Echoes of Valor: Remembering WWII Through Story and Legacy

Echoes of Valor: Remembering WWII Through Story and Legacy

Date: Saturday, November 8, 2025

Time: 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Location: The Class of 1969 Capers Auditorium

The Citadel, Charleston, South Carolina

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Speaker: Alex Kershaw

Alex Kershaw is a New York Times bestselling author and one of America’s most acclaimed historians of World War II. Educated at Oxford, he has written numerous celebrated books, including The Bedford Boys, The Longest Winter, The Liberator, and The First Wave. Kershaw serves as Resident Historian for Friends of the National WWII Memorial and frequently leads battlefield tours in Europe

Topic: “Legacy of the Greatest Generation: Personal Reflections from Descendants of WWII Heroes

Moderator: James M. Scott

Panelists: Henry Sledge, George Luz, Jr., Tracy & Syndee Compton, and Chris Langlois

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About the Program

The Citadel’s Master of Arts in Military History offers rigorous graduate-level training in military leadership, global conflicts, and historical analysis. Designed for professionals, educators, and history enthusiasts, the program cultivates expertise in warfare’s causes, conduct, and consequences.

Learn more at:

www.citadel.edu/history

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