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| Tuesday, December 1st |
10:00 a.m.
Room 122
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Tracking the 101st Cavalry: One Simple Question Becomes a Book
Melaney Moisan just wanted to know what her father did in the war. His records had been destroyed by fire, so it seemed hopeless, until she did a random search for his unit on the Internet one day. That one small action took her to reunions of the 101st Cavalry in North Carolina, to Germany to follow the route of her father's troop, and to the homes of veterans around the country. She interviewed relatives of German, Polish, and American veterans, and the survivor of a concentration camp that her father's unit found in the woods near Landsberg, Germany. Melaney is Communications Coordinator with SAIF Corporation. She will talk about the research, the men and their history, and self-publishing her book.
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1:00 p.m.
Room 122
Ford Hall
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The First to Cry Down Injustice
When war paranoia struck the West Coast in 1941, it did so with a vengeance. Suddenly one’s Japanese neighbors–farmers with cherry orchards, children who shared the neighborhood playground, their doting mothers–were viewed as potentially dangerous. Fear built on racism and led to tragedy, says our speaker, WU History Professor Ellen Eisenberg. After Japanese planes bombed Pearl Harbor, every person of Japanese ancestry was removed from the West Coast. Whole families, most of them American citizens, were hauled away to camps, where they were incarcerated behind barbed wire, some for as long as four years. No charges were filed, so no defense was possible.
Eisenberg’s new book, The First to Cry Down Injustice?: Western Jews and Japanese Removal During WWII–recently named a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award–looks at how West Coast Jews reacted to the wartime policy of incarceration. Professor Eisenberg will share the research that went into this project.
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| Thursday, December 3rd |
10:00 a.m.
Room 122
Ford Hall
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ICL Members Up Close
This is a continuation of our very well received sessions from the last several terms. ICL is made up a very interesting group of folks with fascinating backgrounds. In this session we will get to know a few of them a little better, as we ask them to share an interesting story from their family, their work experience, or world experience. Today we will hear stories from Milt Robbins; Bill & Henrietta Griffitts; Betty Swenk; Nancy Robinson; Jeanette Flaming and one ICL’er yet to be determined.
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12:00 noon
Montag Center
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End-of-Semester Session and Luncheon
Our concluding session of the semester is coordinated by Co-Directors of Social Services, Evelynn Smith and Irene Konopasek.
Luncheon is by pre-registration only. Details for pre-registration will be announced in the newsletter, in class, and on the ICL Bulletin Board.
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