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Exploring Robert Capa's Iconic D-Day Photographs
<p><i>Revisiting what we know and value about some of the most well-known photographs of the historic landing on Omaha Beach.</i></p>
<p><i>Presenter: </i><b>Shannon Thomas Perich</b> is curator of the Photographic History Collection at the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, </p><p><i>#112MCF</i><i><br /></i></p>
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Flak-Bait: A Story of Survival from World War II
<p><i>American aircrews flew the Martin B-26B Marauder bomber named Flak-Bait on more missions than any other American warplane during World War II, which included three times on D-Day.</i><br />Presenter: <b>Jeremy R. Kinney, PhD</b> is curator of the World War II American military aviation collection at the National Air and Space Museum.</p><p>#112MCF<br /></p><p></p>
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Gratitude, Trauma and Repression: D-Day in French and American Collective Memory
<p><em>This presentation will focus on personalizing the memory of D-Day: how do memorials create official versus vernacular/local/personal memory? How does material culture inform memory? Whose responsibility is it to maintain memorials? Who gets remembered? Who gets forgotten?</em><br /></p><p>Presenter: <strong>Kate Clarke Lemay, PhD; H</strong>istorian at the National Portrait Gallery </p><p>#112MCF</p>
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"I Hardly Know Where to Start": Personal Narratives of D-Day within the Veterans History Project Collection, Library of Congress
<p><i>This presentation will include a discussion of two unique items--a scrapbook and a personal diary—submitted by D-Day veterans Felix Adams and Homer Hall to the Veterans History Project at the Library of Congress</i>.</p><p>Presenter: <b>Megan Harris</b> is the senior reference specialist for the Veterans History Project (VHP) of the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress<br /><br />#112MCF</p>
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African Americans, D-Day and World War II
<p><i>This presentation will highlight African Americans on D-Day, using a few select objects from the D-Day invasion currently on display at NMAAHC. It will also emphasize other African American experiences during World War II</i>.</p><p>Presenter: <b>Retired U.S. Army Colonel Krewasky A. Salter, PhD</b> is a guest associate curator and advisor at the National Museum of African American History and Culture, where he curated the inaugural exhibition <i>Double Victory: The African American Military Experience</i>.<br /></p><p>#112MCF<br /></p>
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National Native American Veterans Memorial
<p><i>As part of its NMAI Veterans Memorial project research, this presentation will feature the story of Charles Norman Shay who served at Normandy and has been honored with a memorial overlooking Omaha Beach and some of the other stories of Native American service connected to D-Day.</i></p><p>Presenters: <b>Rebecca Head Trautmann</b> is a curator and researcher working with contemporary art at the National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution.</p><p></p><p><b>Herman J. Viola, PhD</b>, curator emeritus at the National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution, and is an authority on American Indian history and culture and the exploration of the American West,</p><p>#112MCF</p><br /><br /><p></p>
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