Southeastern University's (NSU) Alvin Sherman Library, Research, and Information Technology Center has partnered with the City of Pembroke Pines and the Pembroke Pines Historical Museum to present a lively three-part "G.I. Jive: World War II Across Three Theaters" lecture series.

The series is FREE and open to the public and features NSU historian and genealogy expert, Kim Garvey. The series will commemorate several major WWII milestones. Another goal of the series will be to collect "living history" oral accounts from veterans, Garvey said.

"We need to capture these first-hand memories while we still can," said Garvey, Outreach & Instructional Librarian for Genealogy at NSU's Alvin Sherman Library. "And then to instill that information in the next generation so that it doesn’t become lost."

The FREE series will appeal to history buffs, Veterans and the whole community, and includes:

• D-Day Remembered for Veteran's Day
  From 1-3 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 7
  D-Day marks the Normandy Landings on Tuesday, June 6, 1944. This was an important WWII milestone, with the largest sea invasion in history. About 195, 700 Allied personnel in more than 5,000 ships were involved. This maneuver helped lead to the German surrender 10 months later.
  
  
• Pearl Harbor Remembered
  From 1-3 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 5
  As President Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaimed, Sunday, Dec. 7, 1941 is "a date which will live in infamy." On this day, the Japanese navy conducted a surprise attack on the United States' naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, which later resulted in the U.S. becoming militarily involved in World War II. More than 2,402 U.S. personnel were killed and 1,282 wounded.
  
  
• China-Burma-India
  From 1-3 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 30 Established in 1942, the China-Burma-India (CBI) Theater is often referred to as "the forgotten theater of WWII." America's role in CBI was to support China by providing war materials and manpower. The Flying Tigers fought the Japanese in the air over China and Burma, and Merrill's Marauders and the Mars Task Force fought through the jungles of Burma, while Army engineers built the Ledo Road to open up a land supply route.

All lectures in the series will take place at the Walter C. Young Resource Center's Jim Davidson Theatre of the Performing Arts, at 901 NW 129th Ave. in Pembroke Pines.

For more information, please call (954) 262-4575 or visit www.nova.edu/library/genealogy.