Experience "G.I. Jive" WWII Lecture Series in Honor of Veteran's Day Starting Nov. 7

NSU's Alvin Sherman Library has partnered with the City of Pembroke Pines and the Pembroke Pines Historical Museum to present the three-part "G.I. Jive: World War II Across Three Theatres" genealogy series.

The lecture series is free and open to the public and will feature the Alvin Sherman Library's genealogy expert and historian, Kim Garvey. The series includes three main events:

• 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 swift 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 United States becoming militarily involved in World War II. More than 2,400 United States 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 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.