<p><em>This presentation will focus on how technology can be simple but when employed in an innovative fashion, also transformative.</em></p> <p>Presenter: <strong><strong>Frank Blazich, Jr., PhD</strong>;</strong> Lead Curator of Military History at the National Museum of American History<br /><br />#112MCF</p>

<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>

<p><em>Intelligence and counterintelligence played a critical role in the successful D-Day landings. German spies in Britain were captured and turned, codes were broken, operatives collected information behind enemy lines, aerial surveillance provided visibility in German troop movements and fortifications, and a successful deception campaign pointed the Germans to false landing sites. Without the accumulation of information and insight into German operations, the D-Day landing may have ended in disaster.</em><br /></p> <p>Presenter: <strong>Gregory Elder; </strong>chief historian at the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) and content manager for the DIA Museum, working in collaboration with Smithsonian Exhibits</p> <p>#112MCF<br /></p> <p></p>

<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>

<p><i>This presentation highlights the experiences of Latinos in D-Day and discusses the significance of Latina/o participation during World War II.</i><br /></p><p>Presenter: <b>Laura L. Oviedo</b>; Smithsonian fellow in the Division of Political and Military History at the National Museum of American History and a PhD candidate of twentieth-century American history at Texas A&amp;M University<br /></p><p>#112MCF</p>

<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>