Cantigny's 'Date With History' to highlight the stories of World War IIErnie Pyle eats C rations on the Anzio Beachhead area in Italy on March 18, 1944. • "The Forgotten African Americans of World War II: The Fight for Freedom at Home and Abroad" will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 20. Author Linda Hervieux discusses the unsung role African-American soldiers played in World War II. Author David Chrisinger examines America's earliest days of involvement in World War II in 1943, informed by the "in the trenches" reporting of Ernie Pyle. The museum's main exhibit hall, First in War, transports visitors to the trenches of World War I, the beaches of World War II and the jungles of Vietnam.

Source: The North Africa Journal August 13, 2020 22:07 UTC