Thursday, May 8—Eighty years ago the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany closed the curtain on six years of total war in Europe, a conflict that tested the courage and forever changed the lives of five young Americans who survived to write astonishing personal narratives of their experiences, from the front lines of the Battle of the Bulge to the navigator’s seat of a B-17 bomber.
To mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day, West Point professor Elizabeth D. Samet, editor of World War II Memoirs: The European Theater, joins National Book Award–winning author and Marine veteran Phil Klay for a conversation about these classics of modern war literature: remarkable memoirs that capture the immediacy of history in the making and the impact of wartime on combatants and noncombatants alike.
You can listen to the full program, as well as all our past LOA LIVE events, on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
The views expressed in this program do not reflect the official policy or position of the Department of the Army, the Department of Defense, or the U.S. Government.
LOA LIVE programs are made possible by contributions from friends like you, and we encourage you to consider making a donation to support future presentations.
We thank our promotional partner: the Association of Literary Scholars, Critics & Writers
