Mighty 8th September Programs

Staff Report

Monday, September 12th, 2022

Talk & Optional Lunch  

"World War II in the 'Bloodlands' │ Historical Reality and Memorialization" 

Russia/Soviet Union in World War II

By  Dr. Olavi Arens

Professor of History

Georgia Southern University, Armstrong  

Thursday, September 15 │ 11AM ET

at the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force 

Dr. Olavi Arens has been a Professor of History focusing on Russia and East Central Europe at Georgia Southern University, Armstrong since 1974. 

His education includes an B.A. in Social Studies – Harvard University; M.A. in History – Columbia University; Ph.D. in Modern East European History – Columbia University; Certificate of Russian Institute – Columbia University.  

FREE admission to the talk. Seating is limited.

Join us afterward for an optional lunch

REGISTRATION REQUIRED 

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Lunch is $10 for Members and $15 for Non-Members.

Lunch Menu: Beef or Mushroom Stroganoff, salads, desserts and more! 

Contact 912-988-1835 or [email protected] for details.

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Author Talk & Optional Lunch

“Ace in a Day: The Memoir of an Eighth Air Force Fighter Pilot in World War II” 

By Dr. Graham Cross (Editor) 

of Manchester Metropolitan University and 

(Author) Lt Col Wayne Blickenstaff's Daughters 

Saturday, September 17 │ 11AM ET

at the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force 

"Ace in a Day is Blick’s honest and gritty personal memoir of his air war

in Europe. His vivid writing places you in the cockpit as he 

and his comrades battle the enemy in the skies." 

FREE admission to the talk. Seating is limited.

Join us afterward for an optional lunch 

REGISTRATION REQUIRED

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Lunch is $10 for Members and $15 for Non-Members.

Lunch Menu:  Southern Style Lunch, Salads, Desserts and more! 

Contact 912-988-1835 or [email protected] for details. 

Dr. Graham Cross earned his doctorate in History from the University of Cambridge, and he specializes in twentieth century American military, diplomatic and political history and particularly the era of the two World Wars, the Allied air campaign and the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt. He has taught American history at Cambridge, University College Dublin, the University of Glasgow and Manchester Metropolitan University. 

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“The Holocaust in 

Poetry and Music”  

Thursday, September 22 │ 4PM ET

at the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force

Poet & Heir of the Eighth Holly Mandelkern, 

daughter of LT Herman Lodinger, Lead Bombardier, 389thBG

reads from her book, Beneath White Stars, 

while musician, Brendan Nolan, 

performs music to accompany 

and interpret the powerful poetry.

FREE admission. Seating is limited.

REGISTRATION REQUIRED

Cash bar will be available and light refreshments.  

Contact 912-988-1835 or [email protected] for details.

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