WWII
‘D-Day, Omaha Beach’ traveling exhibit on display now
A new traveling exhibit, “D-Day, Omaha Beach,” will be displayed in the Curtis Laws Wilson Library from Friday, April 4, through Thursday, May 15. It is based on The Dead and Those About to Die, D-Day: The Big Red One at Omaha Beach, a book published by Dr. John C. McManus, Curators’ Distinguished Professor of history at S&T.
Read More »McManus publishes book on final months of WWII in the Pacific
The final book in a World War II Pacific theater trilogy will focus on the Allied victory – from the liberation of the Philippines to the Japanese surrender.
Read More »Fogg publishes on WWII
Dr. Shannon Fogg’s research on the WWII history of France has recently been published as a book chapter as well as a journal article.
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VIDEO: Learn about Japanese-American student success in WWII
Dr. Larry Gragg and Debra Griffith gave a presentation titled “Japanese-American Student Success at the Missouri School of Mines in World War II.” The program is available free on demand from the State Historical Society of Missouri. Watch the program.
Read More »McManus honored for ‘Fire and Fortitude’
Dr. John C. McManus, Curators’ Distinguished Professor of history at S&T, has been awarded the seventh annual Gilder Lehrman Prize for Military History for Fire and Fortitude: The US Army in the Pacific War, 1941-1943.
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McManus publishes book on Army’s WWII role in Pacific
Dr. John C. McManus, a military historian whose most recent books have dealt with the U.S. Army’s experience during World War II in Europe, now sets his sights on the Army’s role in the Pacific theater of World War II in a new book, the first of a two-volume history of the struggle.
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In the news: BYU Radio, C-Span, Scientific American, Spotify, St. Louis Public Radio
- Why is folklore important in understanding the past and preparing for the future? Dr. Simon Bronner, author of Folklore: The Basics and Maxwell C. Weiner Distinguished Professor of Humanities S&T,
talks with BYU Radio host Marcus Smith in an interview on May 8.
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Watch S&T professor on History Channel
Dr. John C. McManus, Curators’ Distinguished Professor of history, will help commerate Presidents Day by sharing his expertise on screen in HISTORY’s television show, “Presidents at War,” which will air at 7 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 17, and 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 18.
Read More »In the news: History Channel, The Muse, St. Louis Public Radio
- Dr. John McManus, Curators’ Distinguished Professor of history, will appear in the History Channel’s “Presidents at War” show at 7 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 17. McManus also is quoted in the article, “How Gen. Eisenhower Spun a Humiliating WWII Defeat into Winning Military Strategy,” published Jan. 29 on the History Channel website.
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