You are Invited to Attend the Inaugural
Gettysburg Conference on World War II
March 18-20, 2010 at the Wyndham
Gettysburg Hotel, Gettysburg, PA
with Robert J. Dalessandro, Head of Faculty, and Joseph Balkoski,
Michael G. Knapp,
Christopher L. Kolakowski, Samuel Lombardo, Michael E. Lynch,
C. Robert
Mullauer, John F. Shortal, and Special Guest and Banquet Speaker,
Alexander
Jefferson of the Tuskegee Airmen
Gettysburg is rightly revered as America’s most renowned Civil
War site. But it also has a rich World War II heritage accentuated by the
Eisenhower farm, on the battlefield’s edge, where Dwight and Mamie Eisenhower
enjoyed some of their happiest times, and which served them well as a weekend
retreat during the Eisenhower Presidency. And it should serve us well as a base
for our new annual conference on World War II.
We
have assembled a faculty of nine notable World War II historians to offer
presentations on such topics as Normandy, the British 1st Airborne at Arnhem Bridge, Ned Almond and the Buffalo Soldiers, Bataan, Peleliu,
and Forgotten Commanders of the Pacific Theater. Two of them know their
subjects first-hand - war heroes Sam
Lombardo of the 99th Infantry Division and Alexander Jefferson of the Tuskegee Airmen who will speak to us, in riveting terms, of their WWII experiences.
We
have chosen the premier hotel in the area to host our conference - the Wyndham
Gettysburg, 95 Presidential Circle, Gettysburg, PA 17325, where we have
reserved a block of sleeping rooms at the special rate of $119 per night – Single or Double. To reserve a room under our block, call 717-339-0020 and identify yourself as a registrant for the World
War II Conference. You will likely want to book your room for
the nights of March 18, 19 & 20 with a checkout on March 21. As a special
inducement for you to attend the
conference AND stay at the Wyndham, we will reduce your registration fee by
$30, $60 or $90 depending on whether you book a room at the Wyndham for one,
two or three nights at the Wyndham during the conference. This will, in effect,
reduce your room rate to $89 per night to stay at this first rate hotel. We hope you’ll join us for the inaugural Gettysburg Conference on World War II.
Gettysburg Conference on World War II
Faculty
COL.
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO, USA Ret is the
Assistant Chief of Military History at the United States Army Center of
Military History at Fort McNair, Washington, DC. Previously he served as the
Director of the Army Heritage Education Center in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. He is
the co-author of The Organization and Insignia of the American Expeditionary
Force, 1917-1923 and serves as an advisor to the American Battle Monuments
Commission for the Normandy American Interpretive Center at Colleville-sur-Mer,
France.
JOSEPH
BALKOSKI is Command Historian of the
Maryland National Guard and a leading authority on the Normandy Campaign. He is
the author of several books including Beyond the Beachhead: The 29th Infantry Division at Normandy and Omaha Beach: D-Day, June 6 1944.
LT.
COL. ALEXANDER JEFFERSON, USA Ret flew
in the 332nd Fighter Group (Tuskegee Airmen) of the U. S. Army Air
Corp. On his 19th mission over Europe, his P-51 Mustang was shot
down over Toulon Harbor, France. He was held in POW camps in Germany for nine months and was liberated by Patton’s Third Army in April,
1945. He is the author of Red Tail Captured, Red Tail Free: The Memoirs of a
Tuskegee Airman and POW.
CHRISTOPHER
L. KOLAKOWSKI is the Director of the
General George Patton Museum Leadership Institute in Fort Knox, Kentucky. Previously, he served as Chief Curator of the National Museum of the Army
Reserve, located in McPherson, Georgia. He is the author of various articles on
the Civil War, American Revolution, the Napoleonic Wars, and both World Wars.
MICHAEL
G. KNAPP is the Deputy Director of
Army Museums, Center of Military History in Washington, DC. Previously, he
served as the Director of Collections Management at the Army Heritage Education Center, and before that served as an embedded trainer/advisor to the Afghan
National Army 2003-04.
LT. COL. SAMUEL
LOMBARDO, USA Ret served during WWII
in Company I, 394th Regiment of the 99th Infantry Division
and fought on the Northern shoulder of the Battle of the Bulge and at Remagen.
Sam would later serve in Korea and Vietnam. He is the author of O'er the Land of the Free.
MICHAEL E.
LYNCH is Chief of Educational
Programs at the Army Heritage and Education Center He is a veteran leader of
Army staff rides.
C. ROBERT “BOB”
MULLAUER teaches military history
courses for two Maryland community colleges. He is a veteran tour leader of Antietam, Gettysburg and War of 1812 sites in the Baltimore area, tours battlefields
in Europe and the Pacific and has just returned from Peleliu.
BRIG. GEN. JOHN F. SHORTAL, USA, Ret. is Director of Joint
History at the Army’s Center of Military History. Prior to his retirement from
the Army, he held a variety of command and staff positions culminating in his
assignments as the Assistant Division Commander for the 2nd Infantry
Division in the Republic of Korea and as the Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the
U. S. Army Recruiting Command at Fort Knox, KY. He is the author of Forged
by Fire: Robert L. Eichelberger and the Pacific War.
Gettysburg Conference on World War
II
March
18-20
Schedule
of Events
Thursday,
March 18
2
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Welcome Reception & Cash Bar
7:00 PM thru Sat 4:00
PM Book Display & Sale
Friday,
March 19
8:45 AM - 9:45 AM The 29th Infantry Division at Normandy – Joseph Balkoski
10:00 AM -11:00AM Ned Almond and the Buffalo Soldiers – Michael E. Lynch
11:15AM -12:15PM First Class Fighting Men: The British 1st Airborne Division and the Battle for the Arnhem Bridge - Michael G. Knapp
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM Group Lunch.
1:45 PM - 2:45 PM In the Battle of the Bulge - Samuel Lombardo
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM ETO Panel Discussion & Open Forum
Saturday,
March 20
8:45 AM - 9:45 AM Last Stand on Bataan: The Philippine Campaign, 1941-42
– Christopher L. Kolakowski
10:00 AM -11:00AM Peleliu: The Forgotten Slaughter of the Pacific
War.
- C.
Robert Mullauer
11:15AM - 12:15PM Forgotten
Commanders of the Pacific Theater
– John
F. Shortal
12:30PM - 1:30 PM Group Lunch
1:45 PM – 2:45 PM Topic TBA -
– Robert J. Dalessandro
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM PTO
Panel Discussion & Open Forum
5:30 PM – 6:15 PM Cocktails – Cash Bar
6:15 PM – 7:15 PM Banquet
7:30 PM – 8:30 PM I Was There – Alexander Jefferson, Tuskegee Airmen
On Sunday, March 21, you
may wish to visit the Eisenhower National Historic Site. To do so, go to
the Gettysburg Visitor Center, buy a ticket and take the shuttle bus to the
Eisenhower Farm. The shuttle bus leaves on the hour throughout that day, beginning
at 9:00 AM.
American History Forum reserves the right to change the order and
topics of presentations, and to substitute faculty members as circumstances may
dictate.
Registration
Options
Gettysburg Conference on World War II
q Full Program (11 sessions, Thurs reception, 2
lunches, Sat. PM banquet) $
395
Stay at the Wyndham Gettysburg Hotel
and deduct $30 per room per night from
your Full Program Registration Fee
(maximum of 3 room nights) and thus pay $305, $335 or $365 instead of $395 (Deduction is PER ROOM, not per Person)
q Friday
Only: 5 Sessions & Lunch $ 175
Stay at the Wyndham Gettysburg Hotel
and deduct $30 per room per night from
your Friday Only Registration Fee
(maximum of 2 room nights)
and thus pay $115 or $145 instead of
$175 (Deduction is PER ROOM, not per Person)
q Saturday
Day Only: 5 Sessions & Lunch $ 175
Stay at the Wyndham Gettysburg Hotel
and deduct $30 per room per night from
your Saturday Day Only Registration
Fee (maximum of 2 room nights)
and thus pay $115 or $145 instead of
$175 (Deduction is PER ROOM, not per Person)
q Saturday Evening Only: Banquet & Alexander
Jefferson Talk: $
50
No room deduction available for this
option.
For Questions, call 800-298-1861.
IF YOU MUST CANCEL: Your Registration Fee will be 100%
Refunded.
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