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New Orleans to Host One of Largest World War II
Gatherings Since the War
Three days of notable presentations by those who
were there
 November 7, 2006 New Orleans will host from Nov.
16 through Nov. 19 what is being called "one of the largest, most
significant World War II gatherings since the end of World War II." The
program, hosted by the National World War II Museum, will feature
presentations by notables, such as, former war correspondent and newsman
Walter Cronkite; WWII bomber pilot and former senator George McGovern;
war correspondents Andy Rooney and Richard C. Hottelet; James Bradley,
author of Flags of Our Fathers; and former Secretary of State
Madeleine Albright, who will discuss the liberation of Eastern Europe;
British author Sir Max Hastings; and noted World War II historian,
Donald L. Miller.
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An opening night feature will be a presentation by
Ken Burns of highlights from his documentary series, THE WAR, which will be
carried by PBS in September 2007. The seven-part documentary series,
directed and produced by Burns and Lynn Novick, explores the history and
horror of the Second World War from an American perspective by following
the fortunes of so- called ordinary men and women who get caught up in
the greatest cataclysm in human history.
Historians, World War II veterans, authors,
journalists and other participants from all over the world are expected
to gather to discuss the war and its lasting impact for more than a
half-century at The International Conference On World War II - The
War That Changed the World.
Presentations will be accessible to all levels of
personal and professional interests in World War II, say the promoters,
and everyone is invited to purchase a ticket and participate. It is a
rare opportunity, they say, to "meet Medal of Honor recipients and hear
from Rosie the Riveters, foreign resistance fighters, distinguished
veterans, journalists and historians."
The Museum organizers say, "One of the greatest
benefits of the entire conference will be the opportunity to meet and
hear from WWII Medal of Honor recipients, members of the flight crews on
the Hiroshima and Nagasaki missions, German Concentration Camp
survivors, POWs and those who fought at home against Jim Crow laws."
A special free program, Memory Hall, will examine
the actions of these armed forces members and home front workers through
personal accounts of the people who were there. Hear about the call to
service and about training to win from the personal accounts of members
of the armed forces who responded to the Pearl Harbor attack by
enlisting.
Trainees became D-Day veterans and Army nurses who
contributed in countless ways to the Allied victory. At home, the war
was fought through efforts of Rosie the Riveters and families who
sacrificed by cutting back and rationing food and even cigarettes.
For three days attendees will see participants from
all over the nation who banded together to form the fighting machine
that defeated totalitarian regimes in Germany and Japan. There will be
discussions on the air, sea and land wars, American air power and beach
assaults from Pointe-du-Hoc to Guam and Iwo Jima.
There will be poignant stories from prisoners,
Bataan Death March survivors, and those who gave medical care and
treatment to those wounded as many as five times at Omaha Beach and
throughout the European and Pacific theaters.
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