Lecture

Mari K. Eder Major General Mari K. Eder returns to the Lunchbox Lecture Series to present "80 Years Since Victory: How it Took Hold - How it Held Up." At the war's end, over 12 million American military men and women were actively serving. More than 7.6 million were stationed overseas and everyone wanted to get home as quickly as possible. These are the stories of how some men and women navigated the sudden peace and made their way to their new lives. A book signing of Eder's The Girls Who Stepped Out of Line: Untold Stories of the Women...

What did Omaha Beach look like on D-Day? Most of us will immediately call to mind the Hollywood hits The Longest Day or Saving Private Ryan. But fewer will know that there was actual film footage of the landings captured on June 6, 1944. Join the National D-Day Memorial for a conversation with Jennifer Rossel, the daughter of Richard Taylor of the 165th Signal Photography Company, who filmed the only motion picture footage of Omaha Beach on D-Day, in this special virtual Lunchbox Lecture.