May 2020 marks the 75th Anniversary of the end of World War II in
Europe! Join US Monday, February 24 7PM at the Woodbridge Main
Library! May 2020 marks the 75th Anniversary of the end of World War
II in Europe!
Join US MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24 7PM AT THE WOODBRIDGE MAIN LIBRARY!
Enunciated by President Franklin Roosevelt at the Casablanca
Conference, January 1943, the policy of “unconditional surrender”
brings about the total defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945. On May 7, 1945,
at Supreme Allied Commander General Dwight D. Eisenhower’s
headquarters in Rheims, France, the German high command signed an
unconditional surrender document. Present to take photos at the
signing was Technical Sergeant Al Meserlin, General Eisenhower’s
wartime photographer. This presentation detail the circumstances
leading up to the signing and enable you to actually witness history
via the photos Sgt. Meserlin took of the historic event. Victory in
Europe (VE) Day was officially declared the next day.
PAUL E. ZIGO [http://ww2erastudies.com/], a history professor, author
and military historian is the founder and director, of the World War
II Era Studies Institute. The institute is dedicated to furthering
one’s knowledge and understanding of the WW II era and its impact on
history. He is a graduate of Temple University and the United States
Army War College. He authored and edited in 2009 Witnessing History:
The Eisenhower Photographs featuring all the photos of General Dwight
D. Eisenhower taken by his personal wartime photographer, Al Meserlin.
Zigo was also the executive producer and narrator of the cable network
series Triumphant Spirit: America’s World War II Generation Speaks
from 2001 to 2004. In 2014, he authored the book The Longest Walk: The
Amazing Story of the 29th Inf. Division on D-Day 6 June 1944 and in
2017, he co-authored the book Bataan – When Men Have To Die, an
accounting of the fall of the Philippine Islands to the Japanese in
1942. Recently, Mr. Zigo authored and published the book Unconditional
Surrender: Witnessing History – May 1945. He is a 30 year veteran of
the United States Army retiring as a Colonel and is a founding member
of the National Museum of the US Army. This event is free and open to
all! The Woodbridge Main Library is located at 1 George Frederick
Plaza in Woodbridge, NJ. If you have any questions or need any further
information please contact us at 732-634-4450 or visit our website
-www.woodbrigelibrary.org.
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