A panel discussion will include Nash County resident Chris Larsen, who survived a Japanese internment camp in the Philippines during his early childhood, along with Ashley Latta, Military Collection Archivist, and Charlie Knight, Museum of History Military Curator, who will provide an overview of the war in the Pacific Theater, including documents, photographs, and artifact collections.
The event is scheduled Thursday, December 7, from noon to 1 p.m. Register in advance:
https://www.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_1OjjENT8Rn6352ug2gXaOA
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U.S. service personnel gather in the Caroline Islands, 1945, Everette H. Jones Papers, WWII 259, box 3, folder 4.1, Military Collection, State Archives of N.C.